There is an issue of context. Following your description of the 'icon', I would think that this icon is for a product itself. Not a functionary icon, like 'print' or 'save', but rather an icon meant to start a specific application. In that context, then the 'icon' is generally not really an icon at all, but rather a scaled down representation of the application's (or company's) logo.
Now this gets tricky. I know (from a job I had in the past, outside of web development) a little about branding. Establishing a 'brand' is heavy business, and should never be taken lightly. As an example, what image do you think of when you think of Nike? You think of the Nike swoosh. Even without the word 'Nike', you see the swoosh and you know that it's Nike. It's on every item they produce. It's on every tag. It's even the favicon that shows up when you load all of their sites. You can apply this with most any major software as well. Think Windows, Mac, AOL. From an image/icon/logo standpoint I bet you connected those dots without thought. (Incidentally, this is one area where ColdFusion has lost out, as a brand, since Allaire was bought.) For this, I side with Dave. If this icon/logo is to be attached to something that should come back favorably to you and your work (be that in revenue, word of mouth, work you want associated with you as a developer...) then you should seriously consider hiring a designer to create a professional logo. Create a brand identity. It's not your personal creativity at question, but the value you are attempting to create, build and portray. Steve "Cutter" Blades Adobe Certified Professional Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer _____________________________ http://blog.cutterscrossing.com Don L wrote: > My apology for OT. Need an opinion, when you see the following icon, > http://24.254.1.94:8000/test/logo_idea.bmp > what do you make of it? Also, it's boring, clearly I lack creativity. > > Thanks. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:303515 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
