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So which is more likely: random multiple co-invention of identical cloud icons, or someone saw the first and copied it for their cloud icon.
by stonemetal 15y ago
So which is more likely: random multiple co-invention of identical cloud icons, or someone saw the first and copied it for their cloud icon.
- jinushaun 15y agoI think even without having seen those logos, I would draw a cloud the same way: one big bump with a smaller bump on the side. I wouldn't go as far as referencing the golden ratio, but something about it feels "right." It's hard to explain unless you're also artistically inclined.
- stonemetal 15y agoTrue but if you consider that all those icons come from the Apple store, most(if not all) were created after Apple used it for the mobile me icon. Following the Golden ratio doesn't explain it all, why aren't any of the icons symmetric(another one of those things people find beautiful like the golden ratio), why do all the icons have flat bottoms. There is more similarity than can be explained by the golden ratio.
- eliasmacpherson 15y agoIt's probably from the clouds used in weather forecasts, I can remember seeing this cloud 'design' going back to the late eighties.
- 5hoom 15y agoSymmetry would probably make it hard to identify as a cloud. It would look like an inkblot-test picture. The flat bottoms however, hmm… [Edit] Well, wavephorm has a good answer to that elsewhere in the discussion: Because clouds are flat on the bottom and bumpy on top. ;)
- 5hoom 15y agoThis is true. The first thing I would think of would be a round 'cartoony' cloud like the ones shown. You could do a more stretched or jagged looking cloud, but it could easily end up implying 'danger' or 'bad-weather'. The rounded happy-cloud does seem the obvious first choice.
- pg 15y agoThe former.