Everyone loves social bookmarking. Whether it is tweeting, or sharing a link in facebook or even showcasing design works in flickr.Well, there are almost thousands of icons out there patiently waiting for us to use them.

The difficulty in designing web graphics is not so much in the actual execution of the design, but more in the planning of it and the process of learning new things. At the same time you want the design to be eye-catching, yet smooth and small enough so it doesn’t dominate your layout. So, i decided to create some fancy, dark and glossy icon inspired by the iPhone app, Tweetie. In this article, I have written a tutorial on how to create them. It is very simple and can be finished in minutes. I also have uploaded the icon set in 128 x 128 and 64 x 64 sizes.

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