Fedora 42 Wallpaper Inspiration

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The wallpaper is usually inspired by someone, or something, in STEAM starting with a specific letter of the alphabet. Right now we are on Q! No doubt the hardest letter in the alphabet to find for :laughing: F41 is already done and ready, which has allowed us to move ahead of schedule and get wallpapers done earlier in advance from now on.

When casting your vote, think of the visuals inspired by each option. Feel free to comment your ideas below, as it might help others.

Which figure do you think would make the best inspiration for Fedora 42ā€™s release artwork
  • Selena Quintanilla - A singer whose contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century
  • Ali Qushi - A theologian, jurist, astronomer, mathematician, and physicist, who settled in the Ottoman Empire sometime before 1472.
  • Quod erat demonstrandum - A latin phrase meaning ā€œthat which was to be demonstratedā€ just like open source.
  • Quest - ā€œa long search for somethingā€ just like how we are constantly on the search to share and improve open source.
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For more information on the ticket, and to follow along with the issue visit here on GitLab.

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Photo by ę–°å®‡ ēŽ‹: https://www.pexels.com/photo/field-of-a-round-leafed-cacti-20673012/

Photo by Tobias BjĆørkli: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-night-sky-1819650/

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I notice the poll is limited to design team members. Is this intentional?

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Hey Seth! Thanks for pointing that out- I just made it public. Let me know if it allows you to vote on your end now!

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All working now, thanks

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Hello, Iā€™m trying to find out who did the Fedora 42 wallpaper (which is this one, isnā€™t it?), was it you, @madelinepeck? You did the one for 40, didnā€™t you?

I started an illustration aaages ago (never finished it) which had a quite simular composition so it was really nice to see this and be reminded of it, I should get around to finish it, sometime! :slight_smile:

Where is a good place to find credits for stuff like this?

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Hey there @jfmljfml yes, that is the F42 wallpaper and I did both the Fedora 42 and Fedora 40.

All the tickets where we document the wallpaper process are here in the Fedora Design issue tracker. For example, we have the issue for Fedora 43 here.

The individual ticket for each wallpaper might be the best place for the credit behind whoever makes the wallpaper, but we do try to make blog posts that give credit to the community members who contribute.

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Hello @madelinepeck, thanks for the answer! I had a look at the links and the issue tracker in general, thatā€™s all so fascinating. I always love seeing the process of artists, thanks a lot and keep up the good work ^ _ ^

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