James Spratt wrote on Sat, Jul 1, 2006 12:38 PM UTC:
While we're on the subject of graphic icons for chess variant pieces, and
I have volunteered to draw up some new ones for various games, it seems
like a good time to solicit some input from users regarding features that
might make the pieces more enjoyable. This might be hard to do, to
describe theoretical pictograms, but some aspects that could be
universally applied, such as representationalism, abstraction, coloration,
and--what else?--might be definable enough to serve as guidelines prior to
taking pen in hand to draw. Thoughts, anyone?
Fergus, Christine, thanks for your ameliorative efforts; I can get too
close to things sometimes.
