[Tango-artists] Techniques

[Leon]

"Ryan Collier" <rcollier at novell.com> writes:

> I've been working on a few tutorials. I'll be posting them soon. 
>  

That's great news. Looking forward to it!

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>>>> Sacrat <sacrat at gmail.com> 07/26/06 3:49 AM >>> 
> I don't know if I'm the only person having this question, but still...
> Should we have some basic techniques for creating Tango- style icons 
> described?
>
> For example, if the goal is making pixel- clear icons with highly 
> professional look (like http://mezich.livejournal.com/13176.html) some 
> things must be clarified:
>
> No bitmap resampling.
> I think it's pretty obvious for anyone with basic small- sized graphics 
> design skills that one of the most certain way to kill an icon is making 
> one in one size, render and then scale it down (or even worse -  up) for 
> others.
> Instead an icon should be redrawn manually at a desired size or scaled 
> in vector editor with needful adjustments of elements to make them get 
> into the pixel grid.
>
> Consistent color
> I've already argued with Jakub about that but the thing is what we're 
> trying to get: a resample- like look or consistent and clear icon set.
> Right now some smaller icons have shifted colors, compared to bigger 
> versions and it's not because of some technical limitations: same icons 
> can be redone without a "color loss".
>
> Clear edges
> In order to create pixel- perfect edges one must follow two basic rules:
> 1. stick to pixel grid and refer to rendering output when possible
> 2. control line width, mostly adjusting it to 1 px.
>
> There're many more things to mention in order to have a consistent icon 
> theme look, but these are the major I think.
>
> The less problems remain unclear the fewer problems the project would 
> face in the future.
>
> P.S.: if any, I'm even ready to try making a tutorial, covering the 
> process of creating a complete icon set (all sizes + SVG) in Inkscape 
> (which I do personally dislike) or Illustrator.
>
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Leon