Icon 09 (Music CD)
Yesterday was quite the day for me, and I ended up spending about 5 hours of my day on this project, between starting the CorelDRAW for skinners videos, and doing the "My Computer" icon. I must admit the icon took me almost an hour to do on its own - mostly because I had to stop and take the screen shots - anyway I think it all worked out well and was worth it, but today I am going to take it easy and do something relatively simple. This will allow me to get back to work on another icon pack I am working on, and only about 15 Icons from finishing. So lets get started.
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Step 1:
I already have a CD, that I made for the "My Music" folder, and a Note, leaning back, from the MIDI file. So I copy them. These will be our 2 main elements.
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Step 2:
First thing I do to the disk is give it a shadow to match our other stand alone icons. I can do this simply by copying it, squishing it, and using it as a shadow mask.
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Step 3:
Using the "Interactive Transparency" tool I fade out the shadow.
Using the same techniques as in the rest of the icons I make the reflection on the "floor"
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Step 4:
I have copied the note over strait from the MIDI file. It would almost work as is, including its shadows, but you can see that there is a reflection and shadow that is coming off the side of the CD. This looks funny so I will tweak it a bit.
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Step 5
First thing I do is delete the shadows from the original note. Then I skew the existing reflection a bit. and make it a bit less transparent, since a CD is a pretty reflective surface. Using the "Node Edit" tool I round the reflection bitmap to the shape of the disk.
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Step 6:
Now I want to do new shadows. So I draw up a few custom shadow masks; one for the shadow being cast on the floor, one for the shadow cast on the disk.
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Step 7:
Now I pull my shadows, and fade them out with the Interactive Transparency tool.
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Finished Icon Image.
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Download Finished Icon Here |
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There we go, time to get moving. Be back tomorrow, and we will both find out what is next, since I have no idea.
Read the other Icon-A-Day Articles: Icon # 1, Icon # 2, Icon #3, Icon # 4, Icon #5, Icon # 6, Icon # 7. Icon # 8.
CorelDRAW for Skinners videos: Mesh Fill 101, Gloss 101.
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 |