Ollin WA

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Mac Replacement Icons — My macOS replacement icon set is now complete! It has a bunch of new icons and a dedicated website! I've attached some pictures of the newly-added icons above ⇡ and you can download the full 30-icon set free on the MRI website. Many thanks to everyone who has followed my work so far, and given me the encouragement and useful critique required to develop as a designer. As always, feedback is...
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Mac Replacement Icons

December 26, 2016

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Xcode & App Store — Glad to finally share the next two members of my little side project Big Xcode Big App Store You can download these two icons from the attachment ⇡ –there's also a big batch download on the site for anyone who wants to give their whole system a makeover :) Critique and suggestions are always appreciated ❤
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Xcode & App Store

January 19, 2016

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Drill — Check out the fullview! This icon was designed earlier this year for a marching-band-choreographing app Drill, just released recently on the Mac App Store. I've posted the sketch I worked from and the wireframe as attachments for anyone curious about the process. This project involved a lot of back-and-forth between 3D and 2D, and I definitely learned a few things while making it (both hat-r...
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November 09, 2015

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Notes & Books — I made some replacement icons for Notes and (i)Books! Big Notes Big Books For anyone who's having been trouble replacing system icons after the El Capitan upgrade, I made a simple guide (with pictures) explaining how to do so. Hope it's helpful! The next two icons of the set might take a little longer than the rest, since one of them is going to be be pretty detailed... In the interim, I'l...
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October 07, 2015

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Contacts & Music — I made some simple, vibrant replacement icons for Contacts and Music! Big Contacts Big Music I started this project with a color palette and style in mind, and incorporated a consistent grid system a few icons in, but I hadn't really done any long term planning until recently. Now, I've got designs planned out for every icon in the set, as well as several bonus icons! I'll be posting the b...
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September 17, 2015

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Safari & TextEdit — I'm continuing my Mac replacements with two new icons for Safari & TextEdit! Big Safari Big TextEdit The more of these icons I make, the more I start to worry about consistency. With the templates + color palette I have set up I should be good (for the most part), but I do know some stuff snuck through on the earlier icons... When I've finished the set and get my offer from Apple to buy...
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Safari & TextEdit

August 18, 2015

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Preview & Mail — I made some simple replacement icons for Preview and Mail! Big Preview Big Mail I've also written a new blog post about conventional App icon types in Mac OS X–when you should use a tilted icon, straight-on icon, circular icon, and so on, as well as templates for each of the four common icon types. Check it out! I've been working on this pair of icons for a long time, and I'm very happy to...
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Preview & Mail

July 06, 2015

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Squash — Check out the fullview! I designed this icon for a brand new image compression app called Squash. The metaphor was picked to suggest that slimming down an image could be as simple, fun, and rewarding as peeling an orange. Here's a short walkthrough of the design process, from the initial sketch [chosen out of a set of 6 possible concepts] to the final polish on the small sizes. The icon b...
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June 04, 2015

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Calendar & Reminders — I made matching replacement icons for Apple's productivity apps! Big Calendar Big Reminders I don't usually talk much about the software used to make my icons, but in this case there's something worth mentioning: these icons were made in Photoshop! Although I'm familiar with PS, I don't usually use it for realistic icons like these, so this is something of an experiment. If anyone has tips...
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Calendar & Reminders

January 19, 2015

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Messages & Settings — Two new Yosemite replacement icons I made for fun: Big Messages Big Settings You can download both of them in the shot attachments ⇡ Never used a replacement icon before? Just right click on the App you want to customize, choose "Get Info", and drag-and-drop the .icns onto the thumbnail. Learning to fix mistakes is a lot more fun than making the same ones over and over, so I'm always loo...
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Messages & Settings

November 12, 2014

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Applications — Check the Fullview! I updated my old replacement Applications icon. Started from scratch by designing a new glyph, then a 3D model, then an illustration. Circles were involved at some point, and triangles, and squares too! Millions and millions of really tiny squares. I've also got a new blog-post up. It's a quick little guide on how to use replacement icons like this one, so you can custo...
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Applications

September 22, 2014

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Finder & Maps — Some little twitter experiments that grew up :) Big Finder Big Maps I'm hunting for an icon style that's at home on Yosemite but doesn't incorporate the things about Yosemite's icons that make me grumpy. Both icons are free for download in the attachment ⇡ Feedback makes me smile ❤
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Finder & Maps

August 26, 2014

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Iron Giant — Fullview Alternate Version, Alternate Fullview Iron Giant was released 15 years ago* on July 31st, 1999. It's one of my favorite movies, directed by Brad Bird [The Incredibles/Ratatouille/MI:GP] with Vin Diesel performing as the title character. Highly recommended. I thought I'd celebrate the 15 year anniversary by releasing this icon. I've been using it myself for ages [as a trashcan; re...
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August 03, 2014

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Icon Composer — I just made a mini-blog post with a bunch of icon-design related links. I've bookmarked quite a few blog posts, interviews, and so on throughout the years, so I thought I'd get them all in one place where they can help people learn. This shot is the most recent version of my Icon Composer icon. The original was one of the first icons I ever made, and I've revised it more or less every year si...
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Icon Composer

June 24, 2014

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Turbine — An icon I designed for a secret [still in-development] Mac App. I've had quite a lot of fun working on this one. Check out the other sizes. I also made a black/white vector glyph for fun, and some bonus wireframes of the 3D model I used. The hemispherical center bit is inspired by these old things, although I can't remember precisely where I've seen the grey version. Somewhere, I'm sure of...
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May 19, 2014

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Katawa Shoujo — A simple replacement icon for a certain popular, internet-made visual novel. I made the icon a while ago [after I downloaded the game, but before I launched it. Priorities!]. Here I've polished it a bit more so I can show you guys. There are a few errors left, but I like it all the same. Bigger and smaller in the full size. You may download the icon for all of your heart-icon-with-bandai...
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Katawa Shoujo

April 09, 2014

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Dictionary — I made this replacement Dictionary icon a while ago for myself [The original icon is...unpolished] but I never got around to finishing it up and posting. Until today! So now you guys can use it too. Download from the attachment or from my website. I've actually been designing quite a bit over the past few months, but most of it has been experimental stuff [paintings, drawings, 3D, iOS UI] r...
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Dictionary

January 01, 2014

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Schwartz — Hi guys! Here's some awesome client work from the summer that just got launched. It's the app icon for a new app called Schwartz. You should check out all of the other sizes. I've also attached some renders of the 3D model that I used for texture mapping & perspective. Normally I talk a bit about the shading/rendering of an icon in the comment, but this time I want to talk about an [ar...
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October 10, 2013

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Programming Icons [2/2] — I'm sleepy and here is an icon. It is a big icon! I made it for my top-level "Programming" folder. The concept's close to the "All my Files" icon only, you know, about programming stuff. The entire set is free to download for personal use from the attachment or from my website. Enjoy! Oh, and, I'm using Learn Code the Hard Way as the base of my journey into programming. Wish me luck :)
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Programming Icons [2/2]

September 27, 2013

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Programming Icons [1/2] — Hi guys! Mini-text-post up ahead; click here to see the fullview if you'd rather skip to the goods ;) So, I finished off my last client work of the summer a few weeks ago [can't show any of it yet, but stay tuned!]. The past month or so has been busily spent catching up on obligations, preparing for a year of classes, and working on a few personal projects like this one. I've wanted–in a ge...
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Programming Icons [1/2]

September 24, 2013

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Warrior Update — I updated my old Warrior icon from a while back with fixed perspective, better shading + textures and more vivid colors. I also painted a quick little preview image for it, which was a lot of fun [I'm still a novice at painting, but I was able to use some textures and my icon color tricks to make things a bit easier ;) ]. You can download from the attachment or from my website. Critique's al...
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August 19, 2013

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Mocks — I'm very proud to finally show this icon. It was created for a Mac app named Mocks that helps create iOS mockups. I've included a nice little process walkthrough I made, as well as the usual display of all the hinted sizes [16px one is reallly cute :3]. Plus, there's some snazzy clay renders of the 3D model I used to map the fabric texture attached. And If you want even more detailed proce...
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July 31, 2013

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TF2 — Hey guys! Just a simple little shot today... I made this icon a while ago for everyone's favorite war-themed hat simulator, but never got around to releasing it until now. The texturing is a combination of filtered source photos and sloppy paintovers with my tablet [you can see some brushwork in the 1024px version]. The background texturing and coloring is intended to be a more realistic tri...
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July 15, 2013

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LastShot — Hi guys! Back again with some new client works. Here's an icon I made for a dribbble stats menubar app called LastShot. The icon's glowing lights are based off of the LED signal lights in basketball that light up during overtime. This was one of the most fun and technically demanding icons I've made in a while, and I'm quite proud of the result. I spent a lot of time working on the glass [...
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LastShot

July 04, 2013

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