Request: anything for Dreamwidth volunteers

[ninetydegrees]

Hi,
Would anyone be willing to make Dreamwidth dreamsheeps for volunteers working in Anti-Spam, Accessibility, Support, Styles, Development, Documentation, etc.? I help in Styles and a little bit in Development and would love to have Dreamsheep icons for these. Maybe other volunteers would like them too. :) I know zarhooie 's made some already but I was thinking more of using the base icon and somehow representing the various types of work we do within the sheep.

Comments

[hatman]

I've got time, paint.net, and a modicum of skill. Made a few dreamsheep in the past, but nothing fancy. Already did a sheep in a wheelchair. Could maybe do a sheep with a telephone headset for Support? I dunno. I'm willing to pitch in, but could use some ideas/direction. Will think about it more later, when I'm more awake.

[ninetydegrees]

Thanks! I can't speak on behalf of other teams I'm not part of but here are a few things I connect to Dev: Perl code/line numbers, bugs/bug spray, DIY, hammers/any tools you use to make and fix (go figure), changelog commits, patches (and you could go wild there: plasters, sutures, mending,...). As for Styles, I'm having a hard time coming up with something. To me it's about CSS and S2 codes, colors, color schemes, color palettes, shapes, moving things around, organization, fonts, patterns, paint brushes.

[hatman]

Spent most of the day listening to hot air at the Health Care Summit, but just tossed this together. What do you think? Good/bad? Any tweaks to be made? Is this what you're looking for?

[ninetydegrees]

Well, yes and no. I was thinking of the base I've seen most icons use and no other additional text.
Sorry for being a pain.

[hatman]

Not a pain at all. I want to get it right. That's why I asked. And I don't mind doing as many revisions and tweaks as it takes. (Would also be happy to tailor it to requests from individual volunteers.)

I was planning to use that base. And, actually, I did, technically. I just rotated and enlarged the front half. Which I wasn't planning to do on this one except that I didn't think the headset alone would properly convey the idea and I didn't see a better way to stick the computer in. (Rotation also made it easier to put the headset in.)

Thoughts/suggestions? Keep the headset, but put it on the standard sheep? Put something in the sheep's wool/body? Any suggestions you have would make revising it easier.

[ninetydegrees]

Keep the headset, but put it on the standard sheep? Put something in the sheep's wool/body?

Maybe, yes, why not?

Any suggestions you have would make revising it easier.

I'm sure it would. But if I knew what I wanted I'd have made it myself. :)

[hatman]

lol, okay.

But fair enough. I'll see what I can come up with later tonight.

[jerico_cacaw]

I'd like to give it a try. Where I can find the whole list of volunteers' types?

[yvi]

http://wiki.dwscoalition.org/notes/Volunteering I think that's all.

[jerico_cacaw]

Styles




Documentation




Development




Antispam

[jerico_cacaw]

Another one for Development.

Thanks a lot

[ninetydegrees]

Oh, so great! I like the ones with the paint brushes and the hard hat. Would it be possible to have these in various colors?

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[jerico_cacaw]

"In various colors" = the whole icon, like the green one I'm using here? Or the details, like the hat, the paint in the brush ...?

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[ninetydegrees]

Sorry, I meant like the one you're using.

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[jerico_cacaw]

dreamsheep_development_02 in my usual eight colors: aqua, blue, green, grey, orange, pink, purple and yellow.

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[yvi]

!!!!!!!!!!!!! These are so great! *bookmarks to later decide on a colour*

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[jerico_cacaw]

And dreamsheep_styles_01 in the same eight colors: aqua, blue, green, grey, orange, pink, purple and yellow.

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[jerico_cacaw]

Unless you meant this other paint brush?

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[ninetydegrees]

Wow! They're all amazing. I don't know which one to choose. :) Thank you so, so much. I've got to pimp these!

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[jerico_cacaw]

Just for the record: this last batch is dreamsheep_styles_03, in all 8 colors (aqua, blue, green, grey, orange, pink, purple and yellow). All icons are shareable, no credit needed. The base dreamsheep was created by helens78, all additional images (hat, tools, brushes, etc) are royalty-free.

I have no idea as to what to do for the Wiki (any idea?), and am leaving Accessibility and Support for hatman to tackle. Additional requests and customizations (colors included) can be done :).

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[ninetydegrees]

Random ideas for the Wiki: piles of books, guides, encyclopedias, librarians, libraries, shelves, archives, contributions/contribs, [[Category]].

Additional requests and customizations (colors included) can be done :).

You're amazing, you know that? Then would it be possible to have the aqua icon from the second batch for Styles with the paintbrush for the first batch, please?

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[jerico_cacaw]

Ta-dá! :)

*squee*

[ninetydegrees]

Brilliant! Thanks again!

[afuna]

I adore this one! *snags*

[jerico_cacaw]

The binary code in the monitor actually says 'dw' :D

[afuna]

Eek really? Ahahaha neat!

[jeshyr]

Ohhhh I just found these - thank you thank you thank you!!!

[helens78]

Can I just say, from the bottom of my woolly heart, you are amazing. They are all so cute! :D