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DressUp! Avatars Icon Set

By Smashing Editorial, November 5th, 2008 in Freebies | 73 Comments | Forum

Today we are glad to release DressUp! Avatars Icon Set, a set with 16 original avatar icons in .png. This set was designed by Dante Michael Afrondoza especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers. The set was created from scratch using Adobe Fireworks — the .png-sources are available for free download as well. The icons are available in 128×128px.

Download the icon set for free!

You can use the set for all of your projects for free and without any restrictions. You can freely use it for both your private and commercial projects, including software, online services, templates and themes. The set may not be resold, sublicensed, rented, transferred or otherwise made available for use. Please link to this article if you would like to spread the word.

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download the set (.zip, 0.2 Mb)
download the source (.zip, 0.1 Mb)

Behind the design

As always, here are some insights from the designer herself:

“This is my first avatar set that I made from scratch using Adobe Fireworks CS3. My inspiration for the set were the avatars made by Iconka. After seeing how they made it look easy with a different program, I had to try it with Fireworks.

I’ve done vector graphics before, using Flash and Photoshop, but this set was a learning experience for me. The reason why I used Fireworks is because we only had one copy of Adobe CS3 Web Premium, and my officemate already uses Photoshop on his computer. I made this initially as a set of profile images for use by our client, but it eventually evolved into something more personal.

It emphasizes how much fun I had learning Fireworks, that I just made more for my friends.”

Thank you very much, Michael! We appreciate your efforts.

Last But Not Least

We are constantly looking for creative designers and artists. You may not know it yet, but we may feature you in one of our upcoming posts.

If you would like to release a free high-quality font, a Wordpress theme, Photoshop brushes, a Drupal theme, some wallpapers or an icon set, please contact us. We would like to support you (both financially and with the broad readership of Smashing Magazine).

Published in Freebies, November 5th, 2008
Tags: avatar, freebie, Graphics, icons

1.

aecio oliveira (November 5th, 2008, 5:23 am)

Finalmente 1º a comentar !

Thranks a loot =)

nice icons
2.

Daniel (November 5th, 2008, 5:30 am)

Great!

Thanks a lot
3.

Alain (November 5th, 2008, 5:37 am)

Thank you for the work. I do appreciate the time spent on these.
On the other hand I feel that some of the new freebies are getting more into the “not very usefull” list.
A bit less might be better.
4.

Johnson Koh (November 5th, 2008, 6:02 am)

These are cute. Thanks for sharing :D
5.

R. Sebastian (November 5th, 2008, 6:10 am)

Lovevly icons! Especially those of V for Vendetta and Assasins Creed!
6.

DaWe (November 5th, 2008, 6:51 am)

Großartig … vielen Dank!
7.

Ahmet Burak Bal (November 5th, 2008, 6:53 am)

Thank you for icon set.
8.

Klaas van Wachteren (November 5th, 2008, 6:56 am)

Genius Avatars. Just don’t know what to do
with’em, but anyway. Something will come up.

Stay tuned for more happys days . . .

and help vinergy.org to save the world.
SAVE ENERGY.
9.

Cliff (November 5th, 2008, 7:00 am)

Awesome! Great uses!
10.

andol (November 5th, 2008, 7:38 am)

i can save the icon as my avatar in sns
11.

Derek (November 5th, 2008, 7:41 am)

what does one use these for?
12.

Milinda (November 5th, 2008, 7:43 am)

Nice icons. Thanks!
13.

Rizky (November 5th, 2008, 8:05 am)

wow…i love the assassin creed one ! great job m8
14.

dev(Www.iHaCK.ASIA) (November 5th, 2008, 9:23 am)

Really great icon set, love it and love smashingmagazine

Link [Www.ihack.asia]
15.

Fred Epner (November 5th, 2008, 9:52 am)

i love it. the assassin looks so cool
16.

Laura L Bradt (November 5th, 2008, 10:21 am)

these are kewl
17.

George (November 5th, 2008, 12:33 pm)

Remember, Remember, the fifth of November …
18.

Jhay (November 5th, 2008, 5:08 pm)

Looks cool! Thanks for sharing
19.

Kayle (November 5th, 2008, 6:24 pm)

Nice one! thanks for this, more pleeeaassee?
20.

moonstar (November 5th, 2008, 6:49 pm)

Thanks for sharing! Great talent!
21.

genm (November 5th, 2008, 6:52 pm)

cool! i like it! what a great talent!
22.

ronnel (November 5th, 2008, 7:03 pm)

wow! great talent! can i use one for my avatar?… i love the assasin ……
23.

f e R n (November 5th, 2008, 7:17 pm)

cool huh! hehehe nice bro.
24.

Avat@r (November 5th, 2008, 7:38 pm)

impressive work Mike, you made it look so easy as well. The V for vendetta avatar made my day, hope to see more of your art in the coming days.
25.

gaurav (November 5th, 2008, 8:24 pm)

amazing :) n lovely

nice share n post
26.

Gin@lyn (November 5th, 2008, 9:31 pm)

Hi DMA! single ka pa ba? i like kasi mga guys na very galing magdraw…pwede ba akong magpadraw ng nude? kung ok lang at alang magagalit..;)
27.

mom (November 5th, 2008, 9:43 pm)

we want more!! we want more!!
i love the sexy avatar. may i know who is your inspiration?
28.

Gin@lyn (November 5th, 2008, 9:52 pm)

hmmm…oo nga…swerte naman nya! can I have you na lang…somebody told me your sexy, handsome, romantic and smart! ;)
pwede ba akong magpagawa ng avatar sayo? yung white lady na may cute face! ;)
29.

BeLe (November 6th, 2008, 2:01 am)

make one just like vaultboy and this set will be made of pure win! XD
30.

Marcus Vinícius (November 6th, 2008, 3:22 am)

I totally agree with Alain, The set is cute, but there are so many sets in the last months, so much times with quantity over quality.

SM do a great job, still the best on the internet, but I miss the old days, when each post meaned a lot to our work.

Hugs from Brazil.
31.

Calítoe.:. (November 6th, 2008, 4:00 am)

And where is the girl version of the “I <3 design guy”? :(

Thanks all the same.
32.

Vladan (November 6th, 2008, 5:09 am)

Icons are really great but one problem seems that source file is just plain png file not fireworks png with layers, styles and such. I am I right?
33.

Nehj (November 6th, 2008, 7:08 pm)

No wonder..
34.

Raymond (November 6th, 2008, 10:10 pm)

Great i have been looking for these kind of ICONS.

thanks

RJ
Link [www.2gbhosting.com]
35.

Wil (November 7th, 2008, 7:51 am)

don’t have really use for them now except for avatars/dock icons :D but i like them and i like archiving…it might come in handy later

thanks for the inspiring creations dude! continue rocking!

*off to d/L*
36.

Corruptmonk (November 7th, 2008, 10:44 am)

Cool icons you have there mate, especially the V for Vendetta. Keep ‘em coming. :D
37.

Hispania (November 7th, 2008, 1:22 pm)

Excellent !!!!
38.

BJ (November 8th, 2008, 6:24 pm)

very nice work mike!
39.

Nehj (November 10th, 2008, 1:30 am)

Bravo Mike.. :D yeah really cool, nice but not my type… hehehe (to be unique)
40.

WildFire (November 10th, 2008, 1:45 am)

Great job..!
More… : ]
41.

小肚生鱼汤 (November 14th, 2008, 4:17 am)

thanks!!!!
i need them
42.

Jordan (December 6th, 2008, 8:31 pm)

Rember rember the fifth of november.
43.

ThuMastha (December 19th, 2008, 3:00 pm)

You’re the man, Mike! Your hacker sis directed me to this wonderful site.
44.

Dan (January 6th, 2009, 5:22 pm)

Great!
45.

Dan (January 6th, 2009, 5:23 pm)

Cute!
46.

Hannie (January 8th, 2009, 5:55 pm)

Cool~!
47.

Bibi (January 15th, 2009, 9:11 am)

I am French, and this site is super.
C’est vraiment du bon boulot les artistes, bravo
48.

Sebas (January 16th, 2009, 10:48 am)

thks!!!!
sebas.insanefruits.net
49.

Sam (March 12th, 2009, 3:19 pm)

This are GREAT icons. Very useful. They would actually be a ton more useful with the source, but as Vladan has pointed out, that file is just a regular PNG, not a Fireworks PNG. Here’s hoping the link will be fixed/updated!
50.

Kat (March 14th, 2009, 4:47 pm)

Many thanks! It’s been a long search looking for occupational icons. Cheers to the talented Dante Michael Afrondoza!