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Hidden Asbestos

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Draw a DF desktop icon
« on: October 31, 2007, 08:43:00 am »
I made a shortcut to Dwarf Fortress and placed it proudly on my desktop next to the other commercial games I enjoy. Looking at it though, I can't help but feel that the orange 'DF' there doesn't really do the game justice.

My challenge to you is to create a new icon! (It doesn't have to be something Toady needs to use in the application, Windows lets you pick alternate icon files for an application.)

It needs to sum up what the Dwarf Fortress game is and the only requirement is that it be 32x32 in size and use 256 colours.

STRIKE THE PIXELS!

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Jaqie Fox

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Re: Draw a DF desktop icon
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2007, 09:57:00 am »
How about you do it yourself or choose the other one available?
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Re: Draw a DF desktop icon
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2007, 10:29:00 am »
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Originally posted by Jaqie Fox:
<STRONG>How about you do it yourself or choose the other one available?</STRONG>

I'm no good as a pixel artist, so I didn't want to shame the board with my lack of talent. Sorry if I came across as begging for an icon or something.

If no-one really cares about this challenge then that's fine with me - but there are a lot of imaginative people who play this game and it would be cool to see what people come up with, wouldn't it?

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Re: Draw a DF desktop icon
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2007, 11:38:00 am »
When I installed the new version I thought the same thing for a different reason.  The old version is 2d and has a 2d "DF" icon, but the new version is 3d...

32^2 pixels isn't a lot but I'll give it a shot.  I at least want to differentiate between the old version and the new   :roll:

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Re: Draw a DF desktop icon
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2007, 02:02:00 pm »
I think that's a nifty idea.  (Although you might have gotten more responses BEFORE the new version came out so people had something to do while they waited.  :D) I'm no artist either, but maybe I'll play with it over the weekend.
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Re: Draw a DF desktop icon
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2007, 07:48:00 pm »
I just use the icon from the wiki, works nicely. And I have the old version using the DF icon.
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Re: Draw a DF desktop icon
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2007, 06:56:00 am »
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Originally posted by Trukkle:
<STRONG>I just use the icon from the wiki, works nicely.</STRONG>

Why thank you, I think that icon turned out well enough.  :) Of course it's modeled from the image in the corner of the wiki, which in turn is from the DF intro cinematic.
Still, at 16x16 it's a bit small for a desktop icon, though I suppose the pixelated look might be somewhat appropriate.
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