no wukkers, sounds like you have everything sorted, good luck, looking forward to the end result xx

uuumm.....well, o.k., I'll put in my two-cents worth of advice here. First of all, don't get too caught up in the details. Remember, most people keep their icon sizes to a minimum on their computers, so details that are too small and intricate get lost in the smallness or resolution ,whatever you want to call it. Secondly, I wouldn't go with the folder inside a folder. At almost any resolution it will just become undefined and too much of a conglomeration for people to feel comfortable with. My philosophy is , keep it simple and straight forward and BIG. Most people want to be able to just glance at a folder to tell them what it is. Keep your icons in the folders BIG, CLEAN, and SIMPLE. Not only will it be alot easier on you as the artist, but it will also garner some extra attention when people are browsing for icon sets. Anyway, that's my humble opinion. Keep up the great work. You are definitely a talented artist.       --Ace ---

Hmmmm, where have I been... missed this thread entirely... 'til now.

Anyhow, Helen, like WOW, these icons are top notch in every way.  Yup, love 'em.   They're right up my alley, with a bit of a Medieval look and that bonded leather appearance.   Yup, looking forward to these, that's fer sure.

Starkers - Cheers for the comment. Glad you like them (so far).

AceMatrix - Thank you for the input. But I feel I have to reiterate some points I've already made. I've looked at icons by people far better at making them than I, and they look awful at lower resolutions. I for one do not have my icons at a small scale. It seems kind of redundant for skinners to make icons that look amazing at 256px if people are just going to have them at the smallest scale and miss out on all the sweet,juicy goodness that has been put in to them. However, if people think my icons look awful at low resolutions, they have choices. They can make the icon resolution bigger, or they can use different icons. Either option is fine by me. I can never hope to please everyone, and if I start changing things purely to appease the masses, where does it stop. We have to please ourselves first, regardless of how selfish that may sound.

I do not disagree with you necessarily on all the points you made. It's just maybe we have a different approach to icon making, which is certainly not a bad thing. Thank you for your continued support, it's greatly appreciated.

The way I see it, is if your icons are tiny, like when you have your documents in 'list view 'or 'details' then you don't really look at the icons, you are looking at the text not the icon. The icons at that size are usually just a 'suggestion' of the program or folder, because they are so tiny and usually pretty crappy looking, if you know what I mean.

Obviously it's important to make them look as clean as possible, but if you look at any icon at 16px, it is not really a good image no matter how awesome the 256px one is, no matter who made it.

You're doing great Helen! You have really captured the look and feel of the windowblind in the ones you've made so far. I'm really looking forward to seeing more!

Cheers Cyndie

Took a day off form the icons today to spend plenty of time with my better half, but I should have the drives finished by Monday at the latest. Then I'll get back to the folders and then start the system files and control panel stuff, which I think make up the bulk of any iconpackage.

I like skinning for a few reasons but mostly because it allows me to work with graphics again. I was good at Graphic Design when I had to do it on the courses prior to my degree, but I never wanted to pursue it as a career because I viewed it as being much the same as marketing and advertising, which I loathe. Skinning is a kind of niche area of Graphic Design to me, only we're not trying to hawk some cheesy wares on people while making them think they're getting something they can't be without. My two penneth, I guess.

Oh yeah, and there's the whole thing with skinning making me feel productive, keeping me sane(ish) and generally stopping me from wanting to do nothing but sit, drool and eat burgers.

Another thing we have in common - apart from the weird things that happen to us at Full Moon  - and that's a complete and absolute abhorrence of advertising/advertisers.  They're right up there with effing bankers... or should that be down there?

So glad you're putting your talent to much better use here.... and the more I see the preview the more I like the look of these icons.

Shhhh... ipsnay on the ansformationtray!

Keep up the great work, the detail is amazing! This is shaping up to be a "must have" Icon Package.

Thanks, Wiz! I'm getting there slowly but surely, and hopefully when I get to the system files it will be easier.

Coming along very nicely Starcandy.  

I'm sure someone in a reply above has mentioned this but your attention to detail on each icon is great. 

Thanks Philly!

Drives are done and dusted. Didn't put shadows on them, but I will do if people think it's really necessary.

oh wow !, very, very nice Starcandy! Looking fantastic!!     --Ace --

I are likin' these very much

Thanks guys!

Going to get back to work on the folders this week. Maaaaan, there are so many of the damn things, lol!

Yup 

Progress has been slow lately. Winter depression has been hitting hard so my motivation's pretty low. Plus I'm still waiting for my damn Wacom tablet to turn up. Two weeks now and don't even know what is happening with it because the courier company tried delivering it three times... to the wrong bloody address! Freakin' morons! That resulted in it being returned to sender, so my partner is hoping to hear something from Amazon soon. Really pissed 'cause I need it for a couple of folder related things.

Anyhoo, just thought I'd post an update. OP image has been changed, but seven icons in two weeks is totally weak. My apologies.

No need to apologize. It'll get done when it gets done... and they look awesome!

Damn right they do! I'm reserving a special place for them when they hit the gallery.