denise | graphic artist?

graphic artist?

Anybody a graphic artist, or really good with small graphics? We want a 16x16 icon for official DW communities based on the little menu swirly thing in Tropospherical Red, for bug 1701, but I'm having some trouble getting a graphic that looks good.

Got something that I at least like well enough to show to Mark so he can say no to ;)

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Possibly a dumb question: couldn't we just use the same image as we have for the favicon?

I don't know how good it would look against different backgrounds, but I'll check it!

*goes to take a whack at it*

This sort of thing, you mean?

dw comm globe with red swirl

Hm, I see what you mean. Haz bald spot. :P

Nice! mine looks weirdly 3D.

is this anything like what you want:

eta: oops, i shoudl have refreshed and seen you had a bunch already, sorry!

eta2: i tried again with a darker swirl:

eta3: and then i wondered what it would look like iwth the swirl just a little smaller so the comm icon is less obstrutced:

Edited 2009-10-20 03:36 (UTC)

I vote for this, if it is viable! I think something totally different looking from the regular community icon is a) going to be really good for the desired functionality and b) I'm honestly not sure there's going to be a way to wrap the spiral around the community globe in an attractive way.

I really love the final one here.

Me too.

+1 for favicon if it works.

I like the final one here. However, I remember an earlier discussion said that it's helpful to have a visibly different shape, for accessibility reasons. Does that mean the favicon is better? I do prefer this one, though, because it makes sense, by analogy with the official staff icons.

No, I'm not looking for "DW swirl wrapped around comm icon" (because that's not enough of a visual distinction for low-vision/colorblind users) -- more like the actual menu swirl itself, without the globe, like thus:

But that version is too small, and when you inflate it it gets blocky and really line-y.

Yeah, like

cesy suggests, I'm not so much looking for "DW swirl wrapped around comm icon" (because that's not enough of a visual distinction for low-vision/colorblind users) -- more like the actual menu swirl itself, without the globe, like thus:

But that version is too small, and when you inflate it it gets blocky and really line-y.

Rho suggested using the favicon, which might work ...

do you want it cropped off at the bottom like that, or is that just what fit for the smaller size?

not cropped, blank space at bottom (because the uncropped swirl is 15 tall)