[ubuntu-art] Any release party poster proposals?

[Andrew]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_ at freenet.de> wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 17:49 +0300, Stas SUSHKOV wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I'm looking for some poster ready to be used for release parties.
>> I couldn't find anything in wiki, somebody can pass me a tip where to
>> search for?
>
> Hmm, I only recall this from last release:
> http://anotherubuntu.blogspot.com/2008/03/danish-ubuntu-804-release-party-artwork.html
>
>> I found this poster on deviantart
>> http://mirroreyesserval.deviantart.com/art/AIFL-Illustration-Poster-49500593
>> I liked it a lot, so I asked permissions for forking, but the guy didn't
>> respond yet.
>> Anyway I did a fork (the credits to the original author will be
>> preserved):
>> http://stas.nerd.ro/stuff/ubuntu-md.png
>
> I don't see anything regarding a license on that deviantart page, so we
> have to assume all-rights-reserved. As yours is pretty much a copy, you
> shouldn't distribute it, unless you receive permission.
>
> On another note, that ubuntu titling font shouldn't be used. Having the
> same (or very similar) letter shapes all over the place weakens the
> meaning and impact of the original wordmark. Even worse, if you set
> "ubuntu" with that font, it ends up looking different and not for the
> better. No consideration was given to any letters outside of the ones
> needed for ubuntu, and filling the gaps is very difficult. This font
> failed at it. the "a" doesn't properly sit on the baseline and the
> "m" ... I think it is evil.
>
> I really don't want to shoot you down, but this just had to be said.
>
>
> To the crowd: shall we plan for such posters in the Karmic cycle?
>
>
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A few more Hardy posters:

http://mayeco.org/2008.04.25/ubuntu-hardy-heron/

http://www.seqfault.de/de/node/87

I like the second one as it has my name on it. Who thought I'd ever be
on a poster? =)

I don't recall seeing anything for Intrepid...

- Andrew