I am proud to announce our latest stock set of icons. Unity is a huge collection of images. 225 in total!

The package includes a variety of file formats including: PNG, ICNS and ICO. Something for all platforms including web design, iPhone App development as well as Macintosh and Windows application development. And frankly whatever else you can think of.

Each of the 225 icons comes in 3 different sizes:
• 48 x 48 px
• 32 x 32 px
• 16 x 16 px

We’ve priced this new set of icons at only $24.95 in an effort to make classy, stylish imagery available to all developers. In this same vein I’ve also re-priced our Ideal Icon set.

Check out the Unity set.

Tags: New, icons, Unity

Just finished a small project for the folks over at Bitolithic. A small logo icon for their Twitter page, and whatever other use they have for it. We’ve recently also updated some graphics for their iPhone application, ComicZeal (iTunes Store link). If you’re into comics, or reading, or reading comics I highly suggest checking out ComicZeal.

Also, just a quick update: I’ve had tons of great feedback regarding the Ideal icon pack. I’ve been asked several times recently if I’m going to have a new package of icons coming out in the near future. While I don’t have a release date for a new pack, I can tell you one is in the works. It is going to be geared toward web site and application design, and will be very reasonably priced as well.

If there is a specific icon you’re interested in seeing in the pack let me know and I will do my best to accommodate. For instance if you want say an RSS feed icon, or a Download Arrow icon or a Talk Bubble icon, let us know. You can add your request below in the comments.

Tags: design, icons, Update

I have recently been working with Isaiah, from YourHead Software, on designing the user interface and icons for his latest RapidWeaver plug-in, Stacks. I’d like to tell you a little about the plug-in and show you some of the icons, and the user interface we developed and a little bit of the process behind developing the icons.

Slices
Each Stacks page in RapidWeaver is built from slices that are defined by you, the user. Anything from a Styled Text slice to an Image or Columns slice. You can create a complex layout quickly and with ease. Each slice needed a simple, clear icon to represent it to make it easy for users to discern what they were at a glance. Isaiah had a general idea of the sort of icons he was looking for to represent most of these slices. So I took his sketches and turned them into finished icons. Working with Isaiah was a dream as he not only had an idea of what he wanted, but he was also very receptive to my ideas on both the icon and interface design. Here’s a look at his initial sketches and the finished icons for the slices.

Interface
I also worked with Isaiah on developing the user interface for Stacks. Below are a few of the initial ideas I came up with for the Library design and main content interface. Some were more ‘out there’ than others, but I wanted to try some very different approaches as this was not to be your ordinary plug-in. The ideas were roughed out and we finally chose a more traditional, yet standout setup and look.

In the end we settled on the matte black library. We added a non-standard, classy library trigger in the lower right corner of the interface. The final UI design came out rather well, I think, and is easy to use and navigate.

Iconic
We were quite lucky in developing the main Stacks icon. After sketching some ideas out for myself to start from I jumped right into Cinema 4D to mockup some icon ideas. Luckily these early renders were what Isaiah was looking for and the metaphor fit well with the title and functionality of the plug-in. Some of the early ideas can be seen below. We actually never varied too far from these early ideas, for the most part. Seems we hit it on the head from the get go.

Here is the final icon we settled upon to represent Isaiah’s wonderful new plug-in. I just love the bright, contrasting colors!

Tags: Stacks, RapidWeaver, icons, design

Just a quick update to let you know we’ve added several new icons to the free Nova icon set.

The free update adds the following icons: Blueprint, Cone, New Pencil, Lock, Test Tubes, and a Bar Graph.

Check out the downloads page and be sure to click each icon to get a full-size 512 x 512 view of the icons.

[UPDATE]: I have added 5 more icons to the pack: Battery full, battery empty, battery half-full, battery low, and a second trash can.

Enjoy the freebies!

Tags: Update, Free, icons, Nova

We’re very happy to introduce our latest free set of icons.

The Nova family of icons is to be an ever expanding set of 3D icons. As the set grows we will keep you updated on the blog.

Currently the set includes a metal trash can, pencil, top hat and magic top hat, column, beaker and bomb (slightly different from our previous free bomb icon).

Check them out and be sure to let us know what you think.

Tags: Free, icons