Finaly but can't choose BG dithering or not.

Those are so good and have to be seriously considered. My only crit is that weekly challenges are not trophy comps. They are ribbon comps. Seems like that's a major flaw.

Lots of great sets by all but they all have things that can make them better.

We were down to 2 icon sets but we now have complete input and so this is the consensus. While one of these 4 sets will be used. If you have not yet made a set but want to be considered use these comments below as guidelines.

These icons will be used every week so please pixel cleanly

For the challenge icon we like Dawn's 'face to face' idea because it says challenge clearer than the other ideas. [tHug]s hands design can also work.

For the voting icon Manjaman and [tHug]s way of showing is best.

For the winner icon we like the podium idea as presented by Calv and Manja. The subtle animation on Calv's really makes it pop and we love that!

The typography used by [tHug] is the simplest but is the best option. Clean, sharp and legible.



A- Manjaman
The Main objection to your set is the BGs. They have too much contrast and are somewhat dark. Maybe making it very subtle and light. In your set we'd love to see a new #1 using faces, like Dawn's or hands like [tHug]s. Your type is a little hard to read (less colors on that?).

B- [tHug]
Our Main objection is the background making the icons hard to read. Maybe softening those up. Challenges are ribbon comps so a trophy should not be used in the winners icon.

C- Calv
We think your voting icon is not very positive cuz the X is kinda negative (nitpicking), Highlight the 'yes' checkmark. The challenge idea really is awesome and the best but its also a lot to process for an icon, which is why we like the simpler face to face design. The animation on winners is perfect. Your type is too hard to read.

D- DawnBringer
The faces just don't match the other 2 icons and the dithering style is kinda crazy for icons. Your type is nice.

Shall I redo the text and tweek the voting one.  I'll make a box instead of a cross.  I don't like the text on mine either :P

Hope the text is more legible.
I'm quite disappointed you don't like the challenge icone, i find it punchy (haha). I'll try other solutions, but i feel uncomfortable using others'ideas =/

Alrighty-o. Made an update, changed the faces and hands into a more uniform style. Thinned out the lines a bit. Completed AA. Balanced the red bkg-colors. Added shadow to the vote-sheet. Not sure about the pencil (the big one is not centered). Also, smiles might be more positive?

I finished my set:

Even with Jalonso tips, I prefer the icons to be like that. It's simple and clean, and, imo, fits better to the site laylout.

I also did a preview so you can see how it looks on the main page:


EDIT: Oh yeah, I forget that there is gonna be a new laylout. But I assume it will be simple as the actual, right?

Edited by Elementy - 25 May 2010 at 1:37pm

Soooo,
I'm here with a few edits : I think i have fixed the legibility issue keeping the light effect i wanted, and I tried to turn the bg drastically simpler (i used complementary colors to give more punch to each icone but i personally prefer the sallow shade in the second set).




Also I couldn't decide about the big pixels/broken pieces of the band.

Well you should create a new stuff and not just edit one of your former icons.

thank you very much sir!!!!!!! I stop by here and there I have even made some pixel art but i just havent been getting into, I think the pixel artist comp made me feel like i was kicked in the nards if i can get the juices rolling ill try to do different ones but im thinking the ones that will win have already been posted

So...tried adding a hand to the voting-icon (always felt it was kind of empty & cheap anyways). A few tweaks here and there.



(edit: oops, I see there's a wrong color pixel on the last e in "challenge", I'll fix that if needed.)


Edited by DawnBringer - 26 May 2010 at 7:42am

Thank you all for your work, time and involvement in helping PJ be the best it can be. The PJ Staff/Mod Team has decided to go with Manjaman's icon set because it best represented the 3 icon concepts by one artist.

To those who participated with an entire set, an award has been added to your profile
Manjaman  - gold star

Jinn  - silver star
This award is because Jinn created a set of icons we needed and hadn't even asked for yet…spooky

In no particular order:  - bronze star
Mis-BUG
Setzer 
Elementy 
iMoose 
Jeremy 
DawnBringer 
KORCHA 
Hiuru 
Calv 
[thUg]

*please do not submit your entries to your gallery (if you were going to) until PJv2.5 is launched, thx :)

The official page is here


Edited by jalonso - 26 May 2010 at 11:26am

No thank you for taking the staff requests for those final edits and tweaks...

...bitches?!?!...why thank you, we usually hear Nazi

@All, Stars in profiles now + The official page is here