Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Illustration workshop/Archive/Apr 2013

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Chess diagram fill
Article(s): template:chess diagram Request: Create an SVG file of arrows on transplant blank(8 image). and 4 image of omega chess advanced piece fool on non transplant blank. also see Graphics Lab/Illustration workshop/Archive/May 2010.

Also I want SVG version of Amazon (Queen Knight compound) file (6 image. white on transplant blank, on light blank, on dark blank,  black on transplant blank, on light blank, on dark  blank).

I think now a = archbishop (knight + bishop compound) c = chancellor (knight + rook compound) so d= amazon would be better.220.74.36.60 (talk)
 * I thinks we need more talking about location of amazons, but we should made files about other request. --218.237.59.15 (talk)13:39, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Also I thinks we need blue piece on transplant background--218.237.59.15 (talk) 13:58, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * arrow and fool finished. But arrow image name duplicate on some pieces. --218.237.59.15 (talk) 12:43, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * When you say "finished", what exactly do you mean?  Nik Naks  talk - gallery 16:55, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Hello. I upload [[Image:Chess tld45.svg|26px]] [[Image:Chess tll45.svg|26px]] [[Image:Chess tdd45.svg|26px]] [[Image:Chess tdl45.svg|26px]] t = fool (for Omega Chess) and ten arrows.[[Image:Chess ult45.svg|26px]] [[Image:Chess uat45.svg|26px]] [[Image:Chess urt45.svg|26px]] [[Image:Chess lat45.svg|26px]] [[Image:Chess lrt45.svg|26px]] [[Image:Chess udt45.svg|26px]] [[Image:Chess rat45.svg|26px]] [[Image:Chess dlt45.svg|26px]] [[Image:Chess dat45.svg|26px]] [[Image:Chess drt45.svg|26px]] but some area d, l and u there are on arrows. --Chesshole (talk) 05:07, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): Perhaps you would care to look at my proposals here?  Nik Naks  talk - gallery 11:22, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I agree with you. But we should renamed arrow file before Niknaks's request. may be we can use number for arrow file and frees L,U,R,D. foremore, now there are ten types of svg arrows chess file(upleft:ul,up:ua,upright:ur,left:la,leftright:lr,up-down:ud,right:ra,downleft:dl,down:da,downright:dr) also we needs two types more. upleft-downright, uprightt-downleft. We should rename codes of 12 types of arrow. -- Chesshole (contribs) 05:23, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Is there already a standardised notation for Omega and the other variations of chess? If so I will edit my page to accommodate them.  Perhaps arrows could be represented by dashes and slashes?   Nik Naks  talk - gallery 14:28, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
 * in one letter notation, It is no. I think Amazon/Maharaja notation should be M --Chesshole (talk) 23:50, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

File:British admirals promotion path.svg
Something like this?? Roshan (talk) 12:57, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Geometric illustrations
Article(s): Catoptric tessellation Request: The article is about a mathematical topic in geometry, namely a specific family of honeycombs. I intended for the table to contain a number of illustrations. However, I don't have a program to create images of 3-D models. I understand that this is a difficult request, especially for those who don't have a copy of the book this list is based on. The book is listed in Google Books here, but unfortunately a preview of the book is not available. I don't know if anybody can really help with this request at all without the book. The people at the Math reference desk might be more familiar with this stuff, but unfortunately there is no place over there to request the creation of mathematical images. :( --  Toshio   Yamaguchi  14:06, 30 March 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): There's really nothing we can do without any reference images. It might be worth asking at the maths desk to see if they have any pictures or sources that you can then pass on to us here.   Nik Naks  talk - gallery 14:27, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Emblem of South Kasai
Article(s): South Kasai Request: We do not have the emblem of South Kasai (a Leopard above the letter "V"), , and only a low-quality image of the presidential seal. Can you draw SVGs? The task is much easier than it looks. Many version of that emblem do exist, and in the more the official one of the emblem printed in the constitution, the leopard is very similar to the one from File:Coats of arms of Zaire 1971-1997.svg, while the modified letter "V" is about twice as bold as the one from the stamps.Antemister (talk) 18:04, 1 April 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

Prime Ministers' seals
Article(s): Request: Please create these three PM symbols. Saint Kitts sources are and, Kenya's is , and Trinidad has a few variants, ,  and.  Fry1989  eh? 18:35, 3 April 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

Cricket pitch
Article(s): Leg before wicket (this is the one the image is needed for, but the file is also used at Cricket field and Cricket pitch)

Request: I'm not too sure if I'm in the right place or not. Would it be possible to remove the text from this image? Particularly that at the bottom by the stumps. I'm not sure how this works, but it may be better to create a new image rather than simply change this one. In addition, would there be any way to create an image similar to the one on this page? (It may need someone familiar with cricket and the lbw law!) It would be similar to the one which exists with arrows showing the ball landing in different parts of the pitch. Thanks. Sarastro1 (talk) 17:53, 11 March 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):
 * Yes, you've come to the right place for image making, maybe not so much for cricket knowledge. But we are accustomed here to handling requests on all kinds of subjects, as we rely on the guidance of the requester and any references they provide. So, I'll recreate the image you linked and we can change it later if anything is incorrect. Cheers! -- Orionist  ★  talk  06:48, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * That's perfect. To be honest, it would be fine just to have this image. However, if a set of images could be produced with a little more on, that may be helpful. The best way to see what I mean is to check the link above, but I was wondering if something could be done to show the flight of a cricket ball, where it bounces, and whether it will hit the stumps or not. The link shows it better than I can explain it; could anything like that be done? Sarastro1 (talk) 22:22, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * A set of images like the BBC link is totally doable. I just need you to provide me with a couple of free photos that show a bowler and a batter in a similar position to the BBC image. It doesn't matter if they're low-res or blurry, I just need to trace the body shape to give the illustration a bit of realism. Everything else (ball path etc.) can be done easily. Cheers! -- Orionist  ★  talk  04:47, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem. Maybe the left hand image here or this one for the batsman, and maybe this or this for the bowler. There may be others, but I think these would work. Sarastro1 (talk) 14:22, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Nice. I'll start then with the BBC image you linked. After you check it and make sure everything is fine we can use it as a base for any other illustrations you need. I'll be busy for the next couple of days though so there's going to be some delay with this. I hope that's okay. Cheers! -- Orionist  ★  talk  01:22, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 * That's fine, no rush. Sarastro1 (talk) 22:59, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 * As a cricket fan myself, I'd be more than happy to finish these if you can't.  Nik Naks  talk - gallery 15:20, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Australian Flag Designs
Dr John Blaxland's All flags here.

Article(s): List of Australian flags

Request: Create an SVG file of the flag proposals linked above. Graphist opinion(s): I'll work on some of the PD ones.  Fry1989  eh? 22:34, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I've done all the ones that require original drawing except Blaxand's (which is far too complicated and precise to do quickly) and Coulin's (which is again quite detailed but the image's resolution makes it difficult). I'll leave the rest for you to finish.   Nik Naks  talk - gallery 14:10, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Done Blaxland's, although I uploaded it as "Blaxand" in error.  Nik Naks  talk - gallery 16:34, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Additionally to my comment on (probably wrong license tag) I just realized that the flags vectorized by NikNaks carry wrong author information (you're not the author, even if the vectorizzation was done by you!). While a wrong license tag may still be acceptable for most of the original authors I'm sure they don't like it if they're not properly credited. -- Patrick87 (talk) 16:00, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I could be wrong, but I was under the impression that Fry intended to finish the ones that are not done here and then clean up the licensing. I'll drop him a message and see if he has any insight.  As for the author information, I did and uploaded most of these in an afternoon, so I admit I was a little sloppy.  I'll fix the authorship information (I tend to include myself alongside the author of the raster version and/or design - if this is wrong, let me know) but I'll wait for further information regarding licensing.   Nik Naks  talk - gallery 16:48, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, actually I thought (from the first comment) he only wanted to work on those that were eligible for public domain because of . All the others would require a different license and I'm afraid I don't know if there is any compatible license tag. Besides that it's fine if you include yourself in the author field (I do that myself from time to time if it needed some effort of myself to get the vectorization right) but strictly speaking by vectorizing an image there's no changed authorship of the result at all. -- Patrick87 (talk) 17:03, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I've fixed the authorship problem but the licensing one remains. I really have little knowledge of this, so I'll have to defer to someone with more experience.   Nik Naks  talk - gallery 17:16, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Most of these designs are too simple for copyright, some though I would be wary of.  Fry1989  eh?   23:15, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Are they too simple for copyright under Australian law, though? I've never really had to delve into the Commons copyright policy before.   Nik Naks  talk - gallery 14:22, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid that strictly speaking anything with a kangaroo in it probably isn't PD-shape. Even the ones with a boomerang in it could be disputable. However I'm no expert in copyright law (but who on Wikipedia is one after all?). -- Patrick87 (talk) 14:50, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
 * For ones like Tony Burton or Frank Gentil or David Couzens, I'd say absolutely too simple. Ones like Russell Kennedy is less clear, and Dr John Blaxland with that very complicated star, I'd be very wary about. Ones with a kangaroo are iffy depending on where you got it. After all, we do have tha RAAF ensign and roundel which contain a roo, you could claim derivative work on it if you used the roo from those files.  Fry1989  eh?   14:54, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
 * The kangaroos are all subtly different from each other (and the roundel) and I traced them all individually. I'm not sure how that would help anyway?  If I'm following the discussion correctly, all the designs other than those with simple southern crosses almost certainly need to move across to enwiki.   Nik Naks  talk - gallery 16:33, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
 * That's a little bit of an over-simplification. I can give a list of ones I think are questionable.  Fry1989  eh?   16:54, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Proposed New Zealand flags
Article(s): List of New Zealand flags, Silver fern Request: Create SVG files of all the proposed NZ flag designs found at http://www.nzflag.com/store.cfm Graphist opinion(s): There is already vector data available for the NZFlag-Design from the PDF on the bottom of the page. -- Patrick87 (talk) 11:56, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I have extracted the vector from that PDF and have uploaded it to Commons under PD-shape. It is trademarked but is free to use for non-commercial uses, as I have noted on the page.  If someone knows of a better licensing template to use, please do change it.  I'm unsure about whether they've trademarked the other ones, but I'll start vectorising them regardless.   Nik Naks  talk - gallery 15:40, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually I think even this simple one is not PD-shape and certainly not the others listed on the page. "free to use for non-commercial uses" is NOT compatible with Commons licensing which explicitly requires free commercial use. I think there could also be problems with most of the . Maybe you should give this some further thought before uploading many files with questionable license tag. -- Patrick87 (talk) 15:54, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Hm, I see your point. If I re-upload it to Wikipedia would you be able to fill in the fair use tags?  I really have no experience doing that.   Nik Naks  talk - gallery 14:30, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
 * No, sorry, I'm from Germany where there is nothing like fair use. I'm always trying to copy-paste something myself when I have to upload non-free content to English Wikipedia. However I think even fair use isn't possible in this case since as far as I know you have to specify the article where the image is used and are not allowed to use it elsewhere. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Patrick87 (talk • contribs) 14:59, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

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Freie Deutsche Jugend
Article(s): Freie Deutsche Jugend Request: Based on the website and the other pics at http://commons.wikimedia.org, the top 2 should be elongated about 20% vertically. Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 10:56, 11 March 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): ✅  Nik Naks  talk - gallery 13:34, 30 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Yeah, thank you!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 03:19, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Commonwealth Lighthouse Service ensigns
Article(s): Australian articles Request: Please complete the badges for the Commonwealth Lighthouse Service ensigns.  Fry1989  eh? 19:54, 30 March 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): ✅  Nik Naks  talk - gallery 20:57, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks.  Fry1989  eh?   23:13, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

15th World Scout Jamboree Iran
Article(s): 15th World Scout Jamboree Request: clean up the lettering so it doesn't look hand drawn... Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 15:40, 17 March 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

✅: I shouldn't have taken this request, because it's a fair-use image, but I felt kind because it's Kintetsubuffalo ;-] --Slashme (talk) 14:20, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you! It looks much better! (And thanks for letting me know on my talkpage) One thing, the third word down is KHAYI_A_M, your version needs the second A. Thank you!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 03:16, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Oops, missed that typo. Fixed now! (you might have to force-reload to see the updated picture.) --Slashme (talk) 11:12, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Perfect, thank you!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 13:12, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Pan-Celtic flag
Article(s): Pan-Celticism and others Request: Create an SVG file of the Celtic Nations flag found at http://www.sinnfeinbookshop.com/celtic-nations-flag/ Graphist opinion(s):
 * Comment: That flag looks different from the one at File:Combined flag of the Celtic nations.jpg. Is there a canonical layout for this flag?  What's the history around its design? --Slashme (talk) 12:31, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't think this is a standardised flag.  Nik Naks  talk - gallery 13:28, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

✅: It will appear as the correct name soon It's now been renamed. See this bug for why I couldn't upload it correctly. --Slashme (talk) 20:08, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll do it according to the jpg that we already have, then.

I left a note on User talk:87.33.42.128 to say that this task has been completed, but I think that's probably a dynamic IP address, because the only edit from there is this request. I propose that we tag this one as resolved now. --Slashme (talk) 11:19, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Agreed.  Nik Naks  talk - gallery 11:50, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

UK Armed Forces Day flag
Article(s): Request: Anybody good with text up to making the Armed Forces Day flag of the UK? Here are some other images:, ,.  Fry1989  eh? 17:40, 1 April 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): ✅ See above. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 18:29, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
 * That was fast :D Thanks!  Fry1989  eh?   18:32, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem. Would you like a Welsh version as well? Fvasconcellos (t·c) 18:40, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

England and Wales Cricket Board logo
The logo for the article on the England and Wales Cricket Board has several graphical errors (e.g. the right side of the lion heads don't have correctly shaped fur, and the red tongues aren't located correctly). I have created a new SVG which is corrected, but as I am a new user I don't have permission to upload it as a replacement. The svg I made is available at http://jonscaife.com/England_and_Wales_Cricket_Board_logo.svg. I used the same source as the original image - ccc — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonscaife (talk • contribs) 13:04, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I have uploaded it for you. It may require cropping or the removal of the R mark to comply, but I'll be able to do that.  I hope you'll stick around and provide more rips from PDFs!  :)   Nik Naks  talk - gallery 13:52, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Road signs
Article(s): Road signs in Mauritius Request: Can someone help to solve problems with these signs, the first and second one is not displaying properly while the third had a different font after i upload it, it should have a font similar to 1 and 2. Thanks.Kingroyos (talk) 15:18, 3 April 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): I think you already fixed it yourself? -- Patrick87 (talk) 18:08, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
 * No, i tried to solve it, but despite the first one display well on wikicommons it still display the black square on the english wikipedia, the second one have white square on both wikicommons and en wiki, and the third one has wrong fonts after i upload it.Kingroyos (talk)
 * Actually this has to be some caching issue. The three SVG render fine on Commons, actually you converted text to path in all three of them, so font can't change anymore. I think you just have to wait a little bit till all Wikimedia servers are updated with the current renderings (and reload the page / delete your browser cache). -- Patrick87 (talk) 09:59, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, you are right, maybe the server is not updated yet, all the three images is now fine on Commons, now i just have to wait for the en wiki to be updated.Kingroyos (talk) 16:36, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Miskito Flag
Maybe you meant this one?? Roshan (talk) 13:18, 30 March 2013 (UTC)


 * ✅ I additionally transfered the file to Commons as File:Flag of Miskito - Minahan.svg, so this request should be resolved now. -- Patrick87 (talk) 17:13, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Kurdish Wiktionary
Request: Hello everybody! The Kurdish Wiktionary will reach 250.000 entries soon (247.008 now).We want to create a logo/picture like or this. is the logo of Kurdish Wiktionary.Could/Would you help us?--Thanks and Regards--George Animal (talk) 19:34, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): Do you have any particular font or colours in mind?  Nik Naks  talk - gallery 15:42, 7 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi NikNaks
 * I thank you.The font should be Impact and the colour orange.Thanks and Regards--George Animal (talk) 12:39, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
 * How's this? I can move it up or down or make it bigger/smaller.  Nik Naks  talk - gallery 12:49, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Great!You are the best!, could you make it bigger and move it down?Thanks in advance.George Animal (talk) 12:56, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I've made it a little bigger, but I'm worried about making it too wide if I make it much larger. How's this?   Nik Naks  talk - gallery 11:34, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Perfect!Thanks a lot for your help and endeavours!--Best regards--George Animal (talk) 12:01, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Cardinal Richelieu arms
Article(s): Cardinal Richelieu Request: Please merge these two to form the arms of Cardinal Richelieu as seen in the French Infobox http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Jean_du_Plessis_de_Richelieu Thank you!  Mangwanani  (talk) 22:15, 9 April 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):
 * ✅: Does it look as you imagined? -- Patrick87 (talk) 01:00, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Fantastic! Thank you so much!  Mangwanani  (talk) 16:32, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Languages of South America
Article(s): South America Request: Please create a version with a legend in English. It should read "Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, Dutch", preferably in a non-wacky font. Kaldari (talk) 07:34, 11 April 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):
 * It may be worth recreating this image as SVG since it is then easily translatable without any effort. I'm sure there's already a vector version of the South American continent around somewhere. I'll have a look this evening if nobody else wants to work on this. -- Patrick87 (talk) 08:00, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, actually I didn't notice this was already SVG this morning (must have still been sleeping ;) ). However there were huge amount of needles cruft in the file. I was able to losslessly reduce the size of the original file to less than a tenth (472 KB → 44 KB). I went even further and replaced the traced text with SVG text elements (only 18 KB left). Therefore the file is now translatable with minimum effort. I already translated it into English, German, Spanish, French, Dutch, Polish and Portuguese. -- Patrick87 (talk) 23:44, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ The English version can be found at Languages of South America (en).svg. -- Patrick87 (talk) 23:44, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Pluto's Moons
Article(s): several TNO articles Request:
 * I requested this on the file's talk page a while ago, and it hasn't been answered. Can you change the font and color of the labels belonging to Pluto's two new, unnamed moons, and make them look like the labels for the other, named moons? Thanks! -- 8.2.215.2 (talk) 20:21, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. And could you maybe update File:Dwarfplanets5.png as well?

Thank you! Kudos! Graphist opinion(s):

Australian Customs Service flags
Article(s): Request: Can someone with text skills please complete these flags. The 1901-1903 and 1903-1904 versions both have the inscription "HMC AUSTRALIA" like in this image, while the 1904-1909 and 1909-1988 versions both just have "HMC" like in this image. Thank you.  Fry1989  eh? 19:33, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Anybody? Bueller?  Fry1989  eh?   20:30, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):
 * ✅: Thommy (talk) 00:25, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much! :) 15:20, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Holographic Versatile Disc logo
Article(s): Holographic Versatile Disc Request:
 * The SVG is missing the letter "p" in the word "Holographic". This should be corrected. The original PNG is provided also for reference (or a total redo, should the artist decide). Also, and up to the artist, the font "Holographic Versatile Disc" is kind of hard to read and maybe that can be changed as well. Thank you! – Kerαu noςco pia ◁ gala xies 22:47, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):
 * ✅: I uploaded a brand-new SVG version without shading to File:HVD Logo.svg, as well as an SVG version with shading to File:HVD Logo shaded.svg (sadly this file doesn't render correctly on Wikipedia why I also uploaded a prerendered PNG version as File:HVD Logo shaded.png). -- Patrick87 (talk) 01:26, 20 April 2013 (UTC)


 * That's gorgeous work, the shaded PNG is awesome. I just wanted a typo fixed and got some sweet stuff back. Thank you so much! – Kerαu noςco pia ◁ gala xies 02:19, 20 April 2013 (UTC)