Hi, Ben Williams proposed the idea that members of the design team attending FUDcon Blacksburg could hold a 1-2 day workshop for Virginia Tech (the host of this FUDcon) students, faculty, and staff to introduce them to free & open source design tools & techniques. Here are some ideas of things we could do (please feel free to respond with your own): - An overview of all of the tools that are available with demos of each and a questions & answers period for each (Gimp, Inkscape, Blender, Scribus, MyPaint, Alchemy, SwatchBooker, Xournal, Darktable, Shotwell, LibreOffice, etc. etc. etc.) - A few project-based deep dives into specific tools: - Creating charts & diagrams with Inkscape - Creating comic books with Inkscape - Correcting red eye in photos with the Gimp - Creating a celebrity portraits in Gimp - Creating a flyer in Scribus - Your idea here - A project-based workshop that crosses tools, e.g.: - Creating a newsletter using Gimp for photo manip, Inkscape for the logo, and Scribus for the layout - Creating a 3D character using Blender for modeling and bringing it into Gimp or Inkscape for painting - Your idea here I have taught courses / have content for *some* of the above ideas (charts & diagrams, comic books, celebrity portraits) so those would be quicker to prep for I think. If you are planning / hoping to attend FUDcon and would be interested in helping out with such a course (which is a great outreach opportunity to help more folks make use of our tools) would you mind replying to let me know? I'd like to put together a proposal for Ben by Monday (24 Oct). He needs to know what we can do no later than Nov 1 I think because he has to book a room(s) and get the word out before the end of the semester there. ~m _______________________________________________ design-team mailing list design-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
