Traditionally, to create a handmade icon graphic you would need paints and brushes. We will only need a graphic tablet, Illustrator and the DrawScribe plugin. For quick recoloring of a completed icon, we’ll also make use of the Phantasm CS plugin. This is the fourth and final instalment of the icon design mini series. Let’s [...]
Read MoreContinuing the series on icon design, in this tutorial we will learn about the basic principles of creating small icons. It turns out that Adobe Illustrator is suitable for creating pixel icons and it is not so difficult to make them. Let’s get started!
Read MoreIn this tutorial we will take a look at the process of creating a realistic icon, which encompasses a variety of techniques such as 3D modeling, gradient fills and color work, different ways of creating shadows and highlights. Within this page, I’ll describe the basic principles of creating realistic vector objects, which will be useful [...]
Read MoreIcon design represents one of the most important trends in design. The number of web sites providing icons is increased daily, in part driven by the growing number of applications, all of which featuring interfaces and therefore icons. Today we will talk about the basic principles of creating icons, their types and trends in this [...]
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