I finally bought me a iPhone 4 this week, especially to test the icons for Upojenie HD I made till now. I must say that I'm certainly not disappointed. IMHO the Upojenie HD icons look really great at my new iPhone 4. ;)
@Jackie Tran - I'll release this one and an alt without the curl. ;)
@Jack Thomas - If you can't explain why you find this icon the worst so far, imo you better can say nothing at all, but nevertheless......thanks for your opinion. ;)
I feel that there is too many pages at the bottom, I think it's Becuase of the black stroke, the writing on the side looks blurry, the red part looks very quickly made.
The rings look ok, but the shadow is a bit strong on them (at the holes).
And the page curl looks out of place.
I like the overall vibe of this icon, but I agree with @Jack that it needs some work. I think the blacks are too harsh on the page strokes and the calendar. Maybe just drop the opacity on the calendar text, and on the page strokes to make them look like a shadow instead of a stroke. I think the rings might need hole shadows at the top... or maybe they should be removed completely. If you are trying to mimic a day calendar the rings connect to a board in the back, but in this icon the red top bar is casting a shadow on the paper which means it's above the paper. You might also want to add some texture to the red top bar. I also think the page should curl more like this http://cl.ly/514Q.
I agree with David, also you can add subtle b&w gradient on white paper, maybe 5-10%, it looks too flat this way, and the numbers are too strong.
This one really stands out from the rest, which look absolutely amazing.
@Jack, @David, @Milos and @Juan - Although I don't fully agree with your comments/criticism (you have to deal with a retina display ;) )....thanks for your input guys!
@Jack - You don't have to apologize my friend. I respect everybodies opinion, including yours. Sometimes you love a work and sometimes you don't. It's all in the game of designing. ;)
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Gert Jan Lodder
I finally bought me a iPhone 4 this week, especially to test the icons for Upojenie HD I made till now. I must say that I'm certainly not disappointed. IMHO the Upojenie HD icons look really great at my new iPhone 4. ;)
Here's a calendar icon I made today. :)
about 1 year ago
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Renato C. Veras Jr.
Lovely icon, ert and good luck with your new "toy" =)
about 1 year ago
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Renato C. Veras Jr.
ooops! ert=Gert
about 1 year ago
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Jackie Tran
Nice, but I'm not sure with the corner of paper.
about 1 year ago
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Jack Thomas
Sorry, I'm not gonna lie, this is the worst icon so far.
I'm not exactly sure why, but that's my opinion.
about 1 year ago
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Gert Jan Lodder
@Jackie Tran - I'll release this one and an alt without the curl. ;)
@Jack Thomas - If you can't explain why you find this icon the worst so far, imo you better can say nothing at all, but nevertheless......thanks for your opinion. ;)
about 1 year ago
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Jack Thomas
I feel that there is too many pages at the bottom, I think it's Becuase of the black stroke, the writing on the side looks blurry, the red part looks very quickly made.
The rings look ok, but the shadow is a bit strong on them (at the holes).
And the page curl looks out of place.
about 1 year ago
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David Keegan
I like the overall vibe of this icon, but I agree with @Jack that it needs some work. I think the blacks are too harsh on the page strokes and the calendar. Maybe just drop the opacity on the calendar text, and on the page strokes to make them look like a shadow instead of a stroke. I think the rings might need hole shadows at the top... or maybe they should be removed completely. If you are trying to mimic a day calendar the rings connect to a board in the back, but in this icon the red top bar is casting a shadow on the paper which means it's above the paper. You might also want to add some texture to the red top bar. I also think the page should curl more like this http://cl.ly/514Q.
@Renato you can edit comments :)
about 1 year ago
I agree with David, also you can add subtle b&w gradient on white paper, maybe 5-10%, it looks too flat this way, and the numbers are too strong.
This one really stands out from the rest, which look absolutely amazing.
about 1 year ago
i'm pretty sure you made the black strokes so it looks better on the iPhone 4 but right now it looks bad in here :o
about 1 year ago
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Gert Jan Lodder
@Jack, @David, @Milos and @Juan - Although I don't fully agree with your comments/criticism (you have to deal with a retina display ;) )....thanks for your input guys!
about 1 year ago
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Jack Thomas
Sorry if it sounded mean. :)
It just compared to the compass, clock and safari (my favourites)
It looks a little out of place :)
about 1 year ago
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Gert Jan Lodder
@Jack - You don't have to apologize my friend. I respect everybodies opinion, including yours. Sometimes you love a work and sometimes you don't. It's all in the game of designing. ;)
about 1 year ago