Icon-A-Day, Icon # 32, Folder options.
Folder Options Folder, is hard to say.
Saturday, February 5, 2005 by mormegil | Discussion: Icons
| Icon 32 (Folder Options) I wanted to do something simple today so I could have time for the making this weeks issue of CorelDRAW for skinners, so I thought it would be nice to do the Folder Options folder. This is a new icon in the supported folders of IconPackager, and one that you will see if you look for it in the Control Panel. The icon ended up taking a bit more time than I expected, because I wanted to do something kind of neat. (And because I was watching bad movies while I did it). So off we go. |
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| Step 1:
Once more we will start with the Admin Folder, removing the people overlays. .jpg) |
Step 2: My idea for this icon is to do a check box overlaying a "System Folder" But I want the check to be cool so I am going to place it on a piece of glass. So we start by drawing a check, and placing it on top of a few rectangles. .jpg) |
Step 3: Now I group those together and slant it back with the Perspective tool. .jpg) |
| Step 4: Now fill the back shape, with white, and using the Interactive Transparency tool I give it a gradient transparency. I copy the back shape twice, then offset the two copies and trim them down. This gives us the illusion of depth to our glass. .jpg) |
Step 5: Now I fill the check with a Contour and Gradient, Much like in the last two icons, but without the glare. Then I pull a simple drop shadow of the check. I trim the shadow down a bit with the node edit tool, to make it look like it is only dropping on the glass. .jpg) |
Step 5: Using the Reflection techniques on our check box we make a nice reflection. .jpg) |
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Step 5: Using the Shadow Techniques I make a pretty elaborate shadow to place behind our checkbox. It is subtle in the finial image but it is the polish we want. .jpg) |
Finished Icon Image.jpg) |
SS.jpg){kind=icon} |
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One more folder down. I'm off to do CorelDRAW for
skinners #4. Check back in tomorrow for more. |
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Reply #2 Saturday, February 5, 2005 8:41 PM
Question:
How much are you trimming off the 2 copies of the back object, and are you trimming evenly all around, or just from a couple sides?
Thanks.
Reply #3 Sunday, February 6, 2005 7:50 AM
Reply #6 Sunday, July 3, 2005 11:14 AM
Anyway, I was wondering if u could do a tutorial or something about how you give depth to the glass, because im tryin to do that for an icon im tryin to make (im a beginner) and I just cant figure it out.
Thanks,
ron
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Reply #1 Saturday, February 5, 2005 7:18 PM