Icon-A-Day, Icon # 23, Email

Ok, so I forgot one globe.

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Icon 23 (Email)

    After all my talk about being done with the globes I realized that I forgot one, and one of the most important icons at that: The Email icon. For some time now I have been using the convention of an envelope and a globe for email. I am quite sick of it, but it is the most easily understood symbol and probably the most popular so we will go with it again here.
 
Step 1:

First we copy our Internet icon and remove the cord and plug.
 Step 2:

I decided to keep the bottom cord of the Internet icon so I move it back, I also offset the globe to the left of my Guide box.
Now with a Rectangle and the Mesh tool I block in our envelope.

 Step 3:

I place a few more mesh rectangles over my envelope to make doing the details easier.
 
Step 4:

I go though the new shapes with the mesh tool and mold them into the envelopes folds and flap.

 Step 5:

Once I am happy with the envelope I use the same Reflection technique we have been using and give the envelope a reflection.
 Step 6:

I quickly pull a drop shadow off the cord and give the envelope some texture with the Interactive Transparency tool.
Finished Icon Image


Click here to download the finished icon.
 

Ok, now I am done with the globes. Really this time I mean it... I think... Later this weekend: CorelDRAW For Skinners, Part 3.

Read the other Icon-A-Day Articles: Icon # 1, Icon # 2, Icon #3, Icon # 4, Icon #5, Icon # 6, Icon # 7, Icon # 8, Icon # 9, Icon #10, Icon # 11. Icon 12 & 13, Icon # 14, Icon # 15, Icon # 16, Icon #17, Icon #18, Icon # 19, Icon #20, Icon # 21, Icon # 22.

CorelDRAW for Skinners.
Part 1: Mesh Tool 101 & Gloss 101
Part 2: Drop Shadows 101 & Reflections 101

And don't forget to check for all the Icon-A-Day icons as they get made, in the Miscellaneous Icons Gallery at Wincustomize.com
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Love the techniques.

Could you please give us an introduction in one of the videos about designing textures with the transparency tool?

Thanks again, Teach.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yeah, I would love to learn how to design textures and I'm particularly interested in that technique you used for the envelope. Did I miss it on one of the videos?
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