{"id":3053,"date":"2016-05-07T16:58:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T16:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mageia.org\/en\/?p=3053"},"modified":"2016-05-23T18:57:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T18:57:31","slug":"mageia-6-artwork-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mageia.org\/en\/2016\/05\/07\/mageia-6-artwork-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Mageia 6 Artwork Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ace-line\"><strong>The contest has been extended to the 30th of May 2016, see <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mageia.org\/en\/2016\/05\/23\/mageia-6-artwork-contest-extension\/\">here<\/a> for details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"magicdomid176\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"\">Once again, Mageia needs your help with artwork, it&#8217;s time to start the process of getting Mageia 6 looking ready for release. As in previous years we&#8217;re looking for your contributions and ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ace-line\">\n<p id=\"magicdomid178\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"\">We&#8217;d like to see your backgrounds, screensavers, icons, colour schemes and any other ideas that you can dream up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ace-line\"><a href=\"http:\/\/xkcd.com\/88\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics\/escher_wristband.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ace-line\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Credit:\u00a0http:\/\/xkcd.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"\">We will normally choose a digital abstract piece using the colours of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mageia.org\/en\/Artwork_guidelines\">Mageia logo<\/a> for the signature background, it should be easily cropped to different aspect ratios without losing the feel of the image and have a resolution of at least 3,200 by 2,400px, in order to accommodate a wide variety of monitors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"magicdomid182\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"\">Alternative background and\u00a0screensavers have less restrictive guidelines, so if you feel like flexing your creativity, we&#8217;d love to see what you come up with.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"magicdomid184\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"b\"><b>Rules<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"magicdomid185\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"\">The contest begin the 07 May 2016 and will be close the <del>23 May 2016<\/del> 30 May 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"magicdomid189\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"\">Mageia will provide 1 official background,\u00a0 10 additional backgrounds and all the other bits we do to make Mageia look great. If you&#8217;d like to participate, it&#8217;s easy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"magicdomid191\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"\">Please submit your work to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/mageia-6-artworkdrop\/pool\/\">Mageia 6 artwork drop<\/a>, you also have the option to send a link\u00a0to the Atelier <a href=\"mailto: http:\/\/atelier-discuss@ml.mageia.org\">mailing list<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"magicdomid193\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"\">The Atelier team will choose 10 backgrounds from different contributors to be included in the &#8220;additional backgrounds&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"magicdomid195\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"b\"><b>Prerequisites<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"magicdomid201\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"\">minimal size: 3,200&#215;2,400 px for images, preferably svg for icons<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"magicdomid203\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"\">no borders<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"magicdomid205\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"\">no text inside, the Mageia logo may be placed for show, but will need to be removable<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"magicdomid207\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"\">scalable or croppable for all possible aspect ratios: 4:3, 16:9, 16:10 etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ace-line\">License: <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\">CC By SA 3.0<\/a> or later<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"magicdomid209\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"\">Please also have a look <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mageia.org\/en\/Wallpaper\">here<\/a> for more information about things you have to watch out for, or to see previous Mageia wallpapers, some screensavers and the Mageia 5 background are uploaded on the artwork drop for reference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"magicdomid213\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"\">Photos will be considered for screensavers and additional backgrounds provided\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"\">no recognizable people are visible. Please avoid\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"\">copyrighted artwork, or, you must own the copyright and agree to the CC By SA 3.0 license.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"magicdomid220\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"\">All the work needs to be original with the source files (svg, xcf, etc) available and within Mageia&#8217;s artwork <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mageia.org\/en\/Artwork_guidelines\">guidelines<\/a>. Please upload a png or similar as they are much easier for previewing. We hope that these guidelines will make everything clear and help you to make something that will make Mageia look great. The guidelines cover the Official Mageia Logo, colour scheme, website motif, fonts, wallpaper and other elements. The Mageia official logo is also covered by our <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mageia.org\/en\/Logo_and_trademark_policy\">Trademark Policy<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"magicdomid223\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"\">Take a moment to learn the rules, then, jump in and create with us!<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"magicdomid224\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"b\"><b>Final choice<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"magicdomid226\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"\">The final winners will be chosen by the Mageia council and announced on the Mageia blog.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"ace-line\">We&#8217;ll also try and put together some goodies for the winners, maybe a T-shirt, USB keys and pens or something along those lines \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The contest has been extended to the 30th of May 2016, see here for details Once again, Mageia needs your help with artwork, it&#8217;s time to start the process of getting Mageia 6 looking ready for release. 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