Latest design team bounty is up!

[Máirín Duffy]

http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/fedora-design-bounty-fedora-slide-...

This one is for the slide deck template. Please feel free to re-dent,
tweet, or do whatever you do to spread the word :)


~m

[Máirín Duffy]

On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 16:30 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/fedora-design-bounty-fedora-slide-...
>  
>  This one is for the slide deck template. Please feel free to re-dent,
>  tweet, or do whatever you do to spread the word :) 
I also advertised it here:

http://inkscapers.deviantart.com/
http://linux-users.deviantart.com/
http://openartists.deviantart.com/
http://fossadvocates.deviantart.com/

Any other ideas where we can post it?

~m

[Máirín Duffy]

Hi folks :)

On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 16:30 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/fedora-design-bounty-fedora-slide-...
>  
>  This one is for the slide deck template. Please feel free to re-dent,
>  tweet, or do whatever you do to spread the word :) 
It looks like we have our second design bounty ninja. :) 

Here's Emily's work:

"I’m done! \o/

"I uploaded the template to the wiki. If anyone wants to take a look at
the template file and the svg mockup file I used for all the extra
graphics, you can get them here:
http://www.fightingcrane.com/emily/fedora/

"If anyone has any comments or critiques (be gentle! ;) ) just let me
know. Thanks!"


Can you folks look over the otp file Emily has provided us and provide
some critique? I really like the pattern she came up with as well as the
slide gradient. It gives the slides a nice depth and it makes the text
easier to read I think.

~m

[Kris Thomsen]

It looks really nice :) but I think we should use a Fedora-blue for
the text instead of the light/baby blue :)
Maybe put some more blue into the artwork generally. But the pattern
is awesome!

// Kris

2010/7/15 Máirín Duffy <duffy(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;:
>  Hi folks :)
>
>  On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 16:30 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> >
> http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/fedora-design-bounty-fedora-slide-...
> >
> > This one is for the slide deck template. Please feel free to re-dent,
> > tweet, or do whatever you do to spread the word :)
>
>  It looks like we have our second design bounty ninja. :)
>
>  Here's Emily's work:
>
>  "I’m done! \o/
>
>  "I uploaded the template to the wiki. If anyone wants to take a look at
>  the template file and the svg mockup file I used for all the extra
>  graphics, you can get them here:
>  http://www.fightingcrane.com/emily/fedora/
>
>  "If anyone has any comments or critiques (be gentle! ;) ) just let me
>  know. Thanks!"
>
>
>  Can you folks look over the otp file Emily has provided us and provide
>  some critique? I really like the pattern she came up with as well as the
>  slide gradient. It gives the slides a nice depth and it makes the text
>  easier to read I think.
>
>  ~m
>
>  _______________________________________________
>  design-team mailing list
>  design-team(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team

[Emily Dirsh]

Hi Kris,

I did try it with the std fedora blue, but I thought it had too little
contrast - so I tweaked the luminosity a bit to help readability.

On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 21:58 +0200, Kris Thomsen wrote:
>  It looks really nice :) but I think we should use a Fedora-blue for
>  the text instead of the light/baby blue :)
>  Maybe put some more blue into the artwork generally. But the pattern
>  is awesome!
>  
>  // Kris
>  
>  2010/7/15 Máirín Duffy <duffy(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;:
>  > Hi folks :)
>  >
>  > On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 16:30 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote:
>  >>
> http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/fedora-design-bounty-fedora-slide-...
>  >>
>  >> This one is for the slide deck template. Please feel free to re-dent,
>  >> tweet, or do whatever you do to spread the word :)
>  >
>  > It looks like we have our second design bounty ninja. :)
>  >
>  > Here's Emily's work:
>  >
>  > "I’m done! \o/
>  >
>  > "I uploaded the template to the wiki. If anyone wants to take a look at
>  > the template file and the svg mockup file I used for all the extra
>  > graphics, you can get them here:
>  > http://www.fightingcrane.com/emily/fedora/
>  >
>  > "If anyone has any comments or critiques (be gentle! ;) ) just let me
>  > know. Thanks!"
>  >
>  >
>  > Can you folks look over the otp file Emily has provided us and provide
>  > some critique? I really like the pattern she came up with as well as the
>  > slide gradient. It gives the slides a nice depth and it makes the text
>  > easier to read I think.
>  >
>  > ~m
>  >
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[Jef van Schendel]

2010/7/15 Máirín Duffy <duffy(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;:
>  Hi folks :)
>
>  On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 16:30 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> >
> http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/fedora-design-bounty-fedora-slide-...
> >
> > This one is for the slide deck template. Please feel free to re-dent,
> > tweet, or do whatever you do to spread the word :)
>
>  It looks like we have our second design bounty ninja. :)
>
>  Here's Emily's work:
>
>  "I’m done! \o/
>
>  "I uploaded the template to the wiki. If anyone wants to take a look at
>  the template file and the svg mockup file I used for all the extra
>  graphics, you can get them here:
>  http://www.fightingcrane.com/emily/fedora/
>
>  "If anyone has any comments or critiques (be gentle! ;) ) just let me
>  know. Thanks!"
>
>
>  Can you folks look over the otp file Emily has provided us and provide
>  some critique? I really like the pattern she came up with as well as the
>  slide gradient. It gives the slides a nice depth and it makes the text
>  easier to read I think.
>
>  ~m
>
>  _______________________________________________
>  design-team mailing list
>  design-team(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team 
Hi Emily!

Welcome, fellow Bounty Ninja! :D

Great work on the slides... I love the background pattern. Fun and
Fedora-like, better looking than a plain background yet not
distracting. Excellent. Also love the cute little Fedora-features
bullet points. :)

As for critique... Overall I like it but there's a few small things I
think need a little adjustment. Just ideas, see what you do with 'em!

~ I thought the black from the background gradient was a little too
dark, so I made it dark grey instead. I put a new version in the
edited .odp, but there's an even newer one in the .svg and .png (made
the pattern a little less obvious).
~ If you expand the left border of the "Presentation Title" text to
the left border of the slide, it won't change position anymore when
you change the text (which it did in my OpenOffice). Seems like a
weird bug/setting in OOo...
~ I made the text from the "Questions" slide the same as the
"Topic..." slides, I personally think it looks a little better if
they're similar.

And even smaller nitpicks:

~ The license text in the bottom right corner isn't equally space from
the right border and the bottom. Moved it down a bit to correct this.
~ I changed "Presented By:" to "Presented by" because I think it
looks
a little cleaner. Opinions may vary on this though. Darn, I just
noticed it isn't aligned with the text below it now... Needs an edit.
~ Made some other small edits to the layout of the "Questions" slide:
moved the license down a bit, removed the : from "Contact:", made the
Fedora logo the same size as the text next to it and placed it all in
the bottom right corner. Again, just my opinion.

Gosh I sound mean here... I'm no expert so take all this with a grain
of salt. Hope some of it is useful! :)

Looking forward to having you on the team,

Jef

Edited slide: http://schendje.fedorapeople.org/temp/Slide%20Deck%20Template%20Jef.odp
Edited background: http://schendje.fedorapeople.org/temp/slide-mockup-1.png
Edited background source:
http://schendje.fedorapeople.org/temp/slide-mockup-jef.svg

[Emily Dirsh]

Hi Jef,

Thanks for the suggestions. Don't worry - you don't sound mean ;). It's
easy to miss little details sometimes when you're finishing things up
really quickly during lunch :)

On your first point, I had the background quite dark because I didn't
want the logo to get lost. On one of my monitors (not calibrated, mind
you) the logo on the first page got a bit lost in the background, so I
made it darker to be on the safe side. That said, I like the change you
made with the background. I do like seeing the pattern all the way up
the page.

To your second point, grr stupid OOo...

Thirdly, I like the change to the question text - it does make it more
consistent. However, I think changing the position of the contact
info/logo to the right corner makes that corner look a bit crowded.

Thanks for your input - it's very helpful! Let me know if you have any
other ideas! 

Emily

On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 22:18 +0200, Jef van Schendel wrote:
>  2010/7/15 Máirín Duffy <duffy(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;:
>  > Hi folks :)
>  >
>  > On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 16:30 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote:
>  >>
> http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/fedora-design-bounty-fedora-slide-...
>  >>
>  >> This one is for the slide deck template. Please feel free to re-dent,
>  >> tweet, or do whatever you do to spread the word :)
>  >
>  > It looks like we have our second design bounty ninja. :)
>  >
>  > Here's Emily's work:
>  >
>  > "I’m done! \o/
>  >
>  > "I uploaded the template to the wiki. If anyone wants to take a look at
>  > the template file and the svg mockup file I used for all the extra
>  > graphics, you can get them here:
>  > http://www.fightingcrane.com/emily/fedora/
>  >
>  > "If anyone has any comments or critiques (be gentle! ;) ) just let me
>  > know. Thanks!"
>  >
>  >
>  > Can you folks look over the otp file Emily has provided us and provide
>  > some critique? I really like the pattern she came up with as well as the
>  > slide gradient. It gives the slides a nice depth and it makes the text
>  > easier to read I think.
>  >
>  > ~m
>  >
>  > _______________________________________________
>  > design-team mailing list
>  > design-team(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
>  
>  Hi Emily!
>  
>  Welcome, fellow Bounty Ninja! :D
>  
>  Great work on the slides... I love the background pattern. Fun and
>  Fedora-like, better looking than a plain background yet not
>  distracting. Excellent. Also love the cute little Fedora-features
>  bullet points. :)
>  
>  As for critique... Overall I like it but there's a few small things I
>  think need a little adjustment. Just ideas, see what you do with 'em!
>  
>  ~ I thought the black from the background gradient was a little too
>  dark, so I made it dark grey instead. I put a new version in the
>  edited .odp, but there's an even newer one in the .svg and .png (made
>  the pattern a little less obvious).
>  ~ If you expand the left border of the "Presentation Title" text to
>  the left border of the slide, it won't change position anymore when
>  you change the text (which it did in my OpenOffice). Seems like a
>  weird bug/setting in OOo...
>  ~ I made the text from the "Questions" slide the same as the
>  "Topic..." slides, I personally think it looks a little better if
>  they're similar.
>  
>  And even smaller nitpicks:
>  
>  ~ The license text in the bottom right corner isn't equally space from
>  the right border and the bottom. Moved it down a bit to correct this.
>  ~ I changed "Presented By:" to "Presented by" because I think it
> looks
>  a little cleaner. Opinions may vary on this though. Darn, I just
>  noticed it isn't aligned with the text below it now... Needs an edit.
>  ~ Made some other small edits to the layout of the "Questions" slide:
>  moved the license down a bit, removed the : from "Contact:", made the
>  Fedora logo the same size as the text next to it and placed it all in
>  the bottom right corner. Again, just my opinion.
>  
>  Gosh I sound mean here... I'm no expert so take all this with a grain
>  of salt. Hope some of it is useful! :)
>  
>  Looking forward to having you on the team,
>  
>  Jef
>  
>  Edited slide: http://schendje.fedorapeople.org/temp/Slide%20Deck%20Template%20Jef.odp
>  Edited background: http://schendje.fedorapeople.org/temp/slide-mockup-1.png
>  Edited background source:
>  http://schendje.fedorapeople.org/temp/slide-mockup-jef.svg
>  _______________________________________________
>  design-team mailing list
>  design-team(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
>

[Jef van Schendel]

2010/7/17 Emily Dirsh <emily(a)fightingcrane.com&gt;:
>  Hi Jef,
>
>  Thanks for the suggestions. Don't worry - you don't sound mean ;). 
I'm glad! :)

>  On your first point, I had the background quite dark because I
> didn't
>  want the logo to get lost. On one of my monitors (not calibrated, mind
>  you) the logo on the first page got a bit lost in the background, so I
>  made it darker to be on the safe side. That said, I like the change you
>  made with the background. I do like seeing the pattern all the way up
>  the page. 
Yeah, it might just be my own monitor too... This laptop doesn't
display anything *close* to the actual colors. :( I should really look
into the color settings...

>  Thirdly, I like the change to the question text - it does make it
> more
>  consistent. However, I think changing the position of the contact
>  info/logo to the right corner makes that corner look a bit crowded. 
Fair point!

Jef

[Nicu Buculei]

On 07/15/2010 10:29 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
>  Can you folks look over the otp file Emily has provided us and provide
>  some critique? I really like the pattern she came up with as well as the
>  slide gradient. It gives the slides a nice depth and it makes the text
>  easier to read I think. 
That's an awesome debut in the team from Emily.

Here is my own suggestion: can we have something about Fedora identity 
on every page, in the header of the footer? (it would be very small and 
unobtrusive)

-- 
nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/
photography: http://photoblog.nicubunu.ro/

[Emily Dirsh]

Nicu,

Do you have something in mind? A small logo? or something else?

Thanks!
Emily

On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 09:21 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote:
>  On 07/15/2010 10:29 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
>  >
>  > Can you folks look over the otp file Emily has provided us and provide
>  > some critique? I really like the pattern she came up with as well as the
>  > slide gradient. It gives the slides a nice depth and it makes the text
>  > easier to read I think.
>  
>  That's an awesome debut in the team from Emily.
>  
>  Here is my own suggestion: can we have something about Fedora identity 
>  on every page, in the header of the footer? (it would be very small and 
>  unobtrusive)
>  
>  -- 
>  nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/
>  photography: http://photoblog.nicubunu.ro/
>  _______________________________________________
>  design-team mailing list
>  design-team(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team

[Nicu Buculei]

On 07/17/2010 08:31 PM, Emily Dirsh wrote:
>  Do you have something in mind? A small logo? or something else? 
His is how I branded my latest presentation from a couple of months ago 
(probably branding was a bit excessive, but the general idea there was 
to "sell" Fedora and the team):
http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/slides/fedora-design-team-2010.pdf

>  On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 09:21 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote:
> >
> > Here is my own suggestion: can we have something about Fedora identity
> > on every page, in the header of the footer? (it would be very small and
> > unobtrusive) 

-- 
nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/