[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #596: Create plugin icons for all plugins

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#596: Create plugin icons for all plugins
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  Reporter:  iandunn     |      Owner:
      Type:              |     Status:  new
  enhancement            |  Component:  General
  Priority:  normal      |   Keywords:  good-first-bug needs-ui dev-
Resolution:              |  feedback
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Comment (by melchoyce):

 Hey Karissa,

 > I made
 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vVZz8ksVFj0a8CQ1w4a8Mnyr92JauIcjO7BlIzNMybo/edit?usp=sharing
 to track my progress and the age of them.
 > Since I'm new to this, you might have a better way to track all this? If
 not it would be awesome if someone could write some scripts so that the
 last updated date and downloads auto updated from the plugin repository.

 This is killer! As far as I know we don't already have a good way of
 tracking, but @iandunn might know more.

 > I took the Tumblr Importer plugin as the initial one and made the header
 matching the blue/chalk style used on the other ones and the icons in
 128x128 & 256x256 . Let me know if its good and then I will get to working
 up the rest of them.

 I see where you're going with using the whole Tumblr logo rather than just
 the icon, but I think the style feels a little too grunge and not as
 chalkboard-y as the logo and arrow. Also looking at the exported icons,
 they seem pretty blurry, which is understandable since the source you had
 to work from was just a png.

 > Or if you would like me to update the look of blue/chalk style to
 something new, using the same icon > arrow > WP Icon format just let me
 know that too.

 With the previous comments in mind, I think this is a good time to
 redesign both the banner and the icon to be either vector, or at least
 retina-ready at 2x so there's no blur. Would you be interested in
 redesigning all of the assets?

 > For the other ones that aren't importers, I assume take screenshots of
 the dashboard to use for the headers? I set up an install that will just
 have to plugins that need the graphics to do that. But could I have a
 little more background/thought process of the standards?

 In general I think abstracted headers like the ones used in the importer
 plugins work better than screenshots, especially since text ends up
 overlaying the images on the actual plugin screens. @nacin or someone who
 was around when these graphics were originally made might be able to talk
 a little bit about the thought process.

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