Hi,
just subscribed to this list after joining the Matrix chat.
I'm from Germany, so not an English native speaker.
I'm new to the Fedora community and currently figuring out what I could contribute to. Besides text-related work like translations and editing German texts, I'm currently getting back into design.
I completed a two-year occupational retraining as an online media designer 20 years ago (yes, really), but never worked in the field due to health issues. I am still, or rather again, interested in basic vector stuff with Inkscape, especially since the multi-page feature got introduced. I contributed a few vector works to the Openclipart project eons ago, which are still available and stem from my time with the German Inkscape forum back then. I'm not really a raster design person, I actually don't like pixel work much.
I just installed Penpot locally (thanks to the great Podman article by linuxgrrrrl) and would like to get into grid-based design work, too, say a 12-column design grid. I love it when stuff is aligned to other stuff and to the page. And I like basic typography. I'm not a great, creative designer I'd say, meaning that my stuff is mostly informational and a bit neutral, maybe using some nice font and color, but not creative as "make a funny page about cats, it should be cute an colourful". Not sure if you get what I mean.
I sometimes translate rules-light roleplaying games to German and mostly provide a PDF as well, but mostly as ashcan versions without much image design, because I lack the routine. If you're interested in seeing some of my PDFs, please ask. I'd rather noch put links to my stuff in here unsolicited. I'm currently applying a 12-column grid to my stuff so I get some rhythm to my designs. Looking forward to Penpot's release on Jan 31st when new layout features should be released, including a Flex-based layout. Hoping that will make multi-column text frames possible.
I sometimes suffer from Imposter syndrome and would love honest feedback, because mostly I work alone and that can be hard.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask here or in the Matrix chat of the Design team where I started lurking.
Cheers,
Thorsten from Germany
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