Stuart, Thanks for getting back to us. However, during this time that we haven't been doing much, I have started a proramming project (for the BeOS, of course) and am not left with much time. I believe that the project I am working on now better suits my abilities (since I am really a programmer) so I will be sticking with that. (BTW, I have started working on a small, fast, easy to use video editor/compositor since the community doesn't have one yet. The website will be up sometime next week, so please visit it at www.postmagic.org). However, if you are ever in need of a photographer on the CDT, please let me know since I also do that. A website of my work can be found at www.callenderphoto.com. Best of luck, Nate --- Stuart McCoy <stubear@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I posted this on the forum but received only two > replies. Therefore I'm > hoping this mailing list will catch a few more > people still interested on > working in this group. The only difference between > the forum post and this > one is the date I want replies by. > > Stuart McCoy > mailto:stubear@xxxxxxxxx > http://www.meltingcrayons.com/stubear > > --------------------------- > > Before I get to the announcement I want to establish > a few things before > this group moves forward. I realize that there a lot > of people who want to > help work on this project. I also realize that many > of you have little or no > experience on design projects. As much as I'd like > to let everyone get > involved, I need to ensure the integrity of this > project remains intact by > setting some guidelines and expectations. > > For icons, logos and sound teams I want to ensure > that the people working in > these teams know what they are doing. Icon design is > a very precise art and > to maintain a consistent look and feel with > applications, the GUI and each > other require a fair amount of skill. I plan to > invite some icon creators to > submit some work for consideration once we have a > name. Guidelines will be > set per project (i.e. icons will be 16x16, 32x32 and > have 256 color and > 32-bit color versions of each size.) Once you find > out what group you will > be working in you will get a list of guidelines and > more specific > expectations for the final pieces. > > I'm fairly critical of sound design because of my > background in audio > engineering (I have a BS in Recording Industry > Management: Production and > Technology). I think Claudius has made some headway > in this area but I'd > like to see this kicked up a few notches. The space > sounds were a start in > the right direction. > > Logos are my passion. As a graphic designer (MFA in > Graphic Design) I tend > to enjoy working on these projects the most because > I like the challenge of > creating visual puns. This is one of the most > important design elements this > group will create because it will establish the OS > brand with the community > and eventually, hopefully, a larger audience outside > the immediate BeOS user > community. I'm sure web sites like OS News and > Slashdot will be overly > critical of whatever we do so the less of a reason > to be this way, the > better. > > That being said, I want to make sure that everyone > is working on projects > they are capable of working on. The programming > teams don't want > inexperienced hackers working on the Kernel. I don't > want inexperienced > people designing icons and logos. You are more than > welcome to comment and I > find some comments from non-designers to be quite > helpful. They often see > things in a completely different way. > > I can't promise anything but I know there is a > discussion about how much > user customization will be allowed and to what > extent this will affect the > UI. I'm personally hoping for something akin to the > MacOS 9 Appearance > engine and icon customization. What this means is > you will have more than > enough of an opportunity to show your work off to > the community through > sites like DeviantArt or those of your own making. > Keep in mind that this > will be the default appearance that we are > designing. What the user sees > when they boot up the OS should be as professional > looking as possible. I > don't think we need to go down the path of KDE and > Gnome. > > I would like everyone still interested in working on > this project to send me > an e-mail, mailto:stubear@xxxxxxxxx, with a website > showing off your work > and a list of groups you would prefer to work in. > Please do this by the > middle of this coming week, Wednesday or Thursday at > the latest. After that > consideration for this particular project will only > depend on the replies > and how much I think I can complete myself. If you > don't have a website > with work to show it will be difficult for me to > determine what your > abilities are and how to best put your efforts to > good use. I'm not going to > promise anything concerning group assignments but I > will try to accommodate > everyone based on your abilities and what's needed. > If you are interested in > working on the project identity system then I will > let you know if you are a > part of the group and you will be given a project to > work on immediately, > the details of which I'll send along with the > e-mail. For the rest, it's > concerning the new OS name but that's all I'm going > to say for now. > > ===== ===================================================== Nathan Callender nathan_callender@xxxxxxxxx ===================================================== __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com