Musings on, Art, Skinning, Computers, and the True meaning of Life. (AKA The Lego Theory)
Just about done with the network icons.
Published on January 27, 2005 By mormegil In Icons
A Icon a day Keeps the Creative
Icon 21 (Network Computer)

    This should be the the last of the Network related icons for now. Most people never see this icon, but I always feel bad if I don't include all the supported icons. It is also nice to have since people use it  for a lot of other things.
 
Step 1:

First we copy our My Computer icon.

Step 2:

Now I take our image of Earth from the other night and crop it down a bit.

Step 3:

Using the Bitmap Perspective effect I give it a bit of a taper, and Crop it down to fit in our monitor as our screen image.

 
Step 4:

Now that I have our bitmap in place I give it some Gloss.

Step 5:

Using some rectangles and the Mesh Fill tool I draw in a cord below the monitor.

Step 6:

I using some more rectangles and the Mesh Fill tool, I draw in some graphics that will be my cable joins.

Step 7:

With the Mesh Fill tool I sculpt our Cable joins to look more metal.

Step 8

I finish up the cord with the Mesh Tool, and make a drop shadow off the cord. I also use the Interactive Transparency tool to fade out the edges of the bitmap and shadow.

Finished Icon Image.





Click here to download the finished icon.

 

Now I am sure everyone is sick of Network Icons for awhile, so tomorrow I am going to do something different. Tune in then to find out what.

Read the other Icon-A-Day Articles: Icon # 1, Icon # 2, Icon #3, Icon # 4, Icon #5, Icon # 6, Icon # 7, Icon # 8, Icon # 9, Icon #10, Icon # 11. Icon 12 & 13, Icon # 14, Icon # 15, Icon # 16, Icon #17, Icon #18, Icon # 19, Icon #20.

CorelDRAW for Skinners.
Part 1: Mesh Tool 101 & Gloss 101
Part 2: Drop Shadows 101 & Reflections 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


Comments
on Jan 27, 2005
where do you get your ideas......???
nice.......
on Jan 27, 2005
Continued fabulousness!!
on Jan 27, 2005
Love the detail.

Thanks, Teach.