Hi Design Friends, In the last email I was inspired by the project name Laughlin and the phrase ' The whole is more than the sum of its parts.' I saw this as an opportunity to push the visual concept of cut and paste. Replication of the same simple shape to make a very complex design. How far can you push it. Something as simple as a line can be pushed pretty far. Here are some links:
http://ffffound.com/image/f66c6f2b56f058f65f07de831ff41764c7a9d726 http://ffffound.com/image/40a9d9f63206e3a4b2f6b095431fd1727070f0fe http://ffffound.com/image/f07eeae06727922c461a1a28f01f7e197fcc21d6 http://www.justinmaller.com/showcase.html (more or less) http://ffffound.com/image/3c4689564b36a005b824a992e685a6651d19ad31 (more or less)
The cut and paste concept would work with any shape. I am going to just take a simple line and push it. I did a pencil concept sketch for a line illustration idea I had. Anyone is welcome to pursue it with me.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F14_Artwork_Theme_Concepts
There are a lot of great inspirational resources out there I use that are available to you.
http://ffffound.com/ http://www.behance.net/ http://www.cpluv.com/
Hope this helped with some inspiration!
Kyle
----- Original Message ----- From: "Máirín Duffy" duffy@fedoraproject.org To: "Fedora Design Team" design-team@lists.fedoraproject.org Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:59:42 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Design-team] Concepts for F14
As for the deadline, AFAIK we have not yet the dates set, so it will be announced later, but it will probably be some time before Alpha (probably something between 1 and 3 weeks before Alpha freeze to give us enough time to decide on a final concept, to put it in enough shape for alpha and to package it).
One of the suggestions for visualizing the theme for Laughlin was,
"Something that can illustrate the emergence concept, like multiple objects combined to create a new one (more complex). "
The work of Robert Laughlin, who "was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in physics for his explanation of the fractional quantum Hall effect. Moreover he argues for emergence which is a concept that says 'The whole is more than the sum of its parts.' Fedora is more than the sum of its software."
Visually I think this concept could make a nice theme. It could be cool to use objects or phenomena from nature to illustrate it. e.g., many drops of water making a stream or whatnot. Do you have any ideas on how we might visualize this?
BTW Tatica put together some mockups around a atomic theme: http://tatica.fedorapeople.org/Themes/F14/
I think the backdrop of atomos.svg is nice - with a bit of tweaking it could make a nice abstract pattern.
~m
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On 05/20/2010 10:10 PM, Kyle Baker wrote:
The cut and paste concept would work with any shape. I am going to just take a simple line and push it. I did a pencil concept sketch for a line illustration idea I had. Anyone is welcome to pursue it with me.
Kyle, I like a lot the abstractness of this concept. Can you add a shade of blue to it, to match our traditional visual style? Which apps have you used to create it? Are sources available for the image, so we can play with it?
Nicu, It is just a pencil sketch of a concept intended to get some creative juices flowing. The idea will need to be created digitally. Anyone is welcome to start it off with me if they are interested.
Kyle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicu Buculei" nicu_fedora@nicubunu.ro To: "Fedora Design Team" design-team@lists.fedoraproject.org Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 1:56:45 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Design-team] Concepts for F14
On 05/20/2010 10:10 PM, Kyle Baker wrote:
The cut and paste concept would work with any shape. I am going to just take a simple line and push it. I did a pencil concept sketch for a line illustration idea I had. Anyone is welcome to pursue it with me.
Kyle, I like a lot the abstractness of this concept. Can you add a shade of blue to it, to match our traditional visual style? Which apps have you used to create it? Are sources available for the image, so we can play with it?
On 05/21/2010 03:54 PM, Kyle Baker wrote:
Nicu, It is just a pencil sketch of a concept intended to get some creative juices flowing. The idea will need to be created digitally. Anyone is welcome to start it off with me if they are interested.
Oh, you are great with the pencil! I could swear it was made with 3D software!
On 05/20/2010 10:10 PM, Kyle Baker wrote:
The cut and paste concept would work with any shape. I am going to just take a simple line and push it. I did a pencil concept sketch for a line illustration idea I had. Anyone is welcome to pursue it with me.
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 04:52:14PM +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote:
On 05/21/2010 03:54 PM, Kyle Baker wrote:
Nicu, It is just a pencil sketch of a concept intended to get some creative juices flowing. The idea will need to be created digitally. Anyone is welcome to start it off with me if they are interested.
Oh, you are great with the pencil! I could swear it was made with 3D software!
I thought the same thing given the size of the picture. Kyle, take that as a compliment to your ninja pencil skills! :-)
On Fri, 2010-05-21 at 08:54 -0400, Kyle Baker wrote:
Nicu, It is just a pencil sketch of a concept intended to get some creative juices flowing. The idea will need to be created digitally. Anyone is welcome to start it off with me if they are interested.
Just as an update Tatica posted some great mockups based on the pencil sketch, some of the IRC convo with a link:
<tatica> tatica.fedorapeople.org/Themes/F14/ mizmo if you have time check plis the Kyle mockups * tatica runs to lunch <mizmo> tatica, omg so awsome! <mizmo> kylebaker, did you see tatica's mocks based on your sketch? <mizmo> http://tatica.fedorapeople.org/Themes/F14/ * odla (~lontra@x-134-84-133-41.cehd.umn.edu) has joined #fedora-design <kylebaker> mizmo, I did. I suggested it may make the design softer and more intricate if tatica used thinner lines. I also suggested it may be good to incorporate some color. Here is a link to a design using thinner lines http://www.attitudedesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/blend2.jpg <kylebaker> A great start though <mizmo> kylebaker, cool
~m
2010/6/8 Máirín Duffy duffy@fedoraproject.org
On Fri, 2010-05-21 at 08:54 -0400, Kyle Baker wrote:
Nicu, It is just a pencil sketch of a concept intended to get some creative
juices flowing. The idea will need to be created digitally. Anyone is welcome to start it off with me if they are interested.
Just as an update Tatica posted some great mockups based on the pencil sketch, some of the IRC convo with a link:
<tatica> tatica.fedorapeople.org/Themes/F14/ mizmo if you have time check plis the Kyle mockups
- tatica runs to lunch
<mizmo> tatica, omg so awsome! <mizmo> kylebaker, did you see tatica's mocks based on your sketch? <mizmo> http://tatica.fedorapeople.org/Themes/F14/
- odla (~lontra@x-134-84-133-41.cehd.umn.edu) has joined #fedora-design
<kylebaker> mizmo, I did. I suggested it may make the design softer and more intricate if tatica used thinner lines. I also suggested it may be good to incorporate some color. Here is a link to a design using thinner lines http://www.attitudedesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/blend2.jpg
Hi folks!
I had thought of something this way http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/F14-Laughlin-wires.png http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/F14-Laughlin.png
<kylebaker> A great start though <mizmo> kylebaker, cool
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On 06/08/2010 08:57 PM, Jayme Ayres wrote:
I had thought of something this way http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/F14-Laughlin-wires.png http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/F14-Laughlin.png
Jayme, I like better the first one, the second is a bit too busy for me.
I have absolutely no idea how to make myself such thing, how did you do it? Some 3D app?
Hey Nicu, I don't know exactly how he created that, but there is a very cool Path Effect in Inkscape that will yield similar results. The effect is called "Stitch Sub-Paths." You can find the online documentation from the Inkscape manual here:
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Paths-LivePathEffects-StitchSub...
It's a very fun tool, with lots of features under the hood that you need to mess around with before you can really wrap your head around it.
Hope that was helpful! :Daniel
--- On Wed, 6/9/10, Nicu Buculei nicu_fedora@nicubunu.ro wrote:
From: Nicu Buculei nicu_fedora@nicubunu.ro Subject: Re: [Design-team] Concepts for F14 To: "Fedora Design Team" design-team@lists.fedoraproject.org Date: Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 1:55 AM On 06/08/2010 08:57 PM, Jayme Ayres wrote:
I had thought of something this way http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/F14-Laughlin-wires.png http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/F14-Laughlin.png
Jayme, I like better the first one, the second is a bit too busy for me.
I have absolutely no idea how to make myself such thing, how did you do it? Some 3D app?
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Em 09/06/2010, às 02:55, Nicu Buculei escreveu:
On 06/08/2010 08:57 PM, Jayme Ayres wrote:
I had thought of something this way http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/F14-Laughlin-wires.png http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/F14-Laughlin.png
Jayme, I like better the first one, the second is a bit too busy for me.
I have absolutely no idea how to make myself such thing, how did you do it? Some 3D app?
Nops, I made it in Inkscape with Interpolate extension, see the source: http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/f14-wires.svg
;)
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Jayme,
On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 16:00 -0300, Jayme Batista Ayres wrote:
Em 09/06/2010, às 02:55, Nicu Buculei escreveu:
On 06/08/2010 08:57 PM, Jayme Ayres wrote:
I had thought of something this way http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/F14-Laughlin-wires.png http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/F14-Laughlin.png
Jayme, I like better the first one, the second is a bit too busy for me.
I have absolutely no idea how to make myself such thing, how did you do it? Some 3D app?
Nops, I made it in Inkscape with Interpolate extension, see the source: http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/f14-wires.svg
Wow, that's awesome!!!! Great work :) I think if we could somehow integrate the style you used in your mockups with Kyle and Tatica's mockups, we'd have something really kickass.
~m
Why should be "vista" style ? http://www.dasmirnov.net/media/users/paul/dreamscene2.jpg
2010/6/10 Máirín Duffy duffy@fedoraproject.org:
Jayme,
On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 16:00 -0300, Jayme Batista Ayres wrote:
Em 09/06/2010, às 02:55, Nicu Buculei escreveu:
On 06/08/2010 08:57 PM, Jayme Ayres wrote:
I had thought of something this way http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/F14-Laughlin-wires.png http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/F14-Laughlin.png
Jayme, I like better the first one, the second is a bit too busy for me.
I have absolutely no idea how to make myself such thing, how did you do it? Some 3D app?
Nops, I made it in Inkscape with Interpolate extension, see the source: http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/f14-wires.svg
Wow, that's awesome!!!! Great work :) I think if we could somehow integrate the style you used in your mockups with Kyle and Tatica's mockups, we'd have something really kickass.
~m
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I wouldn't say that's Vista style. It's also abstract, but that's about it.
Jayme, thanks for showing me the Interpolate extension. I never used it before but it's really cool!
Jef
2010/6/11 Cata catalinfest@gmail.com
Why should be "vista" style ? http://www.dasmirnov.net/media/users/paul/dreamscene2.jpg
2010/6/10 Máirín Duffy duffy@fedoraproject.org:
Jayme,
On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 16:00 -0300, Jayme Batista Ayres wrote:
Em 09/06/2010, às 02:55, Nicu Buculei escreveu:
On 06/08/2010 08:57 PM, Jayme Ayres wrote:
I had thought of something this way http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/F14-Laughlin-wires.png http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/F14-Laughlin.png
Jayme, I like better the first one, the second is a bit too busy for
me.
I have absolutely no idea how to make myself such thing, how did you
do
it? Some 3D app?
Nops, I made it in Inkscape with Interpolate extension, see the source: http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/f14-wires.svg
Wow, that's awesome!!!! Great work :) I think if we could somehow integrate the style you used in your mockups with Kyle and Tatica's mockups, we'd have something really kickass.
~m
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For me it is very similar to the image of that link is just wire http://www.dasmirnov.net/media/users/paul/dreamscene2.jpg The other image is a sinusoidal shaking on the oscilloscope. But that's just my opinion. I'm sure you've worked and this is a good thing for the team.
2010/6/11 Jef van Schendel jefvanschendel@gmail.com:
I wouldn't say that's Vista style. It's also abstract, but that's about it.
Jayme, thanks for showing me the Interpolate extension. I never used it before but it's really cool!
Jef
2010/6/11 Cata catalinfest@gmail.com
Why should be "vista" style ? http://www.dasmirnov.net/media/users/paul/dreamscene2.jpg
2010/6/10 Máirín Duffy duffy@fedoraproject.org:
Jayme,
On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 16:00 -0300, Jayme Batista Ayres wrote:
Em 09/06/2010, às 02:55, Nicu Buculei escreveu:
On 06/08/2010 08:57 PM, Jayme Ayres wrote:
I had thought of something this way http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/F14-Laughlin-wires.png http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/F14-Laughlin.png
Jayme, I like better the first one, the second is a bit too busy for me.
I have absolutely no idea how to make myself such thing, how did you do it? Some 3D app?
Nops, I made it in Inkscape with Interpolate extension, see the source: http://jaymeayres.com/arquivos/fedora/f14/f14-wires.svg
Wow, that's awesome!!!! Great work :) I think if we could somehow integrate the style you used in your mockups with Kyle and Tatica's mockups, we'd have something really kickass.
~m
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Hi Cata I think any concept done by one of us will refer to some idea ever produced. All art (or design) awakens abstract thought or remember something that has already been done. ;)
HiJef I also did not know this Extension until last year. ;)
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On 05/20/2010 12:10 PM, Kyle Baker wrote:
The cut and paste concept would work with any shape. I am going to just
take a simple line and push it. I did a pencil concept sketch for a line illustration idea I had. Anyone is welcome to pursue it with me.
Very impressive for a concept as it completely fooled my eyes thing that was done on computer. I will look forward other concepts too. Good job. Also could you put your concept in high resolution next time?
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On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 15:10 -0400, Kyle Baker wrote:
Hi Design Friends, In the last email I was inspired by the project name Laughlin and the phrase ' The whole is more than the sum of its parts.' I saw this as an opportunity to push the visual concept of cut and paste. Replication of the same simple shape to make a very complex design. How far can you push it. Something as simple as a line can be pushed pretty far. Here are some links:
http://ffffound.com/image/f66c6f2b56f058f65f07de831ff41764c7a9d726
This one reminds me of a Tara Donovan piece I saw last year at the Boston ICA:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnpham/3026572232/ http://lookintomyowl.com/images/tara_donovan-untitled.jpg http://www.artadox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Eye-grabbing-sculpture-by-... http://www.flickr.com/photos/kstrahmx/3784886047/
She basically took these long, long plastic/film sheets and dumped them in a glass box... it has a similar effect.
A lot of her pieces are one type of ordinary household kind-of objects repeated many times to make striking single objects:
Plastic cups: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lartelove/126162356/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/marklogan/115245668/
Scotch tape: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tlc0471/2974727644/
Pins: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sokref1/338686535/
~m
On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 15:10 -0400, Kyle Baker wrote:
Hi Design Friends, In the last email I was inspired by the project name Laughlin and the phrase ' The whole is more than the sum of its parts.' I saw this as an opportunity to push the visual concept of cut and paste. Replication of the same simple shape to make a very complex design. How far can you push it. Something as simple as a line can be pushed pretty far. Here are some links:
http://ffffound.com/image/40a9d9f63206e3a4b2f6b095431fd1727070f0fe http://www.justinmaller.com/showcase.html (more or less)
Do any of our Blender-heads (I'm looking at you, Mola & Tatica! :) ) have any experience achieving these types of designs in Blender?
Fyre also comes to mind, but I think it might be a bit challenging to get the look we want.
~m
Sure!!!
I can do some tries today after my talk (I will give a talk in a couple of hours.) So if this afternoon can someone login on IRC to help me a little and check the mockups, I can start work (probably) after 22UTC
:D
2010/5/21 Máirín Duffy duffy@fedoraproject.org
On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 15:10 -0400, Kyle Baker wrote:
Hi Design Friends, In the last email I was inspired by the project name Laughlin and the phrase ' The whole is more than the sum of its parts.' I saw this as an opportunity to push the visual concept of cut and paste. Replication of the same simple shape to make a very complex design. How far can you push it. Something as simple as a line can be pushed pretty far. Here are some links:
http://ffffound.com/image/40a9d9f63206e3a4b2f6b095431fd1727070f0fe http://www.justinmaller.com/showcase.html (more or less)
Do any of our Blender-heads (I'm looking at you, Mola & Tatica! :) ) have any experience achieving these types of designs in Blender?
Fyre also comes to mind, but I think it might be a bit challenging to get the look we want.
~m
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Hi, all!
I have started work on an idea for a wallpaper. It's pixel art. This is something completely new for me and kind of an experiment but I always wanted to do it. I can't promise I've bitten off more than I can chew, though. This might all end in tears.... ;)
Here's a little preview... Working on this is actually oddly relaxing. :)
Fab
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2010/5/22 María Leandro tatica@fedoraproject.org
Sure!!!
I can do some tries today after my talk (I will give a talk in a couple of hours.) So if this afternoon can someone login on IRC to help me a little and check the mockups, I can start work (probably) after 22UTC
:D
2010/5/21 Máirín Duffy duffy@fedoraproject.org
On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 15:10 -0400, Kyle Baker wrote:
Hi Design Friends, In the last email I was inspired by the project name Laughlin and the phrase ' The whole is more than the sum of its parts.' I saw this as an opportunity to push the visual concept of cut and paste. Replication of the same simple shape to make a very complex design. How far can you push it. Something as simple as a line can be pushed pretty far. Here are some links:
http://ffffound.com/image/40a9d9f63206e3a4b2f6b095431fd1727070f0fe http://www.justinmaller.com/showcase.html (more or less)
Do any of our Blender-heads (I'm looking at you, Mola & Tatica! :) ) have any experience achieving these types of designs in Blender?
Fyre also comes to mind, but I think it might be a bit challenging to get the look we want.
~m
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I love pixelart :) Could be an awesome tecnique for a wallpaper - give it a shot :)
// Kris
2010/5/26 Fabian A. Scherschel fab@sixgun.org:
Hi, all! I have started work on an idea for a wallpaper. It's pixel art. This is something completely new for me and kind of an experiment but I always wanted to do it. I can't promise I've bitten off more than I can chew, though. This might all end in tears.... ;) Here's a little preview... Working on this is actually oddly relaxing. :) Fab
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2010/5/22 María Leandro tatica@fedoraproject.org
Sure!!! I can do some tries today after my talk (I will give a talk in a couple of hours.) So if this afternoon can someone login on IRC to help me a little and check the mockups, I can start work (probably) after 22UTC :D
2010/5/21 Máirín Duffy duffy@fedoraproject.org
On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 15:10 -0400, Kyle Baker wrote:
Hi Design Friends, In the last email I was inspired by the project name Laughlin and the phrase ' The whole is more than the sum of its parts.' I saw this as an opportunity to push the visual concept of cut and paste. Replication of the same simple shape to make a very complex design. How far can you push it. Something as simple as a line can be pushed pretty far. Here are some links:
http://ffffound.com/image/40a9d9f63206e3a4b2f6b095431fd1727070f0fe http://www.justinmaller.com/showcase.html (more or less)
Do any of our Blender-heads (I'm looking at you, Mola & Tatica! :) ) have any experience achieving these types of designs in Blender?
Fyre also comes to mind, but I think it might be a bit challenging to get the look we want.
~m
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