Youtube Icon
A cute vintage icon for Youtube.com, licensed under Creative Commons.
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IMPORTANT: The Youtube Logotype is owned and copyrighted by Google. Please only use when referring to Youtube or their services. The icon and its graphics (except the Youtube logotype) are all licensed under Creative Commons (creativecommons.org) under Attribution, Share Alike and Noncommercial. Enjoy! Download the Youtube Icon v1.0 (zip)
Production
Social bookmark icons are all over the web. I felt somewhat sad for Youtube, almost having none out there, so I decided to make one. I made a few rough sketches on different concepts. After deciding on the old TV, I fired up Photoshop and created a 1024×1024 px document with guidelines creating a workspace reaching 512×512 px. I collected some reference photos on old TVs and started to block out a rough composition. I wanted the TV to be innocent and cute, young but still old — almost like WALL-E. I realized the antennas was perfect for signaling a certain mood and to make it more cute, and I went for a simple and symmetric look for the finalized icon.