Icon-A-Day, Icon # 81, Search

Time to start tieing up the lose ends.

Published on April 27, 2005 By mormegil In Icons

Icon 81 (Search) Tonight we can finish off another lose end. The start menu is mostly done, however I seem to have skipped the Search icon. I always like to try and come up with something clever when doing these, but when it comes to Search, I never can. I almost always end up doing a Magnifying glass. The only thing I can think of to do to make these match the rest of the icons is to make sure the colors match, as well as the perspective.
Step 1: First we will start with a few squares and circles. I Rotate them a bit, and group them.	Step 2: Now we take our group that we just made and slant it back with the Perspective tool.	Step 3a: Once I have a perspective I like, I ungroup the top of the glass, and do some Copying and Trimming to make a simple extrusion.
Step 4: Now with two mesh fills and a bit of gloss, I draw over our boxes to make a handle for the glass.	Step 5: Now I use standard Gradients to make the upper part of the glass look like metal.	Step 6: Now we place a new circle in the center of the head and using the interactive transparency tool I give it a radial transparency.
Step 7: Now we give the glass some glare.	Step 8: Now using our standard reflection techniques we give the icon a reflection,	Step 9: Last we have to give the icon a new shadow using our normal techniques as well.
Finished Icon Image.	Click here to download the finished icon.
I think that wraps up our Start Menu icons. This is also a good element that we may find more use for later. See you all tomorrow. 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 Apr 27, 2005

Wow! The hits just keep comin'

In 3a - is it Copying and Trimming?

Thanks, Teach.

mormegil

on Apr 28, 2005

yep. sorry about that.

Corky_O

on Apr 28, 2005

Paul,

A few questions on Copying and Trimming, if you do not mind:

1 - when copying and trimming, we create a copy > offset copy > select original and copy > trim command?

2 - do you use the "Shaping Docker" for the trimming in this icon?

3 - do you use the "Shaping Docker" in the case of the silica (glass, aero, etc.) look - specifically in the default file icon or the box in the "run", etc. icons?

4 - if you use the "Shaping Docker" - which original object do you leave: source, target, or both?

Sorry for all the questions, but this is the technique I am unclear on - and would really like to understand how to accomplish this look with your way.

Thank you for all your time - I look forward to your next release (maybe the Core WB, or a package of Core Gadgets - hint, hint).

Thanks, again.

PurrBall

on Apr 28, 2005

Ooooh, pretty!

sssnake

on Apr 29, 2005

Really, really nice.

Can we expect an Explorer icon now?

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