Icon-A-Day, Icon # 69, Help

Help, Help, I have to do the Help Icon.

Published on March 10, 2005 By mormegil In Icons

Icon 69 (Help) I wanted to do the Scanners and Cameras icon today, but I want to put some time into that one, so I am going to put it off for a few days. I am gearing up to do the big portion of our move on Saturday, so I am going to do a some of the simpler icons we have left to do. A while ago we did the "Folder Options" icon, in the process we made a glass checkbox. I liked the way it looked, and I think I am going to use that element to do several of the "Start" icons. Today we will start this process with the Help icon.
Step 1: First thing we do is copy the Folder Options icon.	Step 2: I delete the folder, and the reflections. And use the mesh tool to change the color of the center rectangle to blues.	Step 3: Now I type myself a "?" and convert it to curves.
Step 4: Now using the perspective tool I tweak my "?" to look like it is the same perspective as the glass block.	Step 5: Now using the contour tool I give our "?" a "poor mans bevel".	Step 6: Once more with the contour tool I give the "?" an inner contour to give it some depth. I also give the "?" some glare.
Step 7: I put a temporary gray box behind the icon to see how it will look on darker backgrounds. I also give the "?" a nice new drop shadow.	Step 8: Last thing we have to do is give it our standard Reflection.	Finished Icon Design.
Click here to download the finished icon.
This should start us off on a bit of a string of "Start" icons. Check in tomorrow for the "Run" icon. Se ya then. Read the other Icon-A-Day Articles: (Icon-A-Day Index) Check out the CorelDRAW for Skinner Index, for links to all the related Video Tutorials. And don't forget to check for all the Icon-A-Day icons as they get made, in the Miscellaneous Icons Gallery at Wincustomize.com All Images and Text in this tutorial are © Paul Boyer, and may not be reused without written permission.

Comments

Corky_O

on Mar 10, 2005

Nice mix of the techniques and material looks, Paul.

Thanks.

DigitalCHET

on Mar 11, 2005

Wow.. now this is a killer icon. I love it. Great work as always.

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