Fedora-art-list Digest, Vol 5, Issue 34
Luya Tshimbalanga
luya_tfz at thefinalzone.com
Tue Aug 15 06:06:24 UTC 2006
> Diana Fong wrote:
> >
> > Yup, I think your modifications of these icons have made them better
> > each time I see your updates. I'd like to work with you to tweak it a
> > bit to fit in with the set's color and whatnot. I was thinking
> > something like the attached EmoteB.png (with a darker blue face and a
> > dark blue mouth instead of the harsh black). I've also quickly
modified
> > the color for a "classic yellow" one as Nicu suggested above. No
strong
> > preference...though if we do go with a yellow...I'd like to see a
darker
> > yellow -> yellow orange coloring.
>
> So far the dominant colors in Echo are gray and blue, giving a somewhat
> cold look to the theme.
> IMO the emotes are about human feelings so I find more appropriate some
> warmer colors so the human seeing the emote would identify better with
> the emote. Probably yellow orange would be fine, but a little more
> orange than your emoteY.png.
>
How about making a seperate different color of these emotes set?
> > Also, what do you think about getting rid of the white areas of the
eyes
> > for the smaller 16x16 size? I think by just using the darker part
would
> > make them more clear.
>
> Definitely, no white area for 16x16 and make the black area larger (make
> the whole white area black)
Agreed. Because of the gradient, adding another white areas makes the
eye blurry.
> > Diana
> > ps. temporarily removed the nose cuz it doesn't show up on the smaller
> > sizes...so thought i'd try it without the nose...hehe...what do you
think?
>
> Right, the nose is an unneeded detail (it does not contribute in any way
> to the specific emotion). Even at 48x48 was barely noticeable, so better
> without it.
Nose was superficial so it can be removed.
Luya Tshimbalanga
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