Introduce Yourself Task

[william staud]

Hello, my name is Tyler Staud.  I am currently a student at Byron P. Steele
High School.  I will be graduating next year and plan on going to college
and majoring in some sort of design program.

At the moment, I have a broad range of experience.  I am currently the Photo
Editor/Designer on my school newspaper; that may not sound like much but my
school currently has 2000+ students.  I handled everything from cleaning
photos to manipulating them as well as designing layouts and modifying
layouts.  This coming year I plan on moving to Sport's Editor.  Which brings
me to my next area of expertise.  I decided to make the move to Sport's
Editor because I currently own and operate a website.

Link to website: steelefootball.com

I had originally created the website using HTML and CSS.  Just a few months
ago I made the move to Flash.  Every inch of that website (photos, designs,
videos, etc) was all created by myself.  I am currently in the process of
moving back to HTML, due to the lack of user friendliness with Flash.  Many
of my users can not view the website because their computer screen's
resolution can not cover the entire websites resolution.  Once I make the
move back to HTML I plan on adding Facebook Connect as well as some other
cool features.

I believe I could be of some help with Fedora's projects.  I am extremely
experienced with Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects and Flash. (I have
my PC setup to dual boot Windows 7 and Fedora).  I can also create
advertisements of all types as well as effectively use them thanks to my
experience in Newspaper.  I decided to volunteer my help to Fedora because I
love the simplicity of this Distro.  Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Puppy Linux did
not quiet seem to cut it for me.  But I have noticed with simplicity comes
learning, which is the best part of Linux in my eyes.  I am not as
experienced as most with Linux; but I will learn.  My experience with Linux
will not effect my design though.  I can still create any design in Windows
(for now) and make use of them in Linux.

Thank you taking the time to read this and I hope you guys can find a few
areas I can be useful in.  If you would like me to create and send some sort
of design as a reference of my experience I will be more then happy to
attempt it.

Tyler Staud

Sources (some of my work)

Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/steeleknightfootball
Website: www.steelefootball.com

Ways to get ahold of me:
Email: [e-mail]
Phone:[phone]
Facebook: facebook.com/xconstaud

[Onyeibo Oku]

You are TOO welcome, Staud

Have you considered the open-source alternatives to the propriety software you use. Fedora is open-source and the Fedora designers encourage the use of open-source tools in their projects

I come from a background of CorelSuite, Photoshop, Autodesk; but I'm proud to tell you I'm very happy and comfortable with their open-source alternatives. You should try them too

So, welcome to fedora design. Prepare yourself for awesomeness.

sent from mobile device

-----Original Message-----
From: william staud 
Sender: [e-mail]
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:11:08 
To: 
Reply-To: Fedora Design Team 
Subject: [Design-team] Introduce Yourself Task

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[william staud]

Thank you for the quick response!  I have just tried out GIMP.  In the past
hour I have created two icons and have taken a ticket (#188) and have worked
on a large Fedora Logo.  I found it to be great software!  It was quiet easy
to get the hang of it as well.  But I have a question.  I finished the draft
for ticket #188.  Do I send the draft through the mailing list now for
approval or what? haha

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 3:19 AM, Onyeibo Oku  wrote:
> You are TOO welcome, Staud
>
> Have you considered the open-source alternatives to the propriety software
> you use. Fedora is open-source and the Fedora designers encourage the use of
> open-source tools in their projects
>
> I come from a background of CorelSuite, Photoshop, Autodesk; but I'm proud
> to tell you I'm very happy and comfortable with their open-source
> alternatives. You should try them too
>
> So, welcome to fedora design. Prepare yourself for awesomeness.
>
> sent from mobile device
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: william staud 
> Sender: [e-mail]
> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:11:08
> To: 
> Reply-To: Fedora Design Team 
> Subject: [Design-team] Introduce Yourself Task
>
> design-team mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
>
> design-team mailing list
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[Vinzenz Vietzke]

Am 19.07.2011 12:24, schrieb william staud:
> Do I send the draft through the mailing list now for
> approval or what? haha

Simply upload it anywhere on the net, maybe to your fedorapeople.org 
space and paste the link here.

Welcome aboard!
vinz.

[william staud]

Thank you Vinz!  And here is the link to the ticket.  I posted a reply with
the two drafts that I uploaded to my site.  It was a super easy ticket.
Although it was a bit hard to understand exactly what the person wanted.  So
I just made 2 "GIANT Fedora logos".

https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/188#comment:2

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 5:40 AM, Vinzenz Vietzke wrote:
> Am 19.07.2011 12:24, schrieb william staud:
> > Do I send the draft through the mailing list now for
> > approval or what? haha
>
> Simply upload it anywhere on the net, maybe to your fedorapeople.org
> space and paste the link here.
>
> Welcome aboard!
> vinz.
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> Vinzenz Vietzke
> Fedora Ambassador / Coordination German L10N Team
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> wk: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Vinz
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[Vinzenz Vietzke]

William,

Am 19.07.2011 12:55, schrieb william staud:
> Although it was a bit hard to understand exactly what the person wanted.  So
> I just made 2 "GIANT Fedora logos".

Nice, thank you for taking the ticket!
Perhaps you could have a look at the "logo usage guidelines" wiki page 
to see, what and how fonts should be used.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Logo/UsageGuidelines#Typeface

There's also explained how to get the correct logo font for Fedora's logo.

vinz.

[william staud]

Thank you for the link. The reference is going to be a huge help and I am
going to get working on it right away tomorrow.  It's good to see all the
organization with the design team!
On Jul 19, 2011 7:31 AM, "Vinzenz Vietzke"  wrote:
> William,
>
> Am 19.07.2011 12:55, schrieb william staud:
> > Although it was a bit hard to understand exactly what the person wanted.

So
> > I just made 2 "GIANT Fedora logos".
>
> Nice, thank you for taking the ticket!
> Perhaps you could have a look at the "logo usage guidelines" wiki page
> to see, what and how fonts should be used.
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Logo/UsageGuidelines#Typeface
>
> There's also explained how to get the correct logo font for Fedora's logo.
> vinz.
>
> Vinzenz Vietzke
> Fedora Ambassador / Coordination German L10N Team
> m: [e-mail]
> wk: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Vinz
> mb: https://identi.ca/vinzv
> _______________________________________________
> design-team mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team

[william staud]

The ticket I originally had chosen was closed.  The user found that he/she
could just go directly to logos for the task.  With that said, can someone
assign me a task or ticket so I can work on it and possibly join the team?
I would love to become a part of the Design Team.

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 12:30 AM, william staud  wrote:
> Thank you for the link. The reference is going to be a huge help and I am
> going to get working on it right away tomorrow.  It's good to see all the
> organization with the design team!
> On Jul 19, 2011 7:31 AM, "Vinzenz Vietzke"  wrote:
> > William,
> >
> > Am 19.07.2011 12:55, schrieb william staud:
> > > Although it was a bit hard to understand exactly what the person wanted.
>
> So
> > > I just made 2 "GIANT Fedora logos".
> >
> > Nice, thank you for taking the ticket!
> > Perhaps you could have a look at the "logo usage guidelines" wiki page
> > to see, what and how fonts should be used.
> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Logo/UsageGuidelines#Typeface
> >
> > There's also explained how to get the correct logo font for Fedora's
>
> logo.
> > vinz.
> >
> > Vinzenz Vietzke
> > Fedora Ambassador / Coordination German L10N Team
> > m: [e-mail]
> > wk: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Vinz
> > mb: https://identi.ca/vinzv
> > _______________________________________________
> > design-team mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team

[Onyeibo Oku]

On 21/07/2011 20:10, william staud wrote:
> The ticket I originally had chosen was closed.  The user found that
> he/she could just go directly to logos for the task.  With that said,
> can someone assign me a task or ticket so I can work on it and possibly
> join the team?  I would love to become a part of the Design Team.

Check the fedora-design trac and choose any ticket not assigned to anybody.

[Sirko Kemter]

Hi William,

there is an open ticket since yesterday.

https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/196

It's assigned to tatica now, but dont worry u can have it if u want.

U should take a look on the guidelines for fedora first, there is also some 
hints for sub group logos and stuff.

Mizmo and Ian reworked it, Mizmo blogged about it this week:

http://blog.linuxgrrl.com/2011/07/19/newly-expanded-fedora-logo-guidelines/

If u need help with Inkscape u can ask me or any other here.

br gnokii
> On 21/07/2011 20:10, william staud wrote:
> > The ticket I originally had chosen was closed.  The user found that
> > he/she could just go directly to logos for the task.  With that said,
> > can someone assign me a task or ticket so I can work on it and possibly
> > join the team?  I would love to become a part of the Design Team.
>
> Check the fedora-design trac and choose any ticket not assigned to anybody.
> _______________________________________________
> design-team mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team

[william staud]

Thank you for the link!  Is the person requesting a logo like the ones found
here:  http://spins.fedoraproject.org/  ?  I just want to clarify before I
start working on it.

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 7:58 AM, S.Kemter
wrote:
> Hi William,
>
> there is an open ticket since yesterday.
>
> https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/196
>
> It's assigned to tatica now, but dont worry u can have it if u want.
>
> U should take a look on the guidelines for fedora first, there is also some
> hints for sub group logos and stuff.
>
> Mizmo and Ian reworked it, Mizmo blogged about it this week:
>
> http://blog.linuxgrrl.com/2011/07/19/newly-expanded-fedora-logo-guidelines/
>
> If u need help with Inkscape u can ask me or any other here.
>
> br gnokii
> > On 21/07/2011 20:10, william staud wrote:
> > > The ticket I originally had chosen was closed.  The user found that
> > > he/she could just go directly to logos for the task.  With that said,
> > > can someone assign me a task or ticket so I can work on it and possibly
> > > join the team?  I would love to become a part of the Design Team.
> >
> > Check the fedora-design trac and choose any ticket not assigned to
>
> anybody.
> > design-team mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
>
> design-team mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team

[william staud]

Is the person requesting a logo *want it to be* like the ones found here:
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 1:47 PM, william staud  wrote:
> Thank you for the link!  Is the person requesting a logo like the ones
> found here:  http://spins.fedoraproject.org/  ?  I just want to clarify
> before I start working on it.
>
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 7:58 AM, S.Kemter <
> [e-mail]> wrote:
> > Hi William,
> >
> > there is an open ticket since yesterday.
> >
> > https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/196
> >
> > It's assigned to tatica now, but dont worry u can have it if u want.
> >
> > U should take a look on the guidelines for fedora first, there is also
> > some
> > hints for sub group logos and stuff.
> >
> > Mizmo and Ian reworked it, Mizmo blogged about it this week:
> >
> > http://blog.linuxgrrl.com/2011/07/19/newly-expanded-fedora-logo-guidelines/
> >
> > If u need help with Inkscape u can ask me or any other here.
> >
> > br gnokii
> > > On 21/07/2011 20:10, william staud wrote:
> > > > The ticket I originally had chosen was closed.  The user found that
> > > > he/she could just go directly to logos for the task.  With that said,
> > > > can someone assign me a task or ticket so I can work on it and
> >
> > possibly
> > > > join the team?  I would love to become a part of the Design Team.
> > >
> > > Check the fedora-design trac and choose any ticket not assigned to
> >
> > anybody.
> > > design-team mailing list
> > > [e-mail]
> > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
> >
> > design-team mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team

[Sirko Kemter]

Hello,

Am Freitag 22 Juli 2011, 20:48:08 schrieb william staud:
> Is the person requesting a logo *want it to be* like the ones found here:
> http://spins.fedoraproject.org/

yes it should be such one, but u can ask the requester to be sure ;)

br gnokii
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 1:47 PM, william staud  wrote:
> > Thank you for the link!  Is the person requesting a logo like the ones
> > found here:  http://spins.fedoraproject.org/  ?  I just want to clarify
> > before I start working on it.
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 7:58 AM, S.Kemter <
> >
> > [e-mail]> wrote:
> > > Hi William,
> > >
> > > there is an open ticket since yesterday.
> > >
> > > https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/196
> > >
> > > It's assigned to tatica now, but dont worry u can have it if u want.
> > >
> > > U should take a look on the guidelines for fedora first, there is also
> > > some
> > > hints for sub group logos and stuff.
> > >
> > > Mizmo and Ian reworked it, Mizmo blogged about it this week:
> > >
> > > http://blog.linuxgrrl.com/2011/07/19/newly-expanded-fedora-logo-guidelin
> > > es/
> > >
> > > If u need help with Inkscape u can ask me or any other here.
> > >
> > > br gnokii
> > > > On 21/07/2011 20:10, william staud wrote:
> > > > > The ticket I originally had chosen was closed.  The user found that
> > > > > he/she could just go directly to logos for the task.  With that
> > > > > said, can someone assign me a task or ticket so I can work on it
> > > > > and
> > >
> > > possibly
> > > > > join the team?  I would love to become a part of the Design Team.
> > > >
> > > > Check the fedora-design trac and choose any ticket not assigned to
> > >
> > > anybody.
> > > > design-team mailing list
> > > > [e-mail]
> > > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
> > >
> > > design-team mailing list
> > > [e-mail]
> > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team

[Abi R]

Hi william,

we could reassign it to you since you're interested. By the way can we take
this discussion to Trac so the reporter knows as well.

Abi

[william staud]

Sounds good to me.  I'm still getting use to the whole ticket setup here.
It's a great idea and seems very productive.

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Abi R wrote:
> Hi william,
>
> we could reassign it to you since you're interested. By the way can we take
> this discussion to Trac so the reporter knows as well.
>
> Abi
>
> design-team mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team

[william staud]

Ok, so I attached a draft for "feedback and approval" to join the Design
Team.  The draft is currently only missing one key component and that is the
font.  If anyone knows the font that I need, you will make my day!

Here is a comparison spin tag with the font I need:
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/kde/

This tag is for Ticket #196:https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/196

Also, is it possible to assign me to the ticket?  I'm not sure
what privileges and what not you need.

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:03 PM, william staud  wrote:
> Sounds good to me.  I'm still getting use to the whole ticket setup here.
> It's a great idea and seems very productive.
>
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Abi R wrote:
> > Hi william,
> >
> > we could reassign it to you since you're interested. By the way can we
> > take this discussion to Trac so the reporter knows as well.
> >
> > Abi
> >
> > design-team mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team