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3d Software is like a miracle in technology, it has changed the graphic design and film industries forever, and has empowered many other fields, like medicine and gaming. The weird part is, that many 3D applications have ugly icons. It seems as if the genius programmers ended up so exhausted, they didn’t want to invest a couple of hours more into the design of a cool icon for their apps.

We searched a lot and found that there are not many artists making 3d software dock icon sets or filetype icons. It is almost impossible to find free icons for powerful and popular packages like Mudbox and Modo, so we wanted to honor those great tools, giving to their users another possibility to revamp their looks and aid their creativity.

I wish you a good weekend. Sorry dear readers if I’ve been silent these days. Check out my post on the 100 list of file type icon sets and you will figure out what I’ve been up to. Enjoy these sets. They are really, really rare.

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Hello to all! As you might already know, we have uploaded a new icon set for your delight in the community forum. Please remember that all these icons are free to anyone, you just have to register. We are not going to spam you, bill you, or send you bad voodoo in your mail. Last week, some weird guy said we were “ripping” off people with our free sets. Can you believe that? How on earth can you rip off somebody with something free?

I have a question. Is there any member that has accumulated so many point that could own all Iconshock free sets?

Bye! Good luck!

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We at Iconshock have made a little bet. Nobody at the office thinks I can be able to list a hundred icons of any topic or style, for 5 straight weeks. And I’m beginning to endorse that thought too. There is so many weed in the internet, so many low quality sets, that I really don’t know how  am I going to win. Nevertheless, faith is the last thing one can loose in this world right? So, I will endure in my quest to list 500 icon sets! The best thing is that you, my dear readers are the lucky ones, because regardless of the outcome, either I loose the bet or not, you are going to rejoice with the best icon sets in the world.

I really enjoyed making this list, since I have always thought that many high end applications like compositing and 3d modeling software have hideous icons that I always wanted to change, but didn’t have either the time or the will. Now that at last, the time and will is provided by my dear employers, I’ve managed to dig out the dirt and showcase the best of what’s around. Bon apetit!

1. Icons Pack III
Isa Pinheiro

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At last, the people have decided! Power to the people as John Lennon said… here it is, the new, the fantastic, the ultra awesome….DARK NIGHT ICON SET! What I loved about Chris Nolan’s movie was it’s grandiloquence and sheer style. Young directors now days think that making a good movie is to hang the camera on the actors shoulder like a parrot, and inserting what ever C.G. tricks they can. The huge success of the Dark Night proves that audiences crave over good story lines and rich characters. I hope you enjoy the icons, and their whimsical details. The joker icon is my favorite.

By the way… Who else thinks Batman got ripped off at the oscars?

So, did you like the 100 folder list last week? We know you guys just can´t have enough, so we are giving away an awesome folder set just for our blog readers.

I know my posts are the best solution around for insomnia, so I want to give you another extra reason to stay tuned to my weekly nonsense. From now on, the icon set we will give away on the blog will be in a brand new, unissued style, totally departed from the Iconshock usual commercial and free stocks. This is a really special thing we are doing as payback to your support and comments. Each week we will feature a different designer from our staff, and each artist will have total aesthetic freedom in order to give each set a unique trademark.

I am preparing my brains and my soul for three straight days of loud Rock and Roll at the “Rock al Parque” festival, the biggest free rock festival in the world, so I will be back on Tuesday. Wish me luck!

I hope you have a nice weekend.

G.

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