Icon-A-Day, Icon # 25, My Pictures Folder
The Last of the "My" Folders. 11:54pm. Made it in :)
Monday, January 31, 2005 by mormegil | Discussion: Icons
| Icon 25 (My Pictures Folder) It's a bit late tonight, but I promised the My Pictures Folder today, and I don't want to make a liar of myself. So lets get moving before time runs out. |
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First thing first, we copy our Open Folder icon. .jpg) |
Step 2: Now I want to have some photos in the folder, and a brush in front, leaning on the folder. This should match the My Music and My Video folder and help us keep a consistent style. I mock these up with some rectangles and the mesh tool. .jpg) |
Step 3: Once I am happy with the overall layout of my elements, I go in with the mesh tool and start doing some details. See the Mesh Fill Video for more on how I do this. .jpg) |
| Step 4: Once I have my brush looking ok, I give the brush handle some gloss; (See Gloss video for more on this) .jpg) |
Step 5: I want the brush to be trailing some paint, so I use the mesh tool to give myself a blob of paint trailing off the brush head. .jpg) |
Step 6: Now, most people will use this folder for Photos so lets make some. I take some pictures that I stole from the Galactic Civilizations Artwork folder. Using the Node edit tool I crop them so they fit on our Photo shapes I have already done. .jpg) |
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Step 7: Using basic drawing techniques I make a border for the Photos, as well as corners to make them look a bit more stylized. .jpg) |
Step 8: Now using the Drop Shadow Techniques we have gone over I make some drop shadows for the brush, to make it look a bit more realistic. .jpg) |
Step 9: Now using the Reflection Techniques we have used before, I make a subtle reflection on the folder, and one on the floor in front of the folder.
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Finished Icon Image
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SS.jpg){kind=icon} Click here to download the finished icon. |
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Tomorrow we will try a more obscure, but important
none-the-less, folder, so check back in then. |
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Reply #2 Tuesday, February 1, 2005 2:41 AM
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Reply #1 Tuesday, February 1, 2005 2:33 AM
I've seen the CorelDRAW for skiners videos and i liked the brake apart technique.
Is there any way to brake appart the shadows from any object in Photoshop CS?
Or a way to just edit the shadow of an object?