Icon 25 (My Pictures Folder)
It's a bit late tonight, but I promised the My Pictures
Folder today, and I don't want to make a liar of myself. So lets get
moving before time runs out.
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Step 1:
First thing first, we copy our Open Folder icon.
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Step 2:
Now I want to have some photos in the folder, and a brush in front,
leaning on the folder. This should match the My Music and My Video
folder and help us keep a consistent style.
I mock these up with some rectangles and the mesh tool.
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Step 3:
Once I am happy with the overall layout of my elements, I go in with the
mesh tool and start doing some details. See the
Mesh Fill Video for more on how I do this.
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Step 4:
Once I have my brush looking ok, I give the brush handle some gloss; (See
Gloss video for more on this)
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Step 5:
I want the brush to be trailing some paint, so I use the mesh tool to
give myself a blob of paint trailing off the brush head.
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Step 6:
Now, most people will use this folder for Photos so lets make some. I
take some pictures that I stole from the Galactic Civilizations Artwork
folder. Using the Node edit tool I crop them so they fit on our Photo
shapes I have already done.
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Step 7:
Using basic drawing techniques I make a border for the Photos, as well
as corners to make them look a bit more stylized.
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Step 8:
Now using the
Drop Shadow Techniques we have gone over I make some drop shadows
for the brush, to make it look a bit more realistic.
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Step 9:
Now using the
Reflection Techniques we have used before, I make a subtle
reflection on the folder, and one on the floor in front of the folder.
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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 try a more obscure, but important
none-the-less, folder, so check back in then.
Read the other Icon-A-Day Articles:
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Icon # 8,
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CorelDRAW for Skinners.
Part 1: Mesh Tool 101 & Gloss 101
Part 2: Drop Shadows 101 & Reflections 101
Part 3: Part 3: Exporting 101, Contour &
Line 101
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