Frank Schoep wrote: > Hello artists, > > As you all might know I've been busy drafting the directions for the > Produce phase based on all submissions that came in during Propose. > I've been getting opinions and feedback from a whole range of people, > from the Ubuntu community forums (thanks to Ubuntu Demon) to the > members of the Community Council and as far as I can tell, we're good > to go. > > First things first, of course - so let me show you the results I > summarized and turned into artwork directions based on the material > available to me. These results of the Propose phase are documented > here on the Wiki and will serve as the basis for steering artwork > production during Produce: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkPlan/Propose/Results > > Before you start worrying, let me describe the contents of that page: > to describe the artwork direction I've discerned three components > that make up our artwork. The three components are style, look and > palette. I'll explain each one. > > A style is an overarching compositional guide for each artwork > target. As you might remember, an artwork target is one of the > following: usplash, GDM theme, login splash and the desktop > wallpaper. Each style I described takes into account the global look > and feel of each target and applies a single compositional theme to > it. The three styles I described are Circles, Rounded and Failsafe, > see the Wiki for sketches and references. > > The next component, looks, is a guide for the textures of the > elements in our artwork. A look describes the textural contrast > between foreground and background elements. I've described two looks > for the Produce phase: "Matte and Gloss" and "All out Gloss", both > are described in more detail on the Wiki. A look also prescribes the > use of a certain logo style, but we can interchange these if desired. > > Last, but surely not least, is the third component: palettes. A > palette provides base colors to use for your design. I've created two > simple triangles to start with: one consisting of the base Human > colors and one derived from the Dapper wallpaper image. I've also > created two purple triangles for use with Kubuntu artwork. These are > not officially endorsed by Kenneth Wimer, but act more as a starting > point to create something purple. > > The plan is to combine styles, looks and palettes to create concrete > artwork in (3 x 2 =) 6 directions of which we'll continue to polish > the most promising ones. I left palettes out of the equation because > we'll be working in source formats for this phase which can be seen > as palette-agnostic, because palettes can be changed quite easily > once you have access to the source file for the artwork. > > The source format point is actually very important. To be able to > quickly accommodate to changes and to try different compositions we > need to work in an open fashion using SVGs and XCFs as a base (please > try to avoid PSDs and XARs as those formats might be troublesome). > PNGs and JPEGs are fine for showing previews, but make sure to share > the image's sources as soon as possible to allow for extensive > collaboration. > > I created a new "Incoming" page specially designed for posting > submissions for the Produce phase. It is located under the actual > phase status page on the Wiki: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkPlan/Produce/Incoming > > We'll be deviating from the initial time plan for Produce since the > process has experienced a few unplanned delays. For now, we'll start > producing artwork in the styles and see at what pace we're progressing. > > If you decide to jump in and produce artwork in a given style and > look, please update the Produce phase status page on the Wiki. There > is a table on that page containing all combinations of styles and > looks, please add your name and a short notice on what you're doing > so that duplicate work / entries can be prevented initially. Once > we've got all combinations in at least one variation, you can create > and refine existing combinations as well. The table of combinations > is located here: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkPlan/Produce > > I hope this e-mail, and especially the new goal, are clear. To help > you out, here's a one paragraph summary: > > Choose a style and look from the Propose results page, check on the > Produce status Wiki page if no-one else is working on the > combination, then update the Wiki page. Create artwork for each > artwork target in the chosen combination, then post preview and links > to the sources on the Produce incoming Wiki page. That's all there is > to it right now. > > If you have questions or comments, let me know - I'll have a lot of > Ubuntu time next week with the UDS in Wiesbaden so I'll be all ears. > At the moment, we've got a lot of momentum within the artwork team > and we've got a LOT of people who are really happy with what we're > doing right now. Let's work together on making the Edgy artwork as > awesome as possible, I know we can do this! > > I'm looking forward to hearing from you. Thank you all for reading > and sticking with the team even through the hard times, you're amazing. > > With kind regards, > > Frank Schoep > > Great job! I'm going to begin work right now!
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