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How to Create Your Own File Icon
By : Sanjay Khemlani (02/Sep/2011)
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Recently I was given a task to create an icon for our newly redesigned website (which is not online yet); the icons should match the design and should “pop out”. After some time meddling with pencil and paper, it’s time to convert it to Photoshop.
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| Recently I was given a task to create an icon for our newly redesigned website (which is not online yet); the icon­s should match the design and should “pop out”. After some time meddling with pencil and paper, it’s time to convert it to Photoshop.</p> <div> </div> <div>Short History</div> <div> </div> <div>Icon is a graphic interface element, a small picture, which represents an application, file, directory, operation system component, device etc. When the user clicks the icon, a standard action is usually performed (run application, open file etc.).</div> <div> </div> <div>Icons can make your website livelier, and if you’re a graphic designer this is the time to show your skills. We’ve seen what icons can do to a website and how powerful they can be. They can be used to direct our users to another link/page.</div> <div> </div> <div>Today I will show you how to create your own file icon that you can use in your portfolio or in a Client project. As always, we will create everything from scratch. Are you ready? Let’s get started!</div> <div> </div> <div>Head over to my blog to see the whole tutorials on <a href="http://is.gd/M1jDhS">How to create your own icon</a> (you cannot view images on this)</div> <div> </div> <div>As you can see, we created a detailed icon. We tackled the hard part first because that’s where all the fun stuff; we’ve combined different techniques like folded effect, ribbons and shadow effect. Honestly, when I am working on this project I didn’t expect it to turn out this good.</div> <div> </div> <div>Now it’s your turn to show what you’ve came up! I want to see your results and feel free add your own design, ideas are what sets us apart. Hope you’ve learn a lot from this.
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| Web & Graphic Designer from Quezon City, Philippines. I am hungry to learn everything about Web Design and Wordpress. |
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