F11 Artwork

Fedora 11's artwork process is going to work a little differently than our artwork process has worked in the past. Rather than having multiple theme concepts competing with one another and dividing artists' time and energies, we're going to try having one theme concept (inspired by the release codename) that everyone works together on. We're hoping to produce higher-quality artwork in a more timely manner this way.

Key Milestones

 * 20 Jan - Alpha freeze
 * 01 Feb - Visual concept for F11 decided
 * 03 Feb - Alpha release
 * 01 Mar - First draft wallpaper ready to package for Beta
 * 10 Mar - Beta freeze
 * 24 Mar - Beta release
 * 02 Apr - splashes / rest of artwork done for packaging for preview release
 * 14 Apr - final freeze
 * 28 Apr - Preview release
 * 26 May - final release GA

Detailed Task Breakdown

 * http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-11/f-11-art-tasks.html

The Concept
We first need to works towards a solid visual concept for the F11 theme. We'll need to have this defined by Februrary 1, which gives only about 3 weeks so we need to move fast.

The Fedora 11 codename as announced 10 January 2008 is Leonidas. What is Leonidas?:


 * A ship in the British Royal Navy <= this is the meaning upon which the selection of the codename was based
 * The king of Sparta, an ancient Greek militaristic society, as portrayed in the popular recent movie 300 which has a very distinctive visual style.
 * A maker of Belgian chocolates
 * many others!

Since the Royal Navy ship definition of Leonidas is the one upon which the codename was based and is themeable, we should go with this one so we have a solid focus and move more quickly.

Nautical Theme
HMS Leonidas gives an idea for a nautical association/theme.


 * Nautical navigation instruments - which can be quite steampunky:
 * Barographs
 * Barometer
 * Brass telescope
 * Binoculars
 * Nautical Charts
 * Brass Nautical Clocks
 * Nautical compass
 * Sextant
 * Constellations / Sky Chart
 * Globe
 * Components of a Ship
 * Port Hole
 * Ship's wheel
 * Hemp rope
 * Sail
 * Communication Flags (hang off mast)
 * A Ship's characters
 * Captain
 * Pirates
 * Parrot
 * Navigator guy in the little platform towards the top of the mast
 * Trireme

Maps
These maps are actually old enough to be public domain! There are many beautiful maps including nautical charts made available here: Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the BPL Flickr Photo Stream

Trireme
A nice cross of the nautical and Greek theme ideas.

Greek Theme
Inspired by Leonidas of Sparta (as seen in the movie 300 :) )


 * Golden ratio
 * Greek Architecture
 * Parthenon
 * Mathematical Formulas
 * Hellenic Age in Greece

Quick links
(to be cleaned up later)

Leonidas of Sparta

 * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacques-Louis_David_004_Thermopylae.jpg
 * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Helmed_Hoplite_Sparta.JPG
 * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leonidas_figurehead.jpg
 * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leonidas_statue1.jpg

Golden Ratio

 * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DaVinci-FOL1.jpg
 * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rafael_-_Escola_de_Atenas.jpg
 * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PantheonOculus.01.jpg
 * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pantheon.drawing.jpg
 * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piranesi04.jpg
 * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Da_Vinci_The_Annunciation.jpg

Mock-ups
[[Media:Artwork_F11_greek-concept_mockup6_mo.png]]

Beta Mockups
Thanks to Mola for a lot of help in iterating this mockup to this point!


 * [[Media:Artwork_F11_Betamockup1_Source.xcf.7z]]

Download RPM to Try

 * yum --enablerepo=rawhide install leonidas-backgrounds

Widescreen

 * [[Media:Artwork_F11_Betamockup1_wide_left.png]]
 * [[Media:Artwork_F11_Betamockup1_wide_right.png]]

Standard

 * [[Media:Artwork_F11_Betamockup1_std_left.png]]
 * [[Media:Artwork_F11_Betamockup1_std_right.png]]

Brushes Used to Create

 * WxMom Clouds (CC-BY-SA 2.0): [[Media:Artwork_WxMomCloudsBrush.gbr]]
 * midiman Clouds (CC-BY 2.0): [[Media:Artwork_midimanCloudsBrush.gbr]]
 * AlanFalcon Clouds (CC-BY 2.0): [[Media:Artwork_alanfalconCloudsBrush.gbr]]
 * Whalesalad Trees (CC-BY-SA 2.0): [[Media:Artwork_whalesaladTreesBrush.gbr]]
 * Damork Birds (CC-BY-SA 2.0): [[Media:Artwork_damorkBirdsBrush.gbr]]

Credits

 * Field is Balkan Highland Pastures by Boby Dimitrov on Flickr, CC-BY-SA
 * Temple is Model temple of Aphaia Glyptothek Munich by MatthiasKabel on Wikimedia Commons, under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5
 * Mountains and some sky are from Bob Peterson's photos sent to fedora-art-list
 * Trees are Treetops by whalesalad on Flickr, CC-BY-SA 2.0
 * Birds are Flock of Birds by damork on Flickr, CC-BY-SA 2.0
 * Some of the clouds are from Great Clouds by WxMom on Flickr, CC-BY-SA 2.0
 * Some of the clouds are from Monsoon Clouds by midiman on Flickr, CC-BY 2.0
 * Some of the clouds are from Magnificent Clouds by Alan/Falcon on Flickr, CC-BY 2.0

Web Site Banners
Thanks to Paolo Leoni for the great design!

[[Media:Deepsky-fedora11-beta-banner_2d.svg|SVG Source]]

[[Media:Deepsky-fedora11-countdown-banner_1c.svg|SVG Source]]

Original background image is by Tony the Misfit and was downloaded from http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonythemisfit/3387589463/

King Concept
by user:Sstorari.

Reference info:

Rust texture comes from:

http://www.lostandtaken.com/search/label/rust

you can download it and use it for free.

The Spray paint brushes I used comes from here:

http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/freebies/free-hi-res-spraypaint-photoshop-brushes-set-one

http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/freebies/free-hi-res-spraypaint-photoshop-brushes-set-two

The Lion's photo it's a CC resources that I've found on flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tambako/494118044/ Thanks to author for gaving me the possibility to use the image.

You can find he's profile here:

http://www.flickr.com/people/tambako/

= Release Candidate Work =

Artwork/F11/RC - artwork for the release candidate of F11