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 Create a Shiny Bucket Icon

    How to Create a Shiny Bucket Icon

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this tutorial you will learn how to make a realistic vector bucket icon. You will learn to use the 3D Revolve function, how to add realistic light...

  2. Create a Detailed Vintage Television Icon in Photoshop

    Create a Detailed Vintage Television Icon in Photoshop

    Tutorial • Beginner

    While Photoshop is a very powerful raster-based image editor, it also comes stocked with many powerful vector-based editing tools. In today’s tutorial, we...

  3. How to Create a Magician’s Hat in Photoshop - Screencast

    How to Create a Magician’s Hat in Photoshop - Screencast

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In today’s screencast we will revisit a tutorial by Asher Abbasi demonstrating how to create a magician’s hat in Photoshop. This tutorial will explain...

  4. Create a Cardboard Box Filled With Glossy Icons

    Create a Cardboard Box Filled With Glossy Icons

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Icon design can be both fun and challenging. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create two types of icons. The first type of icon we will learn...

  5. How to Create an Envelope Icon in Photoshop – Screencast

    How to Create an Envelope Icon in Photoshop – Screencast

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Today’s screencast is a video version of a tutorial by Asher Abbasi that demonstrates the steps necessary to create an envelope icon in Photoshop. This...

  6. Create a Shiny Psdtuts+ Folder Icon in Photoshop

    Create a Shiny Psdtuts+ Folder Icon in Photoshop

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Icon design is an essential element in any designer’s tool chest. No matter how simple or how complex your design is, a nice looking icon will almost always...

  7. Create a Stylized First Aid Icon in Illustrator

    Create a Stylized First Aid Icon in Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial we'll use a combination of craft and Illustrator's 3D tools to create a first aid icon. You can use the techniques you learn in this...

  8. Creating a Toaster-Popping Illustration

    Creating a Toaster-Popping Illustration

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    With this tutorial, learn how to apply some effects not often used in Illustrator, like the Chrome effect, which is used to create metallic look with a...

  9. Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons Part 5 - Cityscape Display Icon

    Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons Part 5 - Cityscape Display Icon

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Welcome to the fifth and last tutorial in the "Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons" series. We will end with an icon that depicts both a tool and a...

  10. Creating a Modern, Glossy Mouse Icon in Photoshop

    Creating a Modern, Glossy Mouse Icon in Photoshop

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    This tutorial is about creating the Apple Magic Mouse in Photoshop, though you could use these techniques to create other mouse icon design styles as well....

  11. Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons Part 4 - Digital Tablet Icon

    Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons Part 4 - Digital Tablet Icon

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    For this forth installment of the "Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons" series we will create a pen tablet from scratch, specifically the Wacom 12"...

  12. How to Create an Envelope Icon in Photoshop

    How to Create an Envelope Icon in Photoshop

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial, you'll go through easy steps for creating a nice envelope icon. There's a light use of the Pen Tool in the tutorial, but most of it uses...

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