[ubuntu-art] Re: Icon request

[Michiel Sikma]

Op 13-jun-2006, om 23:54 heeft Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen het volgende  
geschreven:

> 2006/6/13, Lukas Sabota <punkrockguy318 at comcast.net>:
> On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 22:11 +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote:
> > Lukas Sabota wrote:
> > > Hello!
> > >   I am currently developing a GNOME front-end for the FCE Ultra  
> NES
> > > Emulator: gfceu [1+2].  I am hoping to see this program pushed  
> into
> > > universe.  One aspect that is missing however, is an icon for the
> > > desktop file.  I am by no means an artist, and am asking for a
> > > contribution.
> > >   I'm looking for an icon that fits in with the Ubuntu desktop,  
> and
> > > resembles an NES controller [3].  If anyone is up to the  
> challenge,
> > > please let me know.  I will be more than happy to accept any  
> artwork for
> > > this project.
> > >   Thank you for your time, and I hope someone is up to the  
> challenge!
>
> Well, I don't have much time for this, but I did a trace of the  
> bitmap, you can find a simplified svg here:
>
> http://grillbar.org/tmp/NES_controller.svg
>
> Could be a boilerplate for an icon.
>
> Cheers,
> Mikkel

Strangely enough, your server seems to send SVGs as text/plain. I  
think the NES controller is a nice basis for an icon. Now, to get  
Inkscape...

Michiel