A simple vector flame ... I first saw this in my head pretty much folded and flicking just like it is here, then put it down on paper with blue pencil and pen. I grabbed a snap of it with my iPhone 4, pushed the photo to Dropbox and then redrew the basic shape in Adobe Illustrator. I think I've finally got the hang of the wonky Gradient tool, so the coloring went pretty quickly.

I ...

A new icon, just finished today after the DFP lecture. It should be available for purchase from GraphicRiver in a few days. The idea for it was to create something simple and bright, that could be used generally for an application ... from an app launcher to a Biology desk reference or anything in between.

It does feel like there is some sci-fi connection to it ... but that might just be me, considering I just ...

After a yummy Thanksgiving lunch and hanging with the co-workers, I spent some time updating a few graphics for the DFP course's Project 3 example.

Despite the fact that these pieces will end up in Flash as part of an AIR deployment, I still created the vectors in Illustrator and did a copy-import. Not because I am lazy, but because I still prefer working with AI's interface and color selectors over the Flash IDE.

And, of course, ...

The lovely geometric type icon I made during the DFP Lecture today. Simple and customizable, but after continually seeing all of the pretty things that James White keeps putting out, I really just wanted to make something colorful. The icon is entirely vector, which was really difficult to achieve with the color blending of the radial shape and the necessary drop shadow ... had to delve into that cumbersome Illustrator Transparency panel masking interface, which ...

I decided that for this week's Illustration Friday theme of "blur" I would make this pretty Mac icon ... one, because it has been a while since I made an icon and I miss all 262,144 of those pixels and two, because when I think of blurred things, I immediately think the fuzzy color circles I see at night when I am not wearing my glasses or contacts.

I started with some shapes in Illustrator and ...

Tonight's DFP icon experiment resulted in a pretty 2 for 1 tag special. It is not much of an easter egg, but I thought my name choice on the Christmas tag was a fun one. :) As always, these should be available for purchase soon on GraphicRiver and as always, I'll update this with the link when they are.

Thanks to the built-in screen capturing feature of Snow Leopard's new Quicktime X, I actually managed to ...

It is time again for the monthly DFP discussion on icons. My über example today ended up being this lovely tribute to Kodak's belated Kodachrome plastic slide mounts. It's kinda crazy that these were still being widely used just back in the 1990s.

The icon should be available soon from the nice GraphicRiver folks, in both the hinged and notch variety.

**Update: It is! Buy it here, kiddies.

With all the wonderfulness that happened recently, celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, I thought I should join in the fun.

Here is a nice 512 pixel icon of the Apollo 11 mission badge, with a tad bit of Photoshop rendering added in. Download it for your OS X Dock, your Finder sidebar or your Moon-ready project folders. There is even a 48 pixel size for the Windows user among us ... there's ...

Another icon I worked up as an advanced example for my DFP students. Like the others, this one should be available from GraphicRiver within a few days.** Update: The icon has been approved and is now available for purchase

It only took like four days for them to approve it ( </sarcasm> ), but the pretty swirly whirly icon I made in class the other night is finally available for purchase. Totally color-customizable, it should be perfect for your next acid-trip enabled application. ;)You can purchase it here.

I was working on an example of something for a student and decided to offer this simple, yet textured Polaroid-ish photo frame icon (512 by 512 pixels) for anyone that might need it.You should be able to pick it up on GraphicRiver really soon:graphicriver.net/user/DraStudioAs a bonus, it includes a font I made of my quick-fast handwriting style … called "Thin Oscar".If for some reason, they don’t like it, I’ll just offer it for free from ...