Metallen Project

Hello, I know it’s been while since anyone has seen something from me. Well, I’ve been pretty busy.

Metallen.
An industrial and metallic folderset for Mac OS X and Windows XP and Vista.
This set currently includes forty finely-tunes pieces of pixel precision. This set is being expanded upon weekly, and should be released by the end of the summer.

More teasers for Metallen will be posted periodically.

Now that the boring part is out of the way, I guess I’d better give you guys a little background on this set. I have been working on it for four months now. It actually started on a seven-hour overseas flight, where one sleep-deprived individual could no longer stand the incessant wailing of the child in the adjacent seat. Since then, this set has probably evolved more than any that I have ever made before.
Yes, I was inspired by the wonderful Pry Frente set. The creator of those beautiful icons (among many others), has inspired my work for a long while, and I have viewed his work as a goal that I will someday attempt to achieve. Congratulations on him finishing his exams, and taking the hippocratic oath.
I am also determined to make Metallen a set with both objects and glyphs on the folders. As for the objects, I am trying not to use many that have been used before. As for the glyphs, I do not yet know how that will be done.
I have a few other icons and foldersets, even system-replacement sets, that I’ve been waiting to show you. I’ve been working on most of them over the past few weeks, along with some Icon Block client work. Once my workload lightens, I’ll have more time for these sets.

Want a sneak preview of this icon set? Then register on our blog, and you will be elegible for a beta version of these icons before their official release.

Please comment and let me know what types of folders you would like to see, and any other requests related to the set.

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Fauna

The IconBlock Ltd. is proud to announce the development of Fauna. Fauna will be a spectacular line of naturalistic themed wallpapers for Mac, PC & the iPhone. They will be based on the photography of Hannah Cohen from Cropped Out Studios. We believe this collaborative effort will reinforce our ongoing commitment to provide the highest quality content to users of our freeware as well as positively contributing to the desktop customization community. This project will involve an extensive amount of work because not only will each wallpaper be hand crafted to perfectly fit a wide variety of display screens at different resolutions, they will also have to be tweaked meticulously in order to preserve the essence and natural beauty of the actual photo, which sometimes gets lost during digital modification. As always the wallpapers will be made available freely ONLY for personal desktop use. If you would like to use these images or the actual source photo materials in a commercial capacity you will need to purchase a liscense from Cropped Out Studios. More information on licensing will be provided when the product is finally made available. We anticipate an Early to Mid July release. As always we appreciate your feedback.

Fauna

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Reloaded

As you may have already noticed our blog has been significantly changed. During this transformation process however several of our database files somehow became corrupted & we were unable to recover blog accounts or any of our previous posts. Though it was a sad & frustrating day for us we decided to use this opportunity as a fresh start since we had several issues in the past with fake registrations & spam comments. For those of you who were registered users unfortunately you would now have to register again. We do sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused. On a lighter note we have made several new tweaks and fixes that will hopefully enhance your experience while using our blog. New scripts and custom lines of code has been develop to cut down loading time of pages. You will also notice that we have added a portfolio to our blog. This has been done to facilitate the numerous requests we have had from potential clients who will now have a much better understanding of what we can offer in terms of variety & function. This Portfolio section is still under construction and will be open to the public very soon. Another new addition is the iBlock page which features content from our beloved Deviant Art iBlock Icon Club. Deviant Art is one of the biggest art enthusiasts communities & is the place to be if you are a fan of any form of art. Our blog now has support for Coollris We hope you enjoy the our new blog, let us know what you think!

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