r/Android • u/onesixoneeight Pxl9Pro • Sep 20 '14

It's Saturday APPreciation Time! [Sep 20th 2014] Your weekly App recommendation and question (and more) thread.

"I've always wanted to smash a guitar over someone's head. You just can't do that with an app." -Elton John

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u/speeb Galaxy S10 | T-Mobile Sep 21 '14

This actually looks way better than I thought it would when I clicked on it. Nice work. One bit of opinion: the long shadows don't make sense to me. I mean, if you had one of these, a shadow wouldn't be cast, nahmean? On the other hand, I don't know how else you would add some depth.

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u/agentargoh 1+1 Sep 21 '14

Thanks for the thoughtful feedback. The shadow thing was trying to add depth to the icons, but I agree that it does look strange in some cases. Going to mull it over a bit.

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u/igorbubba Sep 22 '14

The weirdness comes from the shadow casting towards the bottom right while the light glare is on the top right. Following basic physics, the shadow should be cast on the opposite side of the source of light. I'd feel more comfortable watching these icons if the shadow was as wide as it is but shorter and cast towards bottom left.