Alain <kua### [at] videotronca> wrote:

> > Hi everybody,
> > I was working on the development of a web application and needed a few icons. I
> > was going to grab some on the Web, but reluctant to navigate in grey zone about
> > copyright I decided to make them myself. As I'm absolutely incapable of drawing
> > them, I turned toward my only hope, POV. Honestly I was sure to give up quickly,
> > realizing I would reach nothing but crappiness before the end of my available
> > amount of time. To my pleasure I was wrong and got my full set of icons in less
> > than one day, with a quality far beyond expectations. Thus I post them here,
> > nothing grandiose but as an encouragement to others who would think it's too
> > complicated/too time consuming. The point here is to use wisely the low
> > resolution (here it's 75x75px) to reach something visually satisfying with the
> > shortest and simplest code. A kind of code golf challenge for the peace of
> > mind... ;-)
> >
>
> A few years back, someone was searching for a rotating ankh to be used
> with DesktopX. I made a set in a variety of metals and stones, 18 frames
> fully antialiased using the alpha channel, that was ready the next day.
> My tool : POV-Ray.

Thanks to all for your comments.
Indeed, I've also made a WIP icon. The animated GIF was created with Gimp.

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