I modified this myself to produce better background colors for testing different icon designs with an angular gradient and some layer cropping. This script and a script to save icons at different sizes really helped when making 30 iOS apps for iOS 7 recently. (I don't have time now to share my changes but if anyone's interested, I'll check this comment later for replies.)
Nice, it wouldn't be hard to adapt these into an icon theme for jailbroken iOS devices - a WinterBoard theme is just a directory containing image files named in a standardized way (with the bundle IDs and filenames of the app icons you intend to theme). And if the artist wanted to distribute it on a default repository in Cydia, these are instructions: http://www.macciti.com/faq.php?faq=cydia_usage
It seems Susan Kare, the pioneer designer of the original icons, also designed the icons for Nautilus (the file manager). Here I was, thinking Nautilus was just some small hobby project by some guys. Anyone know how this came about? Is Susan Kare just a woman who loves contributing to FLOSS now? What's the story here?
Eazel, which created Nautilus, was founded by a bunch of the original Mac builders. The team included Bud Tribble, Andy Hertzfeld, Mike Boich and Susan Kare[1].
There's some interesting backstory on Nautilus in one of the Don Melton epsiodes of the Debug podcast[2].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eazel - Nautilus was originally the product of a company with multiple ex-Apple employees. "Its business plan involved monetizing online services to be offered through Nautilus such as storage, but it failed to do so before venture capital ran out."
I noted this as well, while still really enjoying the entire concept and undertaking. It's very interesting to see how the change in proportion of many of the elements influences our reading of them. The various spacesuits are harder to read in the new slimmed down versions. One takeaway for me: don't be a slave to your grid.
I recall some interesting '70s psuedomystical icons / labels on the keyboard during Ripley's self-destruct sequence. "Agaric," "yoni," and "lingam" among others. Will these start popping onto my phone's home screen if I upgrade??
For those who want to follow along at home: http://blog.mikeswanson.com/iosroundedrect
I modified this myself to produce better background colors for testing different icon designs with an angular gradient and some layer cropping. This script and a script to save icons at different sizes really helped when making 30 iOS apps for iOS 7 recently. (I don't have time now to share my changes but if anyone's interested, I'll check this comment later for replies.)