Hello Carlos,
Thanks for getting in touch with me. From reading your email and checking
the links you gave, it sounds like you already have a designer, Yu Chen,
who is busily implementing a comprehensive vision. I'm a bit concerned
about trampling on his plans, and also, my original goal when I publicly
offered to take on a pro bono client was for a project that currently lacks
trained design talent.
That being said, if I understood Ilmari correctly, it also seems to be the
case that you're still looking for some design talent, and I'm willing to
help as long as we can make the puzzle pieces fit together in a way that
works to everybody's satisfaction. It would be good to have a meeting to
discuss a clear division of responsibility (to avoid the problem of me
stepping on Yu Chen's toes), and also to discuss your project's current
view of design itself. I read one of the links about "design vs
development," and there are a few things in there that also leave me
somewhat concerned, so I'd like to talk about it to make sure that we're on
the same page and are a good match for each other as client and designer.
If this all sounds sensible, then when would you like to meet? I figure a
quick, informal Google Hangout for this type of initial meeting would be
the most time-efficient and productive. I'm in Pittsburgh, PA (GMT -8), and
could meet as soon as tomorrow evening. If that doesn't work, then just
give me an idea of when you and anybody else who wants to be a part of this
quick face-to-face are generally available, and I'll try to find a time
that works with my schedule. In the meantime, if you haven't already, then
you can check out my portfolio <http://www.jalgraphics.com/> to start to
determine if I'm the right designer for your project.
Best regards,
James Laslavic
Carnegie Mellon University, Class of 2013
Communication Design / Ethics / Psychology
On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 4:42 AM, Carlos López González <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> This is Carlos López (aka genete) current coder leader of the Synfig
> project. By a contact email from Ilmari Lauhakangas I've been informed that
> you're willing to help on Synfig Studio UX/UI redesign, offering your
> experience on graphic design for human interaction interfaces.
>
> Currently we have one person (Yu Chen aka Jcome) working on that and he
> has been working several months on collect the best practices from other
> design applications as well as have created mock-ups for the different
> parts of Synfig Studio. He has knowledge of the animation principles as
> well as many of the knowledge of the correct workflow to exploit the
> features of Synfig. You can see a summary of his work here:
> http://www.synfig.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3259
>
> Since a few weeks he has started to work on type actual code to make those
> designs a reality. I'm mentoring his work to fill the gaps he could have on
> the understanding of the core code of Synfig.
>
> In order to incorporate to the current design/coding cycle I recommend to
> you to start by downloading and installing Synfig Studio and start by
> getting used to the features that Synfig offers to you, in order to
> understand the current designs that has been proposed by Jcome. Once you
> can create your own animations you can make use of your experience as
> designer to improve the current UX/UI design made by Jcome with suggestions
> and improvements. The forums is a good place to start those discussions.
> Its small community is very warmly and friendly.
>
> This email is copied to synfig-devl mailing list to keep the rest of the
> development team informed.
>
> These links will be useful for you:
> http://www.synfig.org/cms/en/download/stable
> http://wiki.synfig.org/wiki/Category:Manual
>
> Looking forward to have news from you.
> Best
> --
> Carlos
> http://synfig.org
>
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