> Hi guys, I'm very new at this. I'm just an artist,I don't know a thing > about html or your confusing wiki. I'ts no wonder that you guys don't have > more contributors, and as far as the non constructive critisism (you know > who you are) what good does that do. I'm not some idiot with no feelings nor > am I going to pretend I don't have feelings. I'm not a computer program that > can be abused nor do I expect any hand holding but could someone please with > all sincerity put it in non dislexic terms so that I can understand the > process. >
Hello Bret, I believe you're writing this message because you got me wrong on my last comment, and I also believe you're pointing a finger at em, thus I'll allow myself to answer you. I honnestly, in no means, try not to be constructive when I write on this list. Before speaking of what is actually important, I still would like to make a few things clear : - The reasons why there are no contributions at the moment are mostly that, with the release of Jaunty in a week, everyone who has a role in packaging / bug management is pretty busy with their other responsabilities, but also that we are 6 months from Karmic Koala, the UDS has not taken place yet, and everyone is working on his own side, thinking about what one could work on in the next months. If you'd joined a few weeks before, you would have noticed the impressive amount of work that has been done by the subscribers of this list, and the seriousness with which everything has been done (for instance, the documentation and use/case testing of the Impression theme. I personnaly don't use it, that's a matter of taste, but I respect it's author for the huge amount of work he's produced, and for the quality of his work). - About the Wiki, it's something that anyone can edit (and also, that anyone can break) pretty easily. As you can see, there is a lot of discussion going on at the moment about it. If you've never used a Wiki before, I suggest you to train with it (just use it's preview feature, to see what you're doing, and when you're doing wrong, wipe everything and try again till you manage to use it). This will help you a lot when you write specs for your artwork. The rest is about knowing how to use The GIMP / Inkscape / Blender / any free (as in freedom) piece of software you can think of for artwork. Now, let's speak about the thing that matters, your contributions. You've been posting quite a lot of wallpapers lately. Some of them were just the previous one, with something added to it. The best way to work on a project, and offering yourself the possibility to look back at what you've done and to decide wether you're going in the good direction or not, is to keep a track of your work. This is the role of the Wiki, with which you can post the different versions of a same wallpaper, and also grab comments from users about the modifications you bring to it (usually we just write a "comments" section at the end of the Wiki pages for this purpose). As you could read in my previous email, I didn't like the last wallpaper you posted, because it was too blury and because I didn't like the choice of colours. That's my point of view, it's worth what it's worth. Now, let's be positive a little, I looked at the wallpaper you posted on the wiki (i won't argue about the fact that it is a very low resolution, and in a JPG format). I like the concept. I believe it's far from achieved, but I really like the idea of drawing a koala inside of clouds, eventhough i think you should make it's eyes softer (they look like two dark balls right now, and there are no dark balls in the sky ;) ), and you should of course work at a much higher screen resolution so that you can put more details in it and you can render it for all of the currently used screen resolutions, which is compulsory for inclusion in the community artwork packages. I hope this will help you to notice that noone here is trying neither to abuse you nor to deceive you, but trying to help you express the best of yourself. You feel confident about the fact of being an artist. All I wish is that you take the time to own the tools that are used here and show everyone the best of you. Cordially, SD. Ps : if you're wondering, the reasons for which you won't see me contribute artwork in the next few months are the following : - i'm not able to use Inkscape / the GIMP. I learnt on my own free time how to use Photoshop, and i'm currently learning, little by little, how to use those tools, because i perfectly understand and agree that i can't advertise a tool if i don't believe its worth me to use it. - i don't do wallpapers because i'm getting nowhere as soon as i work on resolutions bigger than 1000x1000 (i have a little screen, and i also have little skills, i assume it :) 1000x1000 is enough for what i'm asked). - i don't have enough time to give to actually try to produce something, and come back on it dizens of times, to take into account the advice of the people here who are actual artists, which i am not. -- Steve Dodier OpenPGP : 0E5E4ECB IRC : SiDi on irc.freenode.net Jabber : [email protected] [email protected] https://launchpad.net/~sidi
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