Better Icon Desired

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Our icon looks pretty pathetic in my opinion, especially at 48x48 pixels (I
made the one we currently have and even I am not a fan).  I'd like to see a
better looking icon.

For anyone that wants to take this challenge up, here are some android icon
design guidelines:
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/05/android-icon-guidelines.html

Original issue reported on code.google.com by case.and...@gmail.com on 5 Jun 2009 at 1:31

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Original comment by case.and...@gmail.com on 5 Jun 2009 at 1:33

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Original comment by EHo...@gmail.com on 5 Jun 2009 at 2:32

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I like the concept of the Icon. But I think it can look better.

Original comment by rutvi...@gmail.com on 5 Jun 2009 at 2:42

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Check this out, please give me some suggestions, maybe some background colors?

Original comment by EHo...@gmail.com on 5 Jun 2009 at 5:21

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• omnidroid1.png

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This one is much more neat... definitely better than the previous one.

Original comment by avj.2...@gmail.com on 5 Jun 2009 at 6:45

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Here's what it looks like at 48x48 pixels (android sized). I'm not convinced 
that
this is any better.

Original comment by case.and...@gmail.com on 5 Jun 2009 at 9:19

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Here's a side by side comparison on the emulator.  It does look like it 
probably is
better.  I think in a perfect world we need something that looks and feels like 
an
android style icon.  specifically if you read the android icon guidelines link I
posted, the launcher icons are all 3-d with lighting effects and nice 
perspective
angles.  We also need a notification icon (opening a new issue for that).

Original comment by case.and...@gmail.com on 5 Jun 2009 at 9:42

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I would like to see something that's a little closer to the other android icons
stylistically.

Original comment by mschidlo...@gmail.com on 6 Jun 2009 at 12:45

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Thank you all for your advices, please review this new one.
I included a screenshot also.

Evan

Original comment by EHo...@gmail.com on 6 Jun 2009 at 1:57

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Evan,

Wow, that perspective effect adds a lot making it look the same style as the 
rest of
the android icons!  I think this is starting to look pretty good.

It's still kind of hard to recognize that it's the vitruzian android though.  
The
arms/legs look a bit out or proportion to the body/head.  Can you try making the
arms/legs a little wider and maybe marrow the body/head just a bit?

Also, I think adding a slight drop shadow (look at the "Settings" icon in your
screenshot for an example) would go a long way too.

This is definitely looking much nicer!

Original comment by case.and...@gmail.com on 6 Jun 2009 at 3:36

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Hi, here is a new version screenshot. I think the body proportion is better now.

Original comment by EHo...@gmail.com on 7 Jun 2009 at 2:17

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Hi Evan,

That icon looks nice. The body proportion is better than the previous one but I 
think 
the droid appears to be weak. Can you try changing size of hands and legs. May 
be 
even add a background.

Original comment by rutvi...@gmail.com on 7 Jun 2009 at 3:31

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Yeah, you're right, the arms and legs were kind of tricky, let's see if this 
works. I
put some transparency effect on.

Original comment by EHo...@gmail.com on 7 Jun 2009 at 4:31

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Evan,

Nice work, this is lot better now. 

Original comment by rutvi...@gmail.com on 7 Jun 2009 at 4:41

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Evan,
This is looking pretty good!

Original comment by imall...@gmail.com on 8 Jun 2009 at 2:44

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I've checked in the new icon. Close this issue.

Original comment by EHo...@gmail.com on 10 Jun 2009 at 1:53

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Evan,

Can you please upload the "source" (I don't know the proper term, but the native
image format that you used to create this) for the image into
https://omnidroid.googlecode.com/svn/icons/

Original comment by case.and...@gmail.com on 10 Jun 2009 at 2:55

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Yeah, I've just checked that in.

Original comment by EHo...@gmail.com on 11 Jun 2009 at 1:36

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