KDE Visual Design Group/Plasma 5.18 Wallpaper Competition: Difference between revisions

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Rules

The deadline for submissions is January 15th 2020, at midnight UTC time. The winning wallpaper will be selected on January 22nd 2020.
Your wallpaper must be original and created specifically for the contest.
Your wallpaper must be released to KDE under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license.
You can submit up to 3 wallpapers.
Images must be in PNG format.
The source files used to create the wallpaper should be shared in a non-proprietary format, like an Inkscape-compatible SVG, .blend, .kra, .xfc, etc.
The minimum required size for wallpapers is 4K (3840x2160), although 5K (5120x2880) is preferred.
A phone-sized (1080x2280) wallpaper for Plasma Mobile can also be submitted.
Image files must be hosted on an external (non-KDE) site without compression. Sites that host images without compression for free are imgbox, postimages. You can also upload it to your preferred cloud storage, such as Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive.
Any users that submit wallpapers that are racist, sexist, demeaning, or inappropriate in any way will be disqualified. Disqualifications and deletions are final and cannot be appealed.

Design Guidance & Suggestions

Consider making a wallpaper that provides a sense of continuity with the current "Ice Cold" wallpaper. Your wallpaper should feel like images on a timeline with Ice Cold.
Do not add the Plasma version number (5.18) into your wallpaper.
Any words or logos should not be simply overlayed on the wallpaper. If you add words or logos, integrate them into the design of the wallpaper.

The six following wallpapers, made by Ken Vermette and Santiago César, are used in previous versions of Plasma. You can find Ken Vermette's work on this page.

Ice Cold (Plasma 5.16 & 5.17)
Cluster (Plasma 5.14 & 5.15)
Kokkini (Plasma 5.13)
Opal (Plasma 5.11 & 5.12)
Cascade (Plasma 5.10)
Canopée (Plasma 5.9)

Selection Process

A jury of members in KDE's Visual Design Group and other KDE community members will judge submitted wallpapers. After the end of the given time for submissions, six finalists will be selected for a second round. Users that make it to this stage get a prize from Tuxedo Computers. The second round will last one week. In the second round, the judges may ask for tweaks to the wallpapers to make them even better. After the second round ends, the winning wallpaper will be selected. There will only be one winning wallpaper, but other wallpapers may be included as optional wallpapers in Plasma 5.18, or used in future releases. The jury's decision is final.

Prize

For the finalists who make it to the second round, Tuxedo Computers has offered a prize. The packages will vary, but they will all include:

A KDE baseball cap
A plush Tux
KDE stickers
A frozen glass coffee mug

The grand prize, also sponsored by our friends at Tuxedo Computers, is an InfinityBook Pro 14, featuring a powerful Intel Core i7, 16GB of RAM and 500GB SSD. It also features an all-day battery life of 12 hours. It weighs just 1.4kg (3lbs) and is 19mm (0.7in) thin. Naturally, it will come decked out with the upcoming KDE Plasma 5.18 desktop, the winning wallpaper, and a bunch of great software made by KDE. Check it out here.

Help and Feedback

You can ask the VDG for help and feedback any time during the competition! Just join the #kde-vdg channel on Matrix or the freenode IRC channel (which is bridged to the VDG Telegram room, if you prefer Telegram).

Also check out the discussion in the competition's subforum to get tips and feedback.

Current Entries

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 == Rules ==
-# The deadline for submissions is midnight (UTC) on January 15th 2020. The wallpaper will be selected on January 22nd 2020.
+# The deadline for submissions is January 15th 2020, at midnight UTC time. The winning wallpaper will be selected on January 22nd 2020.
-# The design of your wallpaper must be original and created specifically for the contest.
+# Your wallpaper must be original and created specifically for the contest.
-# The design of your wallpaper must be released to KDE under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license.
+# Your wallpaper must be released to KDE under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license.
-# You can submit up to 3 entries.
+# You can submit up to 3 wallpapers.
-# Image files must be in PNG format, preferably accompanied by the source files in a non-proprietary format (Inkscape-compatible SVG, blend, kra, xfc, etc.).
+# Images must be in PNG format.
-# The minimum size for your submission must be 4K (3840x2160), although 5K (5120x2880) is preferred. Optionally, a phone-sized (1080x2280) wallpaper for Plasma Mobile can also be submitted.
+# The source files used to create the wallpaper should be shared in a non-proprietary format, like an Inkscape-compatible SVG, .blend, .kra, .xfc, etc.
-# Image files must be hosted on an external (non-KDE) site. Note that Imgur is not suitable as it secretly converts large PNG images to JPG. Postimg is one option.
+# The minimum required size for wallpapers is 4K (3840x2160), although 5K (5120x2880) is preferred.
-# The organisers will disqualify and erase any entry that is racist, sexist, demeaning or inappropriate in any way. Disqualifications and deletions are final and cannot be appealed.
+# A phone-sized (1080x2280) wallpaper for Plasma Mobile can also be submitted.
+# Image files must be hosted on an external (non-KDE) site without compression. Sites that host images without compression for free are [https://imgbox.com/ imgbox], [https://postimages.org/ postimages]. You can also upload it to your preferred cloud storage, such as Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive.
+# Any users that submit wallpapers that are racist, sexist, demeaning, or inappropriate in any way will be disqualified. Disqualifications and deletions are final and cannot be appealed.
+== Design Guidance & Suggestions ==
-== Design guidelines and suggestions ==
+# Consider making a wallpaper that provides a sense of continuity with the current "Ice Cold" wallpaper. Your wallpaper should feel like images on a timeline with Ice Cold.
+# Do not add the Plasma version number (5.18) into your wallpaper.
-# Consider making a wallpaper that provides a sense of continuity with the current "Ice Cold" wallpaper. It should feel natural that your wallpaper comes next in a visual story.
+# Any words or logos should not be simply overlayed on the wallpaper. If you add words or logos, integrate them into the design of the wallpaper.
-# Don't add the Plasma version number into your wallpaper.
-# Any words or logos (such as the Plasma logo) should be tastefully integrated into the design of the wallpaper itself, not just added on top as text.
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-Previous wallpapers, made by the artists Ken Vermette and Santiago César, can be found on [https://store.kde.org/member/103267/ this page]. The six most recent are shown below for inspiration:
+The six following wallpapers, made by Ken Vermette and Santiago César, are used in previous versions of Plasma. You can find [https://store.kde.org/member/103267/ Ken Vermette's work on this page].
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-== Process ==
+== Selection Process ==
-A jury made up of members of KDE's Visual Design Group (VDG) and other KDE community members will judge the wallpapers. At the end of the time given, six finalists will be selected for the second round and they will all receive the standard prize offered by Tuxedo. The second round will last one week, during which the judges might ask to tweak some aspects of the wallpapers to make them most suitable for Plasma. At the end of that week, the winning wallpaper will be selected. There will be only one winning wallpaper, but even if your work is not picked as the default wallpaper, your submission may still be included as an optional wallpaper in Plasma 5.18 or used with future releases. The decision of the jury is final.
+A jury of members in KDE's Visual Design Group and other KDE community members will judge submitted wallpapers. After the end of the given time for submissions, six finalists will be selected for a second round. Users that make it to this stage get a prize from Tuxedo Computers. The second round will last one week. In the second round, the judges may ask for tweaks to the wallpapers to make them even better. After the second round ends, the winning wallpaper will be selected. There will only be one winning wallpaper, but other wallpapers may be included as optional wallpapers in Plasma 5.18, or used in future releases. The jury's decision is final.
 == Prize ==
-The prize, sponsored by our friends at Tuxedo Computers, is going to be a InfinityBook Pro 14, featuring a powerful Intel core i7, 16GB of RAM and 500GB of SSD. It also features all-day 12 hours of battery life, weighing just 1.4Kg and being 19mm thin. Naturally, your InfinityBook will come decked out with the upcoming KDE Plasma 5.18 desktop, your spectacular wallpaper, and a bunch of great software made by KDE. Check it out [https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/ibp14 here].
+For the finalists who make it to the second round, Tuxedo Computers has offered a prize. The packages will vary, but they will all include:
-[[File:38203_3.jpg|400px|center]]
-Furthermore, Tuxedo is offering an additional prize for the finalists whose wallpaper do not win. The packages will vary, but they will all include:
 # A KDE baseball cap
 # A plush Tux
 # KDE stickers
 # A frozen glass coffee mug
+The grand prize, also sponsored by our friends at Tuxedo Computers, is an InfinityBook Pro 14, featuring a powerful Intel Core i7, 16GB of RAM and 500GB SSD. It also features an all-day battery life of 12 hours. It weighs just 1.4kg (3lbs) and is 19mm (0.7in) thin. Naturally, it will come decked out with the upcoming KDE Plasma 5.18 desktop, the winning wallpaper, and a bunch of great software made by KDE. Check it out [https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/ibp14 here].
+[[File:38203_3.jpg|400px|center]]
 [[File:Tuxedo_computers.png|300px|center]]