Re: new icons and such... ideas?

[thisguyisi]

Larry Coleman wrote:

> I don't have any answers as far as how the icons should look, but I'm working on
> a program to keep recipes (Kitchen.app), and if you could make an icon for it, I
> would greatly appreciate it.
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> Larry Coleman
> larry@studio1620.com
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> Quoting Travis Tilley <aphelion@snet.net>:
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> > Hi all. Me and my artistic friend dan are going to work on icons for
> > gnustep tomorrow, starting with gorm. What does everyone here thing
> > icons should look like? My main goal is to make some things more soft
> > and inviting... a bit more smooth and friendly. I want to try and be
> > consistant, and not be distracting.
> >
> > so far from the channel i have gotten:
> > dont make them look like osx (dont worry i wont)
> > make them more descriptive than pretty
> > affiche and gnumail have nice icons, as does mplayer
> > encod needs help
> > waiho needs an icon desperately
> > talksoup needs an icon
> > better icons for code editor, project center, and gorm would be
> > appreciated
> > artsy people tend to forget about function (heh)
> > dont let RFM do icons (???)
> >
> >
> > Travis Tilley
> > aka
> > Lv
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I'd say go for the visual "feel" of the NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP icons... 
there's just something intangibly "yummy" about them. Sort of a cross 
between an illustration and an oil-pastel drawing. Maybe keep to the 
"dead-on/flat" and "isometric" views. Example the "no" symbol (circle 
with a slash thru it) that is at an angled orientation in some apps 
looks somehow "wrong" to me compared with one that is at a 
"dead-on/flat" orientation.

Hope this helps...

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-thisguyisi