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Sunday, July 27, 2008

Drawing A Pencil Icon

Now we can see that icon everywhere, from game consoles to Web applications. Icon is increasingly popular, play an important role, perhaps the most important role in the user interface. However, resources about design is not a pop icon That is why when we have done our first steps in the design icon, it is really difficult to find a good starting point.
There are only a few in-depth tutorials and books with this subject. That is why we would like to share some (I hope useful) tips on how to create a simple icon settings. The tutorial on, of course, not all, you should know how to master design icon, but we hope that it can help you, especially if you have just started learning, or want to learn more about the icon design.

A few weeks ago, we have announced the bright! Icon settings (see figure above) This is a free download from our website. This article explains the process of designing a simple pencil icon, an icon of the icon set. Tutorial is very detailed and in-depth, so you will want to be in accordance with each step there is no problem.
Although we consider a basic, for example, in principle, conceptialization and technology, and in this article can easily be applied to icon design in general. While all the tools that we use this guide is very simple and very easy to work, your acquaintance with Adobe Illustrator still be necessary.
This is the result, we will show and the end of last month's article.




Therefore, how we should start » Usually at the beginning, we have collected a number of photographs of pencil on the net, picked up the details and characters that these pictures and they create a combination of style, for some fresh pencil icon. We always start with hand painting the draft.




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