Merge lp:~raoul-snyman/openlp/icon-designer into lp:openlp/website

Proposed by Raoul Snyman
Status: Merged
Merged at revision: 82
Proposed branch: lp:~raoul-snyman/openlp/icon-designer
Merge into: lp:openlp/website
Diff against target: 37 lines (+30/-0)
1 file modified
blog/looking-for-an-icon-designer.rst (+30/-0)
To merge this branch: bzr merge lp:~raoul-snyman/openlp/icon-designer
Reviewer Review Type Date Requested Status
Tim Bentley Approve
Review via email: mp+337398@code.launchpad.net

Description of the change

A blog post asking for designers to help us

To post a comment you must log in.
Revision history for this message
Tim Bentley (trb143) :
review: Approve

Preview Diff

[H/L] Next/Prev Comment, [J/K] Next/Prev File, [N/P] Next/Prev Hunk
1=== added file 'blog/looking-for-an-icon-designer.rst'
2--- blog/looking-for-an-icon-designer.rst 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
3+++ blog/looking-for-an-icon-designer.rst 2018-02-08 23:28:47 +0000
4@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
5+.. title: Looking for an Icon Designer
6+.. slug: 2018/02/11/looking-for-an-icon-designer
7+.. date: 2018-02-11 12:00:00 UTC
8+.. tags:
9+.. category:
10+.. link:
11+.. description:
12+.. type: text
13+.. previewimage: /cover-images/looking-for-an-icon-designer.jpg
14+
15+Many years ago, when OpenLP was first released, computer screens with millions of colours were very new, and most people
16+had what are tiny screens by today's standards. I remember getting my first 17" monitor, and it was positively HUGE - it
17+could even show 1024 by 768 pixels (a pixel is a single dot on your screen). Wow!
18+
19+In those days, most icons were 16 by 16 pixels because if they were any bigger, they'd get in the way of the rest of the
20+user interface. And so we created static icons that were stuck at 16 by 16 pixels. Time moves on, but sadly without a
21+designer, OpenLP was unable to move on too, and now we're stuck with tiny icons and 4K screens.
22+
23+If you're a designer and you'd like to contribute to OpenLP, now's your chance! We really need a refreshed icon set, one
24+that can scale with the monitor sizes of today. You'll need to have working knowledge of Inkscape (or be willing to
25+learn how to use it), and the time available to design about 150 icons (or less, if we have a number of designers who
26+work together).
27+
28+You can get into contact with us via `IRC`_, the `forums`_ or info [at] openlp.org.
29+
30+[ Image Credit: `Drawing opals by Mauro Cateb`_ ]
31+
32+.. _IRC: https://webchat.freenode.net/?nick=openlpwebuser..&channels=openlp&prompt=1&uio=d4
33+.. _forums: https://forums.openlp.org/
34+.. _Drawing opals by Mauro Cateb: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mauroescritor/34785068921/
35
36=== added file 'files/cover-images/looking-for-an-icon-designer.jpg'
37Binary files files/cover-images/looking-for-an-icon-designer.jpg 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 and files/cover-images/looking-for-an-icon-designer.jpg 2018-02-08 23:28:47 +0000 differ

Subscribers

People subscribed via source and target branches