These icons are interesting but lack a certain presence. Perhaps adding some contrast and adding a 40% to 60% gray blended border shadow would help?
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 3:51 AM, Thorsten Wilms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2008-08-03 at 21:53 +0300, Anton Kerezov wrote: > >> > http://thorwil.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/ubuntu-brainstorm-help-3/ >> >> Nice work man! Just one question: the gears illustrate work and progress, >> right? >> I don't know why everybody uses gears to show this but IMO it a little bit >> strange >> and misleading at first sight. Can you try using some other symbol like >> hammer >> or smth connected with the process of creation and collaboration (scissors, >> paper, pencils ...). > > Thanks! > The label for that icon is "See". Since my attempts from a looking/eye > angle didn't appeal, I switched to what-is-to-be-seen: ongoing work. > A hammer wouldn't imply movement quite like gears do. Also, I want to > avoid copying the Dell Ideastorm site even more ;) > > > -- > Thorsten Wilms > > thorwil's design for free software: > http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
