Re: F8 artwork update

2007-08-28 Thread Nicu Buculei
Máirí­n Duffy wrote: The only absolutely essential artwork we do not have checked in or ready to check in for F8 test 2 is GDM. I'm not sure what to do about it; Avio [2] looks nice - what do you think if we used that with a theme-specific background? Does anybody have any other ideas for

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-13 Thread Mola Pahnadayan
Hi all :) what you think about artwork of F8 compatibility with codename,* *Mascot and Season(Fall,winter) ? ** ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-13 Thread Nicu Buculei
Mola Pahnadayan wrote: Hi all :) what you think about artwork of F8 compatibility with codename,* *Mascot and Season(Fall,winter) ? So like having a theme for the fall release (F8) with dry leaves and a spring one (F9) with blooming flowers? If you have the mood, go forward and do a

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-12 Thread Chitlesh GOORAH
On 6/11/07, Mark wrote: But what is the logout screen? is that kdelogo - Log Out if that`s the one.. how do you theme that one? - kcontrol main page Also good to theme but HOW? how can i theme that part? You can create a new fedora theme like for: - log out: http://kde-artists.org/logout

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-12 Thread Rex Dieter
Chitlesh GOORAH wrote: However, like i said before, we should bear in mind KDE4 is different from KDE3.5. Meaning your work on kde3.5 might not be ported to kde4. +1. F8 will (almost certainly) include kde4, and only skeleton bits of kde3 for compatibility purposes, so I'd recommend not

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-12 Thread Mark
thanx for the information Hopefully, we'll have some sort of initial alpha/beta packaging of kde4 available within the next month (or so), so folks can look-at/work-on that. i really hope that!!! 2007/6/12, Chitlesh GOORAH [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 6/11/07, Mark wrote: But what is the

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-11 Thread Nicu Buculei
Máirí­n Duffy wrote: Nicu Buculei wrote: - We could have a representative of Desktop team and a representative of the Fedora board to give a signoff on the final theme design, to make sure they agree its a proper representation of Fedora and the desktop. We should make sure each of these

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-11 Thread Ben Arnold
Sorry to butt into the conversation here but I am throwing these ideas onto a wiki page along with links etc. to start the sketches and ideas for the design, also to save searching though this huge conversation or the images! I am, however, having trouble uploading the image at the bottom. I'll

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-11 Thread Máirín Duffy
Hi Ben, Ben Arnold wrote: Sorry to butt into the conversation here but I am throwing these ideas onto a wiki page along with links etc. to start the sketches and ideas for the design, also to save searching though this huge conversation or the images! I am, however, having trouble uploading

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-11 Thread Mark
However, like i said before, we should bear in mind KDE4 is different from KDE3.5. Meaning your work on kde3.5 might not be ported to kde4. My request would be to work on several kde images such as: - login / logout screens That`s a good idea. i already started on a KDM theme (not satisfied

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-11 Thread Mark
hmm.. oke when i make the actual proposals with the designs they will have the real and official fedora logo`s. but can`t the logo itself be reworked a little with a little 3d feeling in it? 2007/6/11, Máirín Duffy [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Mark, Mark wrote: And a fedora logo question. i

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-11 Thread Mark
can you also reply on the other questions i had? don`t worry about the logo. i will use the official in my final proposals. 2007/6/11, Máirín Duffy [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Mark wrote: hmm.. oke when i make the actual proposals with the designs they will have the real and official fedora logo`s.

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-11 Thread Máirín Duffy
Mark wrote: can you also reply on the other questions i had? don`t worry about the logo. i will use the official in my final proposals. Unfortunately I'm not a KDE user and haven't been for at least 5 years now :) So I'm not really equipped to answer your other questions from that email,

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-10 Thread Mark
what`s the ide with the fedora 8 theme battle? because i only see 2 drafts.. one of myself and someone else. or is the theming battle not even started yet. 2007/6/9, Paul W. Frields [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 17:55 -0400, Máirí­n Duffy wrote: Well, I think there are two things

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-08 Thread Nicu Buculei
Máirí­n Duffy wrote: I looked at the F8 release schedule and the calendar and came up with the following (somewhat aggressive, but if all goes well we'll have everything for the feature freeze deadline) schedule: - Round 1 deadline: Monday July 2nd - Any ideas that don't have a formal

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-08 Thread Nicolas Mailhot
Le Ven 8 juin 2007 09:12, Mark a écrit : comments? critics? feel free to post it here (don`t pm.. let everyone read it here on this list) Be very carreful with gradients. They're pretty but it's difficult to have text with good contrast over them. -- Nicolas Mailhot

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-08 Thread Ben Arnold
On 08/06/07, Nicu Buculei [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Máirí-n Duffy wrote: - Milestone 4: Mon 10 Sept - concept discussion for F8 marketing materials on the marketing list. Come up with a standard tagline for the release the way we did Reach higher for the new static FPO website, and maybe some

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-08 Thread Mark
thanx for the suggestion i will keep that in mind 2007/6/8, Nicolas Mailhot [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Le Ven 8 juin 2007 09:12, Mark a écrit : comments? critics? feel free to post it here (don`t pm.. let everyone read it here on this list) Be very carreful with gradients. They're pretty but it's

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-08 Thread Martin Sourada
On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 12:12 +0200, Ben Arnold wrote: I did, to be honest, miss this idea completely! I think it could be fun to have a caption competition open to a wider audience, maybe a FedoraForum thread or something. It may bring in more ideas. I thought it too, so I opened a thread

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-08 Thread Martin Sourada
Sorry for probable double posting, but my last messages got probably lost, so here is the first of them: Hi folks, I also made a metacity/kwm theme mockup [1]. I also provide svg [2] in case anyone would like to polish/rework it. The main ideas are: 1. usage of echo colours 2. decent

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-08 Thread Martin Sourada
Hi folks, I also made a metacity/kwm theme mockup [1]. I also provide svg [2] in case anyone would like to polish/rework it. The main ideas are: 1. usage of echo colours 2. decent gradients, echoey style 3. different coloured buttons, as it could help user faster distinguish the difference 4.

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-08 Thread Máirí­n Duffy
Nicu Buculei wrote: If we really, really get stuck and end up with more than one really awesome theme by the round 3 deadline, we can always hold a vote of Fedora contributors similar to the F7 naming vote process. I'm hoping that it won't be necessary, though. If we don't have any completely

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-07 Thread Nicu Buculei
Máirín Duffy wrote: Nicu Buculei wrote: Do you think is the case for us to start a 3 round process similar with the one proposed for F7? - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/FC7Themes We can easily adapt it with dates following the F8 schedule. +1 OK, I quickly kicked a page in the

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-07 Thread Luya Tshimbalanga
Quoting Martin Sourada [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi folks, I am at the beginning of the exams, so I have not much time left now for Fedora, yet I'll start working on Echo again in after I am done with the exams (hopefully)... I also have some comments and suggestions that fits into this thread.

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-07 Thread Mark
i will TRY and make a theme how i like it. expect it to be tiny :) i will make a mockup as soon as i get home. i`m not certain if i`m capable of making a complete theme but if i can i will make it for KDE (time isn`t much of a issue with the upcomming vacation (2 1/2 months) expect a mockup

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-07 Thread Ben Arnold
On 07/06/07, Máirín Duffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you ever seen JDe's work on deviantart? I've been following her for a while, she does that style a lot. No, I haven't but I like some of them, especially

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-07 Thread Máirín Duffy
Ben Arnold wrote: It may seem from the outside that we haven't made up our minds with regard to our style. Well I don't know if we should even have to 'make up our mind.' I think it's cool to have a different look each time, it keeps people guessing and like I mentioned earlier, I think it's

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-07 Thread Ben Arnold
On 07/06/07, Máirín Duffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I don't know if we should even have to 'make up our mind.' I think it's cool to have a different look each time, it keeps people guessing and like I mentioned earlier, I think it's a good platform for showing off what FOSS creative

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-07 Thread Máirí­n Duffy
Nicu Buculei wrote: OK, I quickly kicked a page in the wiki with content mostly copied/adapted from the F7 page and all dates put as TBD: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F8Themes Nicu, this is great! Thanks!!! I looked at the F8 release schedule and the calendar and came up with the

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-07 Thread Nicu Buculei
Máirín Duffy wrote: Well I don't know if we should even have to 'make up our mind.' I think it's cool to have a different look each time, it keeps people guessing and like I mentioned earlier, I think it's a good platform for showing off what FOSS creative software can do. This is

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-06 Thread Nicu Buculei
Matthias Clasen wrote: Some unsorted thoughts to start a discussion about artwork for F8: - As most people will probably have noticed by now, Diana is longer with Red Hat, and it looks unlikely that we will have a full-time artist that can help with the artwork in time for F8. Do you think

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-06 Thread Máirín Duffy
Nicu Buculei wrote: Do you think is the case for us to start a 3 round process similar with the one proposed for F7? - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/FC7Themes We can easily adapt it with dates following the F8 schedule. +1 I think this is a good idea. I agree with Matthias though and

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-06 Thread Nicolas Mailhot
Le Mer 6 juin 2007 17:20, Máirín Duffy a écrit : 2) We should have a general discussion here on list to get our thoughts out on where F8's artwork could go. Daring thought : have a non-blue wallpaper (blue is great but there are other colors too. Fedora theming have bordered on the monochrome

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-06 Thread Marek Mahut
Hey all, Nicu Buculei wrote: Matthias Clasen wrote: Some unsorted thoughts to start a discussion about artwork for F8: - As most people will probably have noticed by now, Diana is longer with Red Hat, and it looks unlikely that we will have a full-time artist that can help with the artwork in

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-06 Thread Máirín Duffy
Hi Marek! Marek Mahut wrote: I think it's a good idea. Why not involve schools for example? I know a very nice info-graphic school in Brussels, I'll drop them a mail, maybe they are interested to help. This is a good idea; the one thing I am concerned about is that the artwork is produced

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-06 Thread Mark
@ the school idea. i like that alot! @ a possible new theme for F8 first i would like to say that a 3 round theme battle like with F7 would be nice About the new theme itself.. i think fedora should drop the default gnome look and create a real theme... not that the current default themes

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-06 Thread Luya Tshimbalanga
Matthias Clasen a écrit : - I haven't heard much about the status of the Echo icon theme lately; are you hoping to have this in good enough shape to become the default in F8 ? We also need to redo the experiment to include svns Few notes - SVG issues are fixed although some icons need

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-06 Thread Martin Sourada
Hi folks, I am at the beginning of the exams, so I have not much time left now for Fedora, yet I'll start working on Echo again in after I am done with the exams (hopefully)... I also have some comments and suggestions that fits into this thread. On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 20:03 +0200, Mark wrote:

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-06 Thread Luya Tshimbalanga
Matthias Clasen a écrit : - I haven't heard much about the status of the Echo icon theme lately; are you hoping to have this in good enough shape to become the default in F8 ? We also need to redo the experiment to include svns. Few notes - SVG issues are fixed although some icons need

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-06 Thread Rahul Sundaram
John Baer wrote: All, +1 to all of the comments on this thread. But we need to get some direction from Red Hat as it's my understanding Red Hat is the owner of the desktop artwork. I'm really pleased on how things are coming around as I see the preliminary F8 release schedule is already

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-06 Thread Marek Mahut
Máirín Duffy wrote: Hi Marek! Hey Mo, Marek Mahut wrote: I think it's a good idea. Why not involve schools for example? I know a very nice info-graphic school in Brussels, I'll drop them a mail, maybe they are interested to help. This is a good idea; the one thing I am concerned about is

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-06 Thread Marek Mahut
Mark wrote: [...] @ a possible new theme for F8 first i would like to say that a 3 round theme battle like with F7 would be nice [...] We should not forget about prices for winner(s). Fedora caps, tshirts, gadgets or maybe even a free sits in GLS classes. -- Marek Mahut

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-06 Thread Máirí­n Duffy
Matthias Clasen wrote: On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 23:45 -0400, Máirí­n Duffy wrote: Matthias Clasen wrote: On the topic of the login screen, I forgot to mention that we are also considering switching to the plain greeter to improve the accessibility situation on the login screen. If we go forward

Re: F8 artwork

2007-06-06 Thread Máirí­n Duffy
Matthias Clasen wrote: On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 23:55 -0400, Máirí­n Duffy wrote: Oh okay. Would it not be acceptable if a nice GDM theme was proposed that didn't use the plain greeter yet had all the necessary buttons and menu items to make it accessible? I don't necessarily agree with