I really love this. Not sure about anyone else, but I find the ... of the original (and this version) slightly distracting. I keep thinking someone is typing a message, even when the app is idle. Probably just me though.
Anyway, I really dig the wider lighting effects on the sides.
The blue bubble is awesome, Wolfgang. Still have my problems with the small one. It just looks as if somebody is typing right now … The look and feel is way better in your icon, though. Really Great work!
@Bjango ✎ Marc Edwardsys Not just you :) I get the same feeling about someone always typing a message. I removed the icon from my dock because it was distracting...
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My take on the Messages icon. Same concept, same shapes… just a tad more polished. What do you think?
3 months ago
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Atanas Mahony
There is an app for that: INSTALIKE ! :)
3 months ago
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Umar Irshad
Way better, hated the original one.
3 months ago
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Ramotion
@Wolfgang Bartelme Looks good :)
3 months ago
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Bjango ✎ Marc Edwards
I really love this. Not sure about anyone else, but I find the ... of the original (and this version) slightly distracting. I keep thinking someone is typing a message, even when the app is idle. Probably just me though.
Anyway, I really dig the wider lighting effects on the sides.
3 months ago
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Oliver Twardowski
The blue bubble is awesome, Wolfgang. Still have my problems with the small one. It just looks as if somebody is typing right now … The look and feel is way better in your icon, though. Really Great work!
Wie immer sehr sehr gute Arbeit! :)
3 months ago
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Max Fellmuth
Maybe it's just me but the small bubble looks a bit too blurred in the lower half
3 months ago
Sweet jesus, this is awesome!
You should maybe darken the stroke on the "...".
3 months ago
I still don't like the stripes, but I understand you were sticking to their idea, just fixing it up a bit. It does look so much better.
3 months ago
@Bjango ✎ Marc Edwardsys Not just you :) I get the same feeling about someone always typing a message. I removed the icon from my dock because it was distracting...
3 months ago
@Wolfgang Bartelme much better than original :)
no chance for a download link?
3 months ago
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Steffen Nørgaard Andersen
I would maybe make the dots in the white bubble slightly darker, however GREAT work @Wolfgang Bartelme !
3 months ago
@Wolfgang Bartelme I'd love to post the PSD on 365psd if you're interested. Feel free to submit it here:
365psd submission form
3 months ago
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Kevin Harris
That is absolutely stunning! Awesome job.
3 months ago
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Matt Graham
Beautiful. Would love to sport this guy on the dock. :)
3 months ago
Very nice! Now I just want an ICNS file. :D
3 months ago
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Waseem Arshad
awesome
3 months ago
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Messages
by Dan Eden
Mainly for practice, but also because I didn't like the "..." on the original shot.
I just can't get the 3d feel right - it's so great on Wolfgang's shot.
Here's the .psd
3 months ago
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iOS Messages Icon (Messages for Mac like).
by Stefano De Gregorio
My take on a replacement for Messages icon, inspired by Wolfgang's one and the Messages app for Mac.
Feel free to download it here : http://d.pr/t6Ci
3 months ago
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Messages Icon
by Sean Patrick O'Brien
Jumping on the bandwagon, but with a bit of the old iChat icon in there too.
3 months ago
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Messages Icon PSD
by Gianluca Divisi
My first day on Photoshop, I really liked Bartelme's version, so I thought to remake it for self-training, this is the result.
3 months ago
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Rogie
@Wolfgang Bartelme love it. Looks great. I really like how the magnifying effect of the glassy substance alters the width of the diagonal lines.
3 months ago
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Dietmar Kerschner
Nice work on this wone Wolfgang, Looks way more polished.
3 months ago
Btw i just released the icon. Grab it while it's hot :) http://www.bartelme.at/journal/archive/messages_icon
3 months ago
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Messages icon
by Tomek Omelan
I've decided to give it a try too :).
Full view: http://bit.ly/wp4myy
Download: http://bit.ly/zwMPRu
3 months ago