I Tried to Create a "Liquid Glass" Icon for Bike

Bike Outliner
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I was curious about Apple’s new Icon Composer. And as I know Jesse is hard at work with 2.0 (and I’ve played with the Bike icon previously as well), I thought I’d try my best to create an icon (pack) for Bike with the new style.

(Keep in mind, I’m not a designer, though. And I’ve never used an icon app like this, heh. Also, remember that I’ve optimised for small sizes.)

Version A:

bike_glass_a_wide
bike_glass_a_wide5000×1268 227 KB

Version B:

bike_glass_b_wide
bike_glass_b_wide5000×1268 268 KB

I think Version B might look the best — but I wonder if Version A fits the macOS 26 aesthetics better. At smaller sizes, the spokes being blurred also makes it look more like the current icon.

The icons (and file to edit it) can be downloaded here. Thoughts?

I also wrote a bit more about it in a blog post here.

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Thanks!

I do agree there’s something interesting with the blur. I wonder if it would look better with a motion blur effect. Ie a hard edge on the leading side of the spoke an a blurred trailing edge, as it spins.

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Thing is, I wanted to only use the effects offered in Icon Composer. All the graphics themselves are totally flat.