Some more missing icons

[Lee Olson]

Attached is a preview with a darker "composer".

- Lee

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 1:51 AM, Nikolaj Hald Nielsen <
nhnfreespirit at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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