Time Machine Icon in Photoshop
Last week I got sometime to study a bit of icon design, specially the Mac OS X icons. Among all Leopard icons the one that I like the most is the Time Machine one, it's really beautiful and the idea is very clever as well.
With that icon in mind, I sort of challenged myself and I decided to recreate it in Photoshop to see how some of those effects work and, perhaps, start creating some icons as well.
After a couple of hours I had gotten a satisfactory result, I think. So I decided to teach my girlfriend how to create the icon. Well, she stopped on the third step :). But I still think it’s a very useful tutorial.
UPDATE: I think the tutorial will be published this week on PSDTUTS.
About author
My name is Fabio Sasso, I'm a graphic/web designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil and I'm the founder of Abduzeedo. I hope we can share lots of information, tips, and ideas through abduzeedo.
When will this tutorial be apearing on PSDTuts?
I love your icons, I feel guilty for not buying you a cup of coffee
You do excellent work. I'd see it as well within your rights to delete comments by people who are too cheap to invest in their own education.
I think it's dumb to sign up for a subscription just for a ps tutorial... just my opinion.
Seriously, $9/month is definitely steep. If they has an option to put out a buck or two for one tutorial, I might consider it, but I agree, information should be free.
$9 for access to tutorials is ludicrous. How hard is it, really, to add bevel/emboss to a circle, mask a random effect image, and fake a reflection? Worth $9? Hells no.
Wow... Never mind. I can wait.
$9/month seems a tad steep
it's shit! how can do you expect people will pay for the knowledge?
FREE INFORMATION!
So is the tutorial only available for viewing on psdtuts? I saw it on there, but you have to be a 'plus' (paying) member to view :(
@tenmonkey: I saw that there are 2 good tutorials, at least, on PSDTUTS teaching how to create icons. Now about this one, it took me like 1-2 hours. I was just recreating an existing icon though. Starting from scratch I think it would have taken me days...
Thanks fabio, I like icon design too, but I don't know where to learn it, there are lots of details in the icons, I don't know how to create them very well. Can u tell me where did u find the icon tutorials?
In our country, there is a kind of people who only make icons, we call them UI designer.
And I have a suggestion too, can u tell us how much time did u spend on the works when u finished a tutorial.
Great works !
this is the nice one.
i also agree with you that Mac OS has a great icon.
its so real and look so nice :)
thanks for give us inspiration :)
Hey guys, thanks a lot for the comments...
@giackop - it depends, I always send the final image before, so they take a look say if they will publish or not. It usually takes like 1-3 days.
@Braintrove - It would be possible to recreate exactly the same effect as the original icon, however I wanted to simplify the process to avoid too much work. But I think the chrome ring looks very similar.
@Jiminy - I don't know exactly when the tutorial will be published, but I think it's gonna be this week.
Can't freak'n wait for this one!
Hey fabio congrats again for the outcome..
And i have a question.. How long does it take to get an answer from PsdTuts if the tutorial is accepted?
Thanx in advance..
Inside the glass looks great, but the chrome ring needs some work.
But where can I find this tutorial??
Nice work :-)
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