Icon-A-Day, Icon # 15, Internet Icon.
OK, OK, So its a globe.
Friday, January 21, 2005 by mormegil | Discussion: Icons
| Icon 15 (Internet) At this point in our pack, I am sorely hurting for the the Internet icon. This icon is always a pain for me, simply because I am sick of making globes, and every other idea I have had has not looked so good. However, after doing the the My Computer icon, and putting the bitmap image on it that I did, it made me think of doing a realistic globe, and this made me realize that I have not seen a "real" globe in quite some time. So I ran with that. |
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| Step 1:
In many ways this is going to be a pretty simple icon, we have to do some tricks to make it look better than just a picture. So the first thing I do is get a public domain picture of the earth. And using the Power Clip tool I place it inside a Circle. .jpg) |
Step 2: Quickly I put a white Circle on top of our globe, and fade it out with the Interactive Transparency Tool. Also, I add an overlaying black circle over the globe, and Fade it out to make it look, like the bottom of the globe is darkened. .jpg) |
Step 3: Now using the techniques we have used in our previous icons, I create a shadow, and reflection. Also, Copy our globe, convert it to a bitmap. And flip it. Then I fade so only the edge is visible. This is so I can make the right side of the globe is lit. .jpg) |
| Step 4: Now using the mesh fill tool I draw in graphics to make a Cord to attach to the Globe. It took me a bit to get the Cords to look good. Lets just say, play with the mesh as long as it takes. .jpg) |
Step 5 Now I draw in one more shape, for my plug socket. I give it some details with the mesh tool. Also I add some red to the end of our cord, to blend it into the hole in the socket. .jpg) |
Finished Icon Image.
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SS.jpg){kind=icon} Click here to download the finished icon. |
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You can see I did a lot of tweaking in the cord. I also
pulled a shadow off the cord. Over all I think this turned out pretty
good. We will be using this Image a lot in the rest of the pack. Tune in
tomorrow when we start reusing the Internet icon to make the HTML file
icon, and check out the next issue of "CorelDraw for Skinners." |
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Reply #2 Saturday, January 22, 2005 12:37 AM
Ill be looking forward to see more "CorelDRAW for Skinners videos"
Reply #3 Saturday, January 22, 2005 5:00 AM
cords in coreldraw sometime.....but i'll just be patient and see what video
is next....and again thank you for all the time you're spending on this
Reply #4 Sunday, January 23, 2005 6:04 PM
Anyway, I noticed that the link that should refer to thearticle "Icon-A-Day #16 (HTML File)" in fact is a link to the previous article.
Reply #5 Monday, January 24, 2005 4:32 PM
article "Icon-A-Day #16 (HTML File)" in fact is a link to the previous article."
Other links are OK, but that one on your wincustomize home page.
Reply #7 Monday, July 16, 2007 2:39 PM
im a adobe illustrator user and that makes me an anti corel draw..
but your skills are so great!
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Reply #1 Friday, January 21, 2005 10:30 PM