I've updated the paint color to mimic the current one and created a patch to use the new icon:
http://jimmac.musichall.cz/stuff/0001-mypaint-updated-app-icon.patch cheers On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Brien Dieterle <[email protected]> wrote: > Non-dev chiming in. I like your icon as well, but I'd rather it be a > bluish paint instead of the purple. Blue and orange are complementary and > it would stick with the current color scheme to retain some of the familiar > "branding" feel. I did a quick color-rotate-- something like this, maybe? > http://i.imgur.com/zFdgQuY.png > > Best, > Brien > > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Leonardo Pereira > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hello Jakub, >> >> First of all, I'm not a MyPaint dev. >> >> Second of all, those are some beautiful scalable icons you got there. >> >> If I can vote, I'd choose 1 over 2. I think it ihas a better contrast >> and that its vast, mostly empty canvas denotes one of MyPaint most >> liked features. >> >> I want to reiterate that I'm not a dev and I can't vote. And whether >> the icon will be changed remains uncertain. I like yours better that >> is all. >> >> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Jakub Steiner <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Howdy Mypaint devs, >> > application icons are shown in larger sizes on today's systems than in >> the >> > past. Within GNOME we present apps in 96px+ size and with the new >> Software >> > app, we'd like to present Mypaint in the featured section[1]. The >> current >> > app icon is lacking though, so I took the liberty and redesigned both >> the >> > high resolution version and the smaller sizes, keeping the metaphor >> intact. >> > I'd love to see it used upstream, under the terms you find appropriate. >> > >> > http://jimmac.musichall.cz/stuff/mypaint.zip >> > preview - http://dribbble.com/shots/1220647-Mypaint >> > >> > The above tarball includes all the rendered common sizes + the source >> > Blender project file and Inkscape SVG sheet ("source", not to be >> installed). >> > >> > Note that during the design process I was pointed to another artist >> working >> > on the app icon redesign [2] and he has shown interested in pushing his >> work >> > upstream as well. So you're in a great position of chosing between two >> > (great) options :) >> > >> > cheers >> > >> > [1] https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Software >> > [2] http://dribbble.com/shots/694488-MyPaint >> > -- >> > Jakub Steiner <[email protected]> >> > http://jimmac.musichall.cz >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Mypaint-discuss mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/mypaint-discuss >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mypaint-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/mypaint-discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mypaint-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/mypaint-discuss > > -- Jakub Steiner <[email protected]> http://jimmac.musichall.cz
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