Hi folks!

I've recently been making a new KDE application I'm extra-passionate about, and would like to commission an artist from the Krita community to make a piece of art to promote it on its website and in announcement posts.

The new app is called Kirogi (Korean for undomesticated goose) and is used to control UAVs (drones). I have a very concrete motif in mind, which should be fun and amusing to paint. I'd like a drone carrying a goose, like, as a rough guide, so:



What a lazy bird!

I'm willing to pay 100-150 Euros. If you would like to pitch, please contact me at hein@kde.org with a quote and a couple of examples of your style (I'm looking for hand-drawn and colorful, but I'm open-minded to being convinced of other approaches). A final requirement is to release the artwork under the CC-BY-SA license, and making it in Krita or other free software.

I promise to do my best to promote this application, and extensively use YOUR artwork in doing so, and sing your praises.

Thanks everyone for getting in contact! I've found a great artist to work with. <3 the Krita community.

To provide an update to anyone listening in, I ended up working with the stunning Asmo-Arael on my app's mascot. They recently did a live video stream of one of the later stages of realizing the painting. It's all come along very nicely and has been a new and fantastic experience for me as well.

Here's a few of the sketches along the way:







I'll post the final painting soon!

I love it! The idea is great to begin with, and the drawings look so lively I can almost picture them animated.

rbreu wrote:I love it! The idea is great to begin with, and the drawings look so lively I can almost picture them animated.

Thanks!

Here's a downscaled version of the final painting: https://i.imgur.com/6rtgb7i.jpg

DrPsyche wrote:

hein wrote:

rbreu wrote:I love it! The idea is great to begin with, and the drawings look so lively I can almost picture them animated. reviewed by dissertation writer

Thanks!

Here's a downscaled version of the final painting: https://i.imgur.com/6rtgb7i.jpg

Hi there,

The app idea sounds promising and the final painting is a first class mascot. I'm excited about the project and will be waiting for the updates. Have you announced the release date yet?

Sorry, I got a bit backlogged with $dayjob! i submitted a talk to Akademy 2019 on it however, by then I definitely plan to have it released

A little update for you guys

My app is still going to take a while to get to its first stable release (life has been crazy busy!), but it's been making good progress, and now has a basic/initial website with more information: https://kirogi.org/

The website of course features the final painting I promised.

You can also see the application icon in the menu header. This was done by Rafael Brandmaier from the KDE VDG, based on further head pose sketches by AsmoArael!

Haven't been aware of this till now. Thanks for the update on the development, looks really cool already! Adorable mascot included.