Fedora Art Team Now Open

[Warren Togami]

Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> First, a relatively minor issue that is nevertheless quite annoying. 
> It's the Fedora distribution art, the images in Anaconda and the 
> Fedora-customized graphics in the admin tools and elsewhere. It has 
> never been much better than mediocre, and in FC5 it hits a new low 
> with backgrounds that look like a Teletubby hocked loogies into a 
> dish full of soap scum. And whose bright idea, I have to wonder, was 
> it to abandon the attractive and recognizable Fedora icon for 
> something that's...not a fedora?
> 
> Cripes. By comparison, even the original BlueCurve was superior. And 
> original BlueCurve wasn't much to cheer about compared to the 
> decorative art on a Windows or (especially) a Mac -- acceptable, but 
> not a competitive plus, not something that would actually attract 
> users. The FedoraBubbles stuff is bland and tacky goo that I expect 
> will repel them.

It didn't become terrible, but I personally believe that the artwork in
FC5 was a small step backwards.  I think maybe we could improve this 
situation in the future by treating artwork as a community project with 
feedback and (maybe) voting, rather than impose it on the community. 
Perhaps the FC6 desktop background could be made into an art contest 
with judging and prizes.

http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
fedora-art-list is now open, where hobbyists and professionals can
work together in order to create some kind of organization around Fedora 
Artwork.  There are already several goals in place like writing down 
specifications and the color palette of the Bluecurve theme and creating 
a process to contribute art.

Join the team, figure out what the goals are and who is interested to 
work on them, and we can have a community meeting on IRC sometime soon 
to form some kind of organization.

Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com