[ubuntu-art] some artwork for Ubuntu Brainstorm

Thorsten Wilms t_w_ at freenet.de
Mon Aug 4 08:51:40 BST 2008


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 ;)


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Thorsten Wilms

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