Attached is a preview with a darker "composer".<br><br>- Lee<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 1:51 AM, Nikolaj Hald Nielsen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nhnfreespirit@gmail.com">nhnfreespirit@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Much much better imo! :-)<br>
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My main gripe now is that the "composer" icon seems to lack substance<br>
compared to the rest of the icons. IF it could somehow be sharpened<br>
and made a bit darker it would be good I think!<br>
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- Nikolaj<br>
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On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Lee Olson <<a href="mailto:leetolson@gmail.com">leetolson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> All,<br>
><br>
> Thank you for the comments! I greatly appreciate them. I was aware of the<br>
> visual inconsistencies of the last preview (which were mostly due to not<br>
> being able to come up with a better approach at the time), but hopefully the<br>
> attached preview addresses most of the issues seen in the last preview. For<br>
> those wondering, I'm using a 48x48 pixel icon for each icon. If a larger<br>
> icon needs to be made for each, please let me know. Thanks!<br>
><br>
> -Lee<br>
><br>
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Big O <<a href="mailto:illogical1@gmail.com">illogical1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 5:09 AM, Lee Olson <<a href="mailto:leetolson@gmail.com">leetolson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > Casey,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Attached is a preview of the needed icons. Hopefully they're close to<br>
>> > what<br>
>> > you had in mind. Feel free to provide suggestions and/or comments.<br>
>> > Thanks!<br>
>> ><br>
>> > - Lee<br>
>> Hi Lee,<br>
>> First of all I'd like to say thanks for the icons. I believe that<br>
>> providing a good, polished artwork for the Amarok 2.0 release is going<br>
>> to be an important factor in the adoption of other platforms.<br>
>> I do however have some issues with some of the icons :-)<br>
>><br>
>> General comments<br>
>> Some icons have the white "canvass" behind them while others do not.<br>
>> This mixture makes the whole thing inconsistent. They should either<br>
>> all have it or not. I favor not having it because these aren't<br>
>> filetype icons. The actual filetype icon would also need to have this<br>
>> removed for visual consistency. Speaking of which...<br>
>><br>
>> Filetype<br>
>> I believe the addition of the disc in the filetype icon is unnecessary.<br>
>><br>
>> Genre<br>
>> The Genre icon is a guy with spiky hair. I really don't see the<br>
>> connection visually, metaphorically or otherwise between this<br>
>> illustration and "type of music". I think we might as well just have a<br>
>> graphic for the word "genre" if we can't come up with an apt<br>
>> representation. An idea _I_ have for a visual metaphor for the "genre"<br>
>> is an alternate representation of the artist. I'm thinking 3 artist<br>
>> icons overlayed in a triangular pattern. Different colors would be<br>
>> used for each (RGB?) to distinguish them as similar but distinct<br>
>> entities (hey, we're all music, but we're all different types of<br>
>> music. yay!) I'll note that while I think the idea is good, my<br>
>> artisitic vision might be lacking. Don't feel married to the colors,<br>
>> layout etc. The main idea is multiple artists icons that are distinct.<br>
>> Alternatively, we could use a music symbol, or an artist + a music<br>
>> symbol like this<br>
>> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Music-quindicesimabassa.png" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Music-quindicesimabassa.png</a>.<br>
>><br>
>> Year<br>
>> Can not say 2008 :-) Can't say 2009 either. I think a more detailed<br>
>> calendar icon (there must be one in oxygen somewhere) is in order<br>
>> here. I think a better idea for this icon is a calendar showing the<br>
>> days of a month. I think it would be really cool to have the calender<br>
>> be of the month amarok 2 is going to be released, with the date<br>
>> circled in red. :-) Perhaps there are better places than the "Year"<br>
>> icon where that would work however.<br>
>><br>
>> Track and Title<br>
>> Polish, polish, polish :-)<br>
>><br>
>> Composer<br>
>> Love the idea. Mad props on that son! However (this might be a<br>
>> recurring theme) the icon doesn't fit in well with the others. Of<br>
>> course you're probably just doing quick mockups, before dedicated time<br>
>> to a complete version so that's ok.<br>
>><br>
>> Ignore<br>
>> The big red stop sign... a bit inappropriate here I think. This is<br>
>> synonymous with "bad things happening" on the computer so we should<br>
>> find something more neutral to represent this benign action.<br>
>><br>
>> Icon size<br>
>> The size in the previews are a bit small. Are these at the actual<br>
>> sizes you'll be providing the finished artwork?<br>
>><br>
>> _, - , ., <space> , /<br>
>> With respect, these just don't look very good.<br>
>><br>
>> Disc number<br>
>> Could you try to this with two discs overlapping instead. I think<br>
>> having multiple discs here gets the point across nicely.<br>
>><br>
>> If I'm to be honest I think the icons are a mixed bag. Some like nice,<br>
>> some OK and other are just huh (_, - , ., <space> , /).<br>
>> Hopefully these comments can guide your hand it some more beautiful<br>
>> creations :-)<br>
>><br>
>> For the rest of developers wishing to comment remember: Use the carrot<br>
>> not the stick, you insensitive dolt!<br>
>> Thank you, that is all. :-)<br>
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