Icon-A-Day, Icon # 86, RAM Drive

One for the power users.

Wednesday, May 4, 2005 by mormegil | Discussion: Icons

Icon 86 (RAM Drive)

Today's icon is pretty obscure. Not many of us use RAM Drives these days, but it is supported in the default icons in an Icon Package. This one is always kind of odd, but I tend to use a Memory Chip. Today we will do the same. The techniques for doing today's icon are once more almost the same as the last two days.
 
Step 1:

We will start with several rectangles, making up the basic shapes of our chip.

 Step 2:

Now again we use the Perspective Tool to give our chip the basic perspective we want.

 Step 3:

Now we need to add some depth to the icon. So I copy some of the rectangles, mirroring them and shading them to see if they work.

 
Step 4:

Now to round the shape of the chip a bit, I replace the to main rectangles with two Mesh Rectangles.

Step 5:

Just to make the chip look a bit more realistic we give it some texture with our Interactive Transparency Techniques.

 Step 6:

Now with some rectangles and the Text Tool we create some printing to go on the drive, using the Perspective Tool to lay the image on the chip.

Step 7:

Once more our last step is to polish it off with our Shadow and Reflection Techniques.
Finished Icon Image.



Click here to download the finished icon.

Tomorrow we will polish of the Default Drive types with the Removable Drive icon.

Read the other Icon-A-Day Articles: (Icon-A-Day Index)

Check out the CorelDRAW for Skinner Index, for links to all the related Video Tutorials.

And don't forget to check for all the Icon-A-Day icons as they get made, in the Miscellaneous Icons Gallery at Wincustomize.com
All Images and Text in this tutorial are © Paul Boyer, and may not be reused without written permission.

2 Reply 349 Referrals
Corky_O
Reply #1 Thursday, May 5, 2005 6:17 AM
An excellent exercise.

Thanks, Teach.

PurrBall
Reply #2 Thursday, May 5, 2005 2:47 PM
Wow.

Now, I got stuck on the third step.
Hand over the wand, please.

Please login to comment and/or vote for this skin.

Welcome Guest! Please take the time to register with us.
There are many great features available to you once you register, including:

  • Richer content, access to many features that are disabled for guests like commenting on the forums and downloading skins.
  • Access to a great community, with a massive database of many, many areas of interest.
  • Access to contests & subscription offers like exclusive emails.
  • It's simple, and FREE!
Login

Home | About | Privacy | Upload Guidelines | Terms of Service | Help
Copyright © Stardock Corporation. All Rights Reserved.


web-wc01