Ask HN: jQuery plugins with awesome logos

4 points by djico 12 years ago | 6 comments

Hi All,

It seems that most jQuery plugins have great looking icons attached to them. Is there a service that provides affordable logos for small plugin projects? Are people linking up with designers? Creating them themselves?? Can anyone comment from experience? I'm very curious.

csallen 12 years ago |

Checkout http://99designs.com/ if you're looking to get a simple logo designed for cheap.

djico 12 years ago | |

Thanks csallen! Do you know if most developers use 99designs? It seems pricey for a plugin that is a side project and doesn't generate any money.

csallen 12 years ago | | |

You really only have two options: do it yourself, or get someone else to do it. As far as getting others to do it goes, 99designs is relatively cheap.

Personally, I recommend learning yourself. Rudimentary graphic design is a pretty useful skill to have. Gotta say though, it can be a little frustrating. Unlike coding, where most of your time is spent building and adding, design requires constantly trashing and starting over, so it always feels like you're not making much progress...

It took me a whole day to design the logo for Taskforce (https://www.taskforceapp.com/) for example.

stevekemp 12 years ago | | |

I almost used it, but I found a decent logo via reddit:

* http://www.reddit.com/r/freedesign/

the82nddoctor 12 years ago |

Logoturn has a pretty good collection of logos accompanied with domain names, some are cheap, most are around $500.

djico 12 years ago | |

Cool website! Thanks for sharing.