Icon-A-Day, Icon # 70, Run
Like the help Icon, only differant.
Friday, March 11, 2005 by mormegil | Discussion: Icons
| Icon 70 (Run) Today we will continue to go through the "Start" icons. This works out for me since I am going to be finishing (hopefully) moving this weekend, and will not have a lot of free time. The good news is that the next few tutorials will be easy for me. The bad news is that the next few tutorials will will seem quite repetitive. On the other hand this will be a good example of how you can use a technique multiple times and achieve good results quickly. Yesterday we did the "Help" icon, today we will move on to "Run" | ||
| Step 1: First things first, we copy the Help icon from yesterday, and remove the "?", and change the background to Reds. .jpg) |
Step 2: Now we simply type out the word "RUN" in a font that we think will look good. This is the same font as yesterdays icon. .jpg) |
Step 3: Now we use the Perspective tool to place the text, so it is kind of floating in front of the background. .jpg) |
| Step 4: Now using the Contour tool, I give the text a "poor mans bevel" .jpg) |
Step 5: Once I have the bevel the way I want I give the text a standard Corel drop shadow. .jpg) |
Step 6: Now with the contour tool I give the text an inner contour to the appearance of depth. I also give it some glare. .jpg) |
| Step 7: The last step is to give the new icon a new Reflection. .jpg) |
Finished Icon Design..jpg) |
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Well, with that I'm back to packing. Tune in tomorrow for the "Suspend" icon. | ||
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Reply #2 Saturday, March 12, 2005 12:23 AM
Reply #3 Saturday, March 12, 2005 11:42 AM
But, might I ask if you plan to "package" these icons in a set when you are done?
Cheers,
Daiwa
Reply #4 Saturday, March 12, 2005 8:41 PM
Daiwa, the entire point of this project is to do a new IconPackager pack, For more details checkout Icon # 1 the closed folder. Thanks
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Reply #1 Friday, March 11, 2005 9:12 PM