[CentOS] CentOS 8 Artwork needed

Fri Mar 8 16:05:49 UTC 2019
Leon Fauster <leonfauster at googlemail.com>

> Am 08.03.2019 um 15:56 schrieb Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>:
> 
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> 
> On 3/8/19 5:55 AM, J Martin Rushton via CentOS wrote:
>> On 07/03/2019 20:45, Rich Bowen wrote:
>>> To all the artists and designers here, we need your help.
>>> 
>>> With RHEL 8 beta released, we need to start producing artwork for CentOS
>>> 8. It's time for the CentOS Artwork SIG, and anyone else that's
>>> interested in contributing to this effort, to start working on
>>> everything that will be needed for the new release.
>>> 
>>> What we know we need is anaconda artwork, and new desktop backgrounds to
>>> replace the current '7' themed stuff.
>>> 
>>> As we dig, we may find more things that need to be updated to the new 8
>>> theme.
>>> 
>>> Additionally, we will need to update some of the assets listed here:
>>> https://wiki.centos.org/ArtWork/Identity
>>> 
>>> ... and produce new assets for 8 to be listed here:
>>> https://wiki.centos.org/ArtWork/Brand/Logo
>>> 
>>> And, finally, we need someone to step up to lead this effort.
>>> 
>>> While we don't yet know for certain when RHEL 8 will officially release,
>>> it's safe to assume that it's soon, and we need your help.
>>> 
>> I'm no artist, so I won't even attempt to actually create artwork.
>> 
>> Having said that, with the current increase in interest in space
>> activity the old Apollo 8 logo might give us some inspiration.  See
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo-8-patch.png for the original.
>> 
>> My initial though is for the CentOS logo where the earth is and some
>> sort of future at the Moon end.  Perhaps a star?  I'm a programmer not a
>> "creative" so I'll allow artistic types to decide.  If obscuring the
>> CentOS logo with the lower band of the "8" is unacceptable, then it
>> would be possible to keep the Earth and put the CentOS logo in place of
>> the Moon.  Not as strong a message, but still fun.
>> 
>> The three astronauts' names cound be replaced with the word "CentOS", a
>> slogan (please not "to infinity and beyond"), or simply blanked.  The
>> colour scheme will obviously depend upon corporate diktat.
> 
> Perhaps avoid a blue background.
> 
> Supposedly there is solid research now that blues are bad for our eyes...
> 

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071398

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