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Do you like to play around in InkScape, or want to learn how to design an SVG icon? Here’s a challenge for you…

Even if you don’t know it by name, you’ve seen the great icons from Mark James’ “Silk” icon library. You can download them here:

http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/

The designer is a genius at designing 16×16 icons, but web applications need bigger icons, preferably vector-based, to fit modern displays:

So, here’s the challenge: pick an icon and design an SVG file inspired by it.

Ideally, the SVG should look very close at 16×16, but when scaled up, should reveal additional detail, smooth gradients, etc. so they look like they were designed for higher resolutions.

For example, I took this icon:

and created an SVG file that renders like this at 400×400:

You can download my SVG file here:

http://openclipart.org/media/files/richardtallent/10406

When you’re done, you can submit them to OpenClipArt if you like, or post them elsewhere. Then send me a link and I’ll add it here!