[Clipart] Where can I share my portraits?

[chovynz]

Hi Andrius,

If you bring a png/jpg/tiff/giff into inkscape and save it as a svg,
what it does is embed the "bitmap picture". That is not a true svg,
it's a "jpg" with an .svg extension. Those ".svg" files we can't
accept.

If you bring an image into inkscape and trace over it with paths and
pens, or convert it using autotrace, so that you can select and modify
any colour/path on the drawing, then delete the actual image itself
and you can still see what the image was (in paths or vector form),
and save as .svg, that is a true svg. The paths need to be modifiable.
A picture is not.

(SVG stands for scalable vector graphics)

Hope this helps explain somewhat.

On 1/13/11, ms at ms.lt <ms at ms.lt> wrote:
> Hi, what do you mean by "converting to SVG"?
> I did use Inkscape to save one (or I imagine, package them) as SVG.
> It's the image that I use for my profile:
> http://www.openclipart.org/user-detail/GospelMath
> But an administrator hid it because, if I understood correctly, it's
> not a scalable vector graphic image.
> Yes, I would convert them to SVG and share them.
> Please explain,
> Also thank you for the reply about deviantart.com
> Andrius
>
>
> Quoting chovynz <chovynz at gmail.com>:
>
>> Hi Andrius
>>
>> You are correct in that OCAL accepts only svg. OCAL has recently
>> switched to CC0, so it will be up to you if you want to submit the
>> drawings to OCAL (under CC0).
>>
>> http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
>> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/
>>
>> Would you consider drawing them up or scanning a photo of each one
>> into Inkscape or some other program and converting them to svg? Then
>> OCAL could accept them. Paintings are often tricky to convert, but it
>> can be done.
>>
>> I think there are people that would be interested. Support (in terms
>> of fiscial or encouragement) usually comes later, after you continue
>> and start running into difficulties.
>>
>>
>> On 1/13/11, ms at ms.lt <ms at ms.lt> wrote:
>>> I'm drawing lots of portraits with oil pastels, for example:
>>> http://www.gospelmath.com/upload/DoYouRecognizeJesusNew.png
>>> http://www.gospelmath.com/Gospel/ValuesSuperHeroes
>>>
>>> How and where might I share them in the Public Domain, copyright-free?
>>>   I understand that Open Clipart only accepts SVG drawings.
>>>
>>> I think they could be used for cartoons, collages and other projects.
>>> I would like to draw "packages" of people from history, current
>>> events, expressing various emotions, poses, especially, if there was
>>> interest and support.
>>>
>>> Andrius
>>>
>>> Andrius Kulikauskas
>>> http://www.selflearners.net
>>> http://www.gospelmath.com
>>> ms at ms.lt
>>> +1 (773) 306-3807
>>> Chicago, Illinois
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Cheers
>> Chovynz
>>
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