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  • + kiramui kiramui 6 months ago
    uhmm? what application u use in making these icons?..hehe its great..
  • + balquidder balquidder 2 years ago
    excellent intro
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  1. Hello!
  2. Icon Design Explained (quickly) JON HICKS : HICKSDESIGN
  3. Anatomy of desktop icon (The Techie bits)
  4. 48px MIRO ICON 128px 32px 24px 16px 256px 512px
  5. SCALED DOWN REDRAWN
  6. SCALED DOWN REDRAWN
  7. APPLICATION ICON RESOURCE CHART 16 24 32 48 128 256 512 OS X 10.5 .icns • • • • • OS X 10-10.4 .icns • • • Windows Vista .ico • • • • • • Windows XP .ico • • • • • Windows 95-2000 .ico • • • • Linux .svg .png • • • • (uses .svg) Favicons .ico • •
  8. Tips for creating icons
  9. THE METAPHOR Keep the idea simple and memorable Don’t feel you have to be too literal…but… Don’t be abstract for the sake of it - if it’s a home icon, make it picture of a home! Make it fun if you can!
  10. EXAMPLES OF ‘FUN’ APPZAPPER TRANSMIT
  11. USE CONSISTENT LIGHTING
  12. My Workflow
  13. RESEARCH
  14. SKETCHBOOK
  15. VECTOR SKETCHES
  16. ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR or FIREWORKS
  17. ICONBUILDER
  18. DONE!
  19. FREE TOOLS ๏ Inkscape is especially suited to making Linux icons - direct to .svg ๏ Other good free tools like png2ico or online apps like favikon.com
  20. Icon Design Explained (quickly) h p://del.icio.us/jonhicks/ icondesigntalk

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