DW user head image

[fu]

Someone over on dw_suggestions mentioned that the neutral blank userhead was just begging to have something stamped on it. That idea got stuck in my mind, and I just had to do something about it.

Presented for your voting pleasure, two subtly DW-ized versions of the userhead, which politely states which site you're on, but (hopefully) without sacrificing the original's neutrality:

Poll #9353 DW user heads

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 80

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Which of these images would you prefer for the DW user head icons?

View Answers

- original
29 (36.2%)

- stamped with the DW swirl
14 (17.5%)

- stamped with the DW swirl, slightly darker
34 (42.5%)

None of these
3 (3.8%)

Comments

[exor674]

I am wondering, however, if this will be too close to the official journal icon for anyone ( I am thinking people with greyscale-only devices or various forms of color blindness { I think the exact form that would cause issues is hella rare, but expert I am not! } )

[fu]

I believe not, because of the differences in placement and overall shape. The staff icon is circular with a very prominent swirl, while the regular user head is more elongated and has a subtler swirl. Here are the staff and stamped icons side by side for comparison:

Light background:

Dark background:

(If you or anyone else reading this has trouble distinguishing between the two forms, please comment!)

[exor674]

Looks fairly distinct to me, still might want to wait to see if anyone helse has an opinion.

[fu]

*nods* Gotcha, thank you for bringing it up!

[kyrielle]

I think it is fairly distinct, but on the dark background the staff one is just hard to see as a swirl at all when it's rendered as above. On a background with about the same grey value as the swirl itself (which is slightly lighter than the black here), I can see it being extra-hard. It's not confusing with the other two, though, it just isn't clear what's going on there at all.