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[Angellus]

I was bored, and made some icons myself:

 * IDLE
 * DIG
 * REST
 * DRINK
 * FOOD
 * BUILD
 * HAUL
 * ADMIN

Use them or not, it was fun enough to make them

I really like these a lot. might you want to try them for DT Chmod?
I'd like to see how they work out on the DT background (Maybe make skins possible for DT?)

[chmod]

Yeah I like them as well, but I worry they use too much room for the dwarf head. As I was saying we only get 16x16 to show the activity, and the dwarf head is a waste of space to me.

[Angellus]

And the markings alone?

[chmod]

And the markings alone?

The markings alone I think is probably the best strategy here.

[Pie]

Well I'm not exactly talented, but I am a pixel jockey, and thus I have decided to do these! I'm reasonably happy with them, except for the last two, which I'm not really sure about. I tried to make them all have distinct outlines, though I was thinking of going a little further and colour coding each item. Feel free to use and edit as you wish:
Rest
Build
Dig
Drink
Eat
Idle
Admin
Haul

[chmod]

Well I'm not exactly talented, but I am a pixel jockey, and thus I have decided to do these! I'm reasonably happy with them, except for the last two, which I'm not really sure about. I tried to make them all have distinct outlines, though I was thinking of going a little further and colour coding each item. Feel free to use and edit as you wish:
Rest
Build
Dig
Drink
Eat
Idle
Admin
Haul

Hey I like those! Maybe put a "XXX" on the drink barrel? And eat could probably just be a drumstick or something, I don't think they use silverware

I like what you did on hauling, but I worry it may be too small to convey what's going on there.

[Pie]

Well I'm not exactly talented, but I am a pixel jockey, and thus I have decided to do these! I'm reasonably happy with them, except for the last two, which I'm not really sure about. I tried to make them all have distinct outlines, though I was thinking of going a little further and colour coding each item. Feel free to use and edit as you wish:
Rest
Build
Dig
Drink
Eat
Idle
Admin
Haul

Hey I like those! Maybe put a "XXX" on the drink barrel? And eat could probably just be a drumstick or something, I don't think they use silverware

I like what you did on hauling, but I worry it may be too small to convey what's going on there.

I'm not sure I could put XXX and still have it readable - by my calculations the very minimum it would need would be 11x3 just for the writing. Also, I went for the silverware for just easily recognisable, universal symbols. Dwarves don't eat poultry that much either... a truly accurate representation would be biscuits made out of horrible purple mushrooms. I can see that the drumstick might have a better aesthetic though, so I may have a go at doing that.

And yeah, I totally agree with you about the hauling stuff, but I don't really know how else to easily convey it. Perhaps a single, large diagonal arrow from A to B?

[Impaler[WrG]]

Just have a square brown box with an arrow pointing away from it, either to the right or upper right

[IDreamOfGiniCoefficient]

Whoops! Previous version was 18x18

[chmod]

That's awesome! So clearly time to get some Sewer Brew Drank on!

[lodester]

That's awesome! So clearly time to get some Sewer Brew Drank on!

I agree i think that's good - any chance of getting one that is centered and a couple of better contrast options? Maybe lighten the wood color a bit so the black lines stand out more  ? More of a walnut rather than cherry wood, if you will
Nice1 tho.

[lodester]

<- 16x16 actual

What was this for again?

[IDreamOfGiniCoefficient]

Let me know if it would be useful to redo any others- these are kind of fun.

[Angellus]

Well I'm not exactly talented, but I am a pixel jockey, and thus I have decided to do these! I'm reasonably happy with them, except for the last two, which I'm not really sure about. I tried to make them all have distinct outlines, though I was thinking of going a little further and colour coding each item. Feel free to use and edit as you wish:
Rest
Build
Dig
Drink
Eat
Idle
Admin
Haul

Hey I like those! Maybe put a "XXX" on the drink barrel? And eat could probably just be a drumstick or something, I don't think they use silverware

I like what you did on hauling, but I worry it may be too small to convey what's going on there.

I'm not sure I could put XXX and still have it readable - by my calculations the very minimum it would need would be 11x3 just for the writing. Also, I went for the silverware for just easily recognisable, universal symbols. Dwarves don't eat poultry that much either... a truly accurate representation would be biscuits made out of horrible purple mushrooms. I can see that the drumstick might have a better aesthetic though, so I may have a go at doing that.

And yeah, I totally agree with you about the hauling stuff, but I don't really know how else to easily convey it. Perhaps a single, large diagonal arrow from A to B?

I think these are best exept for the barrel and the food (maybe just the silverware? Just to be recognisable to us.).

Let me know if it would be useful to redo any others- these are kind of fun.

This is the barrel we're looking for

[chmod]

Yeah Gini's barrel is a winner for sure. I think it's great. I'm thinking idle should just be a simple red dot or stopsign. Something that is easy to identify among the others. Also hauling still just isn't quite right. It's very hard to convey the A -> B thing in an icon. Maybe just a simple arrow?