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tube42 / drumon

FOSS drum app for Android
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Logo proposal #14

Closed jancborchardt closed 5 years ago

jancborchardt commented 5 years ago

Here’s a quick proposal for a new app icon based on the interface of the app itself. That way when you read the name and know a tiny bit about drum machine interfaces, you know exactly what to expect. (As in: Is it one of these strange photographed drumsets where you can tap on the toms and cymbals, or is it a sequencer?)

drum-on multiple Source SVG at https://cloud.jancborchardt.net/index.php/s/YsZHCRgoCQcbBME

(For the record, I think @anaufalm’s logo proposal at https://github.com/tube42/drumon/issues/6#issuecomment-408194959 is really great. Good combination of the "d" and "o" for Drum On, and the drum itself. I’d only change the typeface.)

Let me know what you think @tube42. :)

jancborchardt commented 5 years ago

Here with possible text, using Montserrat Bold:

drum-on-logo

tube42 commented 5 years ago

I like how it looks like the pads in the app. The problem is that to someone who has not used the app this doesn't say anything. Is it a game? Is this a dice?

If you are into icons design, I think the ones inside the app are in a more urgent need of a face lift ;)

jancborchardt commented 5 years ago

The target audience is musicians, and many musicians know sequencers. ;) Together with the name and the description it makes it better understandable.

It's definitely more understandable than the current icon, which is just a repeat of the name, and also males it look as if it's one of those apps where it's a drumset photographed and you can tap the different parts – that's what I thought.

For the icons in the app I can recommend checking for icons on https://thenounproject.com

tube42 commented 5 years ago

Using the colors from the classic Akai machines, I get this. Not sure if it is an improvement

new_icon

jancborchardt commented 5 years ago

Hmm, it looks more complex, and less like your app. So it doesn’t work that well as a logo I’d say.

If you’re not happy with either the logo by @anaufalm’s or me, I suggest submitting a job to the Open Source Design job board. :slightly_smiling_face:

tube42 commented 5 years ago

After some experimenting I came up with this one:

ic_launcher

This will be used in version 0.2.9.