Hm. As an icon, it's great. Memorable, with fantastic details, and stands out from others.
Also, I don't know if it was you, but filetype icons are also much better and sharper.
However, I, as Samo K., also thought that it is just a really nice placeholder.
Why flower?
What is the metaphor behind this?
And aren't there enough nature-inspired text editor icons for Mac OS X? (Coda's leaf, Smultron's strawberry)
David, the art is beautiful. I just have no idea how it connects to the app (just like Coda). If you wouldn't mind explaining, I'd like to hear the reasons behind the icon.
Back in November 2004 when Textmate was new and had an ugly, ugly icon, I did some simple research. I placed all the icons of current OS X editors around a wheel and concluded that Textmate should either have a cyan or pink/purple icon, with a recommendation for the purple end of things.
That recommendation was taken up, and I'm glad to see the colours carried through to the beautiful new icon for Textmate 2.
A very small contribution on my part, but as Textmate is a tool I use to earn my living, it's one I'm fond of.
I'm also glad to see I'm not the only one who is a bit confused by the connection. Maybe this is supposed to be a flower that blooms once a decade? Then I could see the connection to Textmate!
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David Lanham
I had the pleasure of working on the new app icon for Textmate 2. I think all my favorite icon projects have been nature related :D
2 months ago
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Ollin
Love it.
2 months ago
cant wait to see the full version :)
2 months ago
Fantastic icon. Fits in perfectly next to Coda and Acorn in my dock!
2 months ago
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Maria Frey
Ugh. You're not even human. Lol
(ie This. Is. Awesome. )
2 months ago
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The Skins Factory
I should have known it was you. I didn't even look at the artist name when I clicked to view it. Nice work David.
2 months ago
Chrysanthemum!
2 months ago
It has to be you! That's so beautiful... Great!
But I'm curious, why a flower? Is there any metaphor behind it?
2 months ago
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Samo Korošec
Oh. I thought that was a placeholder until there’s a real icon.
Uhm. But then, I also expected split views from TextMate 2.
(not that the icon is bad or anything, it very nicely done)
2 months ago
I have to say, this gorgeous icon is pretty much the only thing tempting me away from Sublime Text. Amazing job.
2 months ago
Just saw 1024px version. Incredible.
2 months ago
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Marian Mraz
It's even more awesome in high res http://cl.ly/Cam1. Glorious detail!
2 months ago
Beautiful.
2 months ago
Beautiful! Colors are great and details are great! Great work :)
2 months ago
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Muhammad El Melegy
Gorgeous.
2 months ago
Hm. As an icon, it's great. Memorable, with fantastic details, and stands out from others.
Also, I don't know if it was you, but filetype icons are also much better and sharper.
However, I, as Samo K., also thought that it is just a really nice placeholder.
Why flower?
What is the metaphor behind this?
And aren't there enough nature-inspired text editor icons for Mac OS X? (Coda's leaf, Smultron's strawberry)
It will take time for me to get used to this.
2 months ago
David, the art is beautiful. I just have no idea how it connects to the app (just like Coda). If you wouldn't mind explaining, I'd like to hear the reasons behind the icon.
2 months ago
Nectar that brings results!
2 months ago
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Benjamin De Cock
Stellar job. It looks actually even better in the dock, which is obviously great.
2 months ago
Rebound
OS X Editor colour wheel
by Drew McLellan
Back in November 2004 when Textmate was new and had an ugly, ugly icon, I did some simple research. I placed all the icons of current OS X editors around a wheel and concluded that Textmate should either have a cyan or pink/purple icon, with a recommendation for the purple end of things.
That recommendation was taken up, and I'm glad to see the colours carried through to the beautiful new icon for Textmate 2.
A very small contribution on my part, but as Textmate is a tool I use to earn my living, it's one I'm fond of.
2 months ago
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Fran Pérez
Technically and visually impressive, but when I downloaded the beta I though it was just temporally for being beta :)
2 months ago
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Andrew Creek
Excellent work David.
I'm also glad to see I'm not the only one who is a bit confused by the connection. Maybe this is supposed to be a flower that blooms once a decade? Then I could see the connection to Textmate!
2 months ago
The icon is great. The app is great. But they just don't match at all. Yes, I thought it was a temporary placeholder icon too.
2 months ago
Fantastic work on the icon, but I'm not sure I get it. The flower just doesn't make sense for this app.
I'm another that thought the icon was temporary.
2 months ago
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Tom Reno
Brilliant execution! However — like many others — I don't get the connection. I greatly prefer the existing icon to this one.
2 months ago