All quite apt assessments of course. It's definitely not perfect, but I'll make some of those perspective corrections. It's really just the first draft anyway to show work is being done. It sucks to be the only one working on a project, and upscale is all about the community for me. Well, obviously it's about the tools too. Anyway, hope it's at least motivating. :) More soon!
-C
On 6 Jun 2017 4:38 p.m., "Maren Hachmann" <maren@...3165...> wrote:
Tasty! I like the idea :)
(I want one like that, please :-P Would be okay with chocolate and cream, doesn't need to be vegan...) (anyone knows how to build a 3D-silicone ice mold...?)
Something with the perspective at the bottom, where the wood thing goes in, doesn't look right to me, also the second bulge from the bottom (somehow, the front side seems to have some distance from the rest, caused by the lighter brown front side being a bit too low in y-direction. Hard to describe for me in English). Would the stick cast a shadow on the background?
It's cool ;-)
Maren
Am 06.06.2017 um 00:31 schrieb C R:
Inkscape is gluten free, dairy free, and completely Vegan. I think. Are vectors and gradients considered Vegan?
-C
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 11:17 PM, Jabier Arraiza <jabier.arraiza@...2893...> wrote:
Celiac label
On Mon, 2017-06-05 at 23:03 +0100, C R wrote:
Okay, finished an initial version of the cover for the beginners guide. Yes, it's all in Inkscape. :)
Here's a png: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h4n88xpnc6declz/inkscape_cover_beginner_man ual.png?dl=0
Thoughts?
On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 4:09 PM, Martin Owens <doctormo@...400...> wrote:
Can someone help Maren?
I feel like a news article and a deviantArt post would be useful for drumming up volunteers.
But also, for a project director when just getting started, it's useful to hand out jobs, so people know that they are needed and that they don't have to think too much about which of the jobs they should do while figuring out the software/editing platform.
Thoughts?
Best Regards, Martin Owens
On Sun, 2017-06-04 at 14:46 +0200, Maren Hachmann wrote:
CR, I have been translating (and fixing contents as I go) 1-2 chapters each day for the last 2.5 weeks and am more than halfway through (35 chapters done, 24 left to do). There wasn't anyone else to be seen around, after the first week, when one person translated a chapter (unfortunately they picked the only one that needs to be rewritten from scratch, because Inkscape changed), and two people proofread a couple of chapters (thank you!!!). Well, and a couple of days ago, someone seems to have accidentally wiped all the notes on the book, that were supposed to help get people started (or maybe it was a platform bug).
I'd be glad to see some proofreading and styling/screenshooting people get on board, so we can continue seamlessly after I'm through with translating.
I'm a bit disappointed about everyone being so engaged and vocal about helping/liking the action, and now me working on it alone for > 2 weeks already. But that's normal, I guess - it was the reason why I haven't started this earlier, and I felt ready to take it on now, no matter what.
Anyway, I'm going to continue to plow through, then translations will be ready before the hackfest. In parallel, I'm going to be plowing through my new garden, and to help fix up someone else's house, so I expect to not have time for much else.
I'd be glad if someone could try and reengage people to help with the manual (preferably people who are able to work independently and know Inkscape inside out, or who concentrate on something they really do well, like fixing up language or styling).
There are more than enough open tasks: from CSS to cover design, to screenshooting, to consistency checking and layouting, to improving on my more or less weird English, to adding missing content (or perhaps, translating, of course).
And yet, when we do this, I think it's important to take care to honor the underlying 'Keep it simple and as short as possible' concept of the book, which would make it possible for young teenagers to use it to get started, without much theoretical ballast. Elisa seems to have invested a *lot* of thought into how she built up the chapters and when to start teaching which concept. I suspect her concept stems from experience in teaching live Inkscape courses.
Maren
Am 04.06.2017 um 13:32 schrieb C R: > > I'd say let's wait and do a progress report, so we can say that > we're > making progress on it, rather than just that we've decided to > do > it. I > plan on helping this area of the project much more after I > handle > the > hackfest swag. It would be better to have a more or less > complete > manual before we announce it to the public, unless it's a call > for > help with it. > > If it's a call for help with that area of the project, then go > ahead, though. :) > > Thanks for the amazing amount of work you're doing for the > project, > brynn. It's definitely helping drive my own motivation for > Inkscape > project work. :) > > -C > > On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 12:17 PM, brynn <brynn@...3133...> wrote: >> >> Hi Friends, >> As I'm writing up a quick draft to announce the >> upcoming >> hackfest, I >> suddenly wondered if it might be a good idea to write a short >> item about the >> recent new work on the new manual? >> >> I could do that, after I finish the hackfest >> article. I'm >> thinking >> Maren might be able to get all the details correct, the first >> time around? >> Although I don't mean to volunteer her. As I said, I could >> do it >> myself, if >> we decide to do it. >> >> I think it would help in community-building, to keep >> the >> wider >> community up to date about these things. What do other >> manual >> workers and >> Docs list subscribers think? >> >> All best, >> brynn >> >> >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> --------------- >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's >> most >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> _______________________________________________ >> Inkscape-devel mailing list >> Inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > ------------- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel >
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