With advent of Windows Vista, applications need icons larger then 32x32 pixels. Once we will be making changes to graphics, why not changing completely WinSCP artwork?

So we are announcing a competition for new WinSCP artwork.

Conditions of the competition:

• Logo must be available in sizes of 16x16, 32x32 and 128x128 (optionally 256x256) suitable for icons.
  
• Source of the logo must be available in vector format (SVG) for scalability. The logo will be used on winscp.net site (replacing the suitcase logo), in WinSCP about box and possibly other places.
  
• We are looking for simple and clean logo.
  
• Generally I prefer graphics on the icon/logo, not the application name.
  
• The logo must be released under GPL-compliant license.
  
• The logo may represent security and/or network (Internet), however this is not mandatory condition.
  
• Competition is opened to anyone.
  

Artists are encouraged to submit their logo to this forum in a new topic.

Winner will be chosen by WinSCP development team, taking user's opinions expressed in the forum into account.

Winner of the competition will be publicly announced in project news and credited on the winscp.net.

Competition stays open at least till end of November 2008.

19 Dec 2008: Finalists have been selected. Cast your vote!

Last edited by prikryl on 19 Dec 2008 21:14; edited 7 times in total

I have a question

When you say logo you mean Logotype + Logosymbol (+ slogan) + Icon?
Or just a Logosymbol + Icon?
Or just an Icon?

Basically I mean an application icon. But designed in a way to allow its reuse for other purposes than a desktop icon. E.g. as mentioned in the original post, to replace the "suitcase" image above.
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Martin Prikryl

Ok. i'll get on it.

when's the deadline?

End of October. I have updated the initial post. Thanks for helping me to clarify the conditions
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In spite of the fact that I can't help (I'm not good with graphics), I'd like to know if the internal icons (e.g., toolbar icons) will also be revamped...

Not now. Maybe later.
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Right then, here's my attempt:
Quick design idea

I am going to post this comp around a bit, and let a stack of mates know, and try and submit something.

this App (and the hard work you put in) means a great deal to the community.

I hope you get tonnes of designers posting......

i would like to let u see my sample creation logo/icon which could be possible for ur website logo design in the future. hope this works...if ur ok with this, just contact me thru my email address... geave_28@yahoo.com

here's the preview click on URL below:

Hello, I have posted new logo in this theme

Thanks for your submission. Actually I'm looking primarily for a new icon.
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I don't know what you mean by SVG format, but here it is:

Thanks. But again, I'm looking primarily for a new icon, not a logo.
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this might work

Thanks. I like the style of the second and the third icon. However the content does not remind me of WinSCP The second looks like icon of email client. The third maybe a terminal client (like PuTTY)?
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ok, changes made ..

Thanks! What about making the arrow yellow?
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a compilation of photoshop logos. hope u like!

Sorry for the delay, i added another one though
just send me an email, it will be faster skynet01 at gmail



i know there are edges, ill clean them up

Hi folks,

Here goes:

I guess that the photoshop logos are not free
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Thanks. What about allowing the arrow to overflow the background a bit? Otherwise I like the second one. Can you make small versions of it?
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Thanks. They are nice. I like the first one the most. however I do not like the text on the icon. Also can you make a smaller versions?
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I hope to have some ideas in the next several days. I'm anxious to contribute to your great app.
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here it is, with all the sizes

Thanks. That's nice. Well, maybe another tweak... If the two blue layers are two "folders", maybe larger gap in between would make it clearer. Like in "Folders" toolbar button in Windows Explorer.
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I suck at graphics on a good day, but something that struck me as possibly being cool to add to your basic design when I was looking at it, might be to add "forcefield" effect/line around the arrows witht he padlock shackel attached to the forcefield as a way of indicating the communications would be secure when using SFTP, SCP, or the SSH pieces of the software. And for what it's worth, I like the blue version better than the red version, because red indicates emergency where as blue has a calming effect, but that's only my opinion.

I have just added my design:

http://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=21650#21650

As new major version of WinSCP won't be out within next few weeks, deadline for the submissions is postponed until end of November 2008. BTW, that does not mean I do not have any good submissions yet ...
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A have added a note:

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Just a reminder: http://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4804

So is this contest still on? I swear I read somewhere earlier that the winner was chosen, announced and credited. Hmmm.

BTW, how long until the forthcoming release?

It wasn't closed officially yet, although deadline has passed already.
Unfortunately I do not have enough time to evaluate the submissions.
I hope to do it over the Christmas.


No idea.
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Probably a bit late but I really liked the flat 2D look of mossblaster's orginal blue/green icon set. I thought it scaled really well. My hat's off to you Johnathan.

Finalists have been selected. Cast your vote!
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Thank you very much! Please vote with your fav. http://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6424&start=0

Ok, I will try to make some design too

thanks for feedback guys, changes made here is the update of mine

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New icon has been announced.
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If only I noticed this forum last year I would have joined this competition. Hopefully another competition like this will be announced soon.

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