[Pythonmac-SIG] Fwd: MacPython icon mockup

[Jacob Rus]

has wrote:
> Definitely getting there. Though the top snake could do with being  
> a bit lighter. The icon is, first and foremost, a statement that  
> "this is an application"; the snake logo is just a subtle hint to  
> say, "by the way, it's built in Python". The eye should be drawn to  
> the "A" first, then pick up on the subtle 'hint' behind it, and  
> finally come to rest on the "A" again.
>
> Right now the top snake is about 40% grey and still fighting with  
> the "A" for the eye's attention; I'd take it to 30% (I've tried it  
> here) and maybe knock 2% off the bottom snake just to preserve  
> noticeable contrast between them.

> ...

> One last thing: try the egg with the logo positioned vertically.  
> Having the egg itself on the diagonal works well, but putting the  
> snakes on the same diagonal makes them hard to read [1], and causes  
> the strong visual bottom-left-to-top-right diagonal line to  
> completely dominate the entire image.
>
> Putting the logo vertically (I've tried it here) makes it easy to  
> identify and the contrast of diagonal and vertical gives the whole  
> thing a bit more of a 'jaunty' look, rather than just looking a bit  
> drunk. Plus it improves consistency with the rest of the icon set  
> (where the snakes are always the same vertical orientation, either  
> literally or implied by perspective).

Alright, I've tried those two changes:
http://hcs.harvard.edu/~jrus/python/prettified-py-icons.png

What do you think?