[CentOS] CentOS 8 Artwork needed

[Robert Moskowitz]

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...

My $0.02 worth.