Icon-A-Day, Icon # 69, Help
Help, Help, I have to do the Help Icon.
Thursday, March 10, 2005 by mormegil | Discussion: Icons
Icon 69 (Help) I wanted to do the Scanners and Cameras icon today, but I want to put some time into that one, so I am going to put it off for a few days. I am gearing up to do the big portion of our move on Saturday, so I am going to do a some of the simpler icons we have left to do. A while ago we did the "Folder Options" icon, in the process we made a glass checkbox. I liked the way it looked, and I think I am going to use that element to do several of the "Start" icons. Today we will start this process with the Help icon. | ||
Step 1: First thing we do is copy the Folder Options icon. |
Step 2: I delete the folder, and the reflections. And use the mesh tool to change the color of the center rectangle to blues. |
Step 3: Now I type myself a "?" and convert it to curves. |
Step 4: Now using the perspective tool I tweak my "?" to look like it is the same perspective as the glass block. |
Step 5: Now using the contour tool I give our "?" a "poor mans bevel". |
Step 6: Once more with the contour tool I give the "?" an inner contour to give it some depth. I also give the "?" some glare. |
Step 7: I put a temporary gray box behind the icon to see how it will look on darker backgrounds. I also give the "?" a nice new drop shadow. |
Step 8: Last thing we have to do is give it our standard Reflection. |
Finished Icon Design. |
Click here to download the finished icon. | ||
This should start us off on a bit of a string of "Start" icons. Check in tomorrow for the "Run" icon. Se ya then. |
Reply #2 Friday, March 11, 2005 1:38 AM
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Reply #1 Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:40 PM
Thanks.