[ubuntu-art] New to the Thread

[Saleel Velankar]

Smartboy wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Brian May <brian.may at qlevr.com 
> <mailto:brian.may at qlevr.com>> wrote:
>
>     Greetings,
>
>     I've been subscribed for a few weeks now, watching all of the
>     dialog go
>     on and would like to jump in soon.  I'm a graphic designer by
>     education
>     and want to see how I may contribute and have a few questions:
>
>     1.) I'm a Photoshop/Illustrator junky, but want to move into open
>     source
>     tools.  What tools are the best for icon creation? (Inkscape,
>     SodiPodi,
>     The Gimp etc.)
>     2.) The list is obviously for Ubuntu artwork, what about Kubuntu
>     and the
>     others? Is there ongoing icon creation for those?
>     3.) Is this the right place to ask these questions, or is there a doc
>     somewhere for newbies to the list?
>
>     Thank you so much in advance,
>
>     Brian
>
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> 1) I like to use Inkscape, but YMMV. Inkscape came from SodiPodi, btw. 
> Try them all, see what you like best.
> 2) I don't think so. But a KDE icon theme could be created from the 
> Breathe icons once they are made.
> 3) It is fine to me, though I am not an official opinion in any way. ;)
>
> Smartboy
1) It is awesome that you are considering moving to o.s. programs. I do 
not feel that this should be a requirement, as it will potentially 
reduce the amount of people, that may be available to work on the art.
3) In addition to this list, I also refer/defer to the IRC channel.

Saleel V.