Icon Resource is a video series explaining theory & techniques of icon design.
Let yourself be taken by the hand through the world of visual interface design, and learn how to design icons for your own application, website, or company. Here a few reasons why it’s worth checking out;
The cinematic experience.
Learn all and even more about icon design in full HD quality Quicktime format movies.
A piece of (icon) history.
Not just dull Photoshop screencasts, but a decent bit of theory to warm you up and help you make gorgeous icons!
Take it with you.
Icon Resource provides iPhone / iPod ready videos to load into iTunes and watch on the road.
Make the world a better place.
Grab some karma for the next life! Any purchase supports the independent full-time icon machine known as Cocoia.
Grab some real resources.
There’s not just movies, but also a wealth of Photoshop source files and documentation to dig into.
Made for you.
We don’t aim at designers, but the intermediate computer user. You, too, can design great icons!
Video Pack Contents
I. THEORY
- Introduction
- About Icons
- The History of Icons
- Standards and Guidelines
II. TECHNIQUES
- Introduction
- Sketching out your icon
- Software illustration 101
- Sample icon: make a pencil
- Sample icon: make a document
- Putting the pieces together
- Shading and shadows
- Composing the Icon
- Resizing icons
- Creating an icon file
- Postscript
the Icon Resource pack includes
High-Definition Quicktime movies- iPhone-ready movies
- All Project files
- Photoshop Sample files
- Documentation and URLs
system requirements
For viewing HD content, a computer with over 1 GB of memory and a 1 Ghz CPU is advisable. iPhone videos require an Apple iPhone or iPod and iTunes software for portable playback.
about the author
Sebastiaan de With is a full-time interface and icon designer from the Netherlands. He has worked with small developers to Fortune 500 companies and provides them with interface guidance or custom icon and visual interface design.