Artwork
In this section, we cover the Fedora Artwork Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork
Contributing Writer: Nicu Buculei
The Echo icon theme and Fedora 10
NicuBuculei asked[1] on @fedora-art about the plans of using the new Echo icon set as a default on Fedora 10: "considering the feature freeze, the Beta release and as Echo is not a feature proposed for F10, is correct the assumption that we won't have Echo as a default for F10, staying with Mist [at least] one more release cycle?"
In reply LuyaTshimbalanga pointed[2] that is still possible, due to a slip in the release cycle: "Shall we try to make it as Fedora 10 feature. Thanks to, in some extend, the incident, feature freeze has been moved on September 9th."
MartinSourada shared[3] his experience "It seems like artwork things are preferred to be decided by the Art Team rather than Fesco. I have a feeling it might be same for Echo." and proposed that this decision should be made together by the Art and Desktop teams "In this case I personally think Echo should be put on evaluation by Art Team and Desktop Team. If both agree it's ready for default we can roll it in ;-)" while NicuBuculei stressed[4] the importance of having Art features listed "from a marketing POV, if we list it as a "feature" it will be picked by more news source and help building the excitement around the new release."
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-August/msg00328.html
[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-August/msg00329.html
[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-August/msg00337.html
[4] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-August/msg00343.html
Automatizing the One Canvas workflow
In the last FWN[1] issue we covered 'One Canvas workflow', an innovative way to create icons, this week it continued to be a topic on @fedora-art and MartinSourada introduced[2] [3] a script that makes the work easier "greatly simplifies life for Echo artist, since all they need is to make the Source SVG, run the script on it, select which branches they'd like to push it to and write commit message(s) - i.e. it automates most of the process". He also wrote a blog post[4] about this and created a screencast[5] illustrating the process.
[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue140
[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-August/msg00327.html
[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-August/msg00368.html
[4] http://mso-chronicles.blogspot.com/2008/08/echo-nodoka-one-canvas-ruby-and-new.html
[5] http://mso.fedorapeople.org/screencasts/echo-add-icon-screencast.ogg