What is the secret to creating good small icons?

There is a relic called The Shroud of Turin

On Sat, 4 Apr 2009 13:10:30 -0700 (PDT), Ramon F Herrera wrote:

There is a relic called The Shroud of Turin

An icon if ever I saw one, LOL.
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Allow me to introduce the topic with two examples.

Example 1:

There is a relic called The Shroud of Turin, which was supposed to have been used to involve the dead body of Jesus Christ. Some of the many scientists called to study it declared that if the image was a fake it must have been drawn by a tiny brush (perhaps with a few hairs) and the painter would have been extremely close, while simultaneously drawing images that only made sense from a distance. You would need a person with a very long arm, such as the guy in "The Fantastic Four" to draw such Image.

Example 2:

During the filming of the movie "Papillon", Dustin Hoffman played Louis Dega, a prisoner who had to wear very thick glasses. In order for Hoffman to see clearly, special contact lenses were designed for him, which reversed and canceled the magnification provided by the external glasses.

More on this later…

-Ramon

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070511/http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Shroud_of_Turin

On Apr 4, 4:10 pm, Ramon F Herrera wrote:

Allow me to introduce the topic with two examples.

Example 1:

There is a relic called The Shroud of Turin, which was supposed to have been used to involve the dead body of Jesus Christ. Some of the many scientists called to study it declared that if the image was a fake it must have been drawn by a tiny brush (perhaps with a few hairs) and the painter would have been extremely close, while simultaneously drawing images that only made sense from a distance. You would need a person with a very long arm, such as the guy in "The Fantastic Four" to draw such Image.

Example 2:

During the filming of the movie "Papillon", Dustin Hoffman played Louis Dega, a prisoner who had to wear very thick glasses. In order for Hoffman to see clearly, special contact lenses were designed for him, which reversed and canceled the magnification provided by the external glasses.

More on this later…

-Ramon

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070511/http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Shro…

———————————————————— ————————- Ramon:
I don’t see how your examples help clarify the question you asked in your subject line.  Why don’t you just choose an image, then subsample it to create your icon.  If it doesn’t look good, then tweak it in Photoshop until it looks good.

It is possible to draw some amazing things close up that look completely different from a distance.  Just look at this guy’s sidewalk paintings:http://www.impactlab.com/2006/03/09/amazing-3d-sid ewalk-art-photos/ Regards,
ImageAnalyst

On Apr 4, 4:10 pm, Ramon F Herrera wrote:

Allow me to introduce the topic with two examples.

Example 1:

There is a relic called The Shroud of Turin, which was supposed to have been used to involve the dead body of Jesus Christ. Some of the many scientists called to study it declared that if the image was a fake it must have been drawn by a tiny brush (perhaps with a few hairs) and the painter would have been extremely close, while simultaneously drawing images that only made sense from a distance. You would need a person with a very long arm, such as the guy in "The Fantastic Four" to draw such Image.

Example 2:

During the filming of the movie "Papillon", Dustin Hoffman played Louis Dega, a prisoner who had to wear very thick glasses. In order for Hoffman to see clearly, special contact lenses were designed for him, which reversed and canceled the magnification provided by the external glasses.

More on this later…

-Ramon

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070511/http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Shro…

———————————————————— ————————- Ramon:
I don’t see how your examples help clarify the question you asked in your subject line. Why don’t you just choose an image, then subsample it to create your icon. If it doesn’t look good, then tweak it in Photoshop until it looks good.

It is possible to draw some amazing things close up that look completely different from a distance. Just look at this guy’s sidewalk
paintings:http://www.impactlab.com/2006/03/09/amazing-3d-sid ewalk-art-photos/ Regards,
ImageAnalyst

Hi IA,

My question has not even been completely delivered, but I figured that the examples can help bring the readership to the proper mindset.

"Ramon F Herrera" wrote in message On Apr 4, 10:22 pm, ImageAnalyst wrote:

On Apr 4, 4:10 pm, Ramon F Herrera wrote:

Allow me to introduce the topic with two examples.

Example 1:

There is a relic called The Shroud of Turin, which was supposed to have been used to involve the dead body of Jesus Christ. Some of the many scientists called to study it declared that if the image was a fake it must have been drawn by a tiny brush (perhaps with a few hairs) and the painter would have been extremely close, while simultaneously drawing images that only made sense from a distance. You would need a person with a very long arm, such as the guy in "The Fantastic Four" to draw such Image.

Example 2:

During the filming of the movie "Papillon", Dustin Hoffman played Louis Dega, a prisoner who had to wear very thick glasses. In order for Hoffman to see clearly, special contact lenses were designed for him, which reversed and canceled the magnification provided by the external glasses.

More on this later…

-Ramon

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070511/http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Shro….

———————————————————— ————————- Ramon:
I don’t see how your examples help clarify the question you asked in your subject line. Why don’t you just choose an image, then subsample it to create your icon. If it doesn’t look good, then tweak it in Photoshop until it looks good.

It is possible to draw some amazing things close up that look completely different from a distance. Just look at this guy’s sidewalk
paintings:http://www.impactlab.com/2006/03/09/amazing-3d-sid ewalk-art-photos/ Regards,
ImageAnalyst
Hi IA,
My question has not even been completely delivered, but I figured that the examples can help bring the readership to the proper mindset.

Perhaps this will help until such time that you have "completely delivered" the
question:http://www.lullabot.com/articles/creating_awesome_n ew_icons
Richard