Icon Resource tutorials: How to make perfect icons for Mac OS X and Windows

30th
DEC

Posted by upa_kid under Graphics & Design, Video Training

Icon Resource tutorials: How to make perfect icons for Mac OS X and Windows
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Picture Perfect Icons Icons for desktops can be small feature guides or large application icons chock full of detail a giant canvas, just waiting to be filled and nicely detailed can be very intimidating.
Dont worry, though: Icon Resource will show you how to fit your vision into those power of two pixel size documents, one shape layer at a time.

Built to Scale Icons come in many shapes and sizes; from glyphic pictograms to elaborate realistic HIG compliant OS X and Windows icons, Icon Resource covers sketching them out, modeling them in just Photoshop or similarly featured software, and ensuring they kick ass at all intended sizes – including fitting them into cramped spaces.

Theoretically Academic Icon Resource doesnt just let you figure out the design methods and step by steps for pretty pictures, it also tells you a bit about the background of icon design, the guidelines you have to adhere on various platforms, and teaches you common pitfalls so you can prevent those nasty redesign situations.

Theory HD
1.Introduction
2.About Icons
3.The History of Icons
4.Standards and Guidelines

Technique HD
1.Introduction
2.Sketching Your Icon
3.Illustration 101
4.Sample Icon: Make a Pencil
5.Sample Icon: Make a Document
6.Putting the Pieces Together
7.Shading and Shadows
8.Composing the Icon
9.Resizing Icons
10.Creating an Icon File
11.Postscript

Project Files
Final Icon
Photoshop Files
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