[ubuntu-art] Deadline for community art: May 15

[bvc]

�tienne Bersac <bersace03 at laposte.net> wrote:
Objectivly, Human icon theme have some important problem :
  - does not blend with Tang* icons mixed in.
  - tiny icons are far from readable. icons in 22x22 and below aren't  
clean, especially those with label such as 'ftp', 'ssh', home, etc.
  - colours are inconsistent or even ugly (think to the green  
accessories icon).

I'm disappointed that the great work of Tangerine lead to a so tiny  
use. It's even annoying to have different palette of colours used for  
icons : Tango palette for Tango and Tangerine, and Human. The only  
one nice icon in Human is the directory, other are ugly.
-Tango was supposed to mix with Human, not the other way around
-there's no 22x22, but 24x44 and 16x16. While it's best that icons have text labels (gnome/hicolor ignore gnomeHIG that says otherwise) small icons should not. Tell me, can you distiguish the 24x24 and below icons in tangerine of the same name you caomplain in Human? No, you can not. In fact, some are much better in Human (not ones with text). Small icons require tasteful experience to make. They can't just be exported then shadow added, they have to be completely redone to be effective. That takes a lot of time when free of charge.
-if you want to talk about inconsistent colors look to tangerine
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/tangerine-icon-theme/+bug/40261
To avoid conflict, Human was wise enough to let Tango be its base.

Overall I like the Human icons and it's probably because of the shadows. It actually has a shadow and not some unprofessional round thing popping out from underneath it, like the svg icons do. For this reason alone, Tango and Tangerine are a mess and makes them distracting and ugly! If you look at my screenshots with tango and tangerine you will see realistic, 'professional' svg shadows.

Billy

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