Icon 82 (5" Floppy)
Tonight we will start polishing off the rest of the Drive icons. I will also be doing some bonus drive type icons, but that will be in a few days. As for today we will do the one of the simplest icons, and yet one of the most useless. But it is still supported and I am sure if I did not include it,there would be someone, somewhere who would miss it. So with no further ado, I give you the 5 Inch Floppy Disk.
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Step 1:
We start off with a circle and some rectangles, giving us the basic shape and elements.
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Step 2:
Once I have my disk elements I group them using the Perspective Tool to slant it back.
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Step 3a:
Quickly I give the shapes some basic fills to see how the elements work together.
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Now we copy the face of the disk and off-set it just a bit, giving the first one the darkest fill, so there is a visible edge.
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Step 5:
Now I copy the face of the drive again and change the fill to black. I also give the new copy a Transparent texture.
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Step 6:
Now we touch up the rest of the fills giving the label and the inner disk some gradients.
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Now with our usual techniques we give the disk a Shadow and Reflection.
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Finished Icon Image.
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Click here to download the finished icon. |
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Tomorrow, we will do the much more useful 3" floppy disk.
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