On 3/8/19 5:55 AM, J Martin Rushton via CentOS wrote:> On 07/03/2019 20:45, Rich Bowen wrote: >> To all the artists and designers here, we need your help. >> >> With RHEL 8 beta released, we need to start producing artwork for CentOS >> 8. It's time for the CentOS Artwork SIG, and anyone else that's >> interested in contributing to this effort, to start working on >> everything that will be needed for the new release. >> >> What we know we need is anaconda artwork, and new desktop backgrounds to >> replace the current '7' themed stuff. >> >> As we dig, we may find more things that need to be updated to the new 8 >> theme. >> >> Additionally, we will need to update some of the assets listed here: >> https://wiki.centos.org/ArtWork/Identity >> >> ... and produce new assets for 8 to be listed here: >> https://wiki.centos.org/ArtWork/Brand/Logo >> >> And, finally, we need someone to step up to lead this effort. >> >> While we don't yet know for certain when RHEL 8 will officially release, >> it's safe to assume that it's soon, and we need your help. >> > I'm no artist, so I won't even attempt to actually create artwork. > > Having said that, with the current increase in interest in space > activity the old Apollo 8 logo might give us some inspiration. See > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo-8-patch.png for the original. > > My initial though is for the CentOS logo where the earth is and some > sort of future at the Moon end. Perhaps a star? I'm a programmer not a > "creative" so I'll allow artistic types to decide. If obscuring the > CentOS logo with the lower band of the "8" is unacceptable, then it > would be possible to keep the Earth and put the CentOS logo in place of > the Moon. Not as strong a message, but still fun. > > The three astronauts' names cound be replaced with the word "CentOS", a > slogan (please not "to infinity and beyond"), or simply blanked. The > colour scheme will obviously depend upon corporate diktat.Perhaps avoid a blue background. Supposedly there is solid research now that blues are bad for our eyes... My $0.02 worth.
> Am 08.03.2019 um 15:56 schrieb Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>: > > > > On 3/8/19 5:55 AM, J Martin Rushton via CentOS wrote: >> On 07/03/2019 20:45, Rich Bowen wrote: >>> To all the artists and designers here, we need your help. >>> >>> With RHEL 8 beta released, we need to start producing artwork for CentOS >>> 8. It's time for the CentOS Artwork SIG, and anyone else that's >>> interested in contributing to this effort, to start working on >>> everything that will be needed for the new release. >>> >>> What we know we need is anaconda artwork, and new desktop backgrounds to >>> replace the current '7' themed stuff. >>> >>> As we dig, we may find more things that need to be updated to the new 8 >>> theme. >>> >>> Additionally, we will need to update some of the assets listed here: >>> https://wiki.centos.org/ArtWork/Identity >>> >>> ... and produce new assets for 8 to be listed here: >>> https://wiki.centos.org/ArtWork/Brand/Logo >>> >>> And, finally, we need someone to step up to lead this effort. >>> >>> While we don't yet know for certain when RHEL 8 will officially release, >>> it's safe to assume that it's soon, and we need your help. >>> >> I'm no artist, so I won't even attempt to actually create artwork. >> >> Having said that, with the current increase in interest in space >> activity the old Apollo 8 logo might give us some inspiration. See >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo-8-patch.png for the original. >> >> My initial though is for the CentOS logo where the earth is and some >> sort of future at the Moon end. Perhaps a star? I'm a programmer not a >> "creative" so I'll allow artistic types to decide. If obscuring the >> CentOS logo with the lower band of the "8" is unacceptable, then it >> would be possible to keep the Earth and put the CentOS logo in place of >> the Moon. Not as strong a message, but still fun. >> >> The three astronauts' names cound be replaced with the word "CentOS", a >> slogan (please not "to infinity and beyond"), or simply blanked. The >> colour scheme will obviously depend upon corporate diktat. > > Perhaps avoid a blue background. > > Supposedly there is solid research now that blues are bad for our eyes... >https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071398 -- LF
Leon Fauster via CentOS wrote:>> Am 08.03.2019 um 15:56 schrieb Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>: >> On 3/8/19 5:55 AM, J Martin Rushton via CentOS wrote: >>> On 07/03/2019 20:45, Rich Bowen wrote:>>>> To all the artists and designers here, we need your help. >>>> With RHEL 8 beta released, we need to start producing artwork for >>>> CentOS >>>> 8. It's time for the CentOS Artwork SIG, and anyone else that's >>>> interested in contributing to this effort, to start working on >>>> everything that will be needed for the new release. >>>> >>>> What we know we need is anaconda artwork, and new desktop >>>> backgrounds to replace the current '7' themed stuff.<snip>>> >> Perhaps avoid a blue background. >> >> Supposedly there is solid research now that blues are bad for our >> eyes... > > https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071398So, you're telling us old folks that we shouldn't go outside, or look up at the sky? (Why, yes, since you ask, I did just have cataract surgery the beginning of Dec, and I've been sitting at a desk job, full time, programming or sysadmin, for a long career....)