Re: [Gaim-cabal] Artists

[Tim R. <om...@ho...>]

Sean Egan wrote:
> I've been talking with primarily two artists for the new artwork. Most

Remind me again why we're getting new artwork. How much of this is legal 
and how much is just we want new art work?

Maybe I'm alone in this, but I always liked the way the prpl icons 
actually looked like the prpls they represented. It's interesting the 
way purple comes in all shapes and colors ;)

What do the different shapes and colors represent in Stephen's thing?
Also, what did you tell each of these people? I noticed there's no prpl 
in Stephen's, is that because he ignored you or because you didn't 
mention that?

Stephen's also has the idle times in place of buddy icons like the small 
list. I like the big list better. I fear that seeing the list type I 
prefer might bias me in some way, where I might like the other one 
better if it was in my preferred list type.

As for as flakey goes, it's too vague a description for me to have 
strong feelings about..


What exactly are we going for here? Will there still be different prpl 
icons, or just Pidgin Dude icons? (In either case, Should the Pidgin 
Dude be a bird [actual, or Bugs Bunny style]?)
Both artist seem to depart from how we currently do things, but in 
different ways. Are emblems gone, or staying, or representing new 
things? Stephen's seems like it replaced emblems with different icons.

It seems more like you're letting the artist decide things that seems 
more like design decisions on our part (and require code changes).


Anyway, the main point of this email is to spur discussion about what we 
actually want, and to figure out how that effects the artist choice.


--Tim