Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 16th Sep 2007 20:41 UTC
As some of you may have noticed by now, OSNews has started using icons from the Tango Project to replace many of our old icons. You can spot the new icons conveniently on the topic page. In the Tango icon library we have found numerous icons we could use, but understandably, Tango was not made for OSNews: we cannot replace all the icons we want with Tango icons - yet. And this is where you come into play. So, read on for the rationale behind choosing the Tango icon set, and how you can help us - and win a subscription to our ad-free version!
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RE[2]: Why always treating graphic designers like crap?
by jadeshade on Mon 17th Sep 2007 04:55
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Member since:2007-07-10
Hiring a professional to draw a handful of symbols is clearly overkill...
when you put it that way, it's hard not to feel bugged for the icon designers. Stuff like the tango project, everaldo's work, and I'm sure the oxygen project (when we see it) is much, MUCH more than a handful of symbols.
RE[3]: Why always treating graphic designers like crap?
by AlexandreAM on Mon 17th Sep 2007 20:51
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Member since:2006-02-06
I believe he was talking about the OSNews Icons. I, too, believe it is kinda overkill to hire a professional to draw like 10 to 15 icons, just so the site will look a bit better ? Perhaps less than that...
It is like hiring a professional programmer to help you optimize some code in a script for an excel file...
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2005-07-08
They did have programming related contests before, nobody is being discriminated... Hiring a professional to draw a handful of symbols is clearly overkill and the chances are actually very good that they'll receive a decent set of icons. Heck the only reason I don't try it myself for fun is, that I'm quite sure that someone else will submit a better effort.