PixelPressIcons

Works: 3D to Completed Icon

This artwork was created to demonstrate my method for turning a 3D render into a polished illustration. It’s not really meant to be an icon but I did resize the artwork and package it as an icon just for fun.

The original 3D render (left) compared to the final artwork (right).

This object is an effects unit for an electric guitar. This particular model holds sentimental value for me as it was the first guitar effect that I ever bought. I still have it and I used it for reference when creating the 3d model and polishing the final illustration. I hope you find it interesting.

News: “Clickworthy” Toolbar Icon Collection

I’ve added something new to my Icon Shop today.

The “Clickworthy” Toolbar Icon Collection offers web and application developers modern and bold 32×32 pixel renditions of the most essential icons. The collection is priced to fit any budget and comes with a bonus button set.

Wallpaper: Personal Wood

I’m one of those nerds who has to put his name on everything he owns. My friends make fun of me but I don’t care… my tools, notebooks, laptop. If it leaves the house it has my name on it. So my iPhone gets the same treatment except I’ve used the lock screen instead of my label maker. If you’d like to do the same you may click on the image below to download this wallpaper as a Photoshop PSD devkit that you can personalize.

To change your lockscreen image you need to load your wallpapers into an iPhoto photo album, then set iTunes to sync that album to your iPhone. Then you can set it as your wallpaper via the iPhone “Settings”.

News: Whitespace Updated!

I’ve added another 25 icons to the Whitespace Stock Icons Collection. Most of these icons are expanding on existing themes but I’m introducing a new niche of “to-do” icons too.

The next update is scheduled for September 10th.

News: Redesign (Beta)

Over the last week I’ve taught myself enough about CSS and Wordpress to turn my own design into the Wordpress theme you see before you which I have nicknamed “Chiclet-Beta”. I didn’t know what a “div” was last Sunday but today I’ve got a functioning blog of my own design.

Please stand by as I tweak the text and correct some of the alignment issues. If something doesn’t work or any of the content is broken please send me an email and I’ll get right on it.

The largest task ahead is to insert all the exceptions for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser, but I’m not in much of a hurry; While IE is the browser with the largest install base it’s used by a very small portion of my visitors (illustrated below).

Browser / OS Statistics For The Last 30 Days

About The “Chiclet-Beta” Wordpress Theme

“Chiclet” is designed to be a clean, white Wordpress theme that features the use of bold icons and graphics with pixel-level detail. The theme name is inspired by the Chiclet chewing gum (produced by Cadbury Adams), which the category icons next to each post resemble.

The theme is designed to exude minimalism and it accomplishes this through the use of icons instead of text and the elimination of many blog fixtures such as calendars and blog rolls. The font face used throughout the theme is Helvetica Neue.

The theme is currently in “beta” and development is on-going. It is my first CSS webpage and first Wordpress theme and it was coded by hand.

Thanks for visiting and most importantly thank you for your patience while I work out the bugs in my new theme!

Icons: Singing Bowl

I made this icon in the spring but just finished it off today. You may detect that this looks a little different from my usual work and the reason would be that it is based on a render of a 3D model that I made. Usually any renders that I use are only for reference and completely re-drawn in Illustrator and Photoshop but most of the pixels in this icon came directly from the render.

Click the image at the top of this post to download the icon. The download contains the icon in PNG, ICNs and Mac Folder format.

Works: Press Logo

Moleskine scribble and the completed press logo in icon style.

When I moved PixelPress Icons to a blog format I did so with the hope that it would be easier to post some of my artwork that wasn’t necessarily GUI orientated. This is the first post that fulfills that.

I have always wanted to have a great and literal logo for this site but I’ve never been satisfied with anything I’ve designed: I am primarily a digital illustrator and logo design (along with pretty much everything else) plays second fiddle to that.

What follows is a rejected design from 2007 that I liked enough to render in Photoshop but not enough to use. The press depicted is inspired by a small printing press that was in the family home of a friend. It was based on the mechanical principles of Gutenberg’s first press with little innovation.

Ultimately I decided that forced perspective was not a good idea for my logo and I couldn’t fix the design to my own satisfaction. I’m dusting it off and showing it here just to have it see the light of day, for once.

Icons: Vintage Apple II & Mac Classic

These icons are the logical next step in my last few icon releases – vintage Apple computers! Download them here. Archive contains PNG, ICNs and Mac folders.

Wallpaper: ‘Rainbow Apple’

No explanation needed for this ultra-minimal, vintage Apple desktop picture. Download the .zip with all the resolutions here, or just view the largest size in your browser.

Wallpaper: ‘Clear Sky’

I used the artwork from my vintage Apple computers icons to make a desktop picture featuring the Mac Classic. Check out the Quicktime trailer, grab the desktop at it’s largest resolution or download the complete assortment of wallpapers. A “clean” version for dual monitor setups depicting just the horizon line and star field is included in the .zip file. Sizes included are:

1024×768
1280×1024
1900×1200
2048×1536
2560×1200
2560×1600

Regards to NASA for the public domain photo of the Milky Way. This desktop was inspired by the unveiling ceremony of the Macintosh in 1984.