KDE
Becoming a KDE Artist
Are you able to create images that move people? Projects in KDE are always in need of good art. Icons, splash screens and themes create an identity for an application. By creating art for the KDE project, your portfolio will be seen by a large audience and will help KDE products have a strong branding.
Communicating with the team
There are many ways to get in touch with the team:
You can chat with the team in #kde-artists on irc.freenode.net, or learn more about IRC.
The team discusses activities on the kde-artists mailing list, learn about mailing lists.
New KDE Artists are encouraged to start at #kde-artists, the community is active here.
Documentation
The art in KDE follows certain guidelines, you will want to read up on these before contributing artwork. These link may be outdated, so it is always best to check with the team:
- Artwork Guidelines - explain the proper use of logo and implementation of splash screens
- Icon Guidelines - detail the proper creation of icons
- Oxygen Color Palette - colors for the upcoming KDE4
Tasks
Now that you have an idea of the guidelines, take your first steps by tackling some of these projects:
- The Oxygen Project - is the current focus of the KDE artists now
- KDE Icon Bootcamp - complete this bootcamp to become an Icon-Master!
- Missing Icons - the current task list of missing icons
- Please see the IRC channel above for more tasks
Mentor program
Getting started in a big project can be hard. Here are some people that are willing to help you learn the ropes and get you on board:
- Nuno Pinheiro (nuno AT oxygen-icons DOT org)
- Style theme and cursor theme art director and core icon designer
