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Description EDIT (May 2, 2013): Check out Part 2! [link]

EDIT (March 8th, 2013): I was reading through my comments the other day and remembered how many requests I had to make more of these. I've always wanted to make more so I figured, why not? I started working on some (so far, I've finished the turret, rocket turret, and several cubes - they'll be uploaded soon!) and, as a result, I felt like I should update. They're really minor changes, mainly in how I make them, but I felt it was big enough to warrant a re-upload. Be on the look out these next few days because another set is in the works!

EDIT (May 20th, 2011): Big thanks to ~drsteve5794 for letting me know that I needed to fix the .zip. After searching for a Mac application that could save files as .ico or .icns, I found a program called Hobiconer ([link] which worked perfectly. Just to cover all the bases, I included every extension (.ico, .icns, .tiff, and .png), along with the original .tif Photoshop documents, the .psd files for both the icon set and the preview image, the .hob file (if anyone else has that program) and the preview image itself. Each group is available in every resolution size imaginable from 16x16 to 512x512 so there shouldn't be any problems. If there are, however, please let me know and I'll fix it as soon as I can.

Everyone who downloaded it so far is probably going to have to download it again because I'm an idiot and used the wrong extension the first time!
Having said that, I hope you enjoy my new-and-improved icon set.





So, ~alicechickenmaster suggested I should try making some computer icons after seeing my ATLAS and P-body vector drawing-things ([link] . I felt that the three that I already had (ATLAS, P-body and Wheatley) weren't enough so, already wanting to do the other personality cores, I made the other three from Portal 2, the original four from the first Portal and GLaDOS herself.

I've never made icons before (well, once, but it was for my own personal use), so I'm not exactly sure if I did this right... I really hope I did, I followed this tutorial-type thingy and everything! If something doesn't work, please let me know and I'll fix it as soon as possible.

I've included a .zip file which has .tif files of every robot-character-thing (all eight personality cores, GLaDOS, ATLAS and P-body), the preview image, and the .psd files to both the icon set and the preview image (just in case you wanted to examine them for some reason). Originally, I was going to include the folder containing the full-size drawings in the icons.psd but they are huge. So, if anyone actually wants to see that, let me know.

Everything included in this set is free to use so long as you don't claim it as your own or use them for monetary gain. If that happens, I'll have to take it down, and no one wants that. If you are to use them in some way, credit me please! That would be nice. And, you should definitely show me - I'd love to see!


Photoshop CS5; it didn't take me all too long to put the set together, unless you count making the drawings themselves, which took forever!
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Comments: 118

VincentVanDoodle [2016-07-17 08:08:12 +0000 UTC]

how about a HAL9000 core? there was a joke about HAl in lego dimensions where he was a core.

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Skollzie [2014-11-08 20:44:39 +0000 UTC]

Look amazing owo i love them

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VaIisk In reply to Skollzie [2014-11-10 20:17:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, thanks! I think I had ideas to make more at once point, but I'm not sure if I remember anymore.Β 

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theseahagger [2013-04-11 12:51:13 +0000 UTC]

THANKS

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DrawingJudgement [2012-12-29 04:34:59 +0000 UTC]

can i use one?

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VaIisk In reply to DrawingJudgement [2013-01-05 05:07:08 +0000 UTC]

Sorry for the delay but, absolutely! That's what they're there for

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DrawingJudgement In reply to VaIisk [2013-01-07 00:28:26 +0000 UTC]

YAY

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Misachi-Chan [2012-09-07 21:03:35 +0000 UTC]

Ah! How cute~ <3
Way to go for making these.
I only wish I knew how to do animations so I could make them swivel or blink or something. =w=

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VaIisk In reply to Misachi-Chan [2012-09-08 19:37:33 +0000 UTC]

I agree! If I knew how to do even the slightest animations, I'd be all over that!

Glad you like them, though, thanks!

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YuraRonimeIE [2012-08-25 10:52:52 +0000 UTC]

SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE!

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Gil-Hushpond [2012-08-24 08:29:30 +0000 UTC]

Side by side, it's interesting to see the differences between the cores from Portal 1 and 2.

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VaIisk In reply to Gil-Hushpond [2012-08-24 19:05:08 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I had a similar thought when designing them. Like, I wonder if they're supposed to be the same thing, just updated for the second game or if the Portal 2 cores are new designs within the universe itself.
It's definitely interesting, that's for sure.

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Gil-Hushpond In reply to VaIisk [2012-08-25 05:28:39 +0000 UTC]

Most likely it's just an updated in-game model, since GLaDOS's head is different as well. Then again the Weighted Storage cubes in-game were different too, but they still used the old model for Chell's original Weighted Companion Cube in the end-game cinematic.

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xidle2 [2012-07-09 19:52:59 +0000 UTC]

you're missing the weighted companion cube, cave johnson, the turrets, and the (not) cake xP you should totally add them in.

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xidle2 In reply to xidle2 [2012-07-10 02:36:16 +0000 UTC]

i feel like a jerk mentioning this now, but i just realized that i forgot to mention the aperture laboratories logo, all four colored portals, and all the various warning signs. if/when you get around to making any or all of these, let me know, i know they'll be just as awesome as this current set!

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VaIisk In reply to xidle2 [2012-07-10 01:18:33 +0000 UTC]

I've actually been wanting to do the cube for a really long time but I've never gotten around to it... And, I'm pretty sure I vaguely remember wanting to do the turrets and the rocket pod so, maybe I'll do them eventually!

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xidle2 In reply to VaIisk [2012-07-10 02:36:41 +0000 UTC]

i feel like a jerk mentioning this now, but i just realized that i forgot to mention the aperture laboratories logo, all four colored portals, and all the various warning signs. if/when you get around to making any or all of these, let me know, i know they'll be just as awesome as this current set!

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SSBrosB [2012-06-17 17:44:01 +0000 UTC]

These are totally adorable! Awesome job!

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VaIisk In reply to SSBrosB [2012-06-18 04:19:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I'm glad you like these, I certainly worked hard on them! I must admit, I'm pretty fond of them myself.

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SantiagoLP98 [2012-02-14 21:33:13 +0000 UTC]

Can you convert them to EMF or SVG and send them to me?
It's for an Aperture HUGE project that I am making.

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VaIisk In reply to SantiagoLP98 [2012-02-14 22:02:52 +0000 UTC]

Sure, I guess I could do that but I honestly have no idea how to. Do you think you could lead me in the direction of a Mac program that could convert them to such a filetype? Unless Photoshop can do it natively, honestly I don't know.

Also, do you think I can ask what the project is? I love seeing what people use my icons for.

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SantiagoLP98 In reply to VaIisk [2012-02-15 20:21:55 +0000 UTC]

Mmm, you can export it to AI (Adobe Illustrator file) with Photoshop.
Here are some screenshots of the project:
[link]
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It's in spanish, but I think that you can understand what it is.
What do you think?

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SantiagoLP98 In reply to SantiagoLP98 [2012-02-15 23:00:20 +0000 UTC]

Sorry, I'm such a moron, you have put the PSD in the ZIP file!
Man you are awesome, but anyway, can I use your icons on my project?

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Catflash [2012-01-18 03:17:36 +0000 UTC]

.... What's your favorite thing about space...
Mine is space.

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VaIisk In reply to Catflash [2012-01-18 05:53:58 +0000 UTC]

Dad, are you space?

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Catflash In reply to VaIisk [2012-01-19 03:29:30 +0000 UTC]

Yes son. Now we are a family again.

Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey lady. Lady. Lady.

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VaIisk In reply to Catflash [2012-01-19 07:25:49 +0000 UTC]

Oooh! Ooh! Hi hi hi hi hi. Where we going? Where we going? Hey. Lady. Where we going? Where we going? Let’s go to space!

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Catflash In reply to VaIisk [2012-01-19 22:30:18 +0000 UTC]

Wait. Wait. Wait. Lady. Lady. Lady-- I KNOW. I KNOW. Lady. I know. I know.




.. Space.

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Inkydanna [2011-12-15 01:20:27 +0000 UTC]

So I can use them as an avatar then? I will credit you I promise!

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VaIisk In reply to Inkydanna [2011-12-16 05:18:43 +0000 UTC]

Feel free, that's what they're there for!

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LookatwhatGabysdoing [2011-10-13 02:47:25 +0000 UTC]

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

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RahRahRahTimmay [2011-10-05 05:36:21 +0000 UTC]

No PotatOS?

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VaIisk In reply to RahRahRahTimmay [2011-10-05 18:43:14 +0000 UTC]

Nope, no PotatOS yet but I could take a crack at it. I've been wanting to do the Companion Cube for a while now so maybe I can do both at the same time.

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roxydes [2011-09-27 21:36:26 +0000 UTC]

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED GLaDOS IS DIFFRENT IN PORTAL 2!?

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Isporkyou In reply to roxydes [2011-09-30 19:02:13 +0000 UTC]

No. No you are not. I think everyone who played both games did.

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orangeseahorse [2011-09-27 02:42:07 +0000 UTC]

You have no idea how excited I am to use these! I was just thinking the other day that my desktop seemed kinda boring, so some fun adorable icons are just what I need

Thank you! They are awesome

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VaIisk In reply to orangeseahorse [2011-09-27 11:59:53 +0000 UTC]

Wow, thanks! I'm glad you like them and I hope they make your desktop a little less boring.

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thenextdoctor42 [2011-09-25 22:20:11 +0000 UTC]

I am setting the Wheatley one for Steam.

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VaIisk In reply to thenextdoctor42 [2011-09-25 23:31:04 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha, awesome! I'm glad you like 'em.

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Ikny [2011-09-07 12:30:47 +0000 UTC]

I'm actually tempted to use them as desktop icons haha, like use wheatley for photoshop or something like that

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VaIisk In reply to Ikny [2011-09-07 16:30:04 +0000 UTC]

Ahaha, feel free! I've actually been tempted to do that before, too!

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Ikny In reply to VaIisk [2011-09-08 16:21:49 +0000 UTC]

... and now I have haha. Wheatley is now officially photoshop haha. Although you have to get a plugin for photoshop so you can save icon files haha.

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Elphiegurl [2011-06-23 02:06:47 +0000 UTC]

THIS IS A STORY... ABOUT AN AI NAMED GLaDOS!!!

They are totally in a Brady Bunch grid. Not sure if that was intentional or not. Poor GLaDOS with all those voices driving her up the wall...

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VaIisk In reply to Elphiegurl [2011-06-23 04:01:43 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow, I didn't even notice that! xD
I arranged them like this because it was the only way I could think of to include some sort of pattern.

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Elphiegurl In reply to VaIisk [2011-06-24 03:33:29 +0000 UTC]

Hey, even if you didn't mean to, it's cute and it makes sense.

Also, I like how Valve decided to update character designs for better graphics. Like there's Gen 1 cores and Gen 2 cores. And you got TONS of the details, like the spots "numbering" the Gen 1 cores.

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VaIisk In reply to Elphiegurl [2011-06-24 17:49:06 +0000 UTC]

I couldn't stop laughing after I read your comment. It was the funniest thing in world, especially because I didn't notice it.

And, yeah, I tried really hard to get as much detail as I could while still keeping an overall simple-looking style. I'm glad you noticed that.

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colethewerehog [2011-05-27 17:44:42 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful icons.
Great job on them.

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VaIisk In reply to colethewerehog [2011-05-27 18:54:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot!
I'm glad you like them.

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colethewerehog In reply to VaIisk [2011-05-27 18:56:44 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.^^

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Fudoko0114 [2011-05-25 18:10:49 +0000 UTC]

Would it be ok if I use the Space Core icon? Of course I'll credit you!

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