@subsection Goals

The @file{trunk/Identity/Themes/Motifs} directory exists to:

@itemize

@item Organize CentOS themes' artistic motifs. 

@end itemize 

@subsection Description

The artistic motif of theme is a graphic design component that

provides theme's visual style, it is used as pattern to connect all

visual manifestations inside one unique theme.

Artistic motifs are based on conceptual ideas. Conceptual ideas bring

the motivation, they are fuel for the engines of human imagination.

Good conceptual ideas may produce good motivation to produce almost

anything, and art works don't escape from it.

@table @samp

@item TreeFlower 

CentOS like trees, has roots, trunk, branches, leaves and flowers. Day

by day they work together in freedom, ruled by the laws of nature and

open standards, to show the beauty of its existence.

@item Modern 

Modern, squares and circles flowing up.

@end table

If you have new conceptual ideas for CentOS, then you can say that you

want to create a new artistic motif for CentOS. To create a new

artistic motif you need to create a directory under

@file{Identity/Themes/Motifs/} using a name coherent with your

conceptual idea. That name will be your artistic motif's name. If

possible, when creating new conceptual ideas for CentOS, think about

what CentOS means for you, what does it makes you feel, take your

time, think deep, and share; you can improve the idea as time goes on.

Once you have defined a name for your theme, you need to create the

motif structure of your theme. The motif structure is the basic

direcotry structure you'll use to work your ideas. Here is where you

organize your graphic design projects.

To add a new motif structure to CentOS Artwork Repository, you need to

use the @command{centos-art} command line in the

@file{Identity/Themes/Motifs/} directory as described below:

@example

centos-art add --motif=ThemeName

@end example

The previous command will create the motif's basic structure for you.

The basic structure produced by @command{centos-art} command is

illustrated in the following figure:

@example

trunk/Identity/Themes/Motifs/$ThemeName/

|-- Backgrounds

|   |-- Img

|   `-- Tpl

|-- Info

|   |-- Img

|   `-- Tpl

|-- Palettes

`-- Screenshots

@end example

@subsection Usage

When designing artistic motifs for CentOS, consider the following

recommendations:

@itemize

@item Give a unique (case-sensitive) name to your Motif. This name is

used as value wherever theme variable (@b{$THEME}) or translation marker

(@b{=THEME=}) is.  Optionally, you can add a description about

inspiration and concepts behind your work.

@item Use the location @file{trunk/Identity/Themes/Motifs/$THEME/} to

store your work. If it doesn't exist create it. Note that this require

you to have previous commit access in CentOS Artwork Repository.

@item The CentOS Project is using the blue color (@b{#204c8d})

as base for its corporate visual identity. Use the CentOS Project's

base corporate color as much as possible in your artistic motif

designs.

@item Try to make your design fit one of the theme models.

@item Feel free to make your art enterprise-level and beautiful.

@item Add the following information on your art work (both in a visible

design area, and inside Inkscape's document metadata section wherever

it be possible):

@itemize

@item The name (or logo) of your artistic motif.

@item The copyright sentence: @b{Copyright (C) YEAR YOURNAME}

@item The license under which the work is released. All CentOS Art

works are released under

@url{http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/,Creative Common

Share-Alike License 3.0}

(@url{http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/}).

@end itemize

@end itemize

@subsection See also

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