Icon 80 (Control Panel)
After torturing myself trying to think of something new to do for the Control Panel icon, I have finally had a "Forest for the Trees" moment. The thing that was bugging me was that I had already used the checkbox overlay in the "Folder Options" icon, and that icon had turned out to be pretty nice. I considered using it for the "Control Panel" icon as well, but I did not like the idea.
As I played with some of our elements from our previous icons I realized that there was a quick and simple way that would let me have my cake and eat it too. Let me show you how.
|
Step 1:
First we start with a copy of our Network Computer icon and delete the globe from the screen.
.jpg) |
Step 2:
Now we copy our Check Box overlay from the Folder Options icon and remove the shadows.
.jpg) |
Step 3a:
We gather up a few more elements; the pen from the My Documents folder and the a gear from the Folder Options icon.
.jpg) |
| Step 4:
Now I make one more copy of the gear, convert the copies to a bitmap and turn them into the new screen image.
.jpg)
|
Step 5:
Now we place the check box overlay in front of our monitor and give it a new shadow.
.jpg)
|
Step 6:
Last I move the copy of our pen and change the cap to Red to make it fit with the Check Mark.
.jpg) |
Finished Icon Image.
.jpg) |
SS.jpg)
Click here to download the finished icon. |
|
Well, that wraps up our Folder icons. I will be doing a few more Bonus Folder icons, but more or less that will be all the folder icons to come in the main Iconpack.
I will put some thought into what icon we will do tomorrow. Check back in to find out.
Read the other Icon-A-Day Articles: (Icon-A-Day Index)
Check out the CorelDRAW for Skinner Index, for links to all the related Video Tutorials.
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
All Images and Text in this tutorial are © Paul Boyer, and may not be reused without written permission. |
