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Creating an arrow icon with Java2D

Java, Swing

I was looking at the Firefox website last week after I posted my entry about creating an aqua button, and the arrow icon in the download box caught my eye:

Original Firefox download arrow icon

Since I was still in the mood to play with Java2D a little more after creating the aqua buttons, I decided to create that arrow icon with Java2D. Here are the results of my efforts:

Java2D version of the arrow in a shade of green Java2D version of the arrow in a shade of red

Just like with the Aqua buttons I’m sure itcould be done a little bit better, however after about 40 minutes of playing around with implementing and perfecting the arrow, I decided it was good enough.

If you want to play around with this yourself, you can download the source code here.

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3 Responses to “Creating an arrow icon with Java2D”

  1. Dustin Quasar Sacks Says:
    June 3rd, 2005 at 10:40 am

    That looks very cool. Please continue posting your Java2D funtime code =).

  2. djohnson Says:
    June 3rd, 2005 at 11:03 am

    Nicely done.

  3. JRB Technology Says:
    February 25th, 2006 at 8:34 am

    Rolex

    I found your entry interesting do I’ve added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)

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