Console Icon Creation

[Hobie-wan]

...what exactly is the big deal about having little pictures of every console you have?

It's cooler than a text list.

[optmusprimenumber]

i think it is pretty cool idea. plus they look pixelated, giving them a 'retro' look.

i am thinking of trying my hand at the genesis 3. it might be fun project to try. and if i post it, you can give me all the hell you want, optimusprimenumber.

oh i'll give hell, lots of poorly envisioned pixelated hell!! you'll rue the day too. but yeah man, have at it, i'm not sure i feel like it anymore. heh. cheers

[Jrecee]

Could be a lot better but I've lost interest.

[optmusprimenumber]

Could be a lot better but I've lost interest.

a lot better than mine, nice dude

[Dylan]

The one piece of advice I'd give is to try and use tricks to make the icon look correct from far away. For example, You can look at a well done GBA icon:



Relative to what it looks like upscaled:



Even though the details are inaccurate, when viewed from a distance the mind completes those details intuitively if given something familiar to work with. This is in my opinion the most difficult task in projects like this, because it requires you to make something that you can understand rather than actually see. I've tried a couple of these, but it is a difficult endeavor and I've never been perfectly satisfied with my work. Patience is key when it comes to things like this, enough time and effort will get results if you're half decent at it.

[optmusprimenumber]

final fight cd, how's it coming?

[Para]

Here you go.

I don't have any programs on this computer to make the background transparent but I can do it tomorrow for you if you want when I get onto my computer.

[final fight cd]

final fight cd, how's it coming?

ha, it is a son of bitch. a lot harder and time consuming then i thought.

[optmusprimenumber]

Here you go.

I don't have any programs on this computer to make the background transparent but I can do it tomorrow for you if you want when I get onto my computer.

per chance is that not saved as a png file? it looks a little blurred... not tryin to be picky, buuuuutttt... perhaps you could save it as a png to have it cleaned up? thanks and sorry if i'm a pain in the ass. cheers

[Limewater]

i think it is pretty cool idea. plus they look pixelated, giving them a 'retro' look.

My signature is more retro than all of your fancy new-school pixel art icons.