Creating 3D Web Icons

The thoroughness and truthfulness of the picture may be even the disadvantage 3D web icons possess. This means you're more free to use artistic vision while drawing some object. Let's take a mobile-phone as an example. So you can draw it rather similar to a real one but eliminate some extra details, shades and highlights. In some cases schematic drawings are much more better than 3D models. You should analyze each particular case. High-quality 3d icons need to repeat each detail and line thoroughly, make the object seem closer to reality. So it's more a kind of technical representation than a piece of art. Nevertheless we sometimes can see 3D icons that involve creative thought and look like true works of art. Realistic and accurate modeling is the most famous trend of 3D design today.Speaking about realistic look, if you are planning to use some characters as icons, we can definitely say that 3D icons are much more realistic than 2D ones. The characters may stay cartoonish and this will give zest to your site.

Let's enumerate the technical issues you may face while using 3D icons.

Developing the icons design for your web page please take into account the following hardships:

It is impossible to show all the beauty and details of 3d icons with very poor resolution of the viewers screens;

since the monitor screen is 2D device it will not show the true three-dimensional object as we see it in reality;

3D space is harder to be manipulated and managed in comparison with 2D one;

the non-standard applications essential for correct viewing of 3D web Icons may force the user to download and install extra software which is certainly not convenient.

As far as you can see both kinds of graphical representation are based on geometric data but 3D objects are actually the sculpture models, more complex items. And the requirements for creating the high quality 3D web Icons are much severer. Of course you can claim that 3D icons may lack creativity and abstract air, nevertheless the facts of depth and volume that are created with a help of 3D technology are incontestable.