Icon Request: VMWare Fusion
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Take a look at this one, hope it fits well with the theme.
Not bad. I'd round the corners to fit with the original icon and theme
Will do @tinalatif. Also, I'll try to expand both squares so it fits the icon area edge to edge. By the way, please check #157, I made an attempt there too.
As I explain in that issue, I'm not good at vectors, only (barely) competent with rasters. If this is not a problem, and the icons are good enough, I can fork and then send a pull request; your call.
I'd be happy to recreate your design as a vector
That would be great @wjramos
Really, I struggle a lot in the art department, after all, I'm just a sysadmin. Anyway, I made a second version of the icon with @tinalatif comments taken into account. Here it is for all of you to check:
Please criticise it as much as you want, it's the better way to crop out the rough edges.
Also, check the TeamViewer icon I made for issue #157 to see if it blends well with the set. You are also welcome to vectorise it if you want.
Best regards to all.
Both are great icons, but I would like to keep the format consistent. Also
happy to recreate them as vectors next week if @wjramos hasn't already!
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That would be great @wjramos https://github.com/wjramos
Really, I struggle a lot in the art department, after all, I'm just a
sysadmin. Anyway, I made a second version of the icon with @tinalatif
https://github.com/tinalatif comments taken into account. Here it is
for all of you to check:[image: vmware]
https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/13053885/8504107/c8464d5c-2194-11e5-8e16-b4dcd4a747f4.pngPlease criticise it as much as you want, it's the better way to crop out
the rough edges.Also, check the TeamViewer icon I made for issue #157
#157 to see if it blends
well with the set. You are also welcome to vectorise it if you want.Best regards to all.
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So, in the AI template there is an inner and outer bounding box, each with a border radius, I think in order for it to match the theme it needs to take advantage of the sizing (either full width or encapsulated) and border radius in the template
@wjramos, I originally made the icon in PowerPoint (Yeah, I know... ). If you'd like to have the file in order to manipulate the elements, just download it from my Dropbox:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dhtorqp9pk4gqkr/vmware.pptx?dl=0
I'm not sure if this would help or hinder you in order to create the .AI file format. Earlier I used Image2Icon in order to convert the .PNG file to .ICNS for testing purposes and they look fine both in shape and hue.
Or alternatively full size
Nice work @wjramos, you make it look very easy :-)
Let us wait for the owner's input on this, but if you ask me, both icons are terrific.
In retrospect, the white segment did not resemble a set of arrows enough, and the heads of the arrows were a tad too big causing the colored segment line thicknesses to not be consistent
Also, with the full width icon, the white corners kind of irk me - I'd wonder if it would look right with the background transparent or semi-transparent since the edges of the squares imply the frame
Hmm, I see what you mean with the arrows. To be honest, my eyes dismissed the roundness of the tip of the arrow. Yes, the above one does look better.
About the background, I took a glance to all the icons in the set and didn't notice any with a transparent background. I think that in order to keep the set consistent all of them have a background. Maybe if you try in another color? A light grey? You could even reduce the logo just one or two pixels (is that even possible with vectors?) so the light grey (or whatever color) background frames the logo entirely.
Something like this (note, scale is off, it's just a quick mock up):
I think the only way to have the solid frame with the icon would be using the inner bounding box
Well, to be honest, I kind of like it that way @wjramos. It looks way better.