Icon 21 (Network Computer)
This should be the the last of the Network related icons for
now. Most people never see this icon, but I always feel bad if I don't
include all the supported icons. It is also nice to have since people
use it for a lot of other things.
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Step 1:
First we copy our My Computer icon.
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Step 2:
Now I take our image of Earth from the other night and crop it down a
bit.
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Step 3:
Using the Bitmap Perspective effect I give it a bit of a taper, and Crop
it down to fit in our monitor as our screen image.
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Step 4:
Now that I have our bitmap in place I give it some Gloss.
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Step 5:
Using some rectangles and the Mesh Fill tool I draw in a cord below the
monitor.
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Step 6:
I using some more rectangles and the Mesh Fill tool, I draw in some
graphics that will be my cable joins.
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Step 7:
With the Mesh Fill tool I sculpt our Cable joins to look more metal.
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Step 8
I finish up the cord with the Mesh Tool, and make a drop shadow off the
cord. I also use the Interactive Transparency tool to fade out the edges
of the bitmap and shadow.
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Finished Icon Image.
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Click here to download the finished icon.
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Now I am sure everyone is sick of Network Icons for
awhile, so tomorrow I am going to do something different. Tune in then
to find out what.
Read the other Icon-A-Day Articles:
Icon # 1,
Icon # 2,
Icon #3,
Icon # 4,
Icon #5,
Icon # 6,
Icon # 7,
Icon # 8,
Icon # 9,
Icon #10,
Icon # 11.
Icon 12 & 13,
Icon # 14,
Icon # 15,
Icon # 16,
Icon #17,
Icon #18,
Icon # 19,
Icon #20.
CorelDRAW for Skinners.
Part 1: Mesh Tool 101 & Gloss 101
Part 2: Drop Shadows 101 & Reflections 101
And don't forget to check for all the Icon-A-Day icons as they get made,
in the Miscellaneous
Icons Gallery at Wincustomize.com |
