Foto image viewer needs a new icon

[Camilo Higuita]

on plank: http://screencloud.net/v/d5MV

[Erasmo Marín (erasmo-marin)]

I like the way this is going on.

Here a proposal based on your icon. I used strong colors (I think it looks better this way) and a different border, also I removed the shadow and glass effect.

This thread is for the discussion of the icon now, please don't create any new bugs reports about interface or icon, just post here the icon related stuff, and the interface design stuff here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/foto/+bug/1070003

[swizzle (el-ferreira-deactivatedaccount)]

As i said on deviantart the icon looks a little a out of place when i compare it to official elementary icons.
Unfortunately i'm not a designer but i've searched for a good icon and i found this.

http://aux4.iconpedia.net/uploads/81435641104586617.png

The actual foto icon should take some inspiration from it, an opened book with some wallpapers/photos on it are
distinguish marks of a photo album. Using 4 different colors/gradients doesn't show a unique identification for a photo album icon.

[Camilo Higuita (kxmylo)]

I've made some other mods:
http://i.imgur.com/QxNsU.png
i attached a .svg

[Camilo Higuita (kxmylo)]

a little mod

[Erasmo Marín (erasmo-marin)]

I like nº 2, but maybe it would look better in brown.

[swizzle (el-ferreira-deactivatedaccount)]

I like #2 and #3 but the rings and the brown margin should be smaller.
The brown solid color in the margin doesn't match. A light gradient over the brown margin makes it look better.

I took Camilo's Higuita mockup #3 and i did some little modifications.

http://i.imgur.com/7OQOP.png

[Camilo Higuita (kxmylo)]

Those rings feel like the ones from a calendar instead of the an album book.
I did another one, as an album cover instead of an album page:

[swizzle (el-ferreira-deactivatedaccount)]

+1 I'm for number 2, excellent work Camilo !

Some aspects should be improved and it's perfect :

1) Remove those rings, they look out of place and they aren't really needed.
2) Remove the border around. If you look at the other elementary icons you won't find such a thick border.
3) The dark brown margin at the left should have a light gradient on it, this solid brown doesn't look good at all.
Take a look at dexter contact's icon.
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/91801639/1office-address-book.jpg
4) A Bonus would be to make the book's material look like real leather for example like this :
http://dribbble.com/shots/190029-Photo-Album-1-1

BTW, Scratch is looking for a new icon too. The actual icon looks like a note taking app.
So if you want to contribute check out the bug report :

https://bugs.launchpad.net/scratch/+bug/1076014

[Camilo Higuita (kxmylo)]

I've tried with some more options: without the rings and with noise

Let me know what you think. :)

[Camilo Higuita (kxmylo)]

with more noise

[Camilo Higuita (kxmylo)]

http://screencloud.net/v/64gu

[swizzle (el-ferreira-deactivatedaccount)]

They're all very nice :). My favourites of the 4 suggestions are in the first row the icon on the left and in the second row it is the icon on the right. I like both of them. You should post a screenshot with these new icons on plank :)

The noise one isn't bad too. A screenshot with the new icon on plank will show what icon matches more.

You're very talented you should really create a new icon for scratch. (:

[Camilo Higuita (kxmylo)]

on plank: http://screencloud.net/v/2ahZ

[Erasmo Marín (erasmo-marin)]

Looks very nice Camilo! maybe the corners need more contrast, but it reflects a lot what the app is, and what it does.

Thanks Swizzle for your ideas :)

[Camilo Higuita (kxmylo)]

I tried it without the two border things:

1 http://screencloud.net/v/uYrJ

2 this one with a bigger image: http://screencloud.net/v/DK1b

[swizzle (el-ferreira-deactivatedaccount)]

Thanks Erasmo ! I think we're getting closer and closer of a perfect icon for Foto.

Foto's icon is good but it still doesn't follow the design style of the other elementary icons.
Let's face the mistakes :

1) If you look at the icons Beatbox, Geary, Pantheon-Terminal, ... they all have all some light and gradient on it.
Foto's icon should have it too, the gradation of colour should be similar.

2) Like you discovered the wallpaper picture in the middle was too small. The actual size of your last mod is ok but it doesn't sticks out due the brown colours. Here we have some options on replacing the sun wallpaper picture through :

  a. A new one which contains more vivid colours that really stick out.
  b. A symbolic photo icon (take a look a snap's icon).
  c. A photo lens (take a look of new shotwell's icon designed by danrabbit).

Here are some inspirations :

http://dribbble.com/shots/770721-Lens-Icon
http://dribbble.com/shots/767347-Camera-Icon
http://dribbble.com/shots/634436-Camera
http://dribbble.com/shots/190029-Photo-Album-1-1

I think here again you should post some screenshots of different possibilities of a new Foto icon in plank.

[Camilo Higuita (kxmylo)]

1- elementary icons follow the Tango HIGS : http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Icon_Theme_Guidelines therefore the icon shouldn't have "some light" if the surface isn't reflective. The icon already has some gradients. I will try with some other with more contrast.
2- I will try the three options you suggested

[Camilo Higuita (kxmylo)]

I've made a few new mods:
on plank:
1-http://screencloud.net/v/tXKY
2-http://screencloud.net/v/qro8
3-http://screencloud.net/v/cdrt

[Camilo Higuita (kxmylo)]

more:
4-http://screencloud.net/v/yFL3
5-http://screencloud.net/v/gJMZ

[Camilo Higuita (kxmylo)]

I really liked this one.
It has the leader texture and a few fixes
on plank: http://screencloud.net/v/qShX

[Camilo Higuita (kxmylo)]

64x64

[Erasmo Marín (erasmo-marin)]

Nice job, I will add this icon on next commit

:)

[swizzle (el-ferreira-deactivatedaccount)]

Yes good job, make this icon default :) !

[Tavecchio Luca (tavecchio-luca)]

i don't like the new icon... old one was better... but in any case Skeuomorphism should be abandonaed the age in which people need a familiar image to reconnect an app to a function it's over.. and indulge in particular the wood and cord alike of this new icon is excessive, i suggest to use just the plain colour with no wood appearance...if you see also other elementary application you may note that even when there a camera or a picture they avoid to indulge in such real alike particular.

[Camilo Higuita (kxmylo)]

I made a small fixes on the old icon i suggested. It's the one i've liked better. See the attached screenshots.

[Camilo Higuita (kxmylo)]

this' the icon