 Now I hope that you all are really excited about this because I was really excited to work on it So if you don't know In the beginning we we usually have a design team working on this We have a variety of people people from red hat people just from the fedora community people who just want to kind of Lend an ear and we always have kind of a Discussion at the beginning about like what makes a good wallpaper because there have definitely been Fedora wallpapers that not everyone Have loved as much as we wanted them to and so it's important that we remember, you know a great wallpaper is simple Perfect for your your desktop to have all the applications on you want it to be calm And you want it to hopefully be able to have a day version and a night version So we follow a timeline Goes from inspiration voting for my map thumbnails rough idea baby version final version and Within this timeline We think of who inspires the wallpaper Every wallpaper is inspired by someone with a STEM background So since we're on the door 36 we're on the 30s We're on the 36th letter of the alphabet, which is K So basically I researched found four to five people with the last name that started with K Who were either an inventor? scientist Something that was notable in the community Like a trip that contributed to human make you think about it And we basically looked at what could inspire the wallpaper from their background So these were a few of the people that we voted on in the community and we picked to pick a group so After that we basically join together and have a kind of Brain-storming mind-mapping situation and so if you guys don't know who to be a curve is She's a young inventor scientist inkling water advocate so Her initial idea that kind of put her on the map was in 2012 when she worked on a water purification system that Used a photo Athletic compound to basically purify the water and so in the simplest sense That it is kind of what she worked on and I totally encourage you to go look her up because she's a really really cool Just invent her and I think it's really inspiring especially for young women of color to like see her out there in the world and so some of the ideas that we talked about were water Purifying obviously you can see on the mind map be like, you know, we talk about how water kind of connects humanity and That was just one part that we explored obviously We document the whole part of the wallpaper on to gear So if you're ever interested in kind of seeing it after the fact you can totally just look up the door 36 wallpaper Pig air and it should pop up in Google But yeah, so we ended up after our brainstorming session We kind of started looking at the more artistic part Because you know, you have to have the idea, but then you like I have a lot of different avenues that I can go down This I could have it be a very paper texture feel kind of like the top right without mod bump tours Which was a traditional artist who uses paper whereas we have on the left like the glass which we kind of leaned into more So just kind of seeing what overall aesthetic Kind of as we thought about the different artistic Points that we could go down thinking about what program we could we could use we ended up using blender and Krita for the beta version But yeah, it's just really cool. I think looking back seeing what we were inspired from to where we ended up We have a design team meeting every week for just half an hour I think this was something that we implemented with the door 36 And so we were really lucky to have like a lot of people interested and I think the most that we ever had was maybe closer to 10 people in the meeting but the whole point that we try to get across to people is that you know, you really don't have to like Make the whole wallpaper in like one session like you have to communicate different ideas with each other and Make sure that everyone's kind of feeling on a solid base. So we had a thumbnail stage and I know that Not everyone knows what a thumbnail is but it's pretty simple. It's just a drawing. It's the size of your thumb so it's not supposed to be too detailed and you just kind of Explore ideas quickly. These were from two various artists kind of thinking about different ways to get down We have the landscape idea. So this one was clearly day to night Thinking about maybe we could have like even the weather change depending like kind of our randomization Because I know that some wallpapers are animated but like very inconspicuously This was a water dewdrop situation on a spider's web kind of leaning into nature and The water kind of collecting together and going throughout the wallpaper. It would become purified We kind of really leaned into the transparency themes the reflection of water Because as far as fedora You know, those are all things that we kind of think of like it's Transparent if you'd like to think that it purifies your desktop and it reflects everything you want back at you And so we thought it would tie in pretty well and especially because water is one thing that all humans need It's a pretty common baseline We also had some other kind of just landscape Versions it's obviously a little hard to tell when it's just in lines But yeah, it kind of sets the tone for where we want to go So this is in Blender this was by Mo Duffy in the very early stages kind of just Visualizing that shadow box kind of Version that we wanted to end up with and obviously was inspired one of the earlier artists I mentioned This was really cool because obviously in Blender you can create your own my light sources and Blender obviously is one of our favorite open source programs and probably one of well outside of the fedora community I think a lot of people in my life actually know what it is So the rough idea As you can kind of see on the bottom There's kind of few of the images from like the mind map in inspiration that then translated into this Rough draft idea of the landscape now when you look at this you're like Depending on if you've ever worked on you know artistic and design related projects You know, you can have a very simple sketch that then all of a sudden transforms into something totally different at the end and It's it's it's important to keep in mind that like we're gonna have this light We're gonna have a kind of glass paint effect the opacity isn't gonna be as like it's not going to be okay It's going to be transparent. We really wanted to lean into the cool colors Because blue is obviously fedora's favorite color so From that sketch, I'll go back and forth. We have the beta release wallpaper this is the day version and Some of the feedback that we got was Originally there were only these two little fish in the water and a few of the design team members were like well What if we had some life on the earth side and so we have the kind of casual little butterflies in and We also have the clouds kind of Coming in off of the sides and then they obviously fade into The sunset version which I think is really coming originally it was going to be the night version But then we talked more and we thought that it would probably be better to have a cooler moon as the night version as opposed to the warm sunset so unfortunately the butterflies went away for the Then the sunset and the night version but the fish stayed and they kind of just kept swimming towards the light And the stars came out obviously so I was really happy with how this came out This was done in critter if any of you guys have ever used critter It's a really great program if you ever want to sketch if you want to paint digitally I think that it's got a really great array of brushes and I Definitely recommend it if you want to get into just making art whether it's for fedora or for your personal use so then we took the beta development wallpaper and Kind of handed it off to our blender experts and so this was very early on just trying to get a kind of a sense Of what we could do with it but then one of our resident blender experts Micah took it in and kind of really converted it into that glass pane and kind of simplified it and I definitely think that it really transports into a Wallpaper we talked about the thickness. We talked about whether or not we wanted it rectangular or actually organically shaped And I mean, you know that we ended up with the kind of thinner glass that was more Well less But yeah, so we ended up with this day night version This day version in this night version Yeah, so and I think that this is very calming. Obviously, it's a little different than we've ever had before and Because it's not like a dark blue It's kind of like that warm sunset glow, but I think it's very calming especially because it's not too bright when you're working on in the night, so I Feel like I kind of sped through that but um, I I'm looking at the chat now and Seeing some questions Love the minimal tones. Thank you Claudia Yeah, so I think it's really cool that obviously if we I don't know if I could do it on this but there's Obviously a collection of all of the fedora wallpapers and that's really important that we all When we start the process like for example, we just started the 37 Process for the new wallpaper next beliefs and not everyone obviously has worked on a wallpaper before for fedora Who wants to work on this one? So we always make sure to look back at the old wallpaper so that we don't repeat anything Yeah, I think a lot of people Enjoyed the beta more than the the final version and that's totally valid. I think that they're Like cousins or siblings. They're not like twins But I'm glad to know that like everyone likes one version like just the 36 in general Should I guess stop sharing for now Hi, how did I come up here and join you since it seemed like the session had kind of I know I'm finished up But I think I could probably come up with some questions on the slide that was yeah For people so I guess my first question is how do people get involved with the fedora wallpaper process? Yeah, so If you are in the fedora design, I mean in the fedora community, I don't know if everyone has access to element I Actually because I was like brought in kind of early in the Beginning of element like I don't actually know how people from the outside get into it like is it on the web somewhere Yeah, sure actually can drop a link to the element channel for folks But it would be great the door design if you're already on there. You can actually just search the fedora space And if you're on IRC you're ready. It's pound fedora dash design. So let me grab that link. Thank you so much yeah, because we It's really great for people to kind of post things that they're working on during the week when We don't have the design team meeting on a Wednesday usually depending on what times on you and obviously but Yeah, if you want to get involved just join there and then we post the link every week It's not like a recurring link. We make sure to do it on Jetsu so we can record it for anyone who can't make it But yeah, just join an element if you if you're interested and join the group chat and kind of just be like And we'll be like Sorry, I was on another tab. No, you're fine I'm looking through the chat to make sure if I if I've missed anything because I think I Dropped in there as a pejor ticket for the upcoming F37 wallpaper development So if you have thoughts or input you can totally drop them there You will note that we've already voted On our inspiration for F37 so we kind of have that part in place But if you have ideas or sketches, you can totally drop them there I'm also part of the design team, which is how I can talk about this with some confidence and and People are really friendly There's no is also super involved in this process and she's always excited to take feedback and incorporate that in Yeah, definitely don't be intimidated because like people I don't know I know that back in the day like when I didn't have as much design experience I'd be like oh like here it is and but like people I think that we all have a really great way of being like Encouraging and not like downright mean just like Like let's work on it together. Just to share a tiny piece of my experience. I went to art school Yeah, we both went to we both went to art school and this is my experience from like art school to Right like in art school Things were competitive. I don't know if it was like that for you as well But you know, I was trying to get ahead and be the best do the best come You know show the best designs at the critiques and that sort of thing is also in photo classes So there's like even more of that in photography There's also like popularity contests kind of stuff. So like and clicks I will say that I also experienced that and I think it kind of translates to the art world What I loved about joining Fedora design was that not there Yeah, like we are literally sharing files with each other and please make this yeah yeah, and and really learning from each other and building on each other's work and it's so inspiring It was so inspiring to me at that age and still is I'm compared to some of the experiences I had In art school and in trying to get my feet off the ground as the freelance graphic designer Part of my background like it was just very tough. Yeah So that's something really cool about The design team and you know any experience level is welcomed there Even if you're just starting out with inkscape Jim Krita Lander any of these tools were happy to share our knowledge and help you Learn and grow through that. Yeah, so I also drop Yeah, I also drop the Fedo Cal link for the design team meetings that happened but as Madeline said you can just Drop into the chat and see the link when it pops up on Wednesdays and you're welcome to join in Anyone else have more Q&A No, I'll say one thing before Any question come in so if you're part of the discussion the door project org that was where we hosted our voting this time I think the permissions were set so that you could only vote if you were in the design group However, I think it's very easy to make it so that you can be a part of that as long as you can have an account on there Because yeah me or Ms. Moe will make sure that you can have that permission as long as you On the next iteration if you're interested All right, I have another question for you You've been in Fedora for like over a year now, right? I actually just got my Like anniversary like little ding on like lengthen that I've been involved with a red hat for two years And then for Fedora would probably be like a year and a half because I think quite quickly after that I was Right so Everyone has a favorite Fedora wallpaper. That was a question I posed to the channel You know, what's your favorite so I'm curious. What's your favorite? Oh my gosh, I think I Was very biased. I really liked Fedora 33 because I got to work on that one And also it's so calming with like the earth in the space But I also really like the Fedora 26, which was a Waveform pattern of like Fedora that was then turned into trees I think that was really cool. So those two probably Well, I'm also biased Towards the ones that I've been in. Yeah, it was a part of I my favorites probably Fedora 31 because That was a drawing that I did actually at flock Oh my gosh And I was working on it at flock I brought it with me and then so then I Scanned it and I did like a little bit of reworking with it But then like Mismo got in there and she did a bunch to it. So that's like my favorite. I was also A part of F 34 so like I took the picture that became And So I'm slightly biased, but I will say it's not my favorite and I also really liked Fedora 34 because it's just like a nice ethereal like foresty look so That one was really cool because that one was based off of the person who invented like the planes for animation and so it really does look like Kind of old Disney kind of painted background So totally agree. Someone asking is asking are there animated papers animated wallpapers? I Yeah on the like wiki They They say non animated on Fedora 32, but I think that's because Obviously it's like a automatic setting for your wallpaper to have the day to night version like automatically And then I think that people who choose not to have that Automatic effect on it like well by default use the day version And so I think the closest thing that we have to the animated version Right an animated version would be like four versions of the wallpaper that changed Because of the time of day But I think it'd be cool if we had like a very low key Animation animated. Yeah Well, although I guess we would have to really talk about people like we would have to really Talk to people who have their desktop up a lot of the time because I wouldn't want it to be distracted Yes, I'm testing would definitely Be warranted in that situation Matthew says that a no shell extension could take care Oh, yeah, you just turn it on and off then. Yeah, leave it up to the user Call Well, I Think that's it. We're not getting a ton of questions coming in the time to mine. No, that's totally fine I you know, you always plan for so much like talking and then it actually is like that Really quick. All right. Well, I think we can call it here. Thank you so much Madeline. Yeah And for coming to present today