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. How to Design a Realistic Gamepad

    How to Design a Realistic Gamepad

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an illustration of a gamepad using the Pen Tool, Gradients and Filters. You can use this illustration as the...

  2. How to Create 3D Buttons in Illustrator

    How to Create 3D Buttons in Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In the following tutorial you will learn to create shiny, 3D buttons in Adobe Illustrator. We'll cover a complete workflow and every step to take to create...

  3. Quick Tip: How to Enhance a Vector Image with Photoshop

    Quick Tip: How to Enhance a Vector Image with Photoshop

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Salt and Pepper, Pen and Paper, Cookies and Milk, although they are all good on their own, these things work together to bring out the best in each other....

  4. Exclusive Freebie: Mobile Phone Icon Pack

    Exclusive Freebie: Mobile Phone Icon Pack

    Tutorial • Beginner

    It is always helpful to have a nice collection of icons standing by for whenever you might need them. Today, we’ve got an exciting set of exclusive icons to...

  5. Create a Battery Core Icon in Photoshop

    Create a Battery Core Icon in Photoshop

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial you will be creating a semi-realistic, sci-fi icon that could be used as a battery or dock icon. Let’s get started!

  6. Create a Colorful Cake Illustration in Photoshop

    Create a Colorful Cake Illustration in Photoshop

    Tutorial • Advanced

    Photoshop is a very powerful illustration tool and today we will make a wonderful, tasty, and colorful cake without having to do the dishes afterwards. I had...

  7. Exclusive Freebie: Fall Icon Pack - 10 Social Media Icons

    Exclusive Freebie: Fall Icon Pack - 10 Social Media Icons

    Tutorial • Beginner

    It’s that time of year again. Time to go apple picking, pumpkin hunting, and of course trick-or-treating (at least in the U.S.) That’s why today, we’ve...

  8. Create a Cute Twitter Bird Icon in Photoshop

    Create a Cute Twitter Bird Icon in Photoshop

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Today, we will demonstrate how to create a cute Twitter bird icon in Photoshop. Let’s get started!

  9. Make a Mailbox Icon Using Adobe Illustrator

    Make a Mailbox Icon Using Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Attention! This icon was not created solely for educational purposes. You can see the working process of real designing! We are going to use various...

  10. Quick Tip: How to Create a Pixel Perfect Glass Button with Adobe Illustrator CS5

    Quick Tip: How to Create a Pixel Perfect Glass Button with Adobe Illustrator CS5

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial you will learn how to create a glass button using simple shapes, pathfinder box, clipping and opacity masks, and Blending Modes. You will...

  11. Create a Photo Realistic iPhone in Photoshop

    Create a Photo Realistic iPhone in Photoshop

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    This tutorial will show you how to create a photo realistic image of Apple's newly released iPhone4. Hopefully, by the end of it you will have something...

  12. Draw a Trophy Icon in Photoshop

    Draw a Trophy Icon in Photoshop

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Today, we will demonstrate how to draw a trophy icon in Photoshop. Let’s get started!

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