[Clipart] clipart Digest, Vol 42, Issue 16

[John Olsen]

>
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:01:58 +0200
> From: Frederik Elwert <frederik.elwert at web.de>
>
> So I thought about setting up some style guides that could make up  
> a set
> of quite coherent collections. The first step would be to define a set
> of styles. Something as the Tango style guidelines would be nice, but
> for a variety of clipart styles, e.g.,
>       * Photo-realistic with gradients, blur, smooth colors
>       * old-fashioned clipart style, with wide black borders and no
>         gradients
>       * Black-and-white traces (we have a lot of that)
>       * etc.
>
> Then tags for these styles could be added to clipart following the
> guidelines. It would be no necessity to stick to these styles, anyone
> could upload his/her individual clipart as before. But if somebody  
> wants
> to contribute to a style collection, he/she could stick to the
> guidelines. For beginners it might even be easier to have a  
> guideline to
> stick to then to start all by themselves.
>
> If the packaging/download/etc stuff will be back in the future, one
> could easily package clipart for the styles and then provide coherent
> collections.
>
> Cheers,
> Frederik
>>


Seems very simple.  The current tag system will handle it  
immediately.  Just need to start tagging things with them.  All it  
takes is someone volunteering to do it and setting the example.   I  
would say that the the black and white traces are also several styles  
- technical drawing, etching or engraving, woodcut.  Just depends on  
how fine you want to get.  There is plenty of work to do.  I think a  
lot of the cllipart needs enhanced tags, it just takes time.  At this  
time I spend most of my energies here adding new files and fixing up  
ones that need cleanup.

John Olsen/Johnny Automatic