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
>> >
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