Simplified version without text

[doktorbro]

Please provide also a simplified vector version without text. Usage examples:

• high resolution favicons for http://jekyllrb.com/
• avatar for Twitter account https://twitter.com/jekyllrb
• high resolution avatar for @jekyll
• icons for badge collectors (like @maul-esel)
• non-English articles about Jekyll
• crazy mashups during CMS flame wars

[parkr]

Without text? You mean without the name? Not sure how I feel about that.

[doktorbro]

@parkr I mean this one:

It is already in use. All I need are vector variants for small and normal sizes.

[cobyism]

@penibelst The test-tube should be available as a separate layer in the source SVG. I can separate it out as its own file, however:

• I might not get to it for a while.
• That’s two places that any change to the test tube would then need to be maintained.

It would be great if other people were able to create what they need from the assets I’ve provided and then add commonly required assets to this repository (like the PNGs I’ve already put there). I don’t want to be permanently on the hook for exporting assets people need when the source files are readily available.

vector variants for small and normal sizes.

Vectors are size-agnostic by definition, so I’m confused about what you’re actually wanting. Do you want a vector version, or are you just after specific sizes (what is "small" and what is "normal")?

[parkr]

@cobyism What version of Illustrator did you use? I get this when I try to open the SVG:

[doktorbro]

The maintainability point is valid. I hope people can easily extract the layer.

Vectors are size-agnostic by definition, so I’m confused about what you’re actually wanting. Do you want a vector version, or are you just after specific sizes (what is "small" and what is "normal")?

I mean Apple’s _Tips for Creating Great Artwork for the Retina Display_.

[cobyism]

What version of Illustrator did you use?

@parkr I used Adobe Illustrator CC (17.0.0). I see that same error as you in Illustrator CS6 though. I’ll see what I can do about that—sorry about that!

I mean Apple’s Tips for Creating Great Artwork for the Retina Display.

Just referring to the whole document is still pretty vague. I’ll see what I can export based on your original request and hopefully talking about real assets can clarify things a bit.

[parkr]

Thanks so much, @cobyism! I'll try to take care of all future requests now that I can open the SVG in Illustrator. Sorry to be taking so much of your time for this stuff.

[cobyism]

@parkr No worries man—it’s not as if I’m not willing to do it, I just want to make sure that the things we have available in repos like this are things that help people get what they need without anyone’s assistance, rather than being something that someone needs to constantly open and export assets for on a case-by-case basis :smiley:

[doktorbro]

@cobyism Apple recommends:

If you merely scale up your existing artwork, you miss out on the opportunity to provide the beautiful, captivating images users expect. Instead, you should rework your existing image resources to create large, higher quality versions that are:

• Richer in texture
• More detailed
• More realistic

But it’s not a drawing contest here, so the simple tube is enough for the most Jekyll users.

@parkr Can you please extract the tube only as a vector? We should put it together with the whole train at http://jekyllrb.com/

[cobyism]

@penibelst If you want to add detail, texture, and realism to the test tube at higher resolutions, go for it—I just don’t feel it’s necessary. I don’t imagine anyone is going to be seeing this as an icon larger than ~220px (the size of avatars on profile pages on GitHub, which I think is one of the largest of the likely use-cases for this), and for that, these 512px square images should scale down just fine. Most of the other use-cases you mention (favicons, twitter avatars) don’t require large assets at all to the best of my knowledge—is there another use-case you have in mind which does require more detail?

[doktorbro]

@cobyism Me too, I personally don’t care about realism even tough I’ve hold in my hand real test tubes with red liquid. If a paper magazine want to put Jekyll’s tube on the cover, they maybe would be happy if the tube looks more realistic. But this is not really important, as Jekyll gets popular even without a realistic mascot.

The real pity is the tube itself as a vector is a wontfix. Scaling down a 512 px bitmap feels like 90’s to me. Maybe @parkr can extract a jekyll-logo-tube.svg which would allow to write bash scripts for creating different sizes.

# http://www.imagemagick.org/script/
convert -resize 96 -colors 256 jekyll-logo-tube.svg jekyll-logo-tube.png
# http://pmt.sourceforge.net/pngcrush/
pngcrush -brute jekyll-logo-tube.png favicon-96.png

[cobyism]

The real pity is the tube itself as a vector is a wontfix.

@penibelst I’d love to give people everything they need, but I guess the real issue is that I don’t have bandwidth to make this change and maintain it myself right now, so I’ve just given you collaborator access to this repo :smile:. If you want to take responsibility for creating and maintaining a test-tube-only vector asset, go for it :+1: