Create Foundation. On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Boudewijn Rempt <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 31 May 2010, John Haltiwanger wrote: > >> I guess I have an overbroad idea of what "design" means then... sorry for >> that. Is the Gimp a design tool? Is Inkscape? If not, then what is an >> example of a design tool? > > Gimp maybe, Inkscape definitely. Nodebox without a doubt. But I wouldn't > consider > making concept art, drawing comics, matte painting or making textures design. > >> >> Graphics doesn't include type.. And artists includes everyone.. So where do >> we find the best fit? >> >> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Boudewijn Rempt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > On Monday 31 May 2010, John Haltiwanger wrote: >> > > "artists" seems to me overbroad. Our tools are very much "design" tools. >> > >> > Erm, no. Apps like Krita and Mypaint are not design tools. >> > >> > > Perhaps it is not the best fit, but it is better than "graphics," (due to >> > > including typesetting/typography) while Libre Artists Foundation sounds >> > to >> > > me more like a foundation to support the artists themselves rather than >> > > also supporting the tools (not saying that the foundation is not meant to >> > > support the community, just that the name should not point to one side >> > > over the other imo). >> > > >> > >> > -- >> > Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.valdyas.org >> > _______________________________________________ >> > CREATE mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create >
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