Icon 81 (Search)
Tonight we can finish off another lose end. The start menu is mostly done, however I seem to have skipped the Search icon. I always like to try and come up with something clever when doing these, but when it comes to Search, I never can. I almost always end up doing a Magnifying glass. The only thing I can think of to do to make these match the rest of the icons is to make sure the colors match, as well as the perspective.
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Step 1:
First we will start with a few squares and circles. I Rotate them a bit, and group them.
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Step 2:
Now we take our group that we just made and slant it back with the Perspective tool.
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Step 3a:
Once I have a perspective I like, I ungroup the top of the glass, and do some Copying and Trimming to make a simple extrusion.
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Now with two mesh fills and a bit of gloss, I draw over our boxes to make a handle for the glass.
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Step 5:
Now I use standard Gradients to make the upper part of the glass look like metal.
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Step 6:
Now we place a new circle in the center of the head and using the interactive transparency tool I give it a radial transparency.
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Now we give the glass some glare.
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Now using our standard reflection techniques we give the icon a reflection,
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Last we have to give the icon a new shadow using our normal techniques as well.
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Finished Icon Image.
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Click here to download the finished icon. |
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I think that wraps up our Start Menu icons. This is also a good element that we may find more use for later. See you all tomorrow.
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