Designing an Icon with Affinity Designer

Learn to design clean, colorful, and unique icons for iOS and Android apps with Affinity Designer, the professional vector design program.

Introduction

• Welcome
• About the exercise files

1. Conceiving the Design

• What is an app icon?
• Making a recognizable and memorable app icon
• Getting the app design specs
• Using the app icon template

2. Designing the Icon

• Importing your sketch
• Building your app icon from simple shapes
• Adding effects and choosing colors

3. Exporting the Icon

• Slicing, file format, and exporting

Conclusion

• Next steps