Suzanne — Sun, 30 May 2004 21:14:26 +0000

Free what? Free icons for my Windows environment? *blink* I run a mac.

That is one crazy busy site.

liger — Sun, 30 May 2004 21:07:54 +0000

FREE.

Roo — Sun, 30 May 2004 03:17:56 +0000

They are 'okay', but I want them to pop more, when trying to paint them I end up getting crosseyed! I will try DrawPlus though I might be able to do something I'll be happier with in there.

Roo — Sun, 30 May 2004 03:13:46 +0000

Yes it was the Icon Experience link above that I had found, I was looking at the largest package there, the one that includes all of the smaller packages.

Suzanne — Sun, 30 May 2004 03:12:30 +0000

lol, what's wrong with those? The only thing that stands out is that the house is quite a lot bigger than the others. Otherwise they are very clear?

So that's the key elements of any site, then?

Home
Contact
About
News

What else could someone use? I know there used to be a lot of dingbats and icons like this ages ago but they were usually quite huge and highly "modified"...

http://www.stockicons.com/ may be of help, but I think they are mostly for computers... ? Oh, no, they can be used for anything. Nice looking bits!

Roo — Sun, 30 May 2004 02:59:49 +0000

I'm working on finishing my *ahem* 'new' site. I've got like four different layouts and I'm thinking something iconic for up top so 1) Contact will be clearly visible and 2) Home - About - News can be omitted from the main text navbar.

This was a quickie unsliced for layout purposes.

Suzanne — Sun, 30 May 2004 02:24:53 +0000

If it works, that's the important part!

When working on vector icons it's really really important to resize regularly and see what detail is lost or out of proportion. I tend to work at 400% and then pop down to 100% to view, rather than making it larger first then shrinking it. I get a better result that way (though if you're making everything into objects, it won't matter, it's when there are effects applied that it can get dicey).

I've seen this question a few times, perhaps there is a market at the moment.

Would you like to identify the main themes?

i.e. home, contact, email, new window, services, ??? What are we talking here for an icon set that would meet all the needs?

Roo — Sun, 30 May 2004 02:14:48 +0000

Yeah! I suppose I could abandon Photoshop and try my vector program. It's a cheapy, Serif Draw Plus 7, but it would allow me to work bigger and then resize.

Suzanne — Sat, 29 May 2004 23:59:47 +0000

If you're interested in photo-realistic work, you could use something like istockphoto.com images and turn them into icons. There are a number of really good tutorials out there for making icons for OSX and XP that go over some of the basics for making icons. Generally you're looking for clarity -- a unified idea.

For instance -- email stamp or newspaper

If you can't do pixel work, vector (Flash, Illustrator, Draw) may be easier? Or hiring someone to do the work custom, these aren't very complex to make, but would be easily customized?

Roo — Sat, 29 May 2004 21:39:13 +0000

The larger ones:

Home - Contact - Paper-y/Newsy kind of looking thing

I ran across one site where the guy was selling a disc, and the work was excellent, but something like 360.00!

I have Webdings, and Wingdings 1,2+3 and Digbats, and Photoshop shapes, and additional Photoshop shapes I purchased.....but damn I'm just not good at it!