Hey all,
it's been a while but I revisited the icon with your comments in mind.
Old version:
http://johanmeuris.eu/images/stellarium/new-stellarium-icon-sizes.png
New version:
http://johanmeuris.eu/images/stellarium/new-stellarium-icon-sizes-v2.png
Please let me know what you think, and sorry for not getting back to this
earlier!
Thanks,
Johan
On 6 June 2012 09:14, Brady Brenot <br...@brenot.ca> wrote:
> I like the earthshine, but I think the eclipse look comes from that
> combined with the stylized crescent shape (the curve of an actual crescent
> moon looks more parabolic than spherical).
> On Jun 4, 2012 2:54 PM, "Johan Meuris" <johan.meu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the reply Bogdan,
>>
>> With the entire moon showing, I'm suggesting earthshine, where the moon
>> is lit by light reflected off earth. I like the effect in real life, that's
>> why. I hadn't made the eclipse connection, but you're right, it does look
>> like it.
>>
>> I'll try some things to counter the general flatness of the icon, but I
>> don't really mind it. Stellarium is a window to the sky, and the icon
>> should describe that.
>>
>> Best,
>> Johan
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2 June 2012 16:13, Bogdan Marinov <daggers...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:34 PM, Johan Meuris <johan.meu...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hi people,
>>> >
>>> > I've started work on an update of the Stellarium icon, mainly because
>>> the
>>> > current version doesn't have the high-res versions that are possible
>>> in new
>>> > operating systems and app stores/markets. Alexander made me aware of
>>> this
>>> > problem.
>>> > An updated splash screen will probably be based on this as well.
>>> >
>>> > The icon is not svg based though almost all shapes are defined as
>>> vectors, I
>>> > prefer the control Photoshop allows when it comes to sharpening,
>>> gradients
>>> > and so on for the final raster image export.
>>> > The base template is from the Android style guidelines.
>>> >
>>> > A look at a few different sizes:
>>> > http://johanmeuris.eu/images/stellarium/new-stellarium-icon-sizes.png
>>> >
>>> > Ideas are welcome. I will be taking a look at some tab icons too, and
>>> I hope
>>> > to help with the Android port.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your effort!
>>>
>>> The new icon looks good, though there is something that bothers me and
>>> I can't quite describe. An attempt:
>>>
>>> It looks somewhat flat. I don't know why. The Moon also looks flat,
>>> but in this case I think I know why. Is the crescent supposed to be a
>>> moon phase, or the moon during an eclipse? Because it looks like the
>>> second case - the shadow looks like Earth's shadow being cast on the
>>> Moon.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Bogdan Marinov
>>>
>>>
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