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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.

This specific page is the requests page for the Illustration Workshop. Anyone can make a request for an illustration to be created or improved. The standard format for making a request is shown below, along with general advice, and should be followed.

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Use the following template when making a new request, replacing the examples with your image(s) and request(s):

<gallery>
 IMAGENAME.EXT|Description of image
 IMAGE#TWO.EXT|2nd image (If there is one)
 ETCETCETC.EXT|Don't request too many at once, though
</gallery>

;Request:
: Details of your request go here… --~~~~
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Flag of Baton Rouge, Louisiana (1968–1995)

File:Flag of Baton Rouge, Louisiana (1968–1995).svg
Current flag of Baton Rouge. The fleur-de-lis and castle can be used as templates in the creation of the old flag.

Article(s): Flag of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, List of city flags in North America

Request: Could someone please create an SVG file for the old city flag of Baton Rouge, as seen here? Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 16:24, 27 August 2024 (UTC) Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 14:30, 26 October 2024 (UTC) Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 17:50, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Fix Married... with Children logo

Original logo

Article(s): en:Married... with Children

Request: This logo seems to have been poorly traced. It may be too complex, but I shall ask, anyway. Thank you! --Spinixster (talk) 02:17, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): Maybe it's fixable, but IMO the stamp is too complex to exist on Commons at all. Opinions? - Gabuxae (talk) 08:16, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know enough about PD-textlogo to comment on this, but I should note that at Category:Married with Children there are other similar logos. Spinixster (talk) 08:26, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Willing to reduce size to the 14ths and improve quality of the image. The stamp part will still be poor quality. But I can't upload so far.--Vollbracht (talk) 19:46, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For the stamp, make a high-quality text logo stamp (rounded rect and stencil font) and then apply filters to roughen the edges and add printing defects. Glrx (talk) 19:58, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a version that uses not-quite-right fonts (Arial Heavy and Stencil, neither on Commons) and textLength (not supported by librsvg). The stamp effect is done with a filter. I cannot convert font to curves on this machine. Glrx (talk) 01:58, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Florida Secession Flag (1861)

File:Florida Secession Flag (1861).svg

Article(s): Flag of Florida, and possibly others.

Request: Could somebody please create an SVG file of the flag flown at the Florida capitol on 11 January 1861, when Florida declared its secession from the United States, based on these images here and here? Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 17:07, 1 October 2024 (UTC) Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 00:53, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Fix pair of logos

Logo 1
Logo 2
SVG unrequested logo 0
SVG logo 1
SVG logo 2

Article(s): en:CBD and South East Light Rail

Request: Hi, the letters, numbers, and dimensions of these logo files aren't correctly drawn according to the official logos here. Please fix them. Thank you! --OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 05:43, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): Done I recommend replacing the L1 file on the Inner West Light Rail article with the new one as well, as the current file contains artifacts of a bitmap trace (smudges around the edges etc.) --Rajix4 (talk) 12:31, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done for L1 file. The "2" and "3" on the L2 and L3 files still don't seem to quite resemble the shapes used on the official source I provided; perhaps File:TfNSW T2.svg and File:TfNSW T3.svg can be used as a basis for the L2 and L3 files? Thank you! OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 00:58, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Emblem of the Korean People's Army Supreme Command

File:Emblem of the Korean People's Army Supreme Command.svg

Emblem of the Korean People's Army Supreme Command.svg

Article(s): w:Korean People's Army

Request: On this photo (source, snapshot) I saw the emblem of the Korean People's Army Supreme Command (조선인민군최고사령부) behind the speaker, it would be nice to make it available in SVG format. --Great Brightstar (talk) 18:25, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Emblem of Yemen

Current emblem
the shield with a wrong bg color
File:IMAGE3.EXT

Article(s): Hundreds of Yemen-related articles

Request

the current emblem and shields are not accurate and needs to get fixed to match the one shown in the website of the president of Yemen (The image itself)--Abo Yemen ✉ 09:49, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's worth noting that the emblems currently used by the websites of Yemeni governmental institutions vary greatly, with most of them being extracted from commons itself. Hence I've changed the emblem to what it is today to match what we can guarantee was made by the Yemeni government itself abiding by the constitution by basing my edits to the emblem on the Yemeni passport which appears on its first page (Which has been there since at least 2003). |MK| 📝 12:48, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

BlankMap-World.svg: two former countries

human-editable plain text format map
human-editable plain text format map (including East Germany and South Yemen)

Article(s): State atheism

Request: I need a special version of BlankMap-World.svg in order to color in human-editable plain text format two former countries (East Germany and South Yemen), using codes such as .dd and .yd, as usual.--Carnby (talk) 23:09, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Logo for old newspapers

Article(s): ru:Толыши садо, ru:Самур (газета), ru:Шавнышт

Request: {{PD-Textlogo}} logo (for example) for newspapers. You can find original logo on the mentioned articles. For the Samur (Самур), check this: [1] --Nemoralis (talk) 21:27, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Flag of Gojome Akita.svg

Flag of Gojome, Akita
Flag of the Chuvash ASSR (1927-1931)

Article(s): Already in the articles

Request: The files are broken --SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 08:30, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Files were missing inkscape or sodipodi namespace declarations. Glrx (talk) 16:00, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SpinnerLaserzthe2nd and Glrx:

Sorry but the green of the first flag can't be this one.

This green is full RGB green, which is out of dies or printed colors gamuts.

Thanks, En rouge (talk) 14:14, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@En rouge Right, but is there a conversion table to get a proper green?-- Carnby (talk) 08:27, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SpinnerLaserzthe2nd, Glrx, and Carnby: Hi, I think you can find a more appropriate green color in [2] (from [3]), and in [4] (from [5]).

PS: a very little thumb picture [6], with the two same flags as in the 1st image, seems to indicate that this flag can be a reference color (but with a lighting gradient...).

Yours, En rouge (talk) 13:30, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@En rouge What do you think now?-- Carnby (talk) 06:31, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Carnby:

OK for me (version at 2024-12-06 19:28) En rouge (talk) 00:00, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Flags used by the Fram

Article(s): Fram (ship), List of Norwegian flags, Nansen's Fram expedition, Amundsen's South Pole expedition, Polheim, List of Antarctic flags

Request: Could somebody please create SVG files for the masthead flags used by the Norwegian polar exploration ship Fram, including:

1) The ship's original masthead flag (consisting of a red pennant with the name "FRAM" in white), used when it was was first launched (1892) and during Fridtjof Nansen's Arctic expedition (1893–1896), as seen within the images provided above.

2) The masthead flag used by the ship during Roald Amundsen's expedition to the South Pole (1910–1912), based on this official replica.

Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 15:37, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Fix SVG

Article(s): en:Ulster Defence Regiment

Request: I start to fix the SVG file according the template requeriment and I need anyone review it. Regards!! Ezarateesteban 19:39, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): The design of the harp is wrong: see this. With the current harp design, I was able to get this (raster rendering).-- Carnby (talk) 07:30, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Flag of the Maud

File:Flag of the Maud.svg

Article(s): Maud (ship), List of Norwegian flags

Request: Can someone please create an SVG file of the flag used by Roald Amundsen's ship Maud (consisting of a red pennant with a white border and the name "MAUD" in white letters), as seen within the following sources: [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14]. Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 14:15, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

House Flags

Article(s): en:Enoch Train, en:Loch Line, en:SS Catalina

Request: Please make a house flags of ths shipping companies.

White Diamond Line, use a slightly darker and subdued red.
Aitken, Lilburn & Co Glasgow Shipping Co.
Aitken, Lilburn & Co General Shipping Co.
Wilmington Transportation Company
Catalina Island Steamship Line

Flags of companies 2 and three can also be seen in this book on pages 108 and 112. In both cases they differ in details from the basic links. The second has an additional dot after the "C" and under the "°". Flag number 3 contains "C°." instead of "Coy". Swiãtopôłk (talk) 17:00, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

File:Beyaz Rusya'nın Milli Sembolleri

National symbols of Belarus (Turkish)

Article: National symbols of Belarus

Request: Please create a Belarusian lamguage version of the file. --SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 07:49, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

SVG emblem of the Central Security Service and other agencies

Emblem of the Central Security Service
Office of the Secretary of the Air Force
SVG [OK]

Article(s): en:Central Security Service, en:United States Secretary of the Air Force

Request: SVG version of these emblems. SuperWIKI (talk) 07:08, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): @SuperWIKI: done 1/2 --Mrmw (talk) 12:34, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Euro exchange rate to RUB.svg

Description of first image

Request: There definitely is an update needed. The original source of the data stopped providing new exchange rates (in fact stopped trading the currency altogether), so we need a replacement based on a different source. --Giftzwerg 88 (talk) 01:46, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

SVG validation problem... Help please!

Request: This is not a normal image conversion request. I am having issues trying to get rid of an SVG error in one of my images in the validation process.

Does anybody know how to correct this error?

Thank you very much in advance.

Line 7474, Column 50: Attribute aria-label not allowed on SVG element g at this point.
inkscape:path-effect="#path-effect900"><g--

MorMor 100Polar (Mensajes aquí) 15:17, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): @100Polar:; Validation is often overly strict. The aria-label attribute is harmless, so I would not fix the validation error.; The SVG 1.1 specification did not include data-* and aria-* labels, so they are marked as validation errors. SVG 1.1 files can use a DTD subset to avoid those errors, but WMF rejects file uploads with such subsets for security reasons. Those attributes were added in the SVG 2.0 specification.; Inkscape inserts the aria-label attribute when it converts an SVG text element to curves. Instead of using a font to draw some text, the SVG now draws the text with curves/path elements (aka path text). The aria-label attribute tells us what the text used to be. If I were to remove the aria-label, then I would first turn the g element containing the path text back into a text element.; At some point, putting version="2.0" on the svg element should make these validation errors go away.; Glrx (talk) 18:03, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for your answer!

MorMor 100Polar

(Mensajes aquí) 22:14, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

SVG State Dept. seals for Ukraine and the UN

U.S. Dept. of State seal (template for U.S. Embassy, Ukraine)
U.S. Embassy and Consulate in the UAE seal (template for United States Mission to the United Nations)

Article(s):

Ukraine seal: en:Embassy of the United States, Kyiv, en:List of ambassadors of the United States to Ukraine
United Nations seal: en:List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Nations, en:United States Mission to the United Nations (above building image with <br /> below)

Request: Create 2 SVG emblems for the United States Embassy in Ukraine (the seal here; based on the State Department seal, but using yellow font instead) and the United States Mission to the United Nations (Mission to UN seal; based on the U.S. embassy in UAE seal). SuperWIKI (talk) 15:12, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

DR DOS

Logo

Article(s): en:DR-DOS

Request: Vectorize - only the 'DR DOS' red text. You can ignore the smaller text above it. --Sceeegt (talk) 03:30, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): @Sceeegt: Hi, you can use the words:; hi, hello, please, thank you, thanks, can you, ...; Yours, En rouge (talk) 00:14, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Flag of the President of Angola

File to improve
wreath to help

Article(s): en:Flag of Angola

Request: Please fix the wreath on this flag. I have provided the most similar one from the ones already existing if making the original one is too difficult. Unfortunately, the ribbon requires manual fixing. [15] [16] [17] [18]Swiãtopôłk (talk) 21:11, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Coat of arms of Hải Dương, French Indo-China

Coat of arms of Hải Dương.
Requested file (Hải Dương).

Requested file (Hải Dương).

Article(s): [[]], various articles related to the French domination period of this city and of Viet-Nam in general.

Request

I would like to request the vectorisation of the coats of arms of the city of Hải Dương during the French domination period in the history of the Nguyễn Dynasty.

Addendum, The colour scheme of the Hải Dương municipal coat of arms is consistent as other examples are found here (note that some of the images on the shield are also more visible on it there). I have imported all of these images to the Wikimedia Commons, so here are more general duty (revenue tax) stamps of the French Tonkinese city of Hải-Dương to show more details of the 4 (four) images within the heraldic shield:

5 cents general duty stamp (blue background) - Hải Dương (1930) Society of Indo-China Philatelists.
5 cents general duty stamp (pink background) - Hải Dương (1930) Society of Indo-China Philatelists.
10 cents general duty stamp (yellow background) - Hải Dương (1930) Society of Indo-China Philatelists.

Several of the elements found in this coat of arms are similar to the coats of arms of other French Tonkinese cities, for example the mural crown 👑 element is consistent with the Hanoian and Haiphongese coats of arms, though the colour scheme is slightly more intricate.

Similar coats of arms

Coat of arms of Hanoi.
Coat of arms of Hải Phòng.

--Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 01:10, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Coat of arms of Nam Định, French Indo-China

Coat of arms of Nam Định.
Requested file (Nam Định).

Requested file (Nam Định).

Article(s): [[]], various articles related to the French domination period of this city and of Viet-Nam in general.

Request

I would like to request the vectorisation of the coats of arms of the French Tonkinese city Nam Định during the French domination period of the history of the Nguyễn Dynasty. Unfortunately, I don't have any better images of this coat of arms, it might be better to make it black and white like this, as I don't know the official colour scheme of this municipal coat of arms and I am currently unaware of any internet website or service having it.

Similar coats of arms

Coat of arms of Hanoi.
Coat of arms of Hải Phòng.

--Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 01:10, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Brunei Fire and Rescue Department logo

Logo of the Fire and Rescue Department (Brunei)

Article(s): en:Fire and Rescue Department (Brunei)

Request: I would like to request the vectorisation of this Brunei Fire and Rescue Department logo. Please take note that the date of creation of the logo is still unknown. More references: [19], [20] and [21] --Pangalau (talk) 04:49, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Royal Brunei Armed Forces emblem

Emblem used at Lumut Camp military base
Emblem of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces
Royal Brunei Armed Forces cap badge
Royal Brunei Armed Forces cap badge
Flag of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces

Article(s): en:Royal Brunei Armed Forces

Request: I would like to request the vectorisation of this Royal Brunei Armed Forces emblem. More references to the emblem: [22] --Pangalau (talk) 05:07, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

BSD/OS

Article(s): en:BSD/OS

Request: Vectorize - I can't tell exactly what the font and typeface are. It is sourced from a photograph so the angle isn't exactly right currently, just so you know. Also the request is just the text, not the background or any colors. (the vectorized text can simply be black). --Sceeegt (talk) 18:34, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): @Sceeegt: Hi, you can use the words:; hi, hello, please, thank you, thanks, can you, ...; Yours, En rouge (talk) 00:15, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request to create a color variant of the Republic of China's naval jack.

File:Naval Jack of the Republic of China (alternate shade).svg
It is recommended that a dark version of the SVG image be created based on this flag, named the "Naval Jack of the Republic of China (alternate shade).svg".
The dark blue color can be extracted from this SVG image.

Article(s): en:Flag of the Republic of China

Request: I found that the Republic of China (Taiwan) flag has this dark variant, but the ROC naval flag does not have a corresponding dark variant. Can I ask yours to create one? Thanks. --Alya Kujou (talk) 16:41, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Create SVG

Current "Abroad in Japan" logo

Article(s):

Request: Please create an SVG version of this JPG. --Kakan spelar (talk) 00:30, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Create SVG 2

Old "Abroad in Japan" logo

Article(s): wikidata:Q59812140

Request: Please create a SVG of this PNG. --Kakan spelar (talk) 00:31, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Brunei Prison Department emblem

Brunei Prison Department emblem in an expo
Brunei Prison Department emblem on a government vehicle

Article(s): en:Prisons Department (Brunei)

Request: Hello. I would like to request the vectorisation of the Brunei Prison Department emblem as seen above. Many thanksǃ Please take note that the date of creation of the logo is still unknown. More references can be found here [23] and [24] --Pangalau (talk) 04:55, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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MatPat The Game Theorists YouTube web series logo SVG request

Logo in the top right. It's freely licensed by the official "The Game Theorists" YouTube channel.

Article(s): en:MatPat and d:Q27886359. Might not need to be on the MatPat article but should be on "The Game Theorists" wikidata item.

Request: The logo in the top right of the image above as an SVG for use on the Wikimedia projects. The image is licensed under CC BY 3.0. --Sebbog13 (talk) 17:02, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Syria companies logos

Syrian Arab News Agency
Syriatel old logo (vectorized)

Article(s): en:Syrian Arab News Agency, en:Syriatel

Request: The first image should be vectorized (just as it is), while the second one should be slightly modified (the flag part) into the current version that can be seen here. Only the flag should be changed (and possibly added the SYRIATEL in english) Yeagvr (talk) 02:13, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]; @Mrmw Sorry to ping you, could you possibly help me?”

Graphist opinion(s)

Riks logo

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 11:18, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Riks Logo
SVG [OK]
SVG [OK]

Article(s): sv:Riks

Request: Hello! Requesting help vectorizing this image. Many thanks in advance! Listz3 (talk) 03:18, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): @Listz3: Done --Mrmw (talk) 10:41, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Henry Kellett's sledge flag

File:Henry Kellett's sledge flag.svg

Article(s): Henry Kellett, List of flags of Ireland

Request: If possible, could somebody please create an SVG file of the sledge flag used by Henry Kellett in the Arctic during the 1852–1854 search for Franklin's lost expedition, as seen here, here and here? Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 17:42, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Standarization of Mercosur's Flag Colors

Spanish version [OK]
Portuguese version [OK]
[OK]

Article(s): en:Flag_of_Mercosur, en:Mercosur

Request: The flag's official colors were standarized in 2002 and are stated as Pantone Blue 286 and Pantone Green 347. According to the document the font used should be Gill Sans Regular. Thank you. --Accuratelibrarian (talk) 03:31, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): @Accuratelibrarian: Done --Mrmw (talk) 08:22, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please standardize this flag as well?

File:Flag of Mercosur Mercosul.svg

Thanks. Accuratelibrarian (talk) 00:42, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Accuratelibrarian:

Done --Mrmw (talk) 07:37, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]