Lynda ? Creating Icons with Illustrator

An effective icon design conveys a lot of information in a small space. If you need to create a great custom icon and you have a copy of Illustrator, this is the course for you. First, discover how file format, size, viewpoint, and platform shape your design choices. Then author Justin Seeley will show you how decide on the scope of your set, sketch out your designs, and choose a color scheme and style. Next, you'll "vectorize" your drawings and apply colors and styles in Illustrator. Finally, learn how to export your icons in the correct file formats for use on the web, in print, or on different operating systems (Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android). Along the way, Justin introduces challenges to test your knowledge and a couple of tools to help speed up your design workflow.

Content:

0. Introduction

• Welcome

• How to use exercise files

• Understanding challenges

• How to send feedback

1. Core Concepts

• Exploring the principles of icon design

• Understanding platform guidelines for icons

2. Planning Your Icon Set

• Choosing a style for your icon set

• Setting the scope of your icon set

• Choosing a color scheme for your icons

• Creating rough sketches of your icons

• Challenge: Sketching your ideas

• Solution: Sketching your ideas

3. Building Your Icon Set

• Importing your sketches into Illustrator

• Converting your sketches into vector art

• Challenge: Convert your icon to vectors

• Solution: Convert your icon to vectors

• Importing and applying your color scheme

• Challenge: Refining your artwork

• Solution: Refining your artwork

4. Exporting Your Icon Set

• Saving your icons as a symbol library

• Saving your icons for web use

• Saving your icons as SVG

• Using icon-generation software

• Generating icons for mobile applications

• Generating icons for desktop applications

• Generating icons for websites

5. Conclusion

• Goodbye

Includes exercise files.

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