Icons that I made

meh · Post by **meh** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 8:22 pm

I was bored so I made some Icons with Gimp. I will make more later.

The weird thing is that I don't really know how to use Gimp.

I know I didn't do very well on them.

Combuster · Post by **Combuster** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:34 am

It surpasses my skills by far

Nice work

crazygray1 · Post by **crazygray1** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:18 pm

Pretty GOOD!

Bobalandi · Post by **Bobalandi** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:12 pm

That's pretty beast, they're all shiny

Craze Frog · Post by **Craze Frog** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:34 am

I know I didn't do very well on them.

Sorry, but then why did you post them?

Solar · Post by **Solar** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:03 am

Hmmm... Image File a different size / form than other file-type icons?

ucosty · Post by **ucosty** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:46 am

Craze Frog wrote:
I know I didn't do very well on them.
Sorry, but then why did you post them?

Feedback, I suppose.

The file icons are the better of the icons in the pack. The rest need more contrast, like a darker border to seperate them from the background. Perhaps you should pick a small colour palette (3-4 colours) and base all the icons around those (and their shades) to get a consistent look.

Solar · Post by **Solar** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:16 am

The best icon set I have seen so far - not on an absolute scale, but when compared to contemporary work - was the MagicWB set for the Amiga. It used a fixed 8-color palette and a very consistent style.

http://aminet.net/pix/wb/wbscreen.jpg

Much of the work that came after that was more focussed on showing off leet gfx sk177z or coming up with yet another "style", resulting in people having dozens of different icon styles on a single desktop... yuck.

ucosty · Post by **ucosty** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:47 am

This site is good for icons from oses
http://www.guidebookgallery.org/icons

edit: I still like copland and rhapsody/openstep style icons

Steve the Pirate · Post by **Steve the Pirate** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:48 am

In my opinion, Tango are the best icons around.

-Stephen