Today we are going to design Android Icon using Expression Blend 4.
Step 1
Open Expression Blend 4 -> select Silverlight-Application -> select Silverlight-Application -> change Name and Location accordingly -> hit OK.
Step 2
Select Assets -> select Shapes -> select Callout-Rectangular, draw Rectangle, manage the width & height, background-color, stroke color, margin and shadow-effect as shown below:
Step 3
Select Assets -> select Shapes -> select Ellipse, draw Eyes and Retina, manage the width & height, background-color, stroke color, margin, blur-effect and shadow-effect as shown below:
Step 4
Select Assets -> select Shapes -> select Arc, draw Nose, manage the width & height, background-color, stroke color, margin, blur-effect and shadow-effect as shown below:
Step 5
Select Text-Block from Tool-Box, write text according to your choice, manage the width & height and foreground-color as shown below.
Here's the Android Message Icon is ready.
Summary
This article provides the new idea of creating "Icon's" through control's.
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