Comments on: PulpFiction Icons: Comparison

By: The Art of Adam Betts

The Art of Adam Betts — Tue, 02 Mar 2004 01:39:09 +0000

Pulp Fiction Icons

Application and Toolbar Icon for Freshly Squeezed Software This is definitely the longest icon project I've been in. The long length on designing application icon was mainly my fault because of the difficulty in coming up with a good...

By: PulpFiction - Final Icon? | NSLog();

PulpFiction - Final Icon? | NSLog(); — Thu, 05 Feb 2004 03:37:31 +0000

PulpFiction has seen more than its fair share of icons. The coffee/orange juice thing wasn't working for us, so we switched gears and moved to another idea: actual pulp fiction. Pulp fiction is a bunch of old comic strips printed...

By: Another PulpFiction Icon | NSLog();

Another PulpFiction Icon | NSLog(); — Sun, 14 Dec 2003 00:56:31 +0000

Another PulpFiction icon, another rejection. I'm beginning to feel bad for our icon designer, but he's a big boy, and he can take it. I'm...

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 25 Oct 2003 16:09:40 +0000

Both very nice icons. Maybe you cut the orange in half and stick the straw into it. Or deform the orange to look like a carton and stick the straw in that. I'd say lose the text unless it's big and simple.

It's going to be an rss reader right?

By: Jonathon Mah

Jonathon Mah — Sat, 25 Oct 2003 09:56:53 +0000

I like the carton idea better, and think you could make the actual icon better by enlarging the carton (perhaps overlapping the papers or scaling them down), and swapping the sides so that the main one says "100% Pulp" and the other, less visible side "Freshly Squeezed Software". They both look great, though!

By: Scott Stevenson

Scott Stevenson — Sat, 25 Oct 2003 09:08:25 +0000

Definitely the carton. Stands out more. Has more character. You can "feel" it, if that makes sense.

- Scott

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 25 Oct 2003 02:38:57 +0000

They both look good! Carton or cup, depends what you are brewing.

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 25 Oct 2003 01:51:49 +0000

Take the carton icon, move the papers in towards the carton more so that you can enlarge the carton to take up more of the space. Turn the carton more to the middle so both sides are showing around 55/45% and have the app's name on the larger side. Bring the camera angle down about 5-8 degrees as well to show more of the side.

Now, reduce the amount of "noise" on each side of the carton (fading works great for this) so the attention is on the aspect of "orange juice box on papers." Bring the newspaper back OR have the papers be rendered web pages...

Just my opinion.

By: John

John — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 23:50:26 +0000

I like the cup, but with the "Freshly squeezed software" logo on it instead of 100% pulp.

By: Dino

Dino — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 23:47:47 +0000

I like the carton a bit better, though they are both pretty slick. I do miss the newspaper underneath the stack though. I thought it hinted at (what I think) the purpose of the app happens to be.

I can't complain seriously about either of them. Very nice, really.