K Desktop Environment
Becoming a KDE Artist
Are you able to create images that move people? Projects in KDE are always in need of good art. Icons, splash screens and themes create an identity for an application. By creating art for the KDE project, your portfolio will be seen by a large audience and will help KDE products have a strong branding.
Communicating with the team
There are many ways to get in touch with the team:
You can chat with the team in #kde-artists on irc.freenode.net, or learn more about IRC.
The team discusses activities on the kde-artists mailing list, learn about mailing lists.
Documentation
The art in KDE follows certain guidelines, you will want to read up on these before contributing artwork:
- Artwork Guidelines - explain the proper use of logo and implementation of splash screens
- Icon Guidelines - detail the proper creation of icons
- Oxygen Color Palette - colors for the upcoming KDE4
Tasks
Now that you have an idea of the guidelines, take your first steps by tackling some of these projects:
- KDE Artwork Tutorial - try this to replace some artwork in your current KDE distribution
- KDE Icon Bootcamp - complete this bootcamp to become an Icon-Master!
- The Oxygen Project - is the current focus of the KDE artists now
- Please see the IRC channel above for more tasks
Mentor program
Getting started in a big project can be hard. Here are some people that are willing to help you learn the ropes and get you on board:
- Looking for mentors, contact: Will Entriken - kde DOT org AT phor DOT net
