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Create Banners/Widgets for the Free Culture Showcase

• Sponsor: Ivanka Majic

• Posted: 2011-01-21

• Due: Desired Due Date

• Assigned: Artwork team/ Saleel Velankar

• Packages affected:n/a

• See also: Relevant Blog Post

Rationale

The Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase is being reborn for this cycle; it now features an overarching theme of freedom, professional creatives as judges, but the word needs to get out there. Artists that participate, or people that may be interested need banners/widgets that are embeddable in their websites/blogs to spread the word.

Assumptions

• In the same vein as countdown banners regarding size.

Use Cases

• Person A.
  • makes a great piece of music expressing Freedom.
  • embeds song in his/her website along with widget.

  • submits link to something like MusicMakers Subreddit

  • Widget is used to gain attention on piece and project.
• Person B.
  • Runs a digital art blog
  • Puts up a widget/banner and drives artists to contribute for exposure/accolades.

Design Considerations

• A set of 4 consistent/semiconsistent styled banner are needed. One per each category. If the styles are unique there should be a clear reason as to why.
• The Taglines for the 4 are as follows:

  • Music: The Sound of Freedom.

  • Photo: Capturing Freedom.

  • Illustration: Depicting Freedom.

  • Video: Freedom in Motion.

• Each banner should be contain the phrase: Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase

• Final submissions should be in optimized png, gif or jpg.
• Draft sumbmissions should include source svg/xcf.

Constraints

• Submissions must adhere to Creative Commons license.

• Attribution must be stated if the submission is based on another design.

• Dimensions: 180px by 150px

• Clear legibility of all text.
• No flash; if animated gif moderation in the amount of visual activity.

Submissions

Either on here; on the artwork mailing; or a link on here to an external source (flickr/deviantart/etc...)