What pictures / icons would best represent...

[Covey]

Ok i need to create some icons for some buttons in my program.
I've done 90% of them but i either can't think of a good image to use or i can't find an image.

So what do you think would be a good image to use to represent the following words: (Keep in mind these pictures have to be 16 x 16 and transparent, so it can't be too detailed otherwise it won't shrink well)
Search
Switch (Thought of 2 arrows on top of each other, 1 going left the other going right, just can't find a pic on google)
Hide
Apply (Thought of a green tick, couldn't find 1 that shrunk well)
Calculate
Monster Database (Can't find a RuneScape Monster Head that will shrink well)
Solve
Edit
Change

 

[chopper821]

why dont you make the switch and apply ones on paint or photoshop sumthing like that?

 

[Recnuob]

Search (the little learching light thing if thats possible, doesnt have to be automated OR a magnifying glass)
Calculate (+ overlapped with x perhaps)
Solve ( = sign)
Switch ( two arrows that point to where the other came from, like a circle type thing, hard to explain)

 

[TDD]

Ok i need to create some icons for some buttons in my program.
I've done 90% of them but i either can't think of a good image to use or i can't find an image.

So what do you think would be a good image to use to represent the following words: (Keep in mind these pictures have to be 16 x 16 and transparent, so it can't be too detailed otherwise it won't shrink well)
Search
Switch (Thought of 2 arrows on top of each other, 1 going left the other going right, just can't find a pic on google)
Hide
Apply (Thought of a green tick, couldn't find 1 that shrunk well)
Calculate
Monster Database (Can't find a RuneScape Monster Head that will shrink well)
Solve
Edit
Change

i'll happily make some for you so they are 16x16 without being shrunk and looking distorted.

Search - Magnifying glass of course
switch - two arrows goign clockwise in a circle
hide - an eye like in photoshop
apply - green tick
calculate - a calculator or a symbol like pie
monster DB - hmm lemme think about this
solve - what's the difference between calculate? just use the opposite to calculate, a calculator/symbol
edit - can't be explained, i'll show you.
change - also can't be easily explained.

 

[Ciz3d]

Monster database : A impressive NPC like KBD and under it : DB

 

[Covey]

i'll happily make some for you so they are 16x16 without being shrunk and looking distorted.

Search - Magnifying glass of course
switch - two arrows goign clockwise in a circle
hide - an eye like in photoshop
apply - green tick
calculate - a calculator or a symbol like pie
monster DB - hmm lemme think about this
solve - what's the difference between calculate? just use the opposite to calculate, a calculator/symbol
edit - can't be explained, i'll show you.
change - also can't be easily explained.

ok, sweet give me 5 - 10 mins.
I've found my old icon archive i just gotta see what i have in it, then ill reply.

 

[Curt]

Search - Magnifying Glass
Switch - Light Switch
Hide - Door with Shadow
Apply - Check Mark
Calculate - Calculator
Monster Database - Excel Table Button
Solve - Equal Sign
Edit - NotePad Icon
Change - NotePad Icon

edit and change, wtf is the difference?

 

[Covey]

Search - Magnifying Glass
Switch - Light Switch
Hide - Door with Shadow
Apply - Check Mark
Calculate - Calculator
Monster Database - Excel Table Button
Solve - Equal Sign
Edit - NotePad Icon
Change - NotePad Icon

edit and change, wtf is the difference?

Kinda hard to explain, edit is a button that would when clicked allows you to edit your theme colour, while change when clicked changes all your button styles to your new selected one.

Ok, these are the only ones i have left to make / get / leech.
Apply - Green tick.
Monster DB - NPC Monster Head.
Calculate / Solve - Not sure.

 

[Muffinator]

I'll throw in my ideas...

Search: A magnifying glass, or an eye, or an eye looking through a magnifying glass.
Switch: Any kind of curved arrow or arrows, or a double-sided arrow pointing to black and white boxes. Try shrinking your browser's refresh button.
Hide: A broken outline of a person.
Apply: The bucket fill tool from every image editing program ever.
Calculate: A + with random numbers around it.
Monster Database: Any well known mythical creature like unicorn or minotaur.
Solve: =
Edit: A pencil, or a pencil and an eraser
Change: Any two images that look very similar.

 

[Xjaa]

For edit you could use a paintbrush/pencil with a splash nearcthe tip

 

[Xjaa]

For edit you could use a paintbrush/pencil with a splash near the tip