Comments on: Cloak 1.1! + Artists: Win an Espionage license! http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/2009/06/cloak-11-artists-win-an-espionage-license/ Notice the Tao Effects... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:15:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Greg Slepak http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/2009/06/cloak-11-artists-win-an-espionage-license/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Greg Slepak Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:22:51 +0000 http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/?p=582#comment-277 Hey David, don't worry, <a href="/blog/2009/07/cloak-contest-over/" rel="nofollow">take your time</a>. Thank you for submitting your work. :-) Hey David, don’t worry, take your time. Thank you for submitting your work. :-)

]]> By: David Um http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/2009/06/cloak-11-artists-win-an-espionage-license/comment-page-1/#comment-275 David Um Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:28:19 +0000 http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/?p=582#comment-275 Dang....it's June 30 and I haven't been able to work on my new (and improved) cloak icon.....I'll still post it up once I finish, doesn't matter if I get something out of it or not. I actually had a lot of fun playing around with new programs to work on the new icon....bottomline, it's still not done. If you still want to take a look at it once it's done, then email me or something and I'd be happy to send it to you :D Dang….it’s June 30 and I haven’t been able to work on my new (and improved) cloak icon…..I’ll still post it up once I finish, doesn’t matter if I get something out of it or not. I actually had a lot of fun playing around with new programs to work on the new icon….bottomline, it’s still not done. If you still want to take a look at it once it’s done, then email me or something and I’d be happy to send it to you :D

]]> By: Greg Slepak http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/2009/06/cloak-11-artists-win-an-espionage-license/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Greg Slepak Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:18:39 +0000 http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/?p=582#comment-268 Haha that's a great submission, not quite what we're looking for in terms of the Cloak icon but I love it nonetheless! It's definitely in line with the current one as far as making for a great video game icon, reminds me a bit of the ghosts in PacMan actually. :-) I'm hoping for more detail though for the current icon, something that looks more convincing as a "hooded figure", but at the same time your icon does show some potential for the minimalist approach. Haha that’s a great submission, not quite what we’re looking for in terms of the Cloak icon but I love it nonetheless! It’s definitely in line with the current one as far as making for a great video game icon, reminds me a bit of the ghosts in PacMan actually. :-)

I’m hoping for more detail though for the current icon, something that looks more convincing as a “hooded figure”, but at the same time your icon does show some potential for the minimalist approach.

]]> By: Jesse D. http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/2009/06/cloak-11-artists-win-an-espionage-license/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Jesse D. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:08:20 +0000 http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/?p=582#comment-267 Hello, I hope you don't mind me making a submission. I'm no icon artist but I thought it might be fun to try. It started out as a cloaked figure and now is no where near that but I hope that you don't mind me showing it to you anyway. If you have any suggestions I would be happy to hear them but I have a feeling that its way off the mark and if its not at all what your looking for then thank you at least for the opportunity. http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5051/jesse32.jpg Thanks! Hello,

I hope you don’t mind me making a submission. I’m no icon artist but I thought it might be fun to try. It started out as a cloaked figure and now is no where near that but I hope that you don’t mind me showing it to you anyway. If you have any suggestions I would be happy to hear them but I have a feeling that its way off the mark and if its not at all what your looking for then thank you at least for the opportunity.

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5051/jesse32.jpg

Thanks!

]]> By: Greg Slepak http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/2009/06/cloak-11-artists-win-an-espionage-license/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Greg Slepak Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:13:50 +0000 http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/?p=582#comment-260 Thanks David for your entry! Some critiques that I can make so far: - It needs to be 512x512, the image linked there is 198x213 - The eyes could use improvement, they currently look more like white ovals than glowing eyes, and it would be nice if they could be more ominous. They're also oddly sized and positioned, especially the one on the right which looks like it's too much to the right. - The bottom of the image just cuts off, it needs to look more like a self-contained OS X icon. - Most of the critiques that Ryan made of the current icon apply to this one as well. - This looks like it might be a bitmap drawing, it would be nice if it was a vector-based one as most OS X icons are vector-based icons. I do though like your shading around the top of the hood, it looks fairly convincing. :-) Thanks David for your entry!

Some critiques that I can make so far:

- It needs to be 512×512, the image linked there is 198×213
- The eyes could use improvement, they currently look more like white ovals than glowing eyes, and it would be nice if they could be more ominous. They’re also oddly sized and positioned, especially the one on the right which looks like it’s too much to the right.
- The bottom of the image just cuts off, it needs to look more like a self-contained OS X icon.
- Most of the critiques that Ryan made of the current icon apply to this one as well.
- This looks like it might be a bitmap drawing, it would be nice if it was a vector-based one as most OS X icons are vector-based icons.

I do though like your shading around the top of the hood, it looks fairly convincing. :-)

]]> By: David Um http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/2009/06/cloak-11-artists-win-an-espionage-license/comment-page-1/#comment-258 David Um Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:40:01 +0000 http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/?p=582#comment-258 This is the first I created....it can be improved for sure but I don't know how high the developer's expectation is for an icon....I'm sure I could do better but this is the first. Tell me what you think.... http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo157/mayotard94/250px-Cloaked_mage.jpg This is the first I created….it can be improved for sure but I don’t know how high the developer’s expectation is for an icon….I’m sure I could do better but this is the first. Tell me what you think….

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo157/mayotard94/250px-Cloaked_mage.jpg

]]> By: David Um http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/2009/06/cloak-11-artists-win-an-espionage-license/comment-page-1/#comment-256 David Um Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:22:16 +0000 http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/?p=582#comment-256 I'm working on an icon for this right now.....I was using the espionage demo and realized it was a valuable app to have around but I didn't really want to spend $25 for it so I came across this contest! Have other people sent in their icons already? I’m working on an icon for this right now…..I was using the espionage demo and realized it was a valuable app to have around but I didn’t really want to spend $25 for it so I came across this contest! Have other people sent in their icons already?

]]> By: Greg Slepak http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/2009/06/cloak-11-artists-win-an-espionage-license/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Greg Slepak Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:29:55 +0000 http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/?p=582#comment-234 Thanks Ryan, those are very good suggestions. Thanks Ryan, those are very good suggestions.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/2009/06/cloak-11-artists-win-an-espionage-license/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Ryan Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:20:07 +0000 http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/?p=582#comment-233 If I may make a suggestion about the current icon image, the graphic looks pretty good but it doesn't scale down very well. I would suggest making the purple color of the cloak a little lighter so it contrasts better when scaled down. I'd also suggest making the eyes bigger. Lastly, a well-done transparency effect would emphasize Cloak's invisibility feature. If I may make a suggestion about the current icon image, the graphic looks pretty good but it doesn’t scale down very well. I would suggest making the purple color of the cloak a little lighter so it contrasts better when scaled down. I’d also suggest making the eyes bigger. Lastly, a well-done transparency effect would emphasize Cloak’s invisibility feature.

]]> By: Greg Slepak http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/2009/06/cloak-11-artists-win-an-espionage-license/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Greg Slepak Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:43:10 +0000 http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/?p=582#comment-229 That would be excellent. :-) That would be excellent. :-)

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