Here's a script to build a plain Tk photo image that can be used e.g. as an icon for buttons or labels. It is painted with [<image> put] rectangles. To convert this into a file, you can serialize it to a base64-encoded string using the approach in [Serializing a photo]. The following example constructs a trash can icon image: ====== package require Tk set img [image create photo -width 16 -height 16] set black #000000 # handle (small nub on top): $img put $black -to 6 0 10 2 # lid (wider bar): $img put $black -to 2 2 14 4 # body outline: left wall, right wall, bottom: $img put $black -to 3 4 5 15 $img put $black -to 11 4 13 15 $img put $black -to 3 13 13 15 # three vertical ridge lines inside the body, for a "trash can" read at small size: $img put $black -to 6 6 7 12 $img put $black -to 8 6 9 12 $img put $black -to 10 6 11 12 your script ====== Here is how it looks like in ASCII art: ====== ......XXXX...... ......XXXX...... ..XXXXXXXXXXXX.. ..XXXXXXXXXXXX.. ...XX......XX... ...XX......XX... ...XX.X.X.XXX... ...XX.X.X.XXX... ...XX.X.X.XXX... ...XX.X.X.XXX... ...XX.X.X.XXX... ...XX.X.X.XXX... ...XX......XX... ...XXXXXXXXXX... ...XXXXXXXXXX... ................ ====== ---- '''[TWu] - 2026-09-04 11:06:03''' Clever trick! You do not need to declare a variable for "black" as it is a known color-name (see also Tk_GetColor C-function).<<br>> With use of [expr] it is able to scale like SVG (only the lines will be thinner), or the image itself may be scaled. Thanks!