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Re: Impressions after 4 years of using Guix ( + guix-hurd logo ?) :)
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Luis Felipe |
Subject: |
Re: Impressions after 4 years of using Guix ( + guix-hurd logo ?) :) |
Date: |
Sat, 23 Apr 2022 16:23:23 +0000 |
Hi Hubert,
On Thursday, April 21st, 2022 at 5:34 PM, Hubert Lombard
<contact@hubert-lombard.website> wrote:
> Congratulations to Luis Felipe for the "10 Years ..." logo
> https://guix.gnu.org/static/blog/img/10-years-of-guix_colorful-10.gif
Thanks :)
> I paint pictures with oil and acrylic paint. Once photographed, the
> image processing is done with Gimp. If I put some of them under a free
> license, it might be a good idea to decorate some native Guix video
> games...
I think they could work for many things. I particularly liked these:
https://www.hubert-lombard.website/image5.php#grand-format
https://www.hubert-lombard.website/image8.php#grand-format
https://www.hubert-lombard.website/image12.php#grand-format
https://www.hubert-lombard.website/image13.php#grand-format
> Also, I love the Hurd (without knowing much about it). I was amazed to
> successfully install K9 in 2004, on real hardware. Without having
> really used it for a long time, I was able to live some moments of pure
> enchantment. A few years later, I also had the chance to exchange a few
> words with Samuel Thibault at the RMLL in Bordeaux.
>
> That's why I sometimes dream of contributing (it would be graphic
> works) to guix-hurd!
I don't paint much but looking at your landscapes I could picture a warm
savanna and a herd of wildebeest running in the distance. I think that could
make for a nice background.
> What do you think? Guix is a great adventure to contribute to at any
> level, and I would be happy to participate again.
I don't see why not. Traditional and digital media can be mixed :)
Personally, what I do is sketch ideas (pencil/pen on paper) whenever Guile or
Guix activity makes me imagine something. I keep them around. When the time
comes (a Guix event, a request from Guix people, etc.), I go through the
sketches, sketch more if necessary, scan the ones I think that could work and
develop them further in Inkscape (and MyPaint and GIMP). When one of the pieces
passes my own quality standards, I send a proposal.
One part where I think graphics help a lot is when posting on the Fediverse,
for example. There's a lot of activity over there and text-only posts may just
look like water in the stream. Posts with graphics, screenshots, etc., stand
out. I sometimes propose graphics to Guix users and contributors posting about
their own initiatives there (packaging meetups, documentation meetups). And I
post independently too.
Hope that helps,
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