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.
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  1. Quick Tip: How to Make a Reusable Icon Style using the Appearance Panel

    Quick Tip: How to Make a Reusable Icon Style using the Appearance Panel

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In the following Quick tip you will learn how to create a cute rounded icon style. You will use basic shapes and Pathfinder options to create glyph style...

  2. Create a Binoculars Icon in Adobe Illustrator

    Create a Binoculars Icon in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial you will learn how to create a binocular icon design, using Adobe Illustrator's 3D effects, gradients and blending modes. So let's get into...

  3. How to Illustrate an Auction Gavel Icon

    How to Illustrate an Auction Gavel Icon

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    This work is a common project created together with Iaroslav Lazunov and Oleksandr Iegupov. We have used 3D-modeling, Gradients, Blends, and Gradient Meshes...

  4. Quick Tip: How to Create a Stacked Paper Document Illustration

    Quick Tip: How to Create a Stacked Paper Document Illustration

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a stack of paper files. You will start with a simple rectangle then using multiple fills and strokes,...

  5. Create a Star Trek Style Communicator in Photoshop

    Create a Star Trek Style Communicator in Photoshop

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial, we will draw a retro Star Trek style communicator, a voice communication device used in the original Star Trek series. We will combine...

  6. 23 Free Vector Icon Packs for Social Media

    23 Free Vector Icon Packs for Social Media

    Tutorial • Beginner

    It's massive freebie time again! We've rounded up a huge collection of social media icons in, you guessed it, vector format. These designs are simple, clean,...

  7. Create a Padlock with Adobe Illustrator and VectorScribe

    Create a Padlock with Adobe Illustrator and VectorScribe

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial you will learn how to use Shape Building, Clipping Paths and Opacity Masks to make a metallic Padlock. You will also learn how to use the...

  8. Quick Tip: How to Create a Clean Style Folder Icon

    Quick Tip: How to Create a Clean Style Folder Icon

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In the following tutorial you will learn to create a clean folder icon. By using some simple shapes and the Appearance Panel, you will see just how easy it...

  9. Quick Tip: How to Create an On and Off Button in Adobe Illustrator

    Quick Tip: How to Create an On and Off Button in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In the following tutorial you will learn to create an on/off button. It's simple to create and you will learn how to make an object that's perfect as a web...

  10. Create a Sweet Donut Icon in Photoshop from Scratch

    Create a Sweet Donut Icon in Photoshop from Scratch

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this icon design tutorial we will learn how to make a sweet and tasty donut icon from an initial sketch. So let's begin, and remember: don't try to bite...

  11. Create an Anti-War Icon Using Adobe Illustrator

    Create an Anti-War Icon Using Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial we will learn how to create a hand grenade with the help of 3D modeling. This tutorial contains plenty of useful tips and description of...

  12. How to Draw a Vintage Polaroid Camera Icon

    How to Draw a Vintage Polaroid Camera Icon

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial, we will create a Polaroid camera icon. We will use lots of layer styles and draw manually with the brush tool to achieve a realistic...

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