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Re: 256x256 px icons
On Aug 15 15:09, Warren Young wrote:
> On 8/15/2011 1:52 PM, Andy Koppe wrote:
> >On 15 August 2011 18:52, Warren Young wrote:
> >>I present to you now, my magnum opus:
> >>
> >> http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/boxed-hippo.ico
> >>
> >>Now *that*, my friends, is an angry hippo.
> >
> >:)
> >
> >That is rather impressive, and yep, that's not a happy hippo.
> >
> >Is this just for fun or are you proposing this at the setup.exe icon,
>
> A bit of both.
>
> >in which case of course it would need further effort to make it work
> >at small sizes.
>
> If this does win out over the current gray box icon, I'd say it
> should be used as-is for 256 px, and can probably be made legible at
> 48 px. At smaller sizes, I'd say the hippo will have to be evicted
> from the box. I'll leave as an open question whether the 32 px and
> below icons become hippo heads, or empty boxes, or C logos, or...
The problem for me is that the Cygwin C is only a sidenote now, and
that it lost its color. The C is the central brand, so it should have
a matching exposition. Only few users will see the 256x256 version of
the icon, most will see the 32x32 or 48x48, and in these cases the
simple box with C is clearer afaics.
> This is posed 3D art, so now that I have the assets, I can re-pose
> and make new renderings fairly easily. About 90% of the effort of
> getting here was just bringing all the pieces together.
>
> I don't think this replaces the newly finalized C logo on the first
> setup.exe wizard page. I think the box motif works best for the
> .exe itself, the thing you click on to start unpacking things.
Not so sure about that... http://cygwin.de/angry-hippo-setup.png
I just hope the hippo is free art.
I really like the 3D box, but I think it would be better to have a 3D
Cygwin C hopping out of the box.
Corinna
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