Some more missing icons

[Lee Olson]

All,

Thank you for the comments! I greatly appreciate them. I was aware of the
visual inconsistencies of the last preview (which were mostly due to not
being able to come up with a better approach at the time), but hopefully the
attached preview addresses most of the issues seen in the last preview. For
those wondering, I'm using a 48x48 pixel icon for each icon. If a larger
icon needs to be made for each, please let me know. Thanks!

-Lee

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Big O <illogical1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 5:09 AM, Lee Olson <leetolson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Casey,
> >
> > Attached is a preview of the needed icons. Hopefully they're close to
> what
> > you had in mind. Feel free to provide suggestions and/or comments.
> Thanks!
> >
> > - Lee
> Hi Lee,
> First of all I'd like to say thanks for the icons. I believe that
> providing a good, polished artwork for the Amarok 2.0 release is going
> to be an important factor in the adoption of other platforms.
> I do however have some issues with some of the icons :-)
>
> General comments
> Some icons have the white "canvass" behind them while others do not.
> This mixture makes the whole thing inconsistent. They should either
> all have it or not. I favor not having it because these aren't
> filetype icons. The actual filetype icon would also need to have this
> removed for visual consistency.  Speaking of which...
>
> Filetype
> I believe the addition of the disc in the filetype icon is unnecessary.
>
> Genre
> The Genre icon is a guy with spiky hair. I really don't see the
> connection visually, metaphorically or otherwise between this
> illustration and "type of music". I think we might as well just have a
> graphic for the word "genre" if we can't come up with an apt
> representation. An idea _I_ have for a visual metaphor for the "genre"
> is an alternate representation of the artist. I'm thinking 3 artist
> icons overlayed in a triangular pattern. Different colors would be
> used for each (RGB?) to distinguish them as similar but distinct
> entities (hey, we're all music, but we're all different types of
> music. yay!) I'll note that while I think the idea is good, my
> artisitic vision might be lacking. Don't feel married to the colors,
> layout etc. The main idea is multiple artists icons that are distinct.
> Alternatively, we could use a music symbol, or an artist + a music
> symbol like this
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Music-quindicesimabassa.png.
>
> Year
> Can not say 2008 :-) Can't say 2009 either. I think a more detailed
> calendar icon (there must be one in oxygen somewhere) is in order
> here. I think a better idea for this icon is a calendar showing the
> days of a month. I think it would be really cool to have the calender
> be of the month amarok 2 is going to be released, with the date
> circled in red. :-) Perhaps there are better places than the "Year"
> icon where that would work however.
>
> Track and Title
> Polish, polish, polish :-)
>
> Composer
> Love the idea. Mad props on that son! However (this might be a
> recurring theme) the icon doesn't fit in well with the others. Of
> course you're probably just doing quick mockups, before dedicated time
> to a complete version so that's ok.
>
> Ignore
> The big red stop sign... a bit inappropriate here I think. This is
> synonymous with "bad things happening" on the computer so we should
> find something more neutral to represent this benign action.
>
> Icon size
> The size in the previews are a bit small. Are these at the actual
> sizes you'll be providing the finished artwork?
>
> _, - , ., <space> , /
> With respect, these just don't look very good.
>
> Disc number
> Could you try to this with two discs overlapping instead. I think
> having multiple discs here gets the point across nicely.
>
> If I'm to be honest I think the icons are a mixed bag. Some like nice,
> some OK and other are just huh (_, - , ., <space> , /).
> Hopefully these comments can guide your hand it some more beautiful
> creations :-)
>
> For the rest of developers wishing to comment remember: Use the carrot
> not the stick, you insensitive dolt!
> Thank you, that is all. :-)
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