Andrey Grabarchuk sent me his take on Mobile Safari via Twitter a few days ago for a critique. I was impressed. Enough so that I took a long look at my own icon and realized I could to better. What struck my in Andrey's design was what he called "whips" (exactly what it sounds like). They made the water, well, to coin Apple-speak, magical.
So I sought to produce a similar effect. I was trying to produce lavish, sea-faring colors that would lead to a rich, deep, nautical feel. That part I am very pleased with. Actually, I am (for once) happy with my Safari icon. For some reason, I could never produce anything that I truly fell in love with.
This is the icon in question, still a WIP at the moment. The clouds/wisps/waves/?? are a combination of a bunch of stuff, hand drawn. More work needs to be done on the compass needle, but so far I'm really happy with it. The colors look awesome on my phone.
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Andrey Grabarchuk sent me his take on Mobile Safari via Twitter a few days ago for a critique. I was impressed. Enough so that I took a long look at my own icon and realized I could to better. What struck my in Andrey's design was what he called "whips" (exactly what it sounds like). They made the water, well, to coin Apple-speak, magical.
So I sought to produce a similar effect. I was trying to produce lavish, sea-faring colors that would lead to a rich, deep, nautical feel. That part I am very pleased with. Actually, I am (for once) happy with my Safari icon. For some reason, I could never produce anything that I truly fell in love with.
over 1 year ago
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Safari
by Andrey Grabarchuk
This is the icon in question, still a WIP at the moment. The clouds/wisps/waves/?? are a combination of a bunch of stuff, hand drawn. More work needs to be done on the compass needle, but so far I'm really happy with it. The colors look awesome on my phone.
over 1 year ago