Some more missing icons

[Nikolaj Hald Nielsen]

Much much better imo! :-)

My main gripe now is that the "composer" icon seems to lack substance
compared to the rest of the icons. IF it could somehow be sharpened
and made a bit darker it would be good I think!

- Nikolaj



On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Lee Olson <leetolson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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