[Clipart] Question about style guidelines

Frederik Elwert frederik.elwert at web.de
Mon Jan 7 03:57:47 PST 2008


Hello,

Am Montag, den 07.01.2008, 12:26 +0100 schrieb Joanna Pszenicyn:
> I am collecting opinions on Style Guidelines:
> http://openclipart.org/wiki/Style_Guidelines

Glad to see someone picks this up! :-)

> My questions are:
> * Would you prefer tags like "style_photorealistic" or just
> "photorealistic"?

I think "photorealistic" was preferred. It makes the tag more generic
and not limited to style in the sense of this concept.

> * What is the difference between "lineart","outline" and
> "coloring_book"?
> Should "lineart" be black-and-white and "coloring_book" colored?

No, I don't think so.

> Or the difference lays in line style: lines have a constant width in
> "coloring_book", 
> when "lineart" looks more like made with calligraphic tool?

That sounds reasonable to me.

> Or the point is how easy it is to color it: "coloring_book" should
> have large areas,
> all closed, while for "lineart" it is possible to have some areas
> open ??? 

I think coloring_book and lineart should not be exclusive: lineart is
more general, whereas coloring_book tags pieces of lineart that are
useful for coloring books.

What do others think?

Cheers,
Frederik




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