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Something along these lines would be fun.

I'm not the greatest designer, but I think you get the idea: a cute rocket with a rainbow trail.

A few other musings:

the rainbow trail reminds me of nyan cat, an animated version in that style might make for a nice loading screen

I looked up "rocket nyan cat" and saw this hamster with a rocket attached: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/nyancat/images/5/58/RocketHamster.gif/revision/latest?cb=20210923233749

It would be cool if someone could do something similar with a lemming.

That reminds me of Buzz holding Woody with a rocket strapped to his back: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/bd893090-c6dc-4d2f-96a5-9ec62637242e

It's a similar feeling, with Voyager (and other apps) picking up Apollo and trying to keep it flying.

The word Voyager makes me think of the Daft Punk piece, there's a bit in the video with an anime style star, this could make for a simpler icon theme: https://youtube.com/watch?v=CqZgd6-xQl8&t=2m29s

I think the name "Rocket" would be a cool name for an Apollo inspired app - simple and effective.

The rocket idea could be anthropomorphised (smiley cyclops) and become a character in an of itself; there was an astronaut with Apollo, there could be a rocket character with Voyager.

I looked up Wallace and Gromit's rocket, because I remember really liking the look, but I don't think it translates: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kb0ooQKbflM&t=2m38s

Orange and Blue is a popular contrasting colour scheme though.

I like the rainbow focus in the brief and I hope to see some cool creations. I'm not precious about the rocket idea, but I hope it inspires some more creative submissions, I definitely think something other than a slight variation on the lemming motif would set this app apart from the rest.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Completely agree! I love characters too. I think Christian was inspired by Tapbot's robot characters for their apps, particularly Tweetbot. His was like a mix between their robot and reddit's logo. Tapbots now have an elephant character for Ivory.

I actually almost drew a smile under the window port, as it'd look like a cyclops character à la Leela, Mike Wazowski, Minions etc.

Two other ideas:

The lemming character could be flying inside the rocket and be seen through the window port.

The lemming character could be flying with a rocket strapped to its back.

[–] mysoulishome 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like both of those ideas a lot

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks!

I just re-looked at aeharding's brief, and noticed the link to some illustrations by David Revoy... and there's one with animals on a rocket!

https://framablog.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-05-23_lets-leave-planet-GAFAM-NATU-BATX_by-David-Revoy.jpg