Hello everyone!
You may have noticed that Eternity's icon could use a bit of a facelift (I just hacked it together to have something). Well, it's time for a change and I'd like to get all you talented folks involved!
So, I want to host a competition where you can submit your designs for a new app icon. Once we have all the submissions, we can vote as a community to pick our new icon!
Some details to keep in mind:
Deadline: I'll be accepting submissions until the 8th of September, 2023, 18:00 CET. I might extend this deadline if we have too few submissions.
Format: Submissions should be in SVG or PNG format, with a 1:1 aspect ratio.
Resolution: Please ensure your design is at least 512x512 pixels if you're going with PNG.
Monochrome Version (Optional): It'd be great to see a monochrome version of your design too (for Material You icons).
Design: Your design should be colorful, fun, and engaging. The original UFO spaceship could be a source of inspiration, or elements of the fediverse or Lemmy. Of course, if you've got another creative idea, go wild!
Once the submissions close, we'll have a public vote to pick the winner (similar to what we did with the app name).
Thanks in advance for participating.
Happy designing!
22 Comments
projectmoon@lemm.ee · 26 pts · 2y
You should probably add what license the icon will be under, if it's submitted to the project. Creative Commons? GPL?
fr75s@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2y
Here is a showcase of my icons, both monochrome and full detail. One was inspired by the UFO design, one by this community's current placeholder icon. I could tweak these a little more, but I think that these are good for now.
Each individual icon in SVG and PNG format (zip archive)
American_Jesus@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
We have a winner 🎊
Bottom left looks great, maybe too dark
Gacrux@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
bottom left is good
catsup@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 2y
Bottom left looks really cool at this size, but I think it wont be distinguishable enough at icon size. Top left is 💯/💯
kcilc@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
Here’s my submission! Pictured below is the little dude taking a space walk out in psychedelic space. I loved the palette of the original icon, so I kept that mostly the same.
Mockup:
Submission images:
fr75s@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
This one's really good! I like that it works well as a monochrome icon while also having a detailed full-color icon.
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 2y
Somehow I cannot see the images on Eternity (ironic...) but on another client I was able to see them. Looks good!
HaggierRapscallier@feddit.nl · 9 pts · 2y
I liked the old one. We should keep it and/or allow people to vote to keep it in, for now. And we can repeat the contest when the userbase grows.
Apytele@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 2y
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 2y
Its cool, but does that really work as a small icon? Thats a ton of detail for something so small.
lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 2y
ScottE@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y
I kinda like the avatar your account has... Would be a fine app icon.
American_Jesus@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
Same, OP/community icon looks nice. It could be the app icon os something similar.
WhoRoger@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I like the current icon, it's lovely. Just needs the background tweaked a bit.
nico@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
Yes, I like the current one as well ! It just needs a little more work.
AcornCarnage@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Just a point of consideration for those submitting ideas... Make sure you zoom way out on your icon and look at how it will appear when sized for a phone.
IMO that's the biggest issue with the current icon - I just can't tell wtf it is when it's like 1/4” square.
Not a criticism, just something that's easy to lose sight of when you're working at a computer.
florge@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 2y
I've only just realised the icon isn't actually a mole.
voidskull@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
How about taking inspiration from an ouroboros image.
I am a shitty artist/designer, so I can't help with actual designing. Ouroboros kinda means perpetual state, maybe eternity.
SuperSpaceFan@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
I've been following this thread to check out all the great app icon designs being submitted. But I haven't seen anything more since the Sep 8th deadline about where we go from here. Any news?
Morose@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
I was inspired by Eternity from Marvel Comics who looks like this
The icon is Lemmy's mascot with an infinity symbol for eyes, it is a nod to both the concept of Eternity and a callback to the Infinity client as Eternity was formerly known as Infinity for Lemmy.
squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 2y
Looks like a not-melted meta (facebook) logo
anosym@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
So the infinity symbol is now a "not-melted meta logo". Please kill me.