Icon-A-Day, Icon # 21, Network Computer.

Just about done with the network icons.

Thursday, January 27, 2005 by mormegil | Discussion: Icons

A Icon a day Keeps the Creative
Icon 21 (Network Computer)

    This should be the the last of the Network related icons for now. Most people never see this icon, but I always feel bad if I don't include all the supported icons. It is also nice to have since people use it  for a lot of other things.
 
Step 1:

First we copy our My Computer icon.

 Step 2:

Now I take our image of Earth from the other night and crop it down a bit.

 Step 3:

Using the Bitmap Perspective effect I give it a bit of a taper, and Crop it down to fit in our monitor as our screen image.

 
Step 4:

Now that I have our bitmap in place I give it some Gloss.

 Step 5:

Using some rectangles and the Mesh Fill tool I draw in a cord below the monitor.

 Step 6:

I using some more rectangles and the Mesh Fill tool, I draw in some graphics that will be my cable joins.
Step 7:

With the Mesh Fill tool I sculpt our Cable joins to look more metal.

Step 8

I finish up the cord with the Mesh Tool, and make a drop shadow off the cord. I also use the Interactive Transparency tool to fade out the edges of the bitmap and shadow.

 Finished Icon Image.




Click here to download the finished icon.
 

Now I am sure everyone is sick of Network Icons for awhile, so tomorrow I am going to do something different. Tune in then to find out what.

Read the other Icon-A-Day Articles: Icon # 1, Icon # 2, Icon #3, Icon # 4, Icon #5, Icon # 6, Icon # 7, Icon # 8, Icon # 9, Icon #10, Icon # 11. Icon 12 & 13, Icon # 14, Icon # 15, Icon # 16, Icon #17, Icon #18, Icon # 19, Icon #20.

CorelDRAW for Skinners.
Part 1: Mesh Tool 101 & Gloss 101
Part 2: Drop Shadows 101 & Reflections 101

And don't forget to check for all the Icon-A-Day icons as they get made, in the Miscellaneous Icons Gallery at Wincustomize.com
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-OZZY-
Reply #1 Thursday, January 27, 2005 6:14 PM
where do you get your ideas......???
nice.......

47songs
Reply #2 Thursday, January 27, 2005 6:23 PM
Continued fabulousness!!

Corky_O
Reply #3 Thursday, January 27, 2005 6:43 PM
Love the detail.

Thanks, Teach.

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