Creating iPhone and Mac icons using Inkscape (Part 1 of 2) Introduction This series will cover the creation of the following different icons: Only the first icon will be created in this part. The remaining four will be covered in the second part. It may seem strange to be covering icon creation in a Cocoa programming blog but the icon is an important part of an application and Cocoa is primarily an application programming environment. While larger development teams have dedicated graphic artists to create icons and other artwork assets, the reality is that on smaller teams or on solo projects, a programmer may need to create icons themselves. The goal of this series is to show non-graphics professionals how to create graphics of an acceptable level for their applications that follow the established visual trends for iPhone and Mac apps.
A vector approach This post is partly a response to Elite By Design's "Design The iTunes Icon For The iPhone And iPod Touch" which produced an iTunes-style icon at 125x125 pixels in Photoshop. Established styles. Rubber Stamp. The origin of this short tutorial is my vote in the referendum for impeachment of the Romanian President, Saturday 19 May 2007. I vote NO to the impeachment and NO to the restoration of the communist mafia, also known as patrulaterul maro or the 322.
How is made Beyond the political statement, here is a quick graphic lesson, a HowTo about creating the rubber stamp above with Inkscape. Using the Ellipse tool draw a circle (keep the Ctrl key pressed to obtain a circle). Done! Update: a Romanian translation is also available. Free Floral Design Vector Graphic | Free Vector Graphics. Free Vector Graphics.