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Icon Design Explained
(quickly)

JON HICKS : HICKSDESIGN

Anatomy of desktop icon
(The Techie bits)

48px
MIRO ICON
128px 32px
24px
16px

256px

512px

SCALED DOWN REDRAWN

SCALED DOWN REDRAWN

APPLICATION ICON RESOURCE CHART

16 24 32 48 128 256 512
OS X 10.5 .icns • • • • •
OS X 10-10.4 .icns • • •
Windows Vista .ico • • • • • •
Windows XP .ico • • • • •
Windows 95-2000 .ico • • • •
Linux .svg .png • • • • (uses .svg)
Favicons .ico • •

Tips for creating icons

THE METAPHOR

Keep the idea simple and
memorable
Don’t feel you have to be too
literal…but…
Don’t be abstract for the sake
of it - if it’s a home icon, make
it picture of a home!
Make it fun if you can!

EXAMPLES OF ‘FUN’

APPZAPPER TRANSMIT

USE CONSISTENT LIGHTING

My Workflow

RESEARCH

SKETCHBOOK

VECTOR SKETCHES

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR or FIREWORKS

ICONBUILDER

DONE!

FREE TOOLS

๏ Inkscape is especially
suited to making Linux
icons - direct to .svg

๏ Other good free tools
like png2ico or online
apps like favikon.com

Icon Design Explained
(quickly)

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Icon Design

2. Icon Design Explained (quickly) JON HICKS : HICKSDESIGN

3. Anatomy of desktop icon (The Techie bits)

4. 48px MIRO ICON 128px 32px 24px 16px 256px 512px

5. SCALED DOWN REDRAWN

6. SCALED DOWN REDRAWN

7. APPLICATION ICON RESOURCE CHART 16 24 32 48 128 256 512 OS X 10.5 .icns • • • • • OS X 10-10.4 .icns • • • Windows Vista .ico • • • • • • Windows XP .ico • • • • • Windows 95-2000 .ico • • • • Linux .svg .png • • • • (uses .svg) Favicons .ico • •

8. Tips for creating icons

9. THE METAPHOR Keep the idea simple and memorable Don’t feel you have to be too literal…but… Don’t be abstract for the sake of it - if it’s a home icon, make it picture of a home! Make it fun if you can!

10. EXAMPLES OF ‘FUN’ APPZAPPER TRANSMIT

11. USE CONSISTENT LIGHTING

12. My Workflow

15. VECTOR SKETCHES

16. ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR or FIREWORKS

17. ICONBUILDER

19. FREE TOOLS ๏ Inkscape is especially suited to making Linux icons - direct to .svg ๏ Other good free tools like png2ico or online apps like favikon.com

20. Icon Design Explained (quickly) h p://del.icio.us/jonhicks/ icondesigntalk