Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Illustration workshop/Archive/Nov 2017

Military units

 * Beautiful. Thanks! --21lima (talk) 23:17, 4 September 2017 (UTC)


 * United States Army Europe DUI
 * Article(s):
 * 59th Ordnance Brigade
 * United States Army Europe


 * Request: Please convert to vector
 * Desired name: 59th Ordnance Brigade SSI.svg
 * Description: On a shield 2 1⁄2 inches (6.4 cm) in width and 3 inches (7.6 cm) in height overall, crimson with a 1⁄8 inch (0.32 cm) yellow border, a white disc with scalloped rim containing a crimson flame of nine tongues surmounted by a small yellow disc at upper center between two cannon barrels in a V position, their breeches conjoined in base.
 * Desired name: 59th Ordnance Brigade DUI.svg
 * Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/4 inches (3.18 cm) in height consisting of a red dragon's foreleg with scales outlined gold and five claws at the left, bent at the elbow in center base and having on its shoulder at right a Korean Taeguk in red and blue; centered behind the dragon's leg between a blue arch at the top extending from shoulder to claws of the dragon leg and inscribed in gold with the words "POWER TO SPARE" and in base a wavy blue band terminating at the claws and shoulder of the dragon leg, a gold castle tower with red pointed roof top. See File:Taegeuk.svg.
 * Desired name: United States Army Europe SSI.svg
 * Description: On a dark blue Norman shield with curved top 3 5/16 inches (8.41 cm) in height and 2 1/2 inches (6.35 cm) in width, palewise, a double handed flaming sword, 2 1/8 inches (5.40 cm) in length, hilt golden yellow, white blade, red flames, all below an arched chief 5/8 inch (1.59 cm) in depth on center line, 1/8 inch (.32 cm) from the top and sides of the shield in sky blue, the base of which is 5/8 inch (1.59 cm) on center line divided into a rainbow of five colors: red, golden orange, yellow, green, and blue in descending order.
 * Desired name: United States Army Europe DUI.svg
 * Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1 3/16 inches (3.02 cm) in height consisting of a vertical sword point up, with gold hilt and a white blade issuing red flames to wither side above a gold background contained in base by a curved V-shaped blue scroll with ends at either side of the flame turned gold; and the scroll inscribed with the words “SWORD OF FREEDOM” in gold letters.

-- 21lima (talk) 12:55, 12 August 2017 (UTC) I felt a little motivation to convert the Distinctive Unit Insignia, so I have it uploaded. I opted to go with solid colors instead of gradients. I had just enough motivation to convert the image but not enough to try to match the gradients hence the solid colors. Have a good weekend. - Offnfopt (talk) 05:11, 7 October 2017 (UTC) Again, beautiful work. Thank you. --21lima (talk) 08:04, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * found some time, last one is now done. - Offnfopt (talk) 05:59, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
 * As always, great work! --21lima (talk) 12:13, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Curium

 * Article(s):
 * curium


 * Request:
 * Please crop it, it could use a cut. -DePiep (talk) 21:49, 7 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * I don't understand your request. Please clarify.--Yug (talk)  09:01, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I'd like to have some border cut away (less background area), so that the actual metal takes a larger part of the image. -DePiep (talk) 09:04, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * You can do this yourself using the croptool. --AntiCompositeNumber (Ring me) 17:15, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Maybe I could, but I don't have the time or interest to learn that tool now (nice to know it exists btw, thanks for the link). Please consider this request withdrawn. I'm fine with that. -DePiep (talk) 20:28, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

Triple-slashed "O" from 'Game of Thrones'

 * Article(s):
 * GRRM's A Song of Ice and Fire / Game of Thrones article set


 * Request:
 * Please extract the triple-slashed "O" for independent use -- 70.51.45.76 (talk) 06:01, 17 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * Since it's already an SVG, I suggest you should download and use Inkscape to extract the particular shape you want (either the lowercase or uppercase letter "O") from the file directly. This is a simple operation and since the request is for "independent use", learning Inkscape would be useful for you as well.
 * Inkscape on Commons
 * Tavmjong's site
 * Inkscape tutorials
 * Cheers, Mliu92 (talk) 18:54, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * The request is for independent use as in separate from the whole logo. It is for use on Wikipedia articles, independent of the whole image, as it is already stated in the request. I cannot use the O independently if it is set inside the whole title on any article on Wikipedia without using the whole title. How is this not a proper request? -- 70.51.45.76 (talk) 05:00, 20 October 2017 (UTC)


 * GRRM - the author of the fictional universe, "George R.R. Martin"
 * "A Song of Ice and Fire" the name of the fictional universe, for which many articles exist on Wikipedia, and across various language Wikipedias.
 * "Game of Thrones" the frequently used name for this franchise, and the logo in the image file. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.51.45.76 (talk) 05:08, 20 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Anonymous IP editor: Where did I state this is "not a proper request"? The suggestion I made to learn basic Inkscape operations was for your own benefit. Please be courteous in your future requests. Cheers, Mliu92 (talk) 06:19, 20 October 2017 (UTC)


 * For some reason, Mediawiki/librsvg was chopping the extreme right edge off the png thumbnails it made from this file (nothing wrong with the svg). I added a 1 px gap all round, which seems to "fix" the issue. -- Begoon 07:28, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Clean up and add label to image of ice auger
That looks great. Thanks! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 09:44, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Tottenham Outrage

 * Article(s):
 * Tottenham Outrage


 * Request:
 * Is someone able to whiten the backgrounds on these two images for me please? Any assistance would be much appreciated. Cheers SchroCat (talk) 22:44, 4 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * I assumed that what you were looking for was removal of the sepia 'tint' (which leaves the portrait with a dark "background"). If that's incorrect, or you'd like any further/different adjustment, please let us know. -- Begoon 02:30, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Additionally, there was a higher quality JP2 version available at the source for the rubber factory image, so I used that. -- Begoon 04:51, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Perfect! Many thanks, that's exactly what I was after. – many thanks! – SchroCat (talk) 07:51, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

Tottenham outrage - II

 * Article(s):
 * Tottenham outrage


 * Request:
 * Could some kind soul please 'de-sepia' this image for me please? Many thanks - SchroCat (talk) 17:56, 6 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * Tottenham Outrage in The Illustrated London News, 30 January 1909 (retouched).jpg. Please let us know if you'd like anything about that altered. -- Begoon 07:34, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

✅ - Hi, thanks again - that's great. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 08:21, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Grand Rapids, Michigan Flag and Seal

 * Article(s):
 * Grand Rapids, Michigan

Requesting cleaner versions of the flag and seal of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Both original files are very dated and are sloppy. Here are some additional resources for those up to the task; this is a more colored version of the seal with the American red, white and blue shield and colored sky, though this image shows the details and lines of the seal. As for the flag, here is an example of the color and format. Updating these files would be greatly appreciated!--WMrapids (talk) 08:01, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Request:


 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * Which of the examples would you prefer to be the main source for the conversion to a .svg file?
 * 'A' this is a more colored version of the seal
 * 'B' image shows the details and lines of the seal
 * 'C' here is an example of the color and format
 * Due to the original date of the seal, I would pick the 'A' version since the font style is more appropriate for the 1850 date of the seals creation. In my opinion (imo) the 'B' versions font is too modern for the year 1850.  IMO the two circles in the seal should be dotted like the 'A' version and not the 'C' version's rectangles.--Vwanweb (talk) 19:14, 7 September 2017 (UTC)


 * I agree with the dotted borders. I prefer a little of 'A' and 'B'. From 'A', the original design, font and color and from 'B', the more distinguished light rays that you cannot see well in the metal portion of 'A'.


 * The finished seal should have the dotted borders, original font and blue-ish clouds with the hand emerging holding the black scale. Light rays in a similar color scheme to the sunset in the Seal of Michigan should be emerging from behind the naturally colored bald eagle carrying the arrows and tricolor shield. The Seal of Grand Rapids was designed in the same period of the Seal of Michigan, so the colors on this should be helpful.


 * Also, here is the history of the seal. You can see in the original that there may also be an olive branch held to the right of the arrows by the eagle, similar to other American imagery. I hope this helps you!--WMrapids (talk) 02:36, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for the feedback on the items I brought forward. I will take a shot at this for you. I just want to ask for your patient up front, since the example graphic is pixel heavy.


 * Thank you and I understand. For the flag, I'm not sure if the colored seal should be used or not due to the existing flag (see 'C'). If there is a way to see the flag with both the colored seal and uncolored seal, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again!--WMrapids (talk) 17:58, 9 September 2017 (UTC)


 * One thing I forgot to mention. Existing images of the Grand Rapids flag makes it appear that the two blue colored bands are similar in color to the Flag of Michigan. What I am thinking is that they adopted the Michigan colors while designing the Grand Rapids flag.--WMrapids (talk) 17:18, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

New WikiProject logo

 * Article(s):
 * WikiProject Women's Health


 * Request:
 * Can you design a more 'trendy' image for WikiProject Women's Health? Since I am the most active contributor at this time, it is probably appropriate that I request this. I can sketch up something but if you want to do this, great! I am thinking about a silhouette of a pregnant woman facing one direction and a silhouette of an elderly woman facing the other direction. Superimposed over the silhouette can be the medical staff symbol in a dark pink shade.(not the 'circle/upside-down cross symbol' since that seems more to be a Project Feminism thing). I would also need a related image that would look related to this first one but would be identifiable as a logo for a stub. Thank you! Barbara (WVS) ✐   ✉  14:19, 26 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * It's a very tardy reply, but I took your concept literally, found some photographs to trace, and came up with the logo above. Let me know what you think. Cheers, Mliu92 (talk) 04:02, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I love the graphic of the older woman, but I've never seen a pregnant woman stand like this. (I've known a lot of pregnant women). How we stand when we are pregnant is to rest our hands on top of the belly and look down. Also, I'd like a less European silhouette of the pregnant woman, perhaps a 'bun' on top of her head is more interntional-looking. The 'dress' should drape down after passing over her belly. I hope that I am not being too fussy here. I appreciate the work that you've done.
 * Best Regards, Barbara (WVS) ✐   ✉  18:13, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Vectorize chemical element volumes graph

 * Article(s):
 * Density


 * Request:
 * Please vectorize.
 * Also, change these chemical symbols into (recently decided):
 * 113 Uut &rarr; Nh
 * 115 Uup &rarr; Mc
 * 117 Uus &rarr; Ts
 * 118 Uuo &rarr; Og
 * -DePiep (talk) 00:42, 6 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):

Update aluminum production graph

 * Article(s):
 * Aluminium


 * Request:
 * Please update the graph with the data for the period of time not currently reflected. The article itself refers to periods after those displayed in this graph, so it will be great for it to catch up. The data needed to complete the graph can be found here: locate the big table at the bottom of the page, open the Supply-Demand Statistics .xlsx file for aluminium, the column "World production" is the one to go with.-- R8R (talk) 07:45, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

✅ -- Begoon 09:32, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * Well done, thank you!--R8R (talk) 10:02, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

SSAU

 * Article(s):
 * State Space Agency of Ukraine


 * Request:
 * Please clean up this obviously traced immage. If you could replace the traced letters with actual text that would be very nice. Thanx. -- 68.174.30.176 (talk) 23:14, 11 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * Replaced with official logo, per website, extracted from: http://www.nkau.gov.ua/pdf/Booklet_DKAU20_2012_small.pdf. -- Begoon 23:45, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
 * It has been reverted on C0mmons ): 68.174.30.176 (talk) 19:29, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Nothing has been "reverted". I reuploaded the replacement image once with a small change to the nominal size, but other than that I have no idea what you are referring to. -- Begoon 23:16, 12 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Very strange. 68.174.30.176 (talk) 23:00, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Again, you give no explanation. If you were seeing the old version in an article then that was probably because your browser cache or the page cache needed flushing/purging. But if you don't explain we can only guess. -- Begoon 01:38, 16 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Fixed. 68.174.30.176 (talk) 00:32, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Ok! -- Begoon 15:59, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Kingdom of Yemen COA

 * Article(s):
 * Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen


 * Request:
 * Please can you make an svg of this COA ? thank you and regards - JanJC (talk) 11:21, 27 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):

This is an SVG file --MacMoreno (talk) 00:29, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
 * dear MacMoreno - thank you so much - it looks great JanJC (talk) 11:16, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, too.''' --MacMoreno (talk) 15:29, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
 * , that's great work - really nice detail, but why did you add the dark "gradient" to the red on the left? Maybe I'm just missing something. -- Begoon 14:58, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

________ I liked that, not you like it? i have to remove it?

5G

 * Article(s):
 * 5G


 * Request:
 * please trim away dead whitespace… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 15:33, 4 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):

✅: Cropped using croptool. --AntiCompositeNumber (Ring me) 15:56, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Removing white space from SVG (Inkscape)
Not sure where to post, but I just made File:Rear view mirror antiglare-day position.svg (and the similar File:Rear view mirror antiglare-night position.svg) and it displays as a full A4 page (whereas the graphics itself is smaller). I am not sure why it is so, but would appreciate if someone could correct it (or better yet, tell me how to ensure my Inkscape 0.91 will stop doing this). It is not a problem of memory (SVG diagram) but including it will be painful (cropping necessary). Tigraan Click here to contact me 18:18, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
 * In Inkscape, you can do, then '', and then re-save the svg. I did this for the 2 files you mentioned. -- Begoon 23:25, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
 * That's great, thank you! Tigraan Click here to contact me 10:44, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

Plaiting techniques

 * Article(s):
 * Japanese bamboo weaving


 * Request:
 * Could someone please draw the techniques listed in here ? I have done two of them, but I am not very good at this. Thank you for your help. -- Gryffindor (talk) 15:15, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

I will do them as svg so I will do also the two you have made if that is OK with you. As it is many it will take some time, I do them one by one. Now I have a first draft for you to look at. Think also of this a a base type, I will try to do the rest in the same size/manor etc. Give me feedback, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:44, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * Hi Goran, that's wonderful, thank you. Gryffindor (talk) 08:34, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I will need the following;
 * Name of the file
 * Description
 * Category/ies at commons


 * to be able to upload it at commons. --Goran tek-en (talk) 10:49, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Please upload into the "Category:Japanese plaiting techniques", I will then request the renames and add the descriptions. Gryffindor (talk) 12:21, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Now you can find it here: Commons:file:Clematis plaiting.svg --Goran tek-en (talk) 14:00, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Draft for Mat. --Goran tek-en (talk) 15:58, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Excellent. Gryffindor (talk) 09:37, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Now you can find it here: Commons:file:Mat plaiting.svg

Draft for Square. --Goran tek-en (talk) 17:17, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * It looks great. Feel free to add the rest without asking me, I will take a look once it's completed. Thank you. Gryffindor (talk) 18:55, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

All together; Commons:file:Clematis plaiting.svg Commons:file:Mat plaiting.svg Commons:file:Square plaiting.svg Commons:file:Twill plaiting.svg Commons:file:Diamond Twill plaiting.svg Commons:file:Compound Lozenge plaiting.svg
 * Excellent. Gryffindor (talk) 22:00, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Commons:file:Hemp leaf plaitin.svg Commons:file:Hexagonal plaiting.svg Commons:file:Irregular plaiting.svg Most demanding so far as it's irregular, nothing to reuse. --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:37, 13 November 2017 (UTC) Commons:file:Plover plaiting.svg Commons:file:Pine needle plaiting.svg Commons:file:Twining.svg Commons:file:Comb plaiting.svg Commons:file:Chrysanthemum base plaiting.svg Commons:file:Circular plaiting.svg Commons:file:Octagonal plaiting.svg ✅ If you are happy with this please put the code   on this request so it can be archived, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 15:17, 13 December 2017 (UTC)



Transvaal

 * Article(s):
 * Transvaal


 * Request:
 * please create straightened, svg coat-of-arms… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 15:53, 18 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):

Einar Jonsson

 * Article(s):
 * Einar Jonsson


 * Request:
 * please upload a transparent graphic version at Commons… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 12:40, 12 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):


 * Thank you! Sorry I just now caught this!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 08:33, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Clean up corners in illustration of hot water drill

 * Article(s):
 * Ice drilling


 * Request:
 * This is a little picky, but I would love to get this cleaned up. I created this schematic but I had to do the blue tinged surface and borehole edges as separate straight-edges, and I wasn't able to make them match up perfectly.  All six corners where the surface turns -- around the borehole, and in the borehole -- show signs of the joins.  I tried to clean it up with Photoscape and the clone stamp tool but couldn't get it perfect.  Can this be done?  Also, the very left hand edge of the surface (left of where it says "Charge pump for feeding high pressure pumps") is a little uneven.  Thanks for any help with this. -- Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 01:05, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Is this what you want? If so feel free to use it. --Goran tek-en (talk) 20:12, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * That's certainly better; thank you. I can't upload it to Commons myself, since I didn't create it, but if/when you do, please let me know and I'll substitute it in the article it's used in. Thanks! Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 21:28, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Why can't you upload it, anyone can do that. Also, you stand as creator and uploader of that image so download my link (will be removed in a couple of days) and upload it as a New Version, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 12:04, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
 * OK, will do -- I was just concerned that since I didn't create that version there would be an issue. Thanks! Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 12:18, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
 * And now done. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:22, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
 * But you stand as the Author and uploader so to me that means you created it? If it's not your's you really should provide some poof of that you are allowed to upload it here. The Resolved code is important to put here as it triggers the archive function. --Goran tek-en (talk) 13:19, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, that's why I suggested you upload it -- I credited you in the edit summary, but there's no way for me to upload it as you. Could you go ahead and upload a new version on top of mine?  That would solve the problem. Mike Christie (talk -

contribs - library) 13:44, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
 * No it would not solve the problem. The Author (Creator) is in the information box at the top, what I would do is upload a New Version, it will not make me the Author, which I never can be. --Goran tek-en (talk) 15:26, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

✅

Bedford Flag

 * Article(s):
 * Bedford Flag


 * Request:
 * though the png is beautifully done and painstakingly crafted, (thanks !), can an svg be created with less subtle shading, more uniform coloration and more distinction between pattern areas?… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 15:54, 24 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * There’s quite a nice, large photo of the original—albeit taken from an angle—on the Bedford Library site, which would make a good visual reference for the details.—Odysseus 1 4 7  9  18:46, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I uploaded a edited version of the image pointed out that can be used as a reference. The image is uploaded at File:Bedford Flag at Bedford Library.png. My upload should be safe based on the assertions of PD-art but I posted a thread over at Commons:Village pump/Copyright just to be safe. -  Offnfopt (talk) 14:26, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

[In the news]Animation for Bump fire used in Las Vegas attack

 * Article(s):
 * 2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting, Bump fire


 * Request:
 * The Las Vegas shooting involved an semi-automatic rifle augmented via a "bump fire" system. Editing the article, I bumped* into nice visuals[1,2].
 * [1]: From Single Shots to Automatics: How Firearms Work https://nyti.ms/2yLUGX0
 * [2]: What Is a Bump Stock and How Does It Work? https://nyti.ms/2yJhw1t
 * The video [1] can be a nice model for animated gif on
 * 1. semi-automatic bumped at 0'48",
 * 2. automatic 0'23",
 * 3. semi-automatic 0'16".
 * The animations needed require few layers and should be fairely feasible. The single shot is not to draw, as it is more complex with hand putting back a new bullet in place. -- Yug (talk)  11:02, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

An animation gif is already in Bump fire article. Aren't you satisfied with it?―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 11:35, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * First, thanks for raising up this animation, it wasn't on the article when I discovered the article and started to look for visuals.
 * Secondly I was thinking of a global shot*, 3 animated gifs making a series.
 * Last, now that I examinate this new gif, the trigger balance mechanism is lightly different from the NYT's visualisation, there the finger are visible, and the product (bullet holes) as well.
 * It's good we have this new animation, and it indeed lower the need for new animations.
 * Still, the NYT visuals linked above seems to provide more clarity, so it would be interesting to make these 3 new, cleaner animated visuals as requested. --Yug (talk)  15:06, 7 October 2017 (UTC)