Welcome to my final release of "Mitch's icons Pro", the coloured icons I've created in the last years.
Hystory & generals
At the beginning (about in 1994), they were only 10 poor, simple and dirty icons I made just to do something. Then, I tried to improve them and to create other ones. When I had a new idea, I tried to translate it on ResEdit. Sometimes, it took me many times and many ideas to finish an icon (you know, an artist never finishes his work at once...). Some other times, I decided to destroy an icon to draw a different one. I did it so many times... So, pixel after pixel, it came out from my Mac Performa 450 a nice work.
A big improvement came as I had the idea of how to create realistic views: just place similar types of colour degrees (f.e. reds or blues) one after the other to have a sense of DEPTH: if you use a grayscale, you get a "steel effect"; if you use blues you get a sky. Not bad, huh ? You can also paste parts of a photo to have a cool icon.
Also, read this book:
David A. Lai, "Icons for the masses", Peachpit Press, 1994.
Descriptions & notes
I ordered my icons on their function and meaning. F.e. in the "Stars icons" folder you'll find the 12 star sign icons. In the "Alternative icons" folder there are new cool system/applications icons that should be placed in stead of the old blaaah ones. Just copy and paste them.
Warning: don't modify the applications themselves with ResEdit: they could not work any more, and may cause problems!!!!!! Be sure you 're working with a copy of the appslications, in case you modify the icon of an application !!
Make backups for all important files in your HD !!
These icons are particularly indicated to the guys who write softwares, such as Apple and Microsoft: these icons represent new ideas!
I've drawn all the icons in "ic18" 256 colors mode, so many of them will be bad, all dark displaied in smaller and B & W mode. In 16 colours mode, you can observe that the icons appereance isn't the same as in 256 col's mode. Sorry for those who still have a Mac Classic...
This is my first work on Macintosh, and I am proud of myself: I've worked hard, all alone, learning ResEdit functions. Some icons've been made with Photoshop 2.0.1. I am no pro and have no PPC !
In some cases you'll find a "/Double click !" after the icon's name: well, chaps, do it and you'll have a surprise...
The other folders contain funny icons, such as "Movie icons" or "Darkness icons": UFOs, ghosts and many other ancient mysteries. Since I adore them, please send me anything you can find about: your own experiences, photos and so on. Write in Italian, English, French or German. That's because I'm writing since 1993 a book about Parapsychology with the Mac. Thanks.
If you have new ideas for new types of icons please send 'em me in a diskette or on paper.
Thanks to:
Roberto Brega (ETH Zürich) my "Mac-assistent-in-case-of-troubles", Luca Bugliaro (my brother), Riccardo Brega, Carlo Bernasconi and Luca Solcà (Switzerland) the occasional advisors (and great friends !!), my smart cousin Antonio Miracco (Cosenza, Italy) for giving me the idea of F-1 through a poster.
FINALLY...
That's what I had to say. Now enjoy "Mitch's icons Pro". You can copy it to your friends, but copy ALL the product, not only parts of it.
IT IS ALL FREE, I ask no money (unless you are as good as rich...). Just a postcard, if you feel like doing it: I am curious to know where my icons arrived ! Thank you, Vito Minaudo (Paris, France), for being the first one to send me a postcard.
If you wanna use any of my creations for commercial purposes (game or anything else) just send me a working copy of the software (or what else it is), if you include my icons in a sharewares/freewares CD-Rom collection, do it but please send me a copy.
