Icon-A-Day, Icon # 23, Email
Ok, so I forgot one globe.
Saturday, January 29, 2005 by mormegil | Discussion: Icons
| Icon 23 (Email) After all my talk about being done with the globes I realized that I forgot one, and one of the most important icons at that: The Email icon. For some time now I have been using the convention of an envelope and a globe for email. I am quite sick of it, but it is the most easily understood symbol and probably the most popular so we will go with it again here. |
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| Step 1:
First we copy our Internet icon and remove the cord and plug. .jpg) |
Step 2: I decided to keep the bottom cord of the Internet icon so I move it back, I also offset the globe to the left of my Guide box. Now with a Rectangle and the Mesh tool I block in our envelope. .jpg) |
Step 3: I place a few more mesh rectangles over my envelope to make doing the details easier. .jpg) |
| Step 4: I go though the new shapes with the mesh tool and mold them into the envelopes folds and flap. .jpg) |
Step 5: Once I am happy with the envelope I use the same Reflection technique we have been using and give the envelope a reflection. .jpg) |
Step 6: I quickly pull a drop shadow off the cord and give the envelope some texture with the Interactive Transparency tool. .jpg) |
Finished Icon Image.jpg) |
SS.jpg){kind=icon} Click here to download the finished icon. |
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Ok, now I am done with the globes. Really this time I
mean it... I think... Later this weekend: CorelDRAW For Skinners, Part
3. |
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Reply #2 Wednesday, February 2, 2005 4:42 PM
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Reply #1 Saturday, January 29, 2005 10:20 PM
Could you please give us an introduction in one of the videos about designing textures with the transparency tool?
Thanks again, Teach.