
Here is a great tutorial that shows how to make a satellite icon. These little icons can be great as link button images for various sections of your website. For example, you might use this satellite icon for a link to a website’s overall site-map. Regardless of their use, they are fun and easy to make. Let’s get started on making one now!
1. Create a new file and a layer. Select Rectangular Marquee Tool and draw a rectangle. Fill it with Black. Add a little white colored line as shown in the figure.
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2. Create a new layer and draw a circle just below the first layer. Fill it with black. Move it towards upper side until you have a shape as shown in the figure.
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3. Duplicate the circle layer and move it towards top of the rectangle. Add 1 pixel wide white color stroke in it.
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4. Now draw a match-stick like shape and place it over the duplicated circle layer. With the help of brush tool, draw some white lines at right side of this layer.
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5. Create a new layer. With the help of Polygonal Lasso tool draw and place a new shape as shown in the figure. Stroke it with 1 px white color.
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6. Duplicate this layer by pressing ctrl+j, reduce its size and place it as shown in the figure. Group and merge these two layers.
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7. Again, duplicate this layer and place it as shown in the figure.
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8. Draw and place a shape as shown in the figure. We now have an icon of satellite. This can be used as icon or as a part of logo. Another use of this design is to ‘spy’ your friend’s activities ![]()
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