Icon Resource - Learn how to make perfect icons
Date: 30 November 2011 | Posted by: ahmedhhvh
Picture Perfect Icons - Icons for desktops can be small feature guides or large application icons chock full of detail - a giant canvas just waiting to be filled and nicely detailed can be very intimidating. Don?t worry though: Icon Resource will show you how to fit your vision into those power- of-two pixel size documents one shape layer at a time.
Built to Scale - Icons come in many shapes and sizes; from glyphic pictograms to elaborate ?realistic? HIG-compliant OS X and Windows icons Icon Resource covers sketching them out modeling them in just Photoshop or similarly featured software and ensuring they kick ass at all intended sizes ? including fitting them into cramped spaces.
Theoretically Academic - Icon Resource doesn?t just let you figure out the design methods and step-by-steps for pretty pictures it also tells you a bit about the background of icon design the guidelines you have to adhere on various platforms and teaches you common pitfalls so you can prevent those nasty ?redesign situations?.
Theory - HD
1.Introduction
2.About Icons
3.The History of Icons
4.Standards and Guidelines
Technique - HD
1.Introduction
2.Sketching Your Icon
3.Illustration 101
4.Sample Icon: Make a Pencil
5.Sample Icon: Make a Document
6.Putting the Pieces Together
7.Shading and Shadows
8.Composing the Icon
9.Resizing Icons
10.Creating an Icon File
11.Postscript
Project Files
Final Icon
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