Icons: Research & Development

  • Character Design

    Seems to have been a while since I did a character design, and the first i have completed in a pen and marker technique!

    Brief was fairly open: Barbarian Warrior, something along the lines of Conan.

  • Environment Design

    More additions in my folio redesign. I'm done with creatures (for now) and on to environments.

    will post in exhibition section for crits etc.

  • creature design

    currently re(x3)doing my illustration folio. Aiming to get it looking more 'professional concept artist' and less... stinky! ... no I mean less aimless illustrator ...less whatever it was!

    So fingers crossed this is latest work is on the…

  • Roadster Mk III

    3rd in my series of roadster concepts- Overall theme of this personal project was to explore design variations within a roadster format.

    This addition to the series was created entirely in Photoshop (except the mags, I admit I appropriated…

  • Roadster Sketches

    The latest sketches from my sketch book, With a bit of colour added. Will post them to the exhibition section too for comments :)

  • More Architecture!

    Yet another painting in my Architecture series, possibly the last one for this batch. Definitely the most finished one so far, although technically still a WIP (I've glossed over the ocean for starters)

    It will be added to my thread in the…

  • Architecture sketching

    This time some architecture/city-scape concept sketches. I have done very little of this type of subject matter in the past (virtually none!) so I thought it would be a good subject to have a practice at.

    As with my previous postings, I…

  • concept sketch: elite guard

    Sketches examining a roman/greek style guard. This work in progress has been posted in the Exhibition section for comments/crits.

    ...I will get onto an avitar soon!

  • quad-mech update

    sketches in progress. Still needs some technical design aspects addressed (thanks for the feed back folks)

  • quad-mech concept sketch

    I have been sketching some quadruped vehicles recentily (a topic that I have not had a lot of practice with.) I am also experimenting with colouring techniques > Aiming for a fast technique that helps to describe the forms/volumes, and matches…

Submitted by Johnn on
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Work in progress

I've been developing icons at work recently and doing a little R&D in my own time too - thought I might post a little of the personal progress, it's a fair change from the type of stuff I usually post. The icons are created in illustrator. I expect final icons will be cleaned up in Photoshop before being called finished.

Apr4th--
Some progress with the icons, I am still modifying the process and have already planned trying some new variations.

June21--
A few more addition to the collection

June22--

Submitted by Johnn on Fri, 04/04/08 - 9:02 PM Permalink

once I've finished tinkering with the process I might make a tutorial if popular demand and spare time are available.

Submitted by Johnn on Sat, 21/06/08 - 10:35 PM Permalink

I decided to upload a few more samples (see initial post). These are very close in look to what I am producing for a mobile interface I'm currently working on.

Submitted by LaughingStock on Sun, 22/06/08 - 11:33 AM Permalink

The yellow, diamond thing. No idea what it is or what it represents - needs to provide immediate visual feedback about what it might do, ie more descriptive of its function.

I would also play around with the angles, so you are seeing the icons more straight on. Try an angle of about %5 and post those for comparison?

Submitted by Johnn on Sun, 22/06/08 - 2:48 PM Permalink

Thanks for the comments LaughingStock. Everything i have posted in this thread is experimental rather than actual icons (or WIPs). The yellow diamond thingy is not of anything, just an experiment in style and procedure. Hope that clarifies things.

The latest additions of emoticons really are very close to the icons I am producing at work (I exaggerated a little with the last post saying they were 'very close' to the actual items). They are also about the size the icons with this treatment will appear in the application.

Posted by Johnn on
Forum
Work in progress

I've been developing icons at work recently and doing a little R&D in my own time too - thought I might post a little of the personal progress, it's a fair change from the type of stuff I usually post. The icons are created in illustrator. I expect final icons will be cleaned up in Photoshop before being called finished.

Apr4th--
Some progress with the icons, I am still modifying the process and have already planned trying some new variations.

June21--
A few more addition to the collection

June22--

Submitted by Johnn on Fri, 04/04/08 - 9:02 PM Permalink

once I've finished tinkering with the process I might make a tutorial if popular demand and spare time are available.

Submitted by Johnn on Sat, 21/06/08 - 10:35 PM Permalink

I decided to upload a few more samples (see initial post). These are very close in look to what I am producing for a mobile interface I'm currently working on.

Submitted by LaughingStock on Sun, 22/06/08 - 11:33 AM Permalink

The yellow, diamond thing. No idea what it is or what it represents - needs to provide immediate visual feedback about what it might do, ie more descriptive of its function.

I would also play around with the angles, so you are seeing the icons more straight on. Try an angle of about %5 and post those for comparison?

Submitted by Johnn on Sun, 22/06/08 - 2:48 PM Permalink

Thanks for the comments LaughingStock. Everything i have posted in this thread is experimental rather than actual icons (or WIPs). The yellow diamond thingy is not of anything, just an experiment in style and procedure. Hope that clarifies things.

The latest additions of emoticons really are very close to the icons I am producing at work (I exaggerated a little with the last post saying they were 'very close' to the actual items). They are also about the size the icons with this treatment will appear in the application.