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Published: 2009-02-23 19:51:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 15761; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 3250
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Update: FINALLY went back and updated this, after a bunch of feedback a while ago and my own dissatisfaction with the original piece. Please give me feedback on this, I definitely want to improve my skills in the higher-detail world of icon making.My first shot at the new highly-detailed version of Tango Icons (Mango, I guess?). I first wanted to make a sharper version of this Radio icon: [link] , but then when I got going I remembered jimmac's camera preview [link] , which happens to be similarly shaped to how I wanted this radio to turn out. Soooo...I tried my hand at recreating that look, and I like how the result came out.
Included in this version are the following sizes:
256x256
210x210 (I use it for my FastDial previews)
48x48
16x16
Much thanks to jimmac ([link] ) for the very helpful gif that helped me learn some new techniques and try my hand at some new stuff here.
You all know about Tango: [link]
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Comments: 19
Great work! I love it!
I'm using it as background for the eRadio plugin of my touchscreen software project (Sally Project).
Link to eRadio plugin: [link]
It look's really cool
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no, dont want to have to deal with any complaints or issues that might result of using a brand name.
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Cause its like Sony, but with a P
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Nice, but lacks a little in realism. Keep up the good work!
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Please suggest improvements and I'll gladly update it.
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The front is too plain, No light, variations and other things that would make it seem real. The speaker and button (whick look great) look really out of place on the plain background.
It also seems you lack a couple of sizes (according to screenshot), must-haves are 256x256, 48x48, 32x32, 24x24 and 16x16. Might be that they are in the downloadable file, I haven't checked it.
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256x256, 48x48 and 16x16 are included. The rest arent, but the SVGs are and allow easy resizing by an ambitious third party, should the need require.
I agree on the plain-ness of the front. In a future modification I'll probably add shading at least to the white on the sides and bottom to give a more rounded look. The black-gray center coloring has some, but not much. If I had based this on some real-world radio that I had seen or had a picture of, it would contain much more in the way of details like you are describing....however, this was not the case, its all made up. However, I think that the lower-res icons do not need these extra details....you would never see it, of course. Those will likely remain the same even after I modify the high-res version.
Thanks for the good words on the speaker and dial. They actually worried me the most out of all of it, I didn't think they came out that well, just passable. I'm trying to work on some techniques and learn things, and these presented a challenge to me.
This is helpful, thanks again.
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I do too. Your icons were pretty helpful too in trying to get a grasp on the extra details that such a high-res icon requires.
One question...do you have any advise on getting that telescoping/raised effect like on your camera lens? I had a rough time doing that for the dial (bottom-right) and to a lesser degree, the speaker (bottom-left). Any tips would be very helpful.
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I'll send you the source SVG. I'm sure it will help you.
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