2009/7/14 Máirín Duffy <[email protected]> > Hi Angie! > > On Mon, 2009-07-13 at 08:31 -0500, angella inzinga wrote: > > I am working with the Solang group for a help->about page, and icons. > > They requested simple and stylish, and a few weeks ago I gave them a > > few designs to pick from (I was really just trying to refine what > > direction 'simple and stylish' they wanted to go). The wiki I read for > > this group asks that logo work get sent into the community for review, > > so here's what I hope to submit. Topbar 2 in a 48X48. Topbar 128 is > > bigger, clearer. The last one is the help->about image. > > I really like your work! The one concern I have is with your color > palette - you may want to modify it to match the default > gnome-icon-theme better. I think if you modify the colors to be a little > bit softer and maybe use dark grey rather than black outlines (and round > the corners a bit as you suggested) with a white inner outline and make > the polaroid white areas a bit of a light grey so the white outline > stands out - I think that'll make the icons fit in a bit better with the > rest of Fedora's icons. I've attached an example of what I mean. (I > didn't modify the colors at all but I tried to make them more > gnome-icon-theme like otherwise) > > > > They chose the crisp and flat polaroid design, not a more distressed > > one. I still think I need to soften the corners, tho. But other than > > that I think they are OK? I don't know, this is my first attempt at > > logo design. All files have a .svg and a .gif, but are terribly > > disorganized at the moment and I just attached whatever I found first. > > Some constructive feedback would be awesome. (including if there is a > > better way you like to have files sent around???) > > Attaching files to your email is fine as these are relatively small > files. > > Some things I noticed about your svg - > > - it says it's 128 but it's not, it's more like 1000x700 or something > like that > > - a lot of your shapes were not aligned to the pixel grid or at integer > sizes. you want to make sure your shapes aren't floating point height or > width and that they are at integer (.000) x and y coordinates so they > align to the pixel grid and don't get blurry. this is especially > important for smaller icon sizes. > > - a lot of your shapes did not have strokes but instead were layered > fill shapes. using strokes tends to be a lot easier to work with. > > Hope this helps - thanks for your work! > > ~m > > Thanks! I'm really not terribly used to Inksape, so this really really helps!! I'll play around with the .svg's!
Angie
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