On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Thorsten Wilms <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 17:49 +0300, Stas SUSHKOV wrote: >> Hi, >> I'm looking for some poster ready to be used for release parties. >> I couldn't find anything in wiki, somebody can pass me a tip where to >> search for? > > Hmm, I only recall this from last release: > http://anotherubuntu.blogspot.com/2008/03/danish-ubuntu-804-release-party-artwork.html > >> I found this poster on deviantart >> http://mirroreyesserval.deviantart.com/art/AIFL-Illustration-Poster-49500593 >> I liked it a lot, so I asked permissions for forking, but the guy didn't >> respond yet. >> Anyway I did a fork (the credits to the original author will be >> preserved): >> http://stas.nerd.ro/stuff/ubuntu-md.png > > I don't see anything regarding a license on that deviantart page, so we > have to assume all-rights-reserved. As yours is pretty much a copy, you > shouldn't distribute it, unless you receive permission. > > On another note, that ubuntu titling font shouldn't be used. Having the > same (or very similar) letter shapes all over the place weakens the > meaning and impact of the original wordmark. Even worse, if you set > "ubuntu" with that font, it ends up looking different and not for the > better. No consideration was given to any letters outside of the ones > needed for ubuntu, and filling the gaps is very difficult. This font > failed at it. the "a" doesn't properly sit on the baseline and the > "m" ... I think it is evil. > > I really don't want to shoot you down, but this just had to be said. > > > To the crowd: shall we plan for such posters in the Karmic cycle? > > > -- > Thorsten Wilms > > thorwil's design for free software: > http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art >
A few more Hardy posters: http://mayeco.org/2008.04.25/ubuntu-hardy-heron/ http://www.seqfault.de/de/node/87 I like the second one as it has my name on it. Who thought I'd ever be on a poster? =) I don't recall seeing anything for Intrepid... - Andrew -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
