What you'll learn

Vector Design
Sketching your ideas
Establishing grids
Creating simple shapes, paths, and strokes to make complex icons
Creating custom shapes with the pen tool
Using Transparency
Practical graphic design skills that can be used in Illustrator, Affinity Designer, Sketch, Figma and dozens of other design tools
Exporting icons in PNG, SVG, JPG, PDF and more

Requirements

A computer with Adobe XD installed (which is FREE)
Basic knowledge of how to navigate around your computer's file system
Basic drawing tools are recommended such as a pencil, eraser, and sketchbook or paper

Description

Learn how to design visually engaging and cohesive icon sets in any program. I'll teach best practices on brainstorming icons, finding the right metaphors, sketching your ideas, and finally designing high resolution icons and simple icon versions that will work on smaller screens.

Although I'll be teaching you in Adobe XD (because it is free), I'm going to cover tools that are also found in your favorite design programs including:

Adobe Illustrator

Sketch

Figma

Affinity Design

Invision Studio

and many more

The concepts you learn here can be put into practice for web graphics, web design, interaction design, graphic illustration and much more.

Things you will learn in this course include:

Overview of Adobe XD

Understanding types of icons and when to use them

Creating a design brief and planning your icons to have a consistent style and colors.

Researching icon metaphors and sketching your ideas

Setting up your workspace for icon design

Creating and merging shapes to create complex icons

Using Transparency

Balancing icon sizes and positions

Creating a simple icon set

Converting a filled icon set to outlines

Exporting icons

and more.

Who this course is for:

Graphic designers wanting to design icons
Interface designers wanting to design icons
Designers wanting to learn Adobe XD by example
Students wanting to advance their career as a graphic or interface designer
Students wanting to learn Vector Design