Tuesday, January 31. 2006
Graphics artists of the world, join amaroK
Trackbacks
Trackback specific URI for this entry
No Trackbacks
Comments
Display comments as
(Linear | Threaded)
I think you and the program you mentioned are looking in the wrong place...
The problem should be introspective - "How a project can communicate its needs clearly"
Long-term, stable, reliable free artists that stay with you for the life of the project don't exist. (To reiterate: reliable and free-of-charge artists are oxymorons) So, lets think about the fly-by-night ones...
Free-of-charge, fly-by-night artists create either because they (1) want and can, or (2) just can.
(1) Want & can - very hard to catch an artist that wants to create something that looks exactly like what you wanted to get.
(2) Can - your target audience. In their depressionary periods they lurk around in search of applying themselves to something they can handle and can give them an emotional boost.
kde-artists.org forums was beginning to look like a good place for them to lurk around. People who needed help actually communicated their needs in clear, unitary, manageable portions. A year or so of existence and that place would the it, but ... the forums are gone somewhere... no more lurking wanna-be-artists.
BTW: Previously I thought I could understand English. But, then I tried the lugradio on for size and, demn, I only hear giggling and peacocks mating.
The problem should be introspective - "How a project can communicate its needs clearly"
Long-term, stable, reliable free artists that stay with you for the life of the project don't exist. (To reiterate: reliable and free-of-charge artists are oxymorons) So, lets think about the fly-by-night ones...
Free-of-charge, fly-by-night artists create either because they (1) want and can, or (2) just can.
(1) Want & can - very hard to catch an artist that wants to create something that looks exactly like what you wanted to get.
(2) Can - your target audience. In their depressionary periods they lurk around in search of applying themselves to something they can handle and can give them an emotional boost.
kde-artists.org forums was beginning to look like a good place for them to lurk around. People who needed help actually communicated their needs in clear, unitary, manageable portions. A year or so of existence and that place would the it, but ... the forums are gone somewhere... no more lurking wanna-be-artists.
BTW: Previously I thought I could understand English. But, then I tried the lugradio on for size and, demn, I only hear giggling and peacocks mating.
FYI,
The kde-artists.org/kollaboration forum was taken down while the creators move the content to a new and muuuuuch improved site for the purpose of collaboration. It has taken a lot more work than originally thought to move it all over. As soon as it is up and running we will be letting every one know. In the meantime you can lurk at the mini-collab forum we created. You can also read a little about the new community based website and reasoning behind the change there. Needless to say it is going to be very helpful to developers and users alike.
The kde-artists.org/kollaboration forum was taken down while the creators move the content to a new and muuuuuch improved site for the purpose of collaboration. It has taken a lot more work than originally thought to move it all over. As soon as it is up and running we will be letting every one know. In the meantime you can lurk at the mini-collab forum we created. You can also read a little about the new community based website and reasoning behind the change there. Needless to say it is going to be very helpful to developers and users alike.
Although I understand your point, I must say the contrary. There are artists who are dedicated, skilled, and stick with a project for relatively long periods of time.
The best example of this is our own tightcode, who designed all the amaroK live 1.3 cd artwork and much more previously. I think to really be an artist for a OSS project, especially one like amaroK, you have to be a member of the community as well (so, hang out on IRC, etc) so that you are not simply creating icons for an app that you occasionally use.
The best example of this is our own tightcode, who designed all the amaroK live 1.3 cd artwork and much more previously. I think to really be an artist for a OSS project, especially one like amaroK, you have to be a member of the community as well (so, hang out on IRC, etc) so that you are not simply creating icons for an app that you occasionally use.
Well, Markey, I'm not an artist, but am a bit familiar with Gimp and Inkscape. I think I could try to do some artwork for my favourite app.
I Use InKsCape and Gimp......
Photoshop , Macrmedia Fireworks ,
amaroK Themes and Icons in KDE-look.org
seems so co0ol to me
it`s so great to use amaroK Live Cd
www.hamza.co.nr
Dr-Hamza
Photoshop , Macrmedia Fireworks ,
amaroK Themes and Icons in KDE-look.org
seems so co0ol to me
it`s so great to use amaroK Live Cd
www.hamza.co.nr
Dr-Hamza
Amarok Links
Calendar
|
September '08 |
|
||||
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | |||||
Quicksearch
Archives
Categories
Syndicate This Blog
Blog Administration
We Listen To...
Powered by
