[Echo] preferences-system-firewall sketches
Máirín Duffy
duffy at fedoraproject.org
Wed Jul 16 23:42:03 UTC 2008
Martin Sourada wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 17:20 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote:
>> I have an idea. How about instead of having a gradient from say black to
>> the red, try a transparent dark green => clear alpha gradient on top of
>> the red? I don't know if that works in on-screen artwork but the way you
>> do shadows in painting is to add the complementary color to the main
>> color to darken it rather than just add black.
>>
> From what you suggest it seems same like trying gradient from brown to
> red, however, the reason that I didn't liked even darker version was
> that it was simply too dark, out of place the other icons.
>
>> Or, what might result in the same effect, is make the red a gradient
>> from a darker/desaturated red to a brighter more saturated red. If you
>> limit the total area covered by the super bright red the icon might be a
>> little less harsh on the eyes but the splash of bright color will still
>> preserve the echo bright color palette.
>>
>> ~m
> That was precisely what I tried when I attempted making it darker.
>
> Anyway, I've finished other sizes for the orange version, I attach the
> PNGs, sources can be find at the usual place [1].
These look so much better, great job!
~m
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