finding icons for Apps

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> Sanoski wrote:
> > This might be a dumb question. I don't
> > know. I'm new to all this. How do you
> > find icons for your programs? All GUI
> > applications have cool icons that
> > represent various things. For instance,
> > to save is often represented as a disk,
> > etc. You know, the small little picture
> > references that give meaning to the
> > phrase 'Graphical User Interface'. But
> > I'm not a graphics artist! Drawing is
> > simply one talent that skipped me
> > completely. Where can I find icons to
> > use with my programs?
> >
> > I don't even know how to search for
> > them, because I'm not sure how to word
> > it. I tried Googling various things:
> > icons, software graphics, application
> > icons, custom graphics, etc, etc. But
> > I'm not getting much luck here you guys.
> >
> > Also, besides just finding a collection
> > of various pre-made icons, who would I
> > talk to to make me some original custom
> > made icons? I'll look for hours and find
> > one or two places, but they never
> > respond to my messages, so I figure they
> > must not do that kind of art work.
> >
> > I'm looking for both: a collection of
> > graphics and some place (or someone)
> > that can make custom original graphics.
> > The latter is just for future reference.
> > The more important one is the former,
> > because I can't even afford to pay for
> > originals right now. But maybe I will
> > soon, so it would be nice to have a
> > resource.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Joshua
>
> http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Desktop
>_Project http://www.oxygen-icons.org/
> http://everaldo.com/crystal/