On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Darrell Anderson <darrella@...> wrote: >>> I was thinking of making the triquetra-type image > (overlappingballs >>> whatever) in place of the T in the gear (originally a K from > KDE). As >>> that is one location that needs to be obviously be rebranded if > we are >>> to trully become our own entity away from kde. Other imagery > would of >>> course need to go as well and I will work on creating a list of > other >>> apps and stuff that I think might be good to change their art > for. >>> Suck as Chalk, and in sme cases it might be good to know what the >>> image for for the DE is before creating an entire set of icons > and art >>> that would go with it. I do need to however, either find a list > of >>> art that needs to go or to create one. Otherwise, it would > almost be >>> like chasing a bouncing ball in the dark. >> >>Just did a search through the contents of tde-tdeartwork and found > a >>few more images that I thought might be worth changing. These are > (without the file type): >> >>about_kde >>go_old >>go >>kfs_kde (might want a totally new mascot character /thing) I can > make >>a mascot/character if so desired) >>kmenu >>krec >>krita_kra >>krita >> >>However, I do realize that by changing a subset of icons and > imagery I >>would have to force myself to stay within their style and feel. > Where >>as a completely new set (yes more work) could be desired more. I > also >>realize that only some of the art that might be desired to be > replaced >>is within tde-tdeartwork. > > A list or a road map is a good first step. Don't spend time > creating images or mockups at this point. :) > > We have an etherpad site where you can store and share the road map: > > http://trinity.etherpad.trinitydesktop.org > > I don't remember how to create an account. :( Contact Tim. > > One challenge with changing art work is changing the respective > files for all theme and icon collections. These tend to be > scattered about but mostly in tdelibs, tdebase, and tdeartwork. > > Rather than modify any of the existing icon themes, a same approach > is just changing a handful of files while retaining consistency > with the theme style. > > New art work helps promote a new project identity, yet we want to > retain some roots to KDE 3. Trinity is a continuation of the KDE 3 > model and we don't want to abandon those roots. We probably need > some kind of list discussion about which specific images to change, > but for myself I prefer to retain the "T in the gear" images. > > On the other hand, a new mascot is a great idea. I also like the > idea of a complete rebranding of chalk images. > > Darrell > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-devel-unsubscribe@... > For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-devel-help@... > Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-devel.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > I am not necessarily against keeping the T in the gear icons, I personally think that with them the project will always look like a child of KDE instead of its own entity, however that is not necessarily true. I will email Tim and talk to him about getting an etherpad account and go from there on the art front.