Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Invite a pro graphic artist to contribute logo/icon design [was: Conference call tomorrow]

2010-10-27 Thread David Nelson
Hi guys, :-) I just wanted to say a thanks for having listened to my ideas on the ConfCall on Tuesday, and for having explained your own viewpoints. It was interesting, and it was also a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Like I said during the call, I'm going contact some graphic artists

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Invite a pro graphic artist to contribute logo/icon design [was: Conference call tomorrow]

2010-10-25 Thread Graham Lauder
On Monday 25 Oct 2010 14:25:36 David Nelson wrote: Hi, :-) I mentioned this idea in another thread but did not see any conclusive responses... so given the potential importance of the issue, I am broaching the subject in a dedicated thread... A project's logo and a software's icons (to

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Invite a pro graphic artist to contribute logo/icon design [was: Conference call tomorrow]

2010-10-25 Thread David Nelson
Hi Graham, :-) On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 15:12, Graham Lauder yori...@openoffice.org wrote: I would oppose this in the strongest possible terms, when that has been done in the past, the artist, disappears after taking the glory and they are never seen again.  The art project became almost

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Invite a pro graphic artist to contribute logo/icon design [was: Conference call tomorrow]

2010-10-25 Thread Ivan M.
Hi David, I'd like to add a +1 to Graham's points in relation to past experiences. I'm not against inviting others to participate, but I am concerned about the mandate(s) that such invitations might imply for reasons I'll outline below. On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 9:07 PM, David Nelson

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Invite a pro graphic artist to contribute logo/icon design [was: Conference call tomorrow]

2010-10-25 Thread David Nelson
Hi Ivan, :-) On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 18:00, Ivan M. iv...@patentpending.co.nz wrote: ... repeated one-time contributions are unsustainable and damaging, and that was kind of the norm in OOo's Art project. Contributions that introduce large inconsistencies in branding are particularly

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Invite a pro graphic artist to contribute logo/icon design [was: Conference call tomorrow]

2010-10-25 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) Just a few questions, after having read Bernhard's reply in a separate thread: 1) Could one see a precise and comprehensive list of all the graphics needed at the present time? 2) What set of standard tools do you want to work with? (Gimp and Inkscape? Anything else?) 3) I saw your

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Invite a pro graphic artist to contribute logo/icon design [was: Conference call tomorrow]

2010-10-25 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) Just a couple I forgot: 9) Do you have any standards/guidelines established that you want contributors to adhere to, apart from [1], [2] and [3]? Or are you open to completely different ideas? 10) What license do you require for offered material? GPL? LGPLv2? [1]

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Invite a pro graphic artist to contribute logo/icon design [was: Conference call tomorrow]

2010-10-25 Thread jonathon
On 10/25/2010 12:44 PM, David Nelson wrote: 2) What set of standard tools do you want to work with? (Gimp and Inkscape? Anything else?) I'm aware of the failings of Draw, when compared with The Gimp and Inkscape. Nonetheless, I think that Draw should be considered as one of the standard

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Invite a pro graphic artist to contribute logo/icon design

2010-10-25 Thread Bernhard Dippold
David Nelson schrieb: Hi, :-) Just a few questions, after having read Bernhard's reply in a separate thread: 1) Could one see a precise and comprehensive list of all the graphics needed at the present time? We should start collecting them at the wiki. There are central graphics (logo,

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Invite a pro graphic artist to contribute logo/icon design [was: Conference call tomorrow]

2010-10-25 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-25 19:00, Dave Johnson a écrit : I'd like to see Inkscape and GIMP-like features incorporated in to Draw. M$ Office 2010 has photo editing and simple video editing. Kino comes to mind. On Oct 25, 2010, at 5:41 PM, jonathon wrote: On 10/25/2010 12:44 PM, David Nelson wrote: 2)

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Invite a pro graphic artist to contribute logo/icon design [was: Conference call tomorrow]

2010-10-24 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-24 21:25, David Nelson a écrit : Hi, :-) I mentioned this idea in another thread but did not see any conclusive responses... so given the potential importance of the issue, I am broaching the subject in a dedicated thread... A project's logo and a software's icons (to represent

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Invite a pro graphic artist to contribute logo/icon design [was: Conference call tomorrow]

2010-10-24 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-24 21:52, David Nelson a écrit : Hi Marc, :-) On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 09:40, Marc Parém...@marcpare.com wrote: I would also agree with Bernhard, that it would be better if the artist in question is part of the LibO membership. We should try to keep to our own membership as much as