Icon Design: Create a Cohesive Icon Set

Create a custom set of icons that complements the needs and feel of any project. In this short class, designer Adam Whitcroft provides a behind-the-scenes look at creating a cohesive set of outdoor-themed icons. Using Illustrator and Photoshop, he shows how to develop a theme, iterate on initial sketches, and polish a complete icon set that's perfect for clients, colleagues, or personal work. Whether you're a designer or an illustrator, this class is great for strengthening skills in observation, design, abstraction, building an aesthetic, and designing icons that match your creative vision.

• Trailer
• Introduction: Overview
• Introduction: Adam Whitcroft
• Illustrator Basics: Setup
• Illustrator Basics: Functions
• Concepting: The List
• Initial: Tent
• Initial: Lantern
• Initial: Backpack
• Iteration: Tent
• Iteration: Lantern
• Iteration: Backpack
• Presentation: Roughs
• Photoshop Basics: Icon Workflow
• Photoshop Basics: Functions
• Remaking: Tent
• Remaking: Lantern
• Remaking: Backpack
• Expanding: Compass
• Expanding: Sleeping Bag
• Expanding: Coffee Press
• Presentation: In-Progress Set
• Final Touches: Details
• Final Touches: Path Cleanup
• Conclusion: Final Set
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