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i made some icons to help with a common issue (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://gitlab.com/sxwpb/minimal-tux-icons

These are only meant to help for cases where the full tux is too detailed to display, see examples in the linked README. But the shape also works well for single fill cases, like in the keychain example. I wouldn't want these to be used when the full tux could be displayed in all its glory instead.

~~One issue I have is I do not know how to license these properly, I wouldn't want them to show up in a trademarked logo or anything, but I would still want them to be freely usable as tux icons anywhere. What do you think?~~

I have chosen the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, thank you for helping me!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I could see something like this being a common use icon, it's very well done. I prefer this look to having the big bodied Tux on a small icon, this solves the problem well. Good job!

[–] [email protected] 61 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why is the white one happiest? Shit, am I a racist?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago (8 children)

The black one has open o_o eyes but the white one has closed ^_^ eyes

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[–] [email protected] 103 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think these either need the beak to be a bit irregularly shaped or needs a black line inside the beak to make it more clear this isn't just a big hole in the face but an actual bird beak.

But other than that its great! And that's of course just my personal opinion, you do you!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I personally think it looks fine, seems to look like a happy penguin to me

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (2 children)

the middle one llok like a robber mask

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

i did go overkill with the simplification, so its easy to see other things. but at small sizes i feel it works better.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Looks nice, thanks to show it with us :)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

I LOVE these! Great work!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Those look nice!

Have you considered a Creative Commons license, maybe with the BY-SA (Attribution-ShareAlike) terms?

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago

I’m no expert, but would CC BY-SA do the trick?

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