Voting has ended! Congrats to @fer0n@lemm.ee with option B. Thanks everyone for participating! :)
First off, thanks to everyone that participated in our icon contest last week!
Iโm excited to show the final three options for you to vote on below!
Overview
Option A
Option B
Option C
๐ณ๏ธ Vote!
โ ๏ธ BEFORE VOTING I encourage you to tap through the links above to see what itโs like on your homescreen!
Results of the poll will not be available until it has ended, so no need to make a rushed decision.
VOTE HERE: https://strawpoll.com/BDyNEbKeqZR
Polling ends in ~24 hours! If there is a tie, I will cast the final vote.
I vote for C.
I think B looks the nicest of the three by far. Good use of a monochromatic color scheme, nice balance between background and foreground elements, perfectly readable at a distance.
The design direction of A is a bit busy and stands out a little too much IMO, it looks kind of out of place next to stock iOS apps. C looks a bit too amateur, and has several tangents in it that really bother me - I do like the overall idea of it, but it could really use a rework.
My vote is for B, but I think it would look good with a splash of the multicolor like the other two do.
I like the lack of multicolor for an icon. I also liked the ability to change icons in Apollo if I was feeling colorful during that period of my life.
If youโre on iOS, hereโs a shortcut that lets you change the icon to whatever you want.
This is the post about it.
None of the above. They look straight outta 2010.
It pains me to agree, since the community put so much effort into these, and thatโs truly appreciated, but I donโt feel like any of them live up to Voyagerโs aesthetic. Theyโre all kinda amateurish. Hopefully the devs do another one of these contests in time.
Thatโs the word I was trying to avoid, โamateurishโ (not to sound harsh). There are a lot of cool ideas out there, but definitely not the work of a professional designer (disc.: I work with graphic designers and app developers, Iโm a web developer myself). Maybe the Lemmy community needs to grow a little, so we can get more options.
I also think the contest guidelines are partly to blame. The whole, โavoid the corporate vector look, look at these super detailed illustrationsโ thing is horrendous advice. It basically translates to, โavoid doing what the most talented app icon designers in the world do.โ
Yes, the icon should be fun and stand out. Yes, the Facebook โfโ is boring as fuck. But some of the greatest app icons are extremely simple, and there are reasons for that. Fine details donโt display well in the actual contexts that icons are used in; they make the design seem muddy and confused. People resonate with clear design that knows its purpose.
I hate to say it but the options are a bit disappointing. I wish the top community upvoted submission was considered:
![[WINNER: OPTION B] Choose Voyager's icon!(lemmy.world)](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/5423bb2e-347a-4f42-b303-1c8cfbe09ab6.png){kind=link}
