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janvanlysebettens — Quicktut: glossy icons

Published: 2008-03-28 15:23:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 2700; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 122
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Description A Quick tutorial:

Just an overview of the steps I go through when making an icon.

icon made for depthskins design studio , don't use.
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Comments: 32

numser2 [2009-05-01 21:42:58 +0000 UTC]

Nice Tut Man.

Helps Alot!

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frozenpandaman [2008-09-27 15:31:22 +0000 UTC]

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cc-Designs [2008-05-28 12:29:53 +0000 UTC]

Lovable. Thanks for this great tutorial!

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AimanStudio [2008-04-28 14:59:33 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

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zeolyte [2008-04-08 02:30:59 +0000 UTC]

nice tut

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Gmarconato [2008-04-04 02:02:56 +0000 UTC]

Nice tut!

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hyoori [2008-04-01 16:21:39 +0000 UTC]

kool. thanks for sharing

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elusive [2008-03-31 13:56:15 +0000 UTC]

Nicely done.

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33xiT [2008-03-30 22:24:37 +0000 UTC]

Good

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mj-coffeeholick [2008-03-30 00:36:34 +0000 UTC]

it helps a lot !

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vincentvc [2008-03-29 14:42:15 +0000 UTC]

Don't know, it should be more like the original photo and don't think it's that 'glossy' imo. Though, fun for a simple icon.

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janvanlysebettens In reply to vincentvc [2008-03-29 14:57:26 +0000 UTC]

why should it look more like the original photo ?

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vincentvc In reply to janvanlysebettens [2008-03-30 08:31:16 +0000 UTC]

Because you could make it more glossy than.

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janvanlysebettens In reply to vincentvc [2008-03-30 10:46:51 +0000 UTC]

how's that ?

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vincentvc In reply to janvanlysebettens [2008-03-30 11:10:53 +0000 UTC]

Use of colors, now it are all very light colors. If it was more black you could create more contrast by adding white glows are something.

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janvanlysebettens In reply to vincentvc [2008-03-30 13:19:53 +0000 UTC]

It had to be blue.

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Bobbyperux [2008-03-29 12:23:54 +0000 UTC]

Quick but quite self-explanatory tutorial to me.

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BoffinBrain [2008-03-29 12:04:25 +0000 UTC]

Looks awesome at the intended target resolutions. One observation is that the final previews seem to be cropped at the bottom.

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janvanlysebettens In reply to BoffinBrain [2008-03-29 12:14:45 +0000 UTC]

yeah I noticed... the real icons aren't cropped though...

( and what's with the anger mood ? )

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BoffinBrain In reply to janvanlysebettens [2008-03-29 12:20:48 +0000 UTC]

Whoops... I was buggering about with the mood menu cause I was bored. You know I never use moods.

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janvanlysebettens In reply to BoffinBrain [2008-03-29 14:57:48 +0000 UTC]

I know you don't.. that's why I was so surprised

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ronysay [2008-03-29 00:42:54 +0000 UTC]

great tut

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evil-pumpkin [2008-03-28 23:25:44 +0000 UTC]

great tut! I like it, thank you for this overview...

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J3K [2008-03-28 19:13:49 +0000 UTC]

very short
but nice icon...

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ipholio [2008-03-28 18:37:35 +0000 UTC]

you gonna release some icon sets soon?

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janvanlysebettens In reply to ipholio [2008-03-29 09:09:45 +0000 UTC]

some private ones, yes

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shftfrm [2008-03-28 16:24:45 +0000 UTC]

it's quick, really quick

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ivelt [2008-03-28 16:19:44 +0000 UTC]

Sweet.. XD
Perhaps you could also add some more to it.. such as shines, burn and dodge to it. It'd look awesome that way.. To make it more realistic/tit0-ish.

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janvanlysebettens In reply to ivelt [2008-03-29 09:09:31 +0000 UTC]

yeah, thing is that these icons where only needed in 32x32 and 48x48 px versions.. so adding that much detail would be a waste of time I think..

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prld [2008-03-28 16:08:26 +0000 UTC]

Nice looking tutorial man

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Icetrix [2008-03-28 15:54:11 +0000 UTC]

Not really a tut... but if you look that way it can be lots easyer^^... thanks for the idea!

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Kip0130 [2008-03-28 15:36:37 +0000 UTC]

Nice tut

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