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zachtib
October 4th, 2006, 12:36 PM
Deluge, which just released v0.2, is still shipping with the artwork from when it used to be called gTorrent. Now that the name has changed, I think it's appropriate that the artwork be changed as well.

The task? Design an icon for Deluge. As the word deluge means an overflowing of water or a drenching rain, I'd like the artwork to reflect this.

Here are the guidelines for any submissions:

The image should involve a 'torrent' of water, such as a waterfall, etc.
The image should be tango-ish, and preferably conform to the Tango Style Guidelines (http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Icon_Theme_Guidelines)
If possible, I'd like submissions to be in a scalable .svg format. If not, a .png of size at least 128x128 (the image should be square)
The artwork can not have any licensing issues attached to it, I believe a Creative Commons license is what I'm looking for here (?)


You can post submissions by posting them as an attachment to a reply in this thread, linking to them, or emailing them to me. My email address is zach at my website's domain (see sig). Don't email unless you must, as I'd like the submissions to be here in the forum so other users can comment.

I may propose a few designs myself, but that doesn't mean I'm automatically going to use my artwork. I just started playing around with Inkscape, and by no means am I an artist.

So that's it, go to work. Of course, the artist of the final design we settle on will get their name in the credits, and in the 'About' dialog.

Shay Stephens
October 4th, 2006, 12:45 PM
So that's it, go to work.

What, no please?!?! No thank you?!?!

zachtib
October 4th, 2006, 01:11 PM
What, no please?!?! No thank you?!?!

haha, ok: please?

Shay Stephens
October 4th, 2006, 01:12 PM
:) Gotta keep you creative types on the civil side tehehe

zachtib
October 4th, 2006, 01:31 PM
here's a 128x128 icon template for Inkscape, and a Tango-Palette that will work in GIMP and Inkscape

wedderburn
October 4th, 2006, 01:48 PM
i shall see what i can whipp up :)

Krakatos
October 4th, 2006, 02:08 PM
Hmm, if there isn't a short time limit, I'd like to try my hand at it too. Currently finishing to write my thesis, I'll turn it in more or less monday so... after that I can play around a little but. Not that I'm that good :)

zachtib
October 4th, 2006, 02:14 PM
Hmm, if there isn't a short time limit, I'd like to try my hand at it too. Currently finishing to write my thesis, I'll turn it in more or less monday so... after that I can play around a little but. Not that I'm that good :)

no time limit, really. esp not that soon

I'm going to allow time for a lot of submissions to come in before setting any sort of a cutoff date

wedderburn
October 4th, 2006, 02:20 PM
ok quickly whipped this up http://andrew.wedderburn.googlepages.com/gtorrent.svg
for the svg and 16887 is what it looks like :)

**edit fixed it up a bit more http://andrew.wedderburn.googlepages.com/gtorrent2.svg
16888
:)

zachtib
October 4th, 2006, 03:08 PM
ok quickly whipped this up http://andrew.wedderburn.googlepages.com/gtorrent.svg
for the svg and 16887 is what it looks like :)

**edit fixed it up a bit more http://andrew.wedderburn.googlepages.com/gtorrent2.svg
16888
:)

wow, very nice work.

just curious, does it use the Tango palette?

Cynical
October 4th, 2006, 05:40 PM
I agree thats one nice icon.

Mathias-K
October 4th, 2006, 06:57 PM
Impressive work. I must admit that I never really thought the talk of gTorrent would result in a project like Deluge :)

zachtib
October 4th, 2006, 07:02 PM
Impressive work. I must admit that I never really thought the talk of gTorrent would result in a project like Deluge :)

neither did I, and if Kripken hadn't offered to help it would still just be talk. I can work on the interface all day long, but had no idea how to implement the torrenting.

CarpKing
October 4th, 2006, 11:02 PM
Not an official submission, just a quick mockup (I don't have much Inkscape experience).

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k126/hyrax_of_love/deluge.png

I realize the splashes need a lot of work, and I need to make it more Tango-ish, but any other suggestions?

PsyberOneZero
October 4th, 2006, 11:09 PM
I'll throw my hat in the ring too
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/4413/delugerv2.png

wedderburn
October 4th, 2006, 11:49 PM
wow, very nice work.

just curious, does it use the Tango palette?

yes it does use the tango pallet as a base i then changed the saturation on the wave, which the guidelines say is acceptable :)

zachtib
October 4th, 2006, 11:53 PM
Not an official submission, just a quick mockup (I don't have much Inkscape experience).

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k126/hyrax_of_love/deluge.png

I realize the splashes need a lot of work, and I need to make it more Tango-ish, but any other suggestions?

A decent idea, just go for more detail and better color.

I'll throw my hat in the ring too
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/4413/delugerv2.png

Also a nice idea

yes it does use the tango pallet as a base i then changed the saturation on the wave, which the guidelines say is acceptable :)

ok

mynimal
October 5th, 2006, 06:52 AM
Great icon, wedderburn. :D

If I'm not mistaken aren't you the same guy who did the Beryl icon?

wedderburn
October 5th, 2006, 08:14 AM
Great icon, wedderburn. :D

If I'm not mistaken aren't you the same guy who did the Beryl icon?

yup :) thats me

Note360
October 9th, 2006, 02:34 PM
I like the first one.