Snaught.com -- Jim's Cool Icons

These are various icons that I have created for my homepage at one time or another, which I believe to be fairly unique. I would like to offer them to the world at large, since I've wasted enough of my time creating them. They are free for any use. Enjoy!

Please do not link directly to any of these icons. Please download them instead.

Also, Please take a look at my "Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Page" for more information.

New for 2000

and

CoolTitle and CoolTubes are short UNIX/Linux Perl script front-ends to POV-Ray that generate cool 3D text as seen on this page. Both CoolTitle and CoolTubes are free software and distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Visit the CoolTitle page.
Visit the CoolTubes page.

Jim's Cool Icons
"Rev Too"

Circa 1998

Icons for use against white backgrounds

Small Marbles

Large Marbles

Variety of raytraced marbles and balls.
(17 Jun 2000) Updated!

Metal Text
Metallic blocks of text.
(20 Feb 2000) Updated!

Planets
"Recently re-discovered on my HD"
Raytraced planets, using NASA imagery as image-maps.
"The Lost Icons"

"Classic"
Jim's Cool Icons

Circa 1995-1996

Transparent Icons for use against gray backgrounds

Marbles
Nice raytraced marbles.
Each is 32x32 pixels x 16 colors.

Chicklets
Raytraced rounded buttons.
Each is 96x40 pixels x 16 colors.

Planets
Raytraced planets,
using NASA imagery as image-maps.

Nameplates
These look something like the nameplates on the trunks of cars.
These icons are not raytraced.

Light Emitting Diodes
These are raytraced LEDs, both on and off.

Phongy Tubes
These are gaudy raytraced neon tubes.

Floppy Diskettes
These are colorful raytraced diskettes.

Notes on use with backgrounds. Most of these icons cast shadows which were designed to be viewed against the standard 75% Gray background of most browsers. Good results can also be obtained against low contrast backgrounds that have an overall value close to that of the 75% Gray (as with this page). If placed against very dark, very bright or high contrast backgrounds the shadows will be unconvincing. Here are some backgrounds I designed to work well with these icons:

Backgrounds

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Page

Related Links

since Jul 1, 1996.