In a past life I was the lead GUI artist on the Fable franchise for Xbox and Xbox 360. Although my GUI days are at an end, I do miss creating icons. I think it's the challenge of meticulously creating something pixel by pixel. Or having to communicate an idea within a 64 x 64 pixel square. Having Photoshop permanently zoomed in at 1600% isn’t fun though :). Here are some of them I created for Fable 2. Click on the image for more.