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Illustration workshop
This workshop is part of the Graphics Lab, a project aimed at picture retouching to improve the graphical content of the Wikimedia projects. More information about the lab can be found on its main page and requests pages (Illustrations ; Photographs ; Maps ; Video and Sound). To ask questions or make a suggestions, see the talk page of the graphic lab page.
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Flags from the history of Gdansk[edit]
Article(s): w:Flag of Gdańsk
- Request
- Please make some historical flags of the city of Gdansk.
- Swiãtopôłk (talk) 14:28, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
N with ↑[edit]
The above vary by rotation only. See Category:North pointer map symbols for more.
- Request
- Is there a way to improve these? I have the impression that the serifs could need some improving depending on the size/rotation one uses them. Maybe I should just opt for another type. --Enhancing999 (talk) 15:00, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
- @Enhancing999: I assume you are noticing that the smaller it is, the harder it is to read — especially for serif fonts. While there are niche things such as "variable fonts" for webpages to be easier to read at a smaller font size, these do not apply to any mediawiki sites, as all SVGs are pre-rendered into PNGs before serving to the end reader. I personally favor north pointers like the one I drew in Washington Purple Line.svg — easier to read at a smaller size with a sans-serif font, and with arrows and N separated from each other. 痛 (talk) 18:04, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
Flag of Glasgow[edit]
Article(s): Glasgow, Coat of arms of Glasgow, List of Scottish flags and List of United Kingdom flags.
- Request
- Will someone please create an SVG file of the flag of the city of Glasgow, as seen here. It's a banner of the city's coat of arms, provided above. Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 01:05, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
- It might also be worth changing these new arms themselves; the saint is supposed to be in a quite different posture and is not dressed properly, the bell is the wrong shape, the robin looks more like a cross between a ruff and red grouse, and the salmon are much more grey than is "proper". I don't see the point in a flag until the shield itself is completed. The image really isn't suitable for public consumption yet. GPinkerton (talk) 17:58, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
- @GPinkerton: I do see where you're coming from here. Would you perhaps be willing to try and make any of those changes yourself? Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 16:55, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
- I could alter the fishes' colours but the bell, bird, and bishop are beyond me. It might be worth asking BopperDopp, who made the image not too long ago. GPinkerton (talk) 16:32, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
- @GPinkerton: I do see where you're coming from here. Would you perhaps be willing to try and make any of those changes yourself? Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 16:55, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
- It might also be worth changing these new arms themselves; the saint is supposed to be in a quite different posture and is not dressed properly, the bell is the wrong shape, the robin looks more like a cross between a ruff and red grouse, and the salmon are much more grey than is "proper". I don't see the point in a flag until the shield itself is completed. The image really isn't suitable for public consumption yet. GPinkerton (talk) 17:58, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
Request for vectorization - the Coat of Arms of Moravia[edit]
Article(s): Moravia, Coat of arms of Moravia.
- Request
- I'm looking for a person willing to vectorize an image file with the Moravian coat of arms, which is used by many sites: Znak Moravy.jpg. The bitmap format is an obstacle to its wider use on the grounds that the SVG format is better (technically). The existing Moravia.svg file used by other articles as SVG is not suitable from the aesthetic point of view (the shape of the Moravian eagle's tail is not adapted to the shield). It is possible that more people would be willing and able to do it, but in the end at least one willing person could answer the call and do the vectorization.--Pavel Fric (talk) 18:18, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
- @Pavel Fric: do you have an "official" link to the correct version? Looking at this web page, it appears that the existing SVG is more correct. --痛 (talk) 13:30, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
- @痛: See National symbols of the Czech Republic. 1) The linked picture above represents the combination of the Moravian eagle as depicted in the file (picture) with the state (Czech republic) coat of arms. It is copied from it (cut and pasted into an inappropriate shield shape without being adapted). 2) This is based on the annex to the Law on State Symbols, where the coat of arms is described as "Quarterly, first and fourth gules a lion rampant double-queued argent crowned, armed and langued or (for Bohemia), second quarter azure an eagle displayed chequy gules and argent crowned, armed and langued or (for Moravia), third quarter or, an eagle displayed sable crowned of the first, armed and langued gules, on its breast a crescent trefoiled and a crosslet argent (for Silesia)." It is noticeable that in the appendix (picture) to the law the shape of the tail is adapted to the shape of the 2. field (approximately rectangle) in the shield (French shield), whereas in the picture on the linked page the tail of the eagle is not adapted to the shape of the shield (gothic shield). In the English translation, the "red" colour of the dice is listed before the silver, but in the original of the law (Czech language) the silver comes first in the description, followed by the red: the check (chessboard) is silver-red, in this order. Never mind that the appendix to the law shows the check(ering) red-silver. Finally, this can also be seen in other depictions of the Moravian eagle's form or its descriptions (however, the oldest colour depiction from the 13th century is silver-red). But the point is to have depictions that match the text of the law, because images further shape people's ideas of what something should look like.--Pavel Fric (talk) 12:27, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
Ukrainian general staff brigade insignia[edit]
Герб 101-ї окремої бригади охорони.png (To be replaced.)
Нарукавна емблема 101-ї окремої бригади охорони.png (Sleeve patch photograph)
БЕ 101-ша БрОГШ (2016).png (Modern cap badge design)
Article(s): 101st Brigade for the Protection of the General Staff
- Request
- Please make a new SVG file for the insignia of the Ukrainian 101st Brigade for the Protection of the General Staff based on the design of the sleeve insignia and the modern cap badge.
- The present file leaves much to be desired and is not representative of what the insignia actually looks like, in contrast to most of our comparable files for other brigades. Images of the present-day sleeve insignia in use can be seen here in full colour and low-visibility variants. (Close-up of the patch here; of the real cap-badge here.) A simplified greyscale design appears on their Facebook here. The existing coat of arms image also lacks the brickwork background. GPinkerton (talk) 18:01, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
- @GPinkerton: here you go. 痛 (talk) 08:11, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
- @GPinkerton: Actually, when I look at this flag image, the correct insignia should not include any brick pattern? --痛 (talk) 17:43, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Flag of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army[edit]
Article(s): en:Korean People's Army, en:General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army
- Request
- A North Korean documentary film (at 30:18) showed the design for the flag of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army. It would be nice if this could be vectorized considering how the same film (at 29:58) shows a list that states under the 13 July 1993 entry that the KPA General Staff flag symbolizes the Korean People's Army. --Migs005 (talk) 03:24, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
- @Migs005: Done, see above. There are some guess works here because the original video is really blurry. Please also add appropriate categories to the file as you see fit. 痛 (talk) 20:41, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
- 另一面是조국의통일독립과 인민의자유와행복을위하여。另外我对该旗帜为4:5存疑,这个黄边是旗穗,本身不是旗帜的一部分。 Zzhtju (talk) 20:15, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Want a image converted from png to svg[edit]
Article(s): en:Template:Space station size comparison
- Request
- i have a image that i want to converted from png to svg and be uploaded to File:Space station size comparison.svg. if someone can do this i will be grateful. there's no any free convertor over the web to do this nicely.Chinakpradhan (talk) 15:56, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
- 1) rather than
I want..., please be kind using I would like... for instance. - 2) I can't access your image! Do you have an another link (the provided link is toward mail.google)?
- 3) without this image, is your requested work related, in the given file in the gallery, to suppress bitmap image embedded in a svg shell?
- Have you seen the other versions?
- Please note that these two files, Space station size comparison mk.svg (mk) and Space station size comparison zh-hans.svg (zh), are true svg.
- Yours, En rouge (talk) 18:06, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
- @Chinakpradhan:
- in reality, Space station size comparison.svg is a true svg, considering the visible part.
- But this file (on 2022-07-26 for instance) embeds necessary bitmaps, to be able to build the svg drawing. En rouge (talk) 18:52, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
here is the image uploaded by me on twitter (it's a .tiff version). The image I am asking is an updation of File:Space station size comparison.svg. This current version and all other files you listed are outdated versions. I tried to upload the updation myself but the problem is that image is not converted correctly. So I want it converted and uploaded by someone more better than me. @En rouge Besides if you want the original file only other option is, to email you the file.Chinakpradhan (talk) 15:56, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
- @Chinakpradhan: rather than cite me, please ping me (cause then I'll be notified) En rouge (talk) 20:32, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
- @Chinakpradhan: rather than testing your .svg file in the, true, real, given_file.svg, please test it in Test.svg. This test file is dedicated for... testing. En rouge (talk) 20:52, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
- @Chinakpradhan: without any precise description of your request, I made a visual comparison between File:Space station size comparison.svg and your proposed file on twitter. (please note that for a file uploaded to twitter, regardless of the file format, the downloadable image is .png or .jpg... – so it doesn't matter if your initial upload was .tiff or other). For the detected differences, I need dates! Date of the initial space stations dimensions, in the .svg file on Commons; date of the the space stations layout/dimensions in your proposed picture on twitter.
- Yours, En rouge (talk) 21:13, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
- @En rouge, if you need the dates when they were actually addedthen, see that in between 29 April 2021 configuration (uploaded on 4 May 2021) and 3 november 2022 (my version not uploaded as yet) only one module wentian was added on 25 July 2022, but if look into history
- ISS:-2 irosas were added on 20 june 2021, nauka (solar panels only) with european robotic arm (not in view) on 29 july 2021, prichal (not in view) on 26 november 2021.
- Tiangong (CSS):- new updates and whole design was rotten piece.
- see the discussion at User_talk:Sbb1413#Updation. this discussion is increasing the best solution is to provide me a suitable svg application that fully converts png to svg as 4 more final irosas will be added within today and february-march 2022. Chinakpradhan (talk) 09:42, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
Quốc sử quán ấn (國史館印)[edit]
Article(s): [[]], "Vi:Quốc sử quán (nhà Nguyễn)".
- Request
- Details of your request go here… I would like to request the creation of an SVG version of the Great Seal of the Quốc sử quán of the Nguyễn Dynasty. Its inscription reads Quốc sử quán ấn (國史館印) written in Chinese Seal script.
- Filename.
- Description.
Description |
English: The Great Seal of the Quốc sử quán with the inscription Quốc sử quán ấn (國史館印) written in Chinese Seal script. |
Date | DATE OF UPLOAD. |
Source |
|
Author |
The imperial government of the Nguyễn Dynasty (original design). [WIKIGRAPHIST'S USERNAME] (vectorisation). |
Permission (Reusing this file) |
(WHICHEVER THE WIKIGRAPHIST CHOOSES.). |
- Categories.
- "Category:SVG seals of Vietnam"
- "Category:Seals of the Nguyễn dynasty"
- "Category:Quốc sử quán (Nguyễn dynasty)"
- Style to emulate.
--Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 19:44, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
Hàn lâm viện ấn (翰林院印)[edit]
Article(s): [[]]. Future article about the Nguyễn Dynasty's Hanlin Academy.
- Request
- Details of your request go here… I would like to request the creation of an SVG version of the Great Seal of the Hanlin Academy of the Nguyễn Dynasty. Its inscription reads Hàn lâm viện ấn (翰林院印) written in Chinese Seal script.
- Filename.
- Description.
Description |
English: The Great Seal of the Hanlin Academy with the inscription Hàn lâm viện ấn (翰林院印) written in Chinese Seal script. |
Date | DATE OF UPLOAD. |
Source |
|
Author |
The imperial government of the Nguyễn Dynasty (original design). [WIKIGRAPHIST'S USERNAME] (vectorisation). |
Permission (Reusing this file) |
(WHICHEVER THE WIKIGRAPHIST CHOOSES.). |
- Categories.
- "Category:SVG seals of Vietnam"
- "Category:Educational seals of the Nguyễn dynasty"
- "Category:Hàn lâm viện (Nguyễn dynasty)"
- Style to emulate.
--Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 19:44, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
New Vremya logo[edit]
Article(s): en:Vremya
- Request
- Can you make into SVG and crop empty space? The logo is too simple for copyright per TOO --2001:4455:241:ED00:C9F8:65CA:7862:AD6B 09:05, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
Flag of the University of Dublin[edit]
Article(s): University of Dublin and List of flags of Ireland.
- Request
- Could someone please create an SVG file of the flag of the University of Dublin, seen here, which would consist of the above Arms on a blue field. Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 14:04, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
Changes to User Group Logo[edit]
- Hausa Wikimedia Foundation Logo.svg
Hausa Wikimedia Foundation Group Logo
- Hausa Wikimedia Foundation Logo (black).svg
Hausa Wikimedia Foundation Logo (black)
- Request
- Please we would like to have a copy of these logos with a different text. The text should read "Hausa Wikimedia Foundation". Image locations should be Hausa Wikimedia Foundation Logo.svg for the first image and Hausa Wikimedia Foundation Logo (black).svg for the latter. Thank you. – Ammarpad (talk) 14:38, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
Postal flag and Ensign of the Free City of Danzig (Postflagge)[edit]
Article(s):en:Flag of Gdańsk
- Request
- Please replace this small rectangle under the balls, under the trumpet for acorn.
- Details of your request go here… --Swiãtopôłk (talk) 18:27, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
Vectorize raster files[edit]
- S700 US LRV Drawing.png
Raster file #2
- S70 US LRV Drawing.png
Raster file #3
Article(s): en:Brightline West and en:San Diego Trolley
- Request
- Hello! Please vectorize these raster files. Thank you! --OrdinaryJosh (talk) 20:33, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
I nominated the LRV drawings for deletion. The files say the drawings were prepared by Siemens for SDMT; the files do not say the drawings were made by state employees. The copyright would be with Siemens. Glrx (talk) 19:02, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Royal Standards of the consorts of the Stuart monarchs[edit]
Arms of Anne of Denmark, consort of King James VI and I.
Arms of Henrietta Maria of France, consort of King Charles I.
Arms of Catherine of Braganza, consort of King Charles II.
Arms of Mary of Modena, consort of King James VII and II.
Arms of Prince George of Denmark, consort of Queen Anne.
Article(s): Royal Standard of the United Kingdom and List of United Kingdom flags.
- Request
- Alright, I know this is a rather tall order, but could someone please create SVG files of all the Royal Standards used by the individual consorts of the various monarchs of the House of Stuart, based on their arms provided above. Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 17:29, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
Make line art based on this GIF[edit]
Article(s): None
- Request
- Is it possible to redraw this GIF file as a line art without colour? I am planning to use it for Wikipedia events. Do tell me if such request is possible here. Thank you. --Tofeiku (talk) 12:24, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
Do you mean something like this? It's unsuitable for scaling for now, but I want to know if I got the idea. - Gabuxae (talk) 06:13, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
House flag of British Tanker Company[edit]
Article(s): en:British Tanker Company w:BP Shipping
- Request
- Please add the flags of British Tanker Company. [1]
- House flag of British Tanker Company (1915-1927)
- House flag of British Tanker Company (1927-1955)
- House flag of British Tanker Company (1955-1968 and 1984-1989)
- House flag of BP Tanker Company (1968-1984) stay consistent with the logo, ie the dark green color
- House flag of BP Tanker Company (1989-2000) stay consistent with the logo, i.e. italics
Swiãtopôłk (talk) 15:19, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
House flag of British Tanker Company (1915-1927).svg #1 Done
@Swiãtopôłk: please give RGB values for red, or OK?House flag of British Tanker Company (1927-1955).svg #2 Half done
@Swiãtopôłk: please give values for colors, or OK, before doing #3.- House flag of British Tanker Company (1955-1968 and 1984-1989).svg
House flag of BP Tanker Company (1968-1984).svg #4 Question, see below
House flag of BP Tanker Company (1989-2000).svg #5 Question, see below
- 1 Ok
- 2 Red and green are OK, but the lion would get from me #e1ed03, it would be best to recreate the original contours, but if it is impossible, this drawing can be left, only with the added tongue and tail closer to the body. Swiãtopôłk (talk) 22:31, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
- @Swiãtopôłk:
- For #2 at that time the company was anglo-iranian. So, I take elements and colors from and . Orange color is the one for lion on flag for Safavid and Pahlavi dynasties (green and orange colors was taken from the Safavid flag, the lion design was also adapted from this same flag). If you look at the logo , given for (1968-1984), the color is orange... Moreover, your proposed color, #e1ed03, is a not really appropriate. To be continued... greenish yellow
- #4: This flag seems not to exist. The only pictures I found are only the given logo (i.e. this logo on a white background).
- #5: I don't know if this flag exists or not. I've only found this logo on a same green background (often a square design), but no real flag.
- If not existing, deletion will be requested for these two last flags. Please, provide a source.
- En rouge (talk) 19:19, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
- @En rouge: I chose this non-standard color because it is present in all images (I think it's because the green underneath shows through) also the dressing of the lion seems to be cohesive [2] [3], This [4] is a link to the official PDF describing the history of the flag, it was one of my sources when I wrote the note, but I haven't opened it in a long time and since Sunday my internet is slower and the PDF won't load. There is #2 but clearly longer than in the photo of the physical flag and I think it's a graphic mistake. If you see any other differences in the PDF compared to what I've provided before, then suggest PDF, it's possible that I rushed the approvals #1. Swiãtopôłk (talk) 21:51, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
- @Swiãtopôłk: I'll talk here about yellow color, in #2 only (but other important info still to go, about #xx later...)
- You wrote that your non-standard color is present in all images, but you only link to one image (image zoomed from another, the latter full flag image more appropriate as much in context):
Here are some links to flags I found:- And ere are two flags, but fake flying flags I suppose, supposedly based on flags from Commons:
- I still maintain, as an argument, that in , color yellow in fact is... orange
(and in your sample pdf file, red seems to be inappropriate for #1; this can induce suspicion about color fidelity).- Yours, En rouge (talk) 02:32, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
- PS: why don't you provide all the material you have, for the graphists to have more information?
- From one video I found in BP web site, for #2 I'll modify orange to a yellow one. To be continued.
Flag of Saint Augustine of Canterbury[edit]
Article(s): Saint Augustine of Canterbury, List of English flags and List of United Kingdom flags.
- Request
- Could someone please create an SVG file of the flag attributed to Saint Augustine of Canterbury, as seen here (preferably in the 3:5 ratio). As the article says, it's based on the Saint's medieval coat of arms, as seen here, albeit without the flower in the upper-right canton. And, if it's okay, I'd also ask that an SVG file of the COA be created as well (albeit shaped like this). Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 17:37, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
Burgees of Mylor Yacht Club and St Mawes Sailing Club[edit]
Article(s): List of Cornish flags, List of United Kingdom flags and List of yacht clubs.
- Request
- Will someone please create SVG files of the Burgee of Mylor Yacht Club (as seen here) and the Burgee of St Mawes Sailing Club (as seen here). As you can see, both burgees incorporate the shield from the arms of the Duchy of Cornwall, provided above. Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 01:09, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
BSicon RACK.svg[edit]
BSicon for w:Funicular
Article(s): BS diagram in Brünigbahn (for Pilatus railway)
- Request
- Template:Railway line legend recommends using BSicon FUNI for both w:funiculars (the ones with a " funiculus" or cable as appearing on the left side of the icon) and simple w:rack railways (which are sometimes confused with funiculars, but don't use a cable).
- For clarity, it could be helpful to have a separate icon "RACK" for the later, similar to the above, but without the cable. Also, I'd make it raise to the right side (as the aerial one), as it's generally placed on the right side of stations. --Enhancing999 (talk) 09:06, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
Done myself – when the request is done.
- @Enhancing999: Hi, I think it can be more explicit to show the rack itself. Please see test files: [11] and [12] (here in svg test file history )
- En rouge (talk) 00:42, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
- @En rouge Nice! Thanks. I would update File:BSicon RACK.svg and File:BSicon RACK2.svg with that. Enhancing999 (talk) 13:41, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
Proposed flag of the Russian Republic[edit]
Article(s): List of Russian flags
- Request
- I'd like to request an illustration of this proposed Russian flag from an "A. Bryanchaninov" and, if possible, the emblem itself since I don't know how to properly extract part of an SVG and make it a centered emblem (if that makes sense). I hope the reference images are fine because there's barely any documentation of this flag, as I can't find any information on any physical copies.
Thank you so much in advance to whoever takes this, it's one of my favorite flag designs ever, and I'd love to see it be given justice. --NorthTension (talk) 19:30, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)