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

[Billy]

On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 20:54 +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote:

> Billy wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 20:46 +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote:
> >> bvc wrote:
> >> > 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
> >> Ok, fixed in tango cvs now (thanks jimmac!). I must admit that I never 
> >> quite liked the tone in your complains about the shadows, but anyway, 
> >> now it's fixed.
> >> We're planning on moving over to svg-filters for the shadows once they 
> >> are properly implented in Inkscape and when librsvg (almost there) and 
> >> ksvg2 renders them perfectly. AndyFitz actually made it working by 
> >> inserting a class into a svg file by hand, so it's not that far away. I 
> >> really own that man a beer.
> >> Will take care of the shadows in Tangerine sometime this weekend.
> >> Take care!
> >> - Andreas
> >>     
> > I'm happy to see improvement! Might want to consider another important 
> > aspect in icons. Perspective. With the gradients in Tango and 
> > Tangerine, it's obvious they are not intented to be 2d/flat icons. 
> > Adding the perspective element to the shadows has everything to do 
> > with not ending up with icons in between 2d/flat and 3d/life and 
> > therefore unprofessional.
> >
> > Open them in tabs and click between them.
> > *Mine*
> > http://kwh.kernow-gb.com/~bvc/dapper-xubu/icons/Tango/Tango-SH.png 
> > <http://kwh.kernow-gb.com/%7Ebvc/dapper-xubu/icons/Tango/Tango-SH.png>
> > -Folder shadow angles in the direction the folder is facing
> > -Computer icon has a shadow that is consistent with the folder
> > -script icon has a diamond with a shadow that places it infront, 
> > making it complete.
> > -exec icons on the desktop have a diamond shadow laying down behind it 
> > (seem I over did it a little) What is round about a diamond?
> > -toolbar icons (old) are standing up instead of having a haze around 
> > half of them.
> Nice.
> Where can I get hold of the svg's?
> - Andreas
> 

BTW, I'm sure most already know, but for anyone that doesn't check these out

http://www.silvestre.com.ar/?p=53
Many of them make attempts and a shadow that is more than a round
circle. Just for ideas.
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