Change icon from the blue "Google Chrome" icon to something more unique to Ungoogled-Chromium (and less "Googley")? #1756
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maybe putting a U on the middle of the chromium icon. |
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I hate the 6 - 6 - * icon |
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love it if only it were in red it would be perfect |
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That letter will be undetectable in the logo in my taskbar, so in general I am not a fan of logos with letters in them. |
@jstkdng |
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I consider changing the icon to be rebranding the browser. I historically disagreed with rebranding because I think it sends a wrong message about what ungoogled-chromium is. However, I do see the value in adding some small indications that the browser is ungoogled-chromium and not Chromium. I would be willing to have an option for (not require!) ungoogled-chromium builds to include small changes of this manner. Perhaps these changes would be suitable for contrib? |
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Well, at least shortcut icons can be changed when packaging, dunno if icons that appear inside chromium can, like the one in the about chromium page |
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Was actually thinking something a bit more of a departure from the logo entirely - something entirely original, something that captures the spirit of the project instead of still being derivitive. |
But this project is a derivative in a large part. |
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@PF4Public |
The decision to remove Google's code was original. I was referring to honouring that, instead of the original project. |
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In the spirit of Elaston's comments (I hope), I had a very quick try at making an icon that's very obviously "Chromium", and still subtly "not Google".. I'm no visual designer so I'm sure somebody else will have a better idea
(I was first looking into turning the center circle into another shape, like a octagon, but it looked clunky and would probably be lost at small sizes. Then I followed jstkdng's idea of including a "U" somehow) |
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big fan of this design. unsure how it would be with regards to being a similar logo to chromium (legally wise), but this is the icon i use for my shortcuts for ungoogled |
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@jvzr |
For entirely original icon this project must have the entierly original name. On my opinion the furthest changes could take a place - modify original chromium icon.
Edit: Aw.. Haven't notice
Then yeah, makes sense... |
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@sakkamade |
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@jvzr |
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I've actually been thinking about this since I installed ungoogled-chromium a few months ago. I agree with @roshiajin-kunai that it should be green. It's clearly different and clearly chromium, just like the project. The chromium icon is a light blue, which is one of the three main colors we see (RGB) (over simplification); a light green is distinct from a light blue yet also RGB and recongnizably similar. It'd be interesting to see, perhaps, how a light green version of @jvzr 's design, which also incorporates the U, would look. |
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@jstkdng That was my original exploration but it didn't work at all, in my opinion:
@u9000-Nine Something like that? (I tried to be faithful to Chrome's original green hues)
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I Disagree with the choice of green (people might confuse it with bromite) but the general idea is really nice, maybe burgundy or purple would be better? |
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👍 for purple (maybe something like this?) |
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yeah that looks nice |
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I really love this purple one |
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@jzvr @networkException |
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Maybe once a name has been chosen for the project, then focus on a new logo? The project is becoming more and more popular by the day and will probably get Google's attention sooner than later. |
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UnGoogled Chromium Free Icon - Download and Use |
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The second one is kind of interesting :) |
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I agree, the second one has a unique look to it |
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@Tchoor @PF4Public |
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Where is the icon that come with this version? I mean the square with rounded corners ico, btw. The folder to be precise! |
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Taken care of...Thanks for your efforts, eloston! |
All icons are inside .exe file itself |
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More doughnut-like colours, no outlines, sprinkles which are smaller than previous icons 
Maybe the sprinkles obscure the upper reflection too much. And the inner reflection doesn't work properly either. |
see my earlier post, till later |
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oooh... one laptop motherboard dies, one new notebook arrives [the "nvidia accelerated linux graphics driver readme and installation guide" contains forty seven chapters plus twelve appendices for the best practices of installation], still fighting with my brain to understand everything in it [not that each or every chapter could be relevant but how does one know that without reading the whole darned text]. when ready, it will be the dedicated blender machine [containing the lowest, cheapest, piece from the highest of the laptop gpu class]. hoping to finish the remaining tasks [installation, configuration, data transfer, etc.] on it at the end of this week, beginning to work in blender early next week [modelling goes very fast, some time is needed for reading up on those cartoon shader node setups]. till cartoon[ish] chronut icon experiment times :) |
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I found a new piece of software called Blockbench. It's really aimed at minecraft low poly models, but it seems to have some integration with blender. I was able to create a torus easily enough, but painting it... well I don't understand it that well yet. |
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So here's another try. With a new flavour! 
Aside from the colour they are the same. Maybe the blue one needs a different colour background. The upper highlight is meant to show that the icing is shiny. I'm still trying to get rid of the sharp edge on the inner shadow, but otherwise to my eyes it's not too bad. It's been a while, so @PF4Public @touba-denrael @iskunk |
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I wonder what should the sprinkles signify 🤔 |
breem42 is the "idea boss"... my [spongiformificated] brain tries to tell me: all the patches this contributor or maintainer community creates, uses, to achieve the required results[?] 🤔 all the best till next week [then breem42, other people, can choose experimental model versions, colouring approaches, background, everything that might be worthy of change]... |
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I don’t know if the sprinkle mean anything. There are 24 of them. 😀 There doesn’t have to be deep symbolism here. Just being a chronut is enough. The sprinkles are a further cue to help people recognize what it’s meant to be. And calling it a chronut, hopefully makes the connection with chromium for some people, if the design isn’t obvious. And maybe it should be more obvious. |
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on the [planned] blender model each [except, perhaps, the three division of the chronut] part, element, will be capable of being differently placed, scaled, coloured, etc. with quite simply achievable iterative versions. |
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That sounds great. It’s a little like how I number the Inkscape file names. If I’d thought of it I would have used git and saved myself some grief. Btw, in Inkscape I was able to create 3 identical segments of the chronut that were interchangeable. Basically copies of each other. That’s how the original is too. Maybe you can find a way to “slice” the chronut with a curved surface the way I sliced the 2d chronut in Inkscape. The curve of the cut is a segment of an ellipse. The ellipses width is the same as the diameter of outside of the chronut. It’s height is the same as the diameter of the hole. Slice, rotate the ellipse 120 degrees, repeat. It can be tricky getting the pieces to align, but in 3d you can just have multiple copies with the same axis. I’m way better at giving advice than I am actually doing it. 😏 eta: 120 degrees |
suspected just like that... judging by eye only, for your cutting curve, you have used the measurements of your first round version from your #1756 (comment) image, is that [meaning not the later versions with the smaller hole] right?
these are important pointers, that is why the question above. another thing [under debian at least], icon sizes are varied between 1024x1024 pixels, 8x8 pixels [freedesktop icon sizes definitions could also be somewhat helpful]. am not experienced [yet] in exporting .svg format graphics from blender, but [if the results would be wrong or somehow unusable] with the help of the 1024x1024 raster image as base, could it be traced in inkscape easily or would it be the most daunting ugly brain eating task? edit: seems like succeeded perfectly in misplacing my [intended] reply... sorry. |
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Well I succeeded in misunderstanding your post. @touba-denrael Tracing a raster image in Inkscape can be problematic especially when gradients are involved. You end up with either many layers of overlapping shapes of slightly different colours to simulate the gradient, or a posterized result, or possibly both. But I've been fiddling with Blender a little bit. I already have the basic torus shape in the right proportions. And maybe I can import an SVG into blender and extrude it to make the slicing easier. A single slice with complex shape. We'll see. |
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So here's the "platonic" chronut as an SVG. Nearly perfect anyway. I think rounding errors create tiny overlaps or gaps if you are willing to zoom in enough. ETA the hole has a diameter of 683px, a little bigger than 1/3 the total diameter. |
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great! could only screen grab your uploaded image because when trying to download it, this comes up in the new tab [in ungoogled chromium, of course]: 
no real problem here though, because even the screen grabbed one is enough for calculating the needed data, for translating pixels into blender units [or using it as modelling support image plane].
suspected so, but the .svg format for any supplied icon is not really needed [yet] in [at least] the freedesktop standard, so this is only partially problematic [for now].
the suggested cartoon shading of the model [in its basic settings] gives highlight, base, shadow, as colourings [can be changed, though].
the cartoon shader does nearly the same as the posterising method. will see how does any image translate to .svg export from blender at the end [if it is even needed for other desktop environments]. |
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@breem42 |
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No I always start with Inkscape and export to png. Inkscape uses (modified) svg as it’s primary file format. I’m not near my computer right now but I can post an svg later today.On Feb 16, 2026, at 6:07 AM, touba-denrael ***@***.***> wrote:
@breem42,
curve of the cut is a segment of an ellipse
width is the same as the diameter of outside of the chronut
height is the same as the diameter of the hole
suspected just like that... judging by eye only, for your cutting curve, you have used the measurements of your first round version from your #1756 (comment) image, is that [meaning not the later versions with the smaller hole] right?
way better at giving advice than I am actually doing it
these are important pointers, that is why the question above.
another thing [under debian at least], icon sizes are varied between 1024x1024 pixels, 8x8 pixels [freedesktop icon sizes definitions could also be somewhat helpful].
for evaluation purposes, we could stick to the 1024x1024 or 512x512 size in the raster format [this needs to be decided for the polygonal density of the biggest sized donut contour depictions in question].
am not experienced [yet] in exporting .svg format graphics from blender, but [if the results would be wrong or somehow unusable] with the help of the 1024x1024 raster image as base, could it be traced in inkscape easily or would it be the most daunting ugly brain eating task?
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You should be able to right click and download the svg. But whatever works. I’ve gotten an extruded object but I still don’t really know Blender so I’m struggling
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i know that [meaning how to download any image], when trying to test it again, the problem came up even with my own uploaded image. after [perhaps some momentary glitch with github at the time of trying, circa 09:30] reloading the whole page [say] ten minutes ago, everything works now [.svg downloaded, work can ensue again]. which version of blender do you use [compatibility question]? on my new machine, every important version step is installed from v2.79 till v5.2.0alpha, with v5.0.1 being my present workhorse, thus can change to the version you are using. |
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So here's my first (really bad) PNG output from blender. Just a crop of a screen cap. 
I had a hard time getting the slicing shapes to match up to the torus. and the position of the light source is wrong. |
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the model looks really good, even in its present state. i think you have to get your slices [most simple is the pink one] centered on the origin of their radius in order to match up in any array of three. there are way too many lights now [most simple, you can use the nishita sky texture as your light source, however, for that, the model should look up on the z axis, not on the y forward]. i am still working on the high polygonal version, cleaning it up then rebuilding as needed. which version of blender do you use? |
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I’m using the release version, 5.0.1 I dual boot W11 and Ubuntu, and it works reasonably well for both, but my 2020 computer is showing its age. I will try fiddling with it again tomorrow |
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excellent, v5.0.1 workhorse here too, just only under debian. trying to finish here today, mostly at the evening, will screen cap or attach the rebuilt model when ready. another question if you allow, those squiggly wavy cutting lines versions are out for this time, i suppose [for the smaller icon sizes, not much of use for them, also way too much for any orderly cleanup]? |
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@breem42 |
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A better model, aligned pretty well. To the best of my knowledge the extruded svgs end up having to be converted into meshes, which I think leads to the crumbly edges. There's a lot of cruft in the file, and I think I got it all to line up by accident. Here's a screen shot (not a render) in object mode. |
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Reminds me of a series of videos from Blender Guru :) |
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yes, those seem to be the fabulous staple blender tutorials [mostly laughed at but quite useful for people in using, explaining, quite a lot of the functions, workflows]. i somehow like this version better [besides the similarity with the original logo] because it looks like after dunking that fried donut once into melted chocolate, then into some icing with [horrible] food colouring, it just waits for those sprinkles during drying. converting curve objects to polygons [at least in this case] leads to topology problems. in the file [chronut 0.6.zip], the cutting objects [the extruded paths] are not properly aligned with the torus parts [the inner wall will have some vertical edges, showing the centering or alignment or scaling issues, which might be caused by rounding errors, i am not quite sure]. that is why, in one of my earlier suggestions, mentioned the biggest icon size where we could have defined the required polygon edges' numbers [in order to get the needed outside roundness, smoothness]. for the 1024x1024 pixels size, the choice could be 240 vertices [divisible by three] for the torus [that is why i mentioned the high polygonal version that is needed for proper cleanup after cutting, in the same post]. i have one cleaned up version about two fifths ready, only during the last three days through this double weather front [being one "half old half dead" person with terrible migraines as my sole blessing], i was perfectly unusable [had to take very strong prescription medications too]. today is somewhat better already [also as for warming back up this shitty brain], played around with elements of possible cartoon shaders. i will try to finish cleaning up, rebuilding, the model with renderable topology as fast as possible [also as my head allows, only i am usually unable to predict my weather dependent problems]. edit: the promised couple of "cartoon colouring playground" results. these are eevee screengrabs in material rendering mode [have never used eevee before, it is just this renderer is much more cartoon shader friendly]. the outline colours, shadow colours, base colours, highlight colours, are editable in their hue, saturation, lightness values, somewhat in their "sizings" too, for reaching more pleasing harmonies on the whole chronut object [when it will be ready for rendering]. the light source is changeable in its elevation, rotation [like any good sun light, constrained to the world center]. 
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i should have made a new reply with the images above [sorry, still the brain fog from the weather and the medications]... |
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Those look pretty good. Can you apply that technique to the object I just posted? I hope you are feeling better soon. Being sick is no fun. Stay in bed. There's no hurry with this stuff. |
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@breem42 |
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This one seems better. Here's a render |
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@breem42 I see.... Having less details would make the icon still recognisable in ico-size. If we"re to explore this domain, how about completely change the colours? Like three distinct colours? |
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Well... If it's going to be "chronut" the icing will obviously be in contrast to the rest. Maybe more contrast between the two brown segments. Or maybe we could have 3 different colours of icing, with sprinkles all around. I'm thinking of how a person might first encounter it. It has to be obvious to many people. A three colour torus that doesn't show it's edible nature doesn't look like a chronut, much less a doughnut. Maybe the three colours of icing could be on the outer surface, and the inner surface could show it's "doughnutness". It gets complicated. A sudden thought. To make it obvious, don't view it from directly above, but from an angle, say 60°, with the three colour icing dripping down, still showing the underlying pastry. That's worth investigating. |
that is what i suspected [the original from blender is perfect], the added backround shows that steppiness in the selection around the alpha [transparency] channel selection [in such matters, it is best practice to leave everything to blender, or using the .exr format then trying that with other programs]. |
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@breem42 @PF4Public |
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@universish stop spamming |
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So here's render at an angle, with chocolate, plain, and mocha flavours. Maybe the chocolate can be darker. This is a tweaked PNG with the background removed. 
Adding icing... it's going to take some investigation. It will have to happen in Blender, which I'm still lousy at. And maybe we don't need all that shading in an icon, unless @touba-denrael can make it work. The idea is to eventually have icing sort of like a "Bundt" cake. Right now it's not very good at a large size, and you can see the imperfections in the mocha section. ETA: @touba-denrael sorry to change everything so quickly. You were probably just putting on the last sprinkle on the previous idea. And the more complicated it is, the more time it takes to render. This new angle on things (see what I did there?) may not work out. I'm already having my doubts. |
that bundt cake is easy to model [the chronut version was only problematic with the cuttings, using curve objects to polygons].
you are the "parent of invention", you use your ideas as the art director here [just please leave some time for doing things in blender].
heh... the last couple of millions, burying the chronut during thousands frames long simulations... 🤣 i suggested the cartoon shading rather because of the present trend to simplificating everything [nearly into black white] in icon design [in certain circles, even gradients are frown at].
new angles, new ideas, are always useful [even when still waiting for the possible results of the earlier iterations].
do not do that... exploration is the needed approach. |
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So here's a render. 
Colours are wrong, lighting is bad, needs drips in the center (though that might not show in the icon). Blender is a b*tch to learn. |
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great results.
i like its logic [also its more scientifically weighted approach] better than that in [old, till 2006] maya [before the autodesk acquisition of alias|wavefront, i was, on couple of occasions, the demonstrator of the program in one far away country]. after these past couple of [worse to worst] days, now also working on loads of things [again], stylised bundt cake, gugelhupf straight, twisted, chronut things, icings versions, placements, glazings, sprinkles versions, different shaders], similarly to [seemingly] you. am not quite there yet, but it seems to be possible to place multiple layered icings through geometry nodes, dynamically following the underlying base geometry plus the previously placed layers [think butter coloured layer, upon that, thin cocoa decoration, above that sprinkles, above that... have you ever seen such beauties? first plus sixth image, minus that ugly baked cake part]. will edit this post when the results become worth of putting up [nearing to that, albeit slowly]. |
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This one is pretty rough. I have to figure out how to smooth the edges of the icing some more. 
I think I put too many polys in the icing because my computer crashes every time I try to render it, so this is a screen cap. |
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@touba-denrael It seems obvious to me that you could do quickly what I am so poorly attempting in blender. I would appreciate you doing the implementation. It would save me many hours of struggle. If you want to post something and let me offer feedback, I will gladly collaborate. I don't know why I kept working at this so long when you (and many others) can do it better and offer possibilities I don't even know exist. I found the "Load UI" setting you mentioned. If you want to give it a try, so do I. Thank you. |
@touba-denrael I'm a bit confused. I thought the zip would contain a ".blender" file to respond to. |
the text file describes what might be needed, what is being worked on, etc., for both of us, serving as the inventory or starting point on your ideas in their present state. scene files will follow [sorry for the misunderstanding]. anything you might wish to add or change [there are a couple of things to be decided too] can be put into that file, you can reply the same way [in order not to clutter up the thread even more]. anything worthy [after applying your guidance, critique, lead] to put up in this thread could be, will be, shared here. |
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file attached. |
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All the suggested icons include the "g" symbol. 
This icon does not display images resembling the characters “9” or “g”. |
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But should this be a browser"s icon, it would say: "Don"t use this browser!". Am I wrong? |
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@universish It's a sort of "cyber rose". The shapes of the "petals" are interesting. I'm curious how you came up with them. It's hard to come up with ideas that people will like. It's not enough that I like my ideas, other people have to like them too. And usually they want something a bit different. Or they don't like them at all. BTW you seem to have strong ideas about the icon design. Maybe you would like the fist icon from a few months back. Not everyone did though. Edit to add @ reference |
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@universish a small suggestion for improvement of the design as it is: make the inner edges of the "petals" conform to the round shape of the 🚫. People may or may not like the basic concept, but the overall appearance would be more pleasing. If you wish I could try re-creating it in inkscape. It could be an interesting challenge because come corners are sharp while others are rounded. It might be the basis of more design iterations. ETA comment about corners. |
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@universish So I messed with it. 
Tracing in inkscape was messy, introducing a lot of inaccuracies, including curvatures, colour, and symmetry. The 🚫 is wonky. I tried to clean it up as best I could. Taking a more hands on approach to preserve fidelity would have been very time consuming. Creating the original in a raster based image editor (like Gimp) would have been very time consuming (at least for me) so I'm doubly impressed if that's how you did it. The gap between the 🚫 and the petals is too large, but it was the only way to get the effect I was trying for. I could have expanded the 🚫 to fill in the space, but I thought that might be too big of a change. Here's the inkscape file and the png if you are interested. |
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thanks |
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there is content [.blend file plus couple of questions] in my earlier comment [indeed, my failure to put it in the newest segment of the thread]. |
@touba-denrael Sorry I missed that post. I will have a look. Thank you. |
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attached zip archive containing .blend[s] plus .txt [above this post there is one .txt file too still from last week]. |
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I suggest you go troll somewhere else. If you seek to divide us along political lines, you are not welcome here. |
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