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palb
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http://www.box.net/shared/zer88xak7e
http://www.box.net/shared/pkyuki1dvf
Two examples. It's hard to put the actual ship in there without loosing the simplicity. I tried but came to the conclusion that in that case the current icon is just fine as it is. These last icons are supposed to be a legacy of the current symbol (I think people will see a ship from seing the sails) but yet be a simplified and modernized design. This is my effort to contribute to make an application even better – in my subjective view.
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yoxi
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Though I wouldn't want to lose the ship, I like your 2 new icons a lot better just as icons - this time, I'm at the Sydney Opera House  - maybe this is more like a Rorschach test... baby's prams? Australia? What am I trying to tell myself? Anyway, you make nice icons, mate - keep at it.
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palb
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:31 am Post subject: |
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| yoxi wrote: | Though I wouldn't want to lose the ship, I like your 2 new icons a lot better just as icons - this time, I'm at the Sydney Opera House - maybe this is more like a Rorschach test... baby's prams? Australia? What am I trying to tell myself? Anyway, you make nice icons, mate - keep at it.
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I also saw the Sydney Opera house after I added the second sail. I know the work of Utzon and he got inspiration from the sea. |
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mat
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about the resolution independence: I think I've read somewhere that a vector format (PDF?) is also possible as icon.
I'm not sure if this is correct, but that way you could have a truly resolution independent icon. (if true and you have a vector image of your ship) |
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aussie149
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:33 pm Post subject: Opera House |
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| palb wrote: | | yoxi wrote: | Though I wouldn't want to lose the ship, I like your 2 new icons a lot better just as icons - this time, I'm at the Sydney Opera House - maybe this is more like a Rorschach test... baby's prams? Australia? What am I trying to tell myself? Anyway, you make nice icons, mate - keep at it.
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I also saw the Sydney Opera house after I added the second sail. I know the work of Utzon and he got inspiration from the sea. |
Having just returned from Sydney, I can confirm that this does look a lot like a perspective on the Opera House It also reminds me a little of the Scribus icon, particularly the colour. Nice work, whatever the outcome.
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Lytical
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Hi,
Just a quick note from a forum newbie (I just joined today). I reached this thread because I was looking for alternate dock icons for NeoOffice.
I'm not sure why the ship image is important to the developers, but I can respect it. For me, the ship reminds me of thepiratebay.org site. Since NeoOffice is NOT pirated software, I don't really want anything like that in my dock.
Just my US$.02.
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