From kde-artists Fri Oct 22 22:40:03 2004 From: Kenneth Wimer Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 22:40:03 +0000 To: kde-artists Subject: Re: K-ARTIST: New icon for amaroK Message-Id: <20041022224003.GA17839 () suse ! de> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-artists&m=109848452128557 * vukman [Oct 22. 2004 23:47]: > On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 09:39:02 +0200, Mark Kretschmann wrote > > Hi, > > > > for amaroK 1.2 we are planning to switch to a new application icon. > > This is because our old icon (a speaker) was too similar to the KMix > > icon, which caused some confusion for our users. > > > > After some brainstorming we came up with the idea to use a wolf's > > eye for the icon, as Amarok means Wolf in the Innuit language. In > > CVS HEAD we have a first implementation of this idea, created by > > Quentin Bleton. While I like the concept of this icon, I'm still not > > happy with the implementation, as I feel there is still room for improvement. > > > > I think both the concept and the implementation are excellent. The icon is original (not just a > copy of an speaker), it has the idea of a wolf's eye implemented, it is simple as it should be (not > too many details), and it is professionaly created. > > When you say that you are still not happy with implementation and that you feel that there is still > room for improvement you should precisely tell us what is wrong with it. Design? Colors? Try to > put your feelings into the words. > The biggest problem is that the icon is not identifiable enough at small sizes. > > So I would love to have another artist have a go at the icon, and > > try to improve it. I have attached a PNG of Quentin's icon, and can > > also provide the SVG source, if needed. Any input from you will be > > appreciated. We are looking forward to your ideas :-) > > Mark, you are asking another artist to improve Quentin's icon? Why don't you ask Quentin? But > then again you should tell what is wrong with that icon. I did ask Quentin and he happily gave us the SVG :-) Actually I would send him my changes and ask for his opinion/critic/approval. Again, I only will make (have started making) small changes...if everything works out ok we could probably use a near to exact copy of the original for the larger sizes if everyone wants it that way (ie. a more detailed large version) Bye, Kenneth -- SUSE Linux - a Novell Company - Nuernberg, Germany -------------------------------------------------- Scheinbare Rechtschreibfehler beruhen auf einer individuellen Rechtschreibreform _______________________________________________ kde-artists mailing list kde-artists@mail.kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-artists