[Pythonmac-SIG] Fwd: MacPython icon mockup

[Jacob Rus]

has wrote:
> The pen on the IDLE icon could use some subtle tweaking as it's  
> looking a bit flat, grey and lifeless, and a tad long and thin too...
>
> I've attached a rough version to give an idea. I might've taken  
> slightly too much off the barrel, and I've lost some highlights. It  
> was quick-n-dirty and I didn't have my tablet to hand, so don't  
> take it as gospel truth; you'll have to fine-tune your own version  
> yourself. :)

I just grabbed the pencil off the internet, shortened it, and stuck  
it on.  I should probably change the perspective, and make the  
changes you suggest.  Maybe a different pencil would be a better  
model.  I'll give it another shot, though other submissions would be  
great. :)

> The only icon that isn't working yet is the generic icon: the  
> snakes and the pencil/brush/ruler are both battling to be center of  
> attention - the eye keeps bouncing uncomfortably back and forward  
> between the two - and the icon as a whole is a bit similar to the  
> IDLE icon.

I agree.

> One thing you might try is making the snakes appear like those on  
> the .dmg - lighter greyscale, perhaps without the glass effect - so  
> the overall look is closer to the Mac's standard generic  
> application icon and the original "A" is clearly dominant, but  
> still with an indication of its Pythonness.

Alright, how is this:
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> If it still doesn't work then it'll be a case of coming up with a  
> more radical alternative. (I know folk don't want an AppleScript  
> applet clone, but certainly something as different to the generic  
> app icon as that is.) However, I think it probably will.

I think that it'd be good to keep the applet icon for use with Build  
Applet.app, and let this icon be for icons created with py2app/ 
py2applet (I think that's in line with the traditional distinction  
between applets and apps as well, the former not really being  
standalone).

Thanks for all the suggestions and encouragement.  Keep the insight  
coming.

-Jacob