Reworking the app icon for Sociable slightly for it's v2 update. WIP version of the new icon, older version was my first shot here at the start of the year:
Looks like you're using one brushed metal texture for both bubbles. The center of the texture is really close on the smaller one, and feels uncomfortable. Maybe use a separate brushed metal texture for each?
You're right - there's something "not quite right" about the texture, I'm using an angle gradient over the one layer. Will play around separating them out.
Love the new functionality Andy, and the UI is lovely, but I really prefer the old app icon. The old icon had much more pleasing design to the speech-bubbles, and the dimensionality it used to have was really slick -anyway you could bring that back? :)
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Andy Smart
Reworking the app icon for Sociable slightly for it's v2 update. WIP version of the new icon, older version was my first shot here at the start of the year:
http://dribbble.com/shots/97860-Sociable-for-iPhone-icon
8 months ago
Looks like you're using one brushed metal texture for both bubbles. The center of the texture is really close on the smaller one, and feels uncomfortable. Maybe use a separate brushed metal texture for each?
8 months ago
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Andy Smart
You're right - there's something "not quite right" about the texture, I'm using an angle gradient over the one layer. Will play around separating them out.
8 months ago
Love the new functionality Andy, and the UI is lovely, but I really prefer the old app icon. The old icon had much more pleasing design to the speech-bubbles, and the dimensionality it used to have was really slick -anyway you could bring that back? :)
7 months ago