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.

  • mysoulishome@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Interesting to have a rocket as a departure from the Lemmy face or alien head from Apollo. Not a bad thing necessarily but I do like the personality of a character

    • Veltoss@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Not sure it’s a great idea when a competing app is called Liftoff and uses a rocket already though. I like the icon in general but it might lead to confusion when it fits a competing app more accurately.

    • lucas@programming.devOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      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.

  • BoaPirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    the icon is nice but it could bring confusion since liftoff app already has a rocket for app image. maybe pitch it to them

    • lucas@programming.devOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      It’s worth mentioning that the name Voyager was chosen because it was a NASA program closely related with Apollo (hence the astronaut character).

      All of these apps build on Apollo’s legacy.

      I would like to see something original too, if lemmings and rockets are extremely overdone, do you have any ideas for something unique?

    • lucas@programming.devOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Weirdly, I hadn’t noticed a lot of rockets testing on iOS… most of those seem to have the lemming, but apparently there are a few on Android with a rocket.

      I agree with you and I’m not precious at all, I was hoping to inspire more creativity and uniqueness. I’d love to see/hear your ideas!