Free Icon Design courses and tutorials

Well-designed icons are the secret to a great user interface. Learn how to design simple and effective icons that immediately communicate concepts to your users.

All Icon Design tutorials:

  1. Create a Set of Coffee and Tea Icons in Adobe Illustrator

    Create a Set of Coffee and Tea Icons in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial Advanced

    In the following steps you will learn how to create a set of cup icons in Adobe Illustrator. For starters you will learn how to setup a grid and how to...

  2. Create a Wooden Inbox iOS Icon in Adobe Illustrator

    Create a Wooden Inbox iOS Icon in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial Advanced

    With smartphones increasing the pixel density of their screens it's in a designers best interest to consider vector graphics when creating apps and their...

  3. Draw an Electric Guitar in Photoshop

    Draw an Electric Guitar in Photoshop

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial, we will draw an electric guitar in Photoshop. We will start by tracing its shape in Adobe Illustrator and then export those paths to...

  4. How to Create a Detailed Depot Building Icon in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Create a Detailed Depot Building Icon in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial Advanced

    In the following steps you will learn how to create a detailed depot building illustration. For starters you will learn how to create a simple brick pattern...

  5. How to Create a Set of Heart Icons in Adobe Illustrator With the Mesh Tool

    How to Create a Set of Heart Icons in Adobe Illustrator With the Mesh Tool

    Tutorial Beginner

    Follow this tutorial and learn how to create a set of cute heart icons: a "Love you" banner heart, a broken, a post-it note and a devil heart. The heart is...

  6. Create a Beautifully Designed 3D Starfish Icon

    Create a Beautifully Designed 3D Starfish Icon

    Tutorial Advanced

    With just about everyone using a smart phone, it is important for mobile apps to have beautifully designed icons to represent the brand. In this tutorial, we...

  7. How to Draw a PlayStation-Inspired Game Controller From Scratch in Photoshop

    How to Draw a PlayStation-Inspired Game Controller From Scratch in Photoshop

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial, we will explain how to draw a play station controller from scratch in Photoshop using basic tools such as shape layers, brushes, strokes,...

  8. How to Create a Detailed Lighter in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Create a Detailed Lighter in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial Advanced

    In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a detailed lighter illustration in Adobe Illustrator. First, you'll learn how to create pixel perfect...

  9. Quick Tip: How to Create Sketchy Weather Icons in Illustrator

    Quick Tip: How to Create Sketchy Weather Icons in Illustrator

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In today's tutorial we'll draw sketchy weather icons on a paper note with a clip. First we'll illustrate a background with the Appearance panel. Then I'll...

  10. How to Create a Hollow Die in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Create a Hollow Die in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial we will be learning how to create a stylized hollow 3D die. Instead of having usual dots on its surface we will create holes. Well not...

  11. How to Create Fireworks Rockets in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Create Fireworks Rockets in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Today we will be creating a neat icon of Fireworks Rockets. 3D Effect is a convenient tool for creating this kind of illustration, but we have to be aware of...

  12. How to Create to Mailbox Alert Icon in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Create to Mailbox Alert Icon in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial Beginner

    In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a simple mail icon. We'll work from basic shapes and use the Pathfinder panel and Gradients to create...