TurboMilk on designing an iconic language. Plus a contest! (Edit: contest closed)
When folks ask us about icon design, I get the impression what they're really asking us about is how to draw an icon. That's certainly part of it; but in my opinion, what really separates the men (or women) from the boys (or girls) is logography. How do you draw meaning?
TurboMilk put up a great post about this very thing, and it's more or less the process we use ourselves; though personally I do it more out of instinct and experience than as a really formal approach.
The examples at the end are especially informative. That's good stuff.
Read it over if you like, then drop by my box. The first 5 people to whisper the answer to the following question on my box will receive $10 in IconBuffet credit! Only whispers will count; non-whispers will be deleted.
What are the four elements of an icon concept, according to TurboMilk?
The contest is now closed. The correct answer was "objects, actions, limiters and qualifiers." Congrats to mao, Betty, Classicsmiley, wotan and mrspoomp for being quick on the buzzer with the right info.
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mao on Jun 22, 2007
good post indeed
tamashii on Jun 22, 2007
hehe - I read slow when I am interested, it appears. Good job to those that answered!
@iconmaster: Thanks for the article. It was very informative and I am sure it will set many questions to “answered” that have cropped up here lately.
Stratification on Jun 22, 2007
Very nice read on the subject. I've been tasked with a couple (very small) icon sets in the past, so this will definitely come in handy.
kitty on Aug 27, 2007
hi
can you help me.
How I get to the silver or add my points