finding icons for Apps

[Sanoski]

This might be a dumb question. I don't know. I'm new to all this. How
do you find icons for your programs? All GUI applications have cool
icons that represent various things. For instance, to save is often
represented as a disk, etc. You know, the small little picture
references that give meaning to the phrase 'Graphical User Interface'.
But I'm not a graphics artist! Drawing is simply one talent that
skipped me completely. Where can I find icons to use with my programs?

I don't even know how to search for them, because I'm not sure how to
word it. I tried Googling various things: icons, software graphics,
application icons, custom graphics, etc, etc. But I'm not getting much
luck here you guys.

Also, besides just finding a collection of various pre-made icons, who
would I talk to to make me some original custom made icons? I'll look
for hours and find one or two places, but they never respond to my
messages, so I figure they must not do that kind of art work.

I'm looking for both: a collection of graphics and some place (or
someone) that can make custom original graphics. The latter is just
for future reference. The more important one is the former, because I
can't even afford to pay for originals right now. But maybe I will
soon, so it would be nice to have a resource.

Thanks in advance,
Joshua

 

[Neil Hodgson]

Sanoski:

Where can I find icons to use with my programs?

http://sourceforge.net/projects/icon-collection/

Neil

 

[Kevin Walzer]

This might be a dumb question. I don't know. I'm new to all this. How
do you find icons for your programs? All GUI applications have cool
icons that represent various things. For instance, to save is often
represented as a disk, etc. You know, the small little picture
references that give meaning to the phrase 'Graphical User Interface'.
But I'm not a graphics artist! Drawing is simply one talent that
skipped me completely. Where can I find icons to use with my programs?

I don't even know how to search for them, because I'm not sure how to
word it. I tried Googling various things: icons, software graphics,
application icons, custom graphics, etc, etc. But I'm not getting much
luck here you guys.

Also, besides just finding a collection of various pre-made icons, who
would I talk to to make me some original custom made icons? I'll look
for hours and find one or two places, but they never respond to my
messages, so I figure they must not do that kind of art work.

I'm looking for both: a collection of graphics and some place (or
someone) that can make custom original graphics. The latter is just
for future reference. The more important one is the former, because I
can't even afford to pay for originals right now. But maybe I will
soon, so it would be nice to have a resource.

Thanks in advance,
Joshua

http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Desktop_Project
http://www.oxygen-icons.org/
http://everaldo.com/crystal/

 

[jim-on-linux]

Learn how to use Gimp,

Make your own icons, of and from anything.
You can use screen shots and picks from
anywhere. Import your own photos and modify
any pic however you want. Check them out,
free download, tutorial.

http://www.gimp.org

jim-on-linux
http://www.inqvista.com