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How can you seriously say this "And we hired a designer on Elance to design an icon. It costs us $50, but absolutely worth the money" and then this:"Icon is sup
by digitalengineer 14y ago
How can you seriously say this "And we hired a designer on Elance to design an icon. It costs us $50, but absolutely worth the money" and then this:"Icon is super important. Make sure you hired the right talent"?
As a designer I like the design, but 50 bucks? "worth the money"? I have no idea why anyone would want to sell their design for just 50 bucks. Is this designer your friend? One thing I do know for sure: If they ask 50 bucks for an icon they'll be very bussy but out of business within a month.
- highace 14y agoFrom the look of it I think it's a stock template icon with some tweaking?
- digitalengineer 14y agoThink youre right. Here is one thats even nicer: http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-78548530/stock-vector-vector-retro-camera-xxl-icon.html?src=c1df4beb98befd320146eccbfeb79bad-3-2 http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-78548530/stock-vector-vector...
- paulyan 14y agonice...
- digitalengineer 14y agoWant to buy it? Just 50 bucks ;-) Or 39 euro's for 5 images if you sign up for shitterstock yourselve.
- digitalengineer 14y agoBig problem righ here: Restrictions part 2, #15: You may not use these images as part of a trademark or logo... http://www.shutterstock.com/licensing.mhtml http://www.shutterstock.com/licensing.mhtml
- MatthewPhillips 14y agoThe $50 icons are done by offshoaring companies. They make their money by turning over designs very quickly, not paying their designers very much, and reusing designs over and over (with small modifications). None of the designs are built from scratch. Most are dreadfully ugly; this is the most attractive Elance icon I've ever seen, and I don't think it's gorgeous by any stretch. If you want a geniunely good designed icon just go to dribbble, be willing to spend $500+ and you'll get something unique.
- paulyan 14y agoas a young startup, it's important to balance between attractiveness and expense, Dribbble is too expensive for me...
- digitalengineer 14y agoDribble is too expensive for just about any startup ;-) I did my own design (but thats sort of my job). It's no App but the logo involves a camera as well. Doing something/anything with a camera is difficult as everything has been done. Here's my take (upper left): http://royaltyfreemodels.nl/ http://royaltyfreemodels.nl/
- paulyan 14y agohmm, upper left has no camera, i think...
- digitalengineer 14y agoOld school camera's required the photographer to focus in on the image manually to create a good, sharp photo. The viewfinder was inside the lens to help you do this by two halves of a circle that needed to create a good circle. When they did the image was sharp. My logo features the viewfinder. (As I help photographers find the right people).
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- paulyan 14y agoThanks @digitalengineer for your comments, yes it's relatively cheep from all the offering's. Actually this is my first try, and the result absolutely exceeds my expectation. i guess it's because the designer is from India, so the cost is kept low. i dont think it's possible in US or EU...
- digitalengineer 14y agoI think you're right. The cheapest possibility would be crowdsurfing something like 99designs.com
- raverbashing 14y agoThis $50 for an icon is like paying $50 for a simple CMS. Of course, for $50 they get a stock icon with their name on it (like, click on Edit Text on PS and type the new one) "Wooden texture is a fashionable design in 2012" Yes, please, skeuomorphism up to 11 "because it's fashionable"