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Update Hand Icons #2344
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Those are just lovely, very lucidy IMO. The thumb feels a bit long in the not curled up icons to me. |
Hi @jamiemlaw, excellent work on these, they're really nice and crisp. That being said, I share @jguddas's criticism of there being something not quite right about the thumbs, personally, I'd add more rounding to the base or even shorten it as Jakob suggested: Ultimately, while these do mitigate some issues we have with our existing set, I'm not quite convinced about going this route, for the following reasons:
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I think that's fair. The particular rounding at the base of the thumb I chose because the starts and ends of the arc ended on integer values, which I found quite pleasing. You're right that it could probably be more rounded. I'm personally okay with the length of the thumb as I designed it—it's surprising how long thumbs are when you look at them!—but I wouldn't be against adjusting it for stylistic purposes. The one previous example I saw of four-fingered hand icons was in the Phosphor icon set, Whether or not the more cartoony four-finger hand icons are a fit for Lucide, I'm happy to have explored that avenue with them. I might have a go at refining the icons a little and see what comes of it. :-) |
I want to get this merged, can you @karsa-mistmere share the third variant using lucide-studio? |
I'm more against this than for it, to be honest. |
Here are a few revisions to the plain hand icon: My original proposal Variation 1: thumb higher and base of the thumb more rounded Variation 2: my reconstruction in Lucide Studio of @karsa-mistmere's suggestion Variation 3: Same as above but the tip of the thumb is slightly better aligned to the pixel grid Of the four, my personal favourite is variation 1, then variation 3. |
I feel like v3 has a nice palm + thumb, but the fingers are too long. |
So, more like this perhaps? I think maybe I just have freakishly large digits as I've been looking at my own hand somewhat to gauge what proportions to use for this icon! 🤣 |
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There's something that's always felt a little off to me about the hand icons. I think they look a little wide and stubby. I'm not sure if it has to do with keeping a good optical volume, or because it's the only way to include all five fingers. I've also noticed that on icons like
pointer
, the overlap of the thumb make it look like we're seeing the palm of the hand, but the fingers are curled away, so I guess it's the back of the hand?So, I've had a go at designing some alternatives that only have four fingers, giving the hand a more slender shape.
As well as all the current hand-related icons in Lucide, I've included a few others just to show off the repertoire of the new style. I personally feel they're quite expressive. It also includes some ideas requested in issues #1330 and #1740.
CodePen: https://codepen.io/jamiemlaw/pen/xxogQwG/a2c4b71d0628cc9988adaa898e762855
I'm just interested to hear your thoughts. One possible criticism is that certain icons, particularly,
grab
have a small optical volume, just in order to keep them to the same scale as the other icons. I'm also willing to accept that not all of the icons need to be added; some of them are just there for flavour. But it's been fun designing them nonetheless.Use cases
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