I've been working through the various SIGs, trying to determine which ones are active. I'm curious about the state of the Artwork SIG.
https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Artwork
Is this still an ongoing effort, or is it "done"?
Hello Rich,
On Mon, 2018-03-12 at 12:09 -0400, Rich Bowen wrote:
I've been working through the various SIGs, trying to determine which ones are active. I'm curious about the state of the Artwork SIG.
It has been a long time inactive as far I as am concerned.
Is this still an ongoing effort, or is it "done"?
Done? That's a good question. The CentOS Project still demands a new artistic motif for each major release it produces and re-branding is another essential part of the journey.
However, consider for a moment what happened with CentOS 7 artwork design process. It was not discussed in the public media (e.g., wiki, mailing list) and appeared all of a sudden in the distribution final release. None of the Artwork SIG members listed in the wiki at that time designed it, nor mentioned attribution to the work under the Artwork SIG wiki space. Surely I don't have enough information on this but the root of that decision/process may help you find the answer you are looking for.
The CentOS Board intervention may be helpful here, in order to clarify the process expected, set it on the Artwork SIG wiki space and move on with whatever it is. But at least know what it is, if possible.
This topic affects directly the CentOS Project visual identity, so it is a delicate one.
Best regards,
On 03/05/18 04:16, Alain Reguera Delgado wrote:
Hello Rich,
On Mon, 2018-03-12 at 12:09 -0400, Rich Bowen wrote:
I've been working through the various SIGs, trying to determine which ones are active. I'm curious about the state of the Artwork SIG.
It has been a long time inactive as far I as am concerned.
Is this still an ongoing effort, or is it "done"?
Done? That's a good question. The CentOS Project still demands a new artistic motif for each major release it produces and re-branding is another essential part of the journey.
However, consider for a moment what happened with CentOS 7 artwork design process. It was not discussed in the public media (e.g., wiki, mailing list) and appeared all of a sudden in the distribution final release. None of the Artwork SIG members listed in the wiki at that time designed it, nor mentioned attribution to the work under the Artwork SIG wiki space. Surely I don't have enough information on this but the root of that decision/process may help you find the answer you are looking for.
The CentOS Board intervention may be helpful here, in order to clarify the process expected, set it on the Artwork SIG wiki space and move on with whatever it is. But at least know what it is, if possible.
This topic affects directly the CentOS Project visual identity, so it is a delicate one.
While that is true, I for one would definitely want community participation in the next round of artwork we need.
There is still plenty of scope to improve on what we have for 7 as well
regards
On Thu, May 03, 2018 at 10:42:14PM +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote:
This topic affects directly the CentOS Project visual identity, so it is a delicate one.
While that is true, I for one would definitely want community participation in the next round of artwork we need.
As an interested outsider, I definitely recommend this. This has been an excellent and important inroads into Fedora community participation. It helps people realize that contributing to open source isn't all about programming (which is an important realization, because in a distro, programming isn't even a majority of the work we need to do).
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