Icon-A-Day, Icon # 4, Open Folder
Rarely seen, always looked at.
Tuesday, January 11, 2005 by mormegil | Discussion: Icons
| Icon 04 (Open Folder) Today's icon can be one of the hardest, or the easiest icons in the pack. However, in this one case it is going to be quite simple because of the way we did the Closed Folder as "ridged metals". Normally you have to do a lot of messing around to make the folder look like it is opened, but not distorted, and you tend to end up starting form scratch. Once again we are lucky, to make this next icon I made a total of 2 new graphics, the rest are just tweaked items form the Closed Folder. So here we go: | ||
| Step 1: I copy our closed folder icon from Article #1. .jpg) |
Step 2: Now I delete the glare, and the reflection. Then I select the folder front and Skew and Size it until it is in the position that I want. I also Tweak the back of the folder a bit as well. I keep the shadow from the original folder because it still looks OK. I also go in with the Mesh Tool and darken the top of the folder front a bit. This is to make it look a bit less "in the light" .jpg) |
Step 3: Then I draw in some new glare and use the Interactive Transparency tool to fade it out.
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| Step 4: Now using the same technique as the last three days I Copy the folder, Flip and Skew it into position, Convert it into a bitmap and Crop it. Then fade it out with the Interaction Transparency tool. .jpg) |
Finished Icon Image.
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I know this Icon set is starting to look a bit monotone, but in the next few days we shall start adding some color. I like for the basic elements to have some consistency in color before. Otherwise the pack starts to get loud. | ||
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Reply #2 Tuesday, January 11, 2005 12:25 PM
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Reply #6 Wednesday, January 12, 2005 12:49 AM
), or maybe a spider. 
Just had another idea....a road or a highway might be cool.
Reply #7 Wednesday, January 12, 2005 9:34 AM
Just a suggestion : Could You consider a set for IconX users after completing without that mirror-effect ? It looks really good with static icons but just wrong with zooming ones.Reply #8 Wednesday, January 12, 2005 9:42 AM
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Reply #1 Tuesday, January 11, 2005 10:17 AM