Icon-A-Day, Icon # 82, 5" Floppy
Why? Because it's there.
Thursday, April 28, 2005 by mormegil | Discussion: Icons
Icon 82 (5" Floppy) Tonight we will start polishing off the rest of the Drive icons. I will also be doing some bonus drive type icons, but that will be in a few days. As for today we will do the one of the simplest icons, and yet one of the most useless. But it is still supported and I am sure if I did not include it,there would be someone, somewhere who would miss it. So with no further ado, I give you the 5 Inch Floppy Disk. | ||
Step 1: We start off with a circle and some rectangles, giving us the basic shape and elements. |
Step 2:
Once I have my disk elements I group them using the Perspective Tool to slant it back. |
Step 3a: Quickly I give the shapes some basic fills to see how the elements work together. |
Step 4:
Now we copy the face of the disk and off-set it just a bit, giving the first one the darkest fill, so there is a visible edge. |
Step 5: Now I copy the face of the drive again and change the fill to black. I also give the new copy a Transparent texture. |
Step 6: Now we touch up the rest of the fills giving the label and the inner disk some gradients. |
Step 7:
Now with our usual techniques we give the disk a Shadow and Reflection. |
Finished Icon Image. |
Click here to download the finished icon. |
Tomorrow, we will do the much more useful 3" floppy disk. |
Reply #4 Friday, April 29, 2005 3:30 PM
Reply #5 Friday, April 29, 2005 5:11 PM
Amazing icons, I'm glad icon a day series is back!!
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Reply #1 Thursday, April 28, 2005 10:14 PM
Thanks, Teach.