> -----Original Message----- > From: Don L [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 4:14 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: OT: need an opinion > > 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.
One of the keys to doing competent work without talent is to know your limitations. Doing plain, boring - but usable, clean work is enough to look better than the vast majority of "design work" out there. Nobody will mistake you for a professional designer, of course, but neither will you embarrass yourself. ;^) That said the letters here are meaningless to me - for an icon you shouldnt need letters, and if you DO need them then get rid of the graphic and use them. They're small and difficult to read. They also spoil the balance of the image - turning it from a nice, soft rectangle into a rather sharp pyramid. The image itself is okay - perhaps a little too detailed for an icon. You rarely see more than two objects in an icon and this one has six. It also seems like you might be trying to indicate inclusiveness or diversity, but that might be better done with abstracts (even something as simple as multi-colored spheres or shapes) rather than actual people. Icons thrive on cliché - it's kind of counter-intuitive but REALLY creative icons are rarely understood because most people aren't that creative. ;^) If this is a "signature" icon then you'll need to be unique and brand it appropriately, but for general application/website icons boring is best. Some are easy: "Print", "Save", "Home", etc. Some are too abstract and so you have to do your best and reinforce the image. For "community" the silhouette of several people, hands clasped, etc are all pretty clear. Sorry for lecturing. It's really NOT at all a bad graphic - it's not a great icon, but it's not an embarrassing one either. ;^) It's incredibly really hard to judge icons in isolation in any case - it's only really fair to judge them in a complete iconography with context. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:303535 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
