Vote by Monday: Fedora 33 and 34 Wallpaper Artwork Inspiration

[Máirín Duffy]

Hi everyone,

For a few releases now we've talked about doing two release artwork designs at once so we can get a release ahead with the artwork. This will help across Fedora development because from the start there will be visual distinction between the most current release and the one under active development.

I would like to do that double-design now. I have created ticket for the Fedora 33 and Fedora 34 wallpapers as well as votes for the artwork inspiration:

Fedora 33 ("H"):
https://pagure.io/design/issue/687
Vote: https://linkto.run/p/7MLA59DE (expires Monday, use @fedoraproject.org email or FAS-registered email)

Fedora 34 ("I"):
https://pagure.io/design/issue/688
Vote: https://linkto.run/p/K50V8KZ4 (expires Monday, use @fedoraproject.org email or FAS-registered email)
The initial beta design for Fedora 33 is due August 18. I would like to see an initial beta design for Fedora 34 by August 31 (at which point F33's wallpaper for beta should be packaged and done so as to not add stress.)

If you do not yet have a Fedora Account and would like to vote, please email me before voting.

Since I know we have a few new contributors these days, I want to go over our wallpaper design process and call out a good example for you to see it in action:

1. Inspiration Selection

For the past several releases, we have chosen an inspiration for the wallpaper based on a famous scientist, inventor, and/or mathematician. We use the letters of the alphabet to do this. We started with Archimedes, then Bell, all the way to Fedora 32 which was Erving Goffman. Fedora 33 will be inspired by a scientist, inventor, or mathematician whose family name begins with "H," and Fedora 34 will be a different person of those categories with a family name starting with "I."

I did a bit of research and picked four choices for each 33 and 34 - they are posted in the tickets above. I would like us to make our choices relatively quickly, so I am setting the polls to expire on Monday. Please get your votes in ASAP. :) You will need to use your @fedoraproject.org email address to vote. If you do not have one, use the email associated with your Fedora Account System account (accounts.fedoraproject.org.)

2. Brainstorming / Mood Boards

Once we have an inspiration selected for each release, we can start talking about visual ideas and create mood boards. This is a bit of a chaotic process but we basically come up with sketches or visuals and  post to the ticket and go back and forth until we congregate around a single idea and we keep developing it. Take a look at the ticket for F32's artwork to see how this might typically go:

https://pagure.io/design/issue/669

3. Prepping for Beta

This is what we have to do by Aug 18 - basically get that wallpaper idea polished enough for shipment into beta. Ideally we'd have 4 versions of it, with different colors, for the Fedora time of day wallpaper feature. Here is an example: https://www.thetestspecimen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/fedora-29-dawn-da...

We also have four size formats for the wallpaper typically:
- Normalish 3840 x 3072 (5:4)
- Standard 4096 x 3072 (4:3)
- TV-Wide 4200 x 2363 (16:9)
- Wide 4200 x 2625 (16:10)

Then we package the files for beta and get feedback on it.

4. Feedback & finalization

Once the wallpaper is in beta, we may have tickets filed or hear from beta testers about it. We also ask around to see how people feel about it. We may find out there are some issues we can address before final, which we do, then repackage it up and it's done.

Cheers,
~m

[Benson Muite]

On 7/15/20 8:17 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> For a few releases now we've talked about doing two release artwork designs at once so we can get a release ahead with the artwork. This will help across Fedora development because from the start there will be visual distinction between the most current release and the one under active development.
>
> I would like to do that double-design now. I have created ticket for the Fedora 33 and Fedora 34 wallpapers as well as votes for the artwork inspiration:
>
> Fedora 33 ("H"):
> https://pagure.io/design/issue/687
> Vote: https://linkto.run/p/7MLA59DE (expires Monday, use @fedoraproject.org email or FAS-registered email)
>
> Fedora 34 ("I"):
> https://pagure.io/design/issue/688
> Vote: https://linkto.run/p/K50V8KZ4 (expires Monday, use @fedoraproject.org email or FAS-registered email)
> The initial beta design for Fedora 33 is due August 18. I would like to see an initial beta design for Fedora 34 by August 31 (at which point F33's wallpaper for beta should be packaged and done so as to not add stress.)
>
> If you do not yet have a Fedora Account and would like to vote, please email me before voting.
>
> Since I know we have a few new contributors these days, I want to go over our wallpaper design process and call out a good example for you to see it in action:
> Inspiration Selection
>
> For the past several releases, we have chosen an inspiration for the wallpaper based on a famous scientist, inventor, and/or mathematician. We use the letters of the alphabet to do this. We started with Archimedes, then Bell, all the way to Fedora 32 which was Erving Goffman. Fedora 33 will be inspired by a scientist, inventor, or mathematician whose family name begins with "H," and Fedora 34 will be a different person of those categories with a family name starting with "I."
>
> I did a bit of research and picked four choices for each 33 and 34 - they are posted in the tickets above. I would like us to make our choices relatively quickly, so I am setting the polls to expire on Monday. Please get your votes in ASAP. :) You will need to use your @fedoraproject.org email address to vote. If you do not have one, use the email associated with your Fedora Account System account (accounts.fedoraproject.org.)
> Brainstorming / Mood Boards
>
> Once we have an inspiration selected for each release, we can start talking about visual ideas and create mood boards. This is a bit of a chaotic process but we basically come up with sketches or visuals and  post to the ticket and go back and forth until we congregate around a single idea and we keep developing it. Take a look at the ticket for F32's artwork to see how this might typically go:
>
> https://pagure.io/design/issue/669
> Prepping for Beta
>
> This is what we have to do by Aug 18 - basically get that wallpaper idea polished enough for shipment into beta. Ideally we'd have 4 versions of it, with different colors, for the Fedora time of day wallpaper feature. Here is an example: https://www.thetestspecimen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/fedora-29-dawn-da...
>
> We also have four size formats for the wallpaper typically:
> Normalish 3840 x 3072 (5:4)
> Standard 4096 x 3072 (4:3)
> TV-Wide 4200 x 2363 (16:9)
> Wide 4200 x 2625 (16:10)
>
> Then we package the files for beta and get feedback on it.
> Feedback & finalization
>
> Once the wallpaper is in beta, we may have tickets filed or hear from beta testers about it. We also ask around to see how people feel about it. We may find out there are some issues we can address before final, which we do, then repackage it up and it's done.
>
> Cheers,
> ~m
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Seems we are missing  張衡 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Heng) 
whose poetry would undoubtedly inspire great art:

In Taishan stays my dear sweetheart,
But Liangfu keeps us long apart;
Looking east, I find tears start.
She gives me a sword to my delight;
A jade I give her as requite.
I'm at a loss as she is out of sight;
Why should I trouble myself all night?

[Máirín Duffy]

Hi Benson,

Thank you very much for the suggestion; I definitely have a soft spot 
for scientists who also write poetry. :) To lessen potential confusion 
and to keep things scope & moving since time is short, it's best we 
stick to the choices already set out, though.

I am happy to open it up to a bit longer set of possibilities for F35 
but I want us to make the timeline for a double set of artwork right now 
so we're set in the future. If you'd like to think of ideas for F35, the 
letter would be "J"!

Cheers,
~m

Ar 7/15/20 2:12 PM, scríobh Benson Muite:
> Seems we are missing  張衡 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Heng) 
> whose poetry would undoubtedly inspire great art:
>
> In Taishan stays my dear sweetheart,
> But Liangfu keeps us long apart;
> Looking east, I find tears start.
> She gives me a sword to my delight;
> A jade I give her as requite.
> I'm at a loss as she is out of sight;
> Why should I trouble myself all night?

[Luya Tshimbalanga]

Hello Máirín,

On 2020-07-15 10:17 a.m., Máirín Duffy wrote:
> Prepping for Beta
>
> This is what we have to do by Aug 18 - basically get that wallpaper idea polished enough for shipment into beta. Ideally we'd have 4 versions of it, with different colors, for the Fedora time of day wallpaper feature. Here is an example: https://www.thetestspecimen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/fedora-29-dawn-da...
>
> We also have four size formats for the wallpaper typically:
> Normalish 3840 x 3072 (5:4)
> Standard 4096 x 3072 (4:3)
> TV-Wide 4200 x 2363 (16:9)
> Wide 4200 x 2625 (16:10)

Some changes I would like to address:

Starting from Fedora 32, Standard format will be the only size to work 
on because majority of modern desktop environments automatically adjusts 
the wallpaper to the corresponding screen ratio depending of the 
settings. The rationale is to simplify the workflow so no more extra 
Normalish, TV-Wide and Wide formats in addition of less size of 
packaging file. =) The inspiration was from GNOME team after looking at 
the functionality of the time of day Adwatia wallpaper.

As part of system change for Fedora 33, time of day for the default 
wallpaper will be used as default [1]. As a maintainer, I found out it 
was not the case since Fedora 7 Moonshine.

Reference:

[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/DefaultAnimatedBackground

Sincerely,

[Máirín Duffy]

Ar 7/15/20 9:18 PM, scríobh Luya Tshimbalanga:
> Starting from Fedora 32, Standard format will be the only size to work 
> on because majority of modern desktop environments automatically 
> adjusts the wallpaper to the corresponding screen ratio depending of 
> the settings. The rationale is to simplify the workflow so no more 
> extra Normalish, TV-Wide and Wide formats in addition of less size of 
> packaging file. =) The inspiration was from GNOME team after looking 
> at the functionality of the time of day Adwatia wallpaper.

Oh, phew - that means less effort on our part too, that's great news!
> As part of system change for Fedora 33, time of day for the default 
> wallpaper will be used as default [1]. As a maintainer, I found out it 
> was not the case since Fedora 7 Moonshine.

Oh wow, I had no idea. This is good news too that it'll be working!

Thanks for the updates Luya!

Cheers,
~m

[Madeline Peck]

I've compiled some information on all the choices so if people are intrigued but intimidated on looking into each option a little more, they can look here at this google doc!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AZXj7e-HMeEccJzZvTV0FK1jipIKghQTAYEKAgJc...

I think I'm definitely leaning towards Agnes Ibbeston, the plant physiologist for Fedora 34- we could have some really beautiful floral and grass imagery inspiring the wallpaper. 
And for some reason having a mathematical inspired wallpaper for Fedora 33 based off of Euphemia Haynes' work seems really appealing to me. Gonna go finish up the inspiration drawings I have to post under each ticket. :)