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This is one of several icons that had to be revamped because they were substandard. The original version of this icon had a skeleton parrot perched on top of the chest. The parrot was hard to see on the smaller icons (tiny bones), so I went with a more familiar parrot perched atop a shovel. Now it clearly resembles the beach scene in the Disneyland attraction’s arcade queue.

The chest is actually one that can be found over at the Pirate’s Lair on Tom Sawyer’s Island.

I’m up to 26 icons so far (each with a Mac version). It seems like a lot of the icons are leaning more towards the films rather than striking a balance between the films and the attractions. Still, there are plenty of icons left to sneak in more attraction references.

The entire set will be available to download at the Disney Experience. Keep checking this page for more previews and a release date.

One of my latest artistic endeavors is creating system-wide icons. That can mean creating well over 100 of them for the entire set! So far, I’ve created two system icons: Disneyesque and the Haunted Mansion.

The Haunted Mansion system icons are my latest and favorite. But, I only use them around October/November to really get me into the Halloween spirit. I’m using Disneyesque right now, but it doesn’t quite fit. I have several Pirates of the Caribbean icons that I’ve been using as program and folder shortcuts on my desktop for a long while. I think it’s time for a new POTC system set!