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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Fwd: KDE shirt/gear designs
From:       Eugene Trounev <eugene.trounev () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-12-15 4:34:47
Message-ID: 200912142334.47849.eugene.trounev () gmail ! com
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On Monday 14 December 2009 18:20:06 Joshua L. Blocher wrote:
> > > On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Joshua L. Blocher
> > > 
> > > <verbalshadow@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > > Here is a design I'm submitting for Gear review.
> > > > The Drawing is intended display  "Be Creative"..."Be Inspired"...."Be
> > > > Free" along with the diversity of people and things you can do with
> > > > KDE Apps.
> > > > 
> > > > Comments & Critiques are Welcome.
> > > > 
> > > > Joshua L. Blocher
> > > > verbalshadow
> > 
> > very bad :(
> 
> Can I get a better explanation than very bad. I know it not great, but very
> bad doesn't leave me to go on and nothing to fix or improve on.

Aww. Don't take it quite so personally, my friend. Nuno can be very harsh at 
times :) But we shan't judge him. I his busy schedule there is little time for 
elaborations :) Allow me to do the honors.

What he means by "Bad" is that your mock-up, while quite artistic and 
passionate, lacks direction. When someone puts a message on a T-Shirt, which 
others are to wear, one usually intends to a) advertise an promote a certain 
product, or b) make others aware of a certain idea. I believe you are trying 
to achieve the later - to make aware.

Now, in order to make aware you, as a designer, have to 1) get the attention 
of the general public; 2) keep the attention for long enough to 3) educate 
them. God knows, we all love blue, but while so, blue isn't very eye-catching. 
Instead it tends to get lost easily. Why? Well because the sky is blue, and so 
is the water, so human brain naturally regards blue as something quite 
natural. Hence the success of blue themed wallpapers.
Another words - if you want attention don't use blue, or use it in conjunction 
with some other, eye catching color like red, yellow, orange, purple, or 
bright green.
And finally on educational part - it's not quite clear what you mean there, 
because the general public doesn't know much about KDE yet. So simply showing 
them gear won't do. There must be more information there. Plus the figures 
could use a little more work to make it more clear what you, as an author had 
in mind when you put them into those places.
I hope this helps a little. If you still have some questions, or need more 
help with design, or ideas, please don't hesitate to write, or visit us on IRC 
#oxygen@freenode.org ; my nick is  it-s

Best wishes, and hope to hear form you soon.

> Thank you for your Time,
> 
> Joshua L. Blocher
> 
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