That works, however you really need to get away from using green if you plan on stick with that background gradient. There's not enough contrast there to make those green markings visible from afar. If you really want to use green then try removing green from the gradient and have it just as a blue. Don't get me wrong, the current gradient looks cool, but it's not necessarily practical for this icon.
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That works, however you really need to get away from using green if you plan on stick with that background gradient. There's not enough contrast there to make those green markings visible from afar. If you really want to use green then try removing green from the gradient and have it just as a blue. Don't get me wrong, the current gradient looks cool, but it's not necessarily practical for this icon.
I realized that, and thought maybe I will bring some more contrast.
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Yikes! That's a little much. Try a color from the opposite spectrum. Right now you're using predominantly cool colors for the background. A more pleasing contrasting color would be something warmer, like red or orange.
Good point. I made it red and also included the PSD.
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<snarky smile> Dang these guys are pickey! </snarky smile>
I like pretty much everything except the first one.
Great jobs!
I like pretty much everything except the first one.
Great jobs!
way better!
I'll recommend you this tip I've learned while preparing slides for talks and images to be printed:
Work with the smallest size you can comfortably work. Use the keynote or illustrator window very small. But work details in full magnification.
I'll recommend you this tip I've learned while preparing slides for talks and images to be printed:
Work with the smallest size you can comfortably work. Use the keynote or illustrator window very small. But work details in full magnification.
Mock-Up
Here's a rough mock-up of the finished product - I have to agree with kevinfulton.ca - the green part of the dial is a bit lost there. On the positive side it's a fuss-free, clean design, but when people are looking on the Apple Store for a timer, yours may not be one that stands out in the crowd.
Here's a rough mock-up of the finished product - I have to agree with kevinfulton.ca - the green part of the dial is a bit lost there. On the positive side it's a fuss-free, clean design, but when people are looking on the Apple Store for a timer, yours may not be one that stands out in the crowd.
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A tiny little logo isn't the place to be cramming a bunch of text. An icon is an icon, not the name of the app with fancy graphics around it.
I like that but I think I would seperate the dial of the timer and the circle just a little bit. It looks more like a timer then.
I just tried that in photoshop and it didn't really look as great. Thanks for the the idea though.
My new app...
To those of you who have seen my other thread https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1623298/, you probably know I'm working on a timer app. Well here are some screenshots of it. The gear on the bottom appears when you tap that area, and you can slide it to display 2 toggles: a reset button (It also shakes to reset, and a start at value, where you can add in your own amount to start the timer. Tap the gear again and it will disapear. You rotate the timer hand to the desired time, then you simply let go, and it will start counting down. Any suggestions? It's still in beta, so changes will happen.
To those of you who have seen my other thread https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1623298/, you probably know I'm working on a timer app. Well here are some screenshots of it. The gear on the bottom appears when you tap that area, and you can slide it to display 2 toggles: a reset button (It also shakes to reset, and a start at value, where you can add in your own amount to start the timer. Tap the gear again and it will disapear. You rotate the timer hand to the desired time, then you simply let go, and it will start counting down. Any suggestions? It's still in beta, so changes will happen.
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Yeah, this.
Redo it with a drawing tool (outline it, use it as a guide), like with a line tool so you can take the points and curve it into the circle shape, and then do another line and add it to the first shape, then the circle at the end.