For everyone with a PDA, we need this one.
Icon 75 (Mobile Device)
Today we well continue on through the folder icons. Today's icon is one of the specialty folders; the "Mobile Devices" folder. If you don't have a PDA then you most likely have never seen this one, but it is supported in the IP format, so I want to make sure we do it. Plus I have a Pocket PC and need it for myself. |
Step 1:
Like yesterday, we start with a few mesh rectangles, blocking out our PDA's shape.
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Step 2:
Now we start editing our meshes, giving some shape to the body of the PDA and a nice gradient to the screen.
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Step 3: Now to polish up the screen, we copy our Internet globe, crop it a bit and give it some transparency to make it look like it is on the display. I also give the screen a bit of Gloss, making sure it is above the picture.
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Step 4:
Now with some standard circles and some gradients I make the buttons for the bottom of the PDA. To give them some dimension I also give each button a slight drop shadow.
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Step 5:
To make sure that our PDA matches the other icons I go in and do some more detail editing to the main PDA object, giving it some bevels and some darker panels.
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Step 6:
The last major mesh editing I have to do is go in and flesh out the stylus lying in front of the PDA.
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Step 7:
Quickly I give the PDA and the stylus some texture using our Texture Transparency techniques.
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Step 8:
Now with our Drop Shadow techniques we give the PDA and the stylus some shadows.
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Step 9:
Lastly we give it the obligatory Reflection. See the Reflection Tutorial for more.
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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 another Folder icon. Only a few more to go, then we will have to brush up for more of the obscure icons.
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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. |