3D icons Technical Issues

The thoroughness and truthfulness of the picture may be even the negative aspect 3D icons possess. It means you are much more free to use artistic vision while drawing some object. Lets take a mobile-phone as an example. So its possible to draw it rather similar to a real one but eliminate additional details, shades and highlights. Sometimes schematic drawings work even better than 3D models. But to decide what to use you must analyze each definite situation. To develop an object and make it seem closer to real one 3d icons should repeat carefully every detail and line. So to answer the question we can claim it's more like a kind of technical representation than a piece of art. Though some illustrators manage to create abstract 3D icons that involve creative thought and look like true works of art. Realistic and accurate modeling is the most famous trend of 3D design nowadays.Speaking about realism, if you are planning to use some characters as icons, we can surely say that 3D icons are much more realistic than 2D ones. The characters may remain cartoonish and this will give zest to your website.

Let us enumerate the technical issues you may face while using 3D icons.

So pay attention to these useful facts while creating the icons design for your webpage:

It is not possible to display all the glory and details of 3d icons with very poor resolution of the viewers monitors;

since the monitor screen is 2D device it won't show the true three-dimensional object as we see it in reality;

2D space is easier to be modified and controlled in comparison with 3D one;

sometimes users need to download extra software that is needed for correct viewing of 3D web Icons.

To sum up we can say that both 2D and 3D icons are based on geometric data but 3D objects are the sculpture models, they're more complex items. And the requirements for creating the high quality 3D web Icons are much severer. No doubt you can claim that 3D web icons may lack creativity and abstract air, nevertheless the facts of depth and volume that are created with a help of 3D technology are incontestable.