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Design

Posted by rachelweaver
rachelweaver
15,876 Points

Critique My Icon Set?

I made a free set of 9 UI icons(available for commercial use) as part of the illustrator foundations extra credit(I also did the sketch extra credit project). It's a zip file to download. It's my first icon set so I am open to any suggestions for improvement.

rachelweaver
rachelweaver
15,876 Points

Oh I almost forgot here is a link to the projects http://raew24.deviantart.com/

4 Answers

ananthula vikranth
ananthula vikranth
Courses Plus Student 7,823 Points

Good attempt. Watch this video, lots of helpful tips on creating a cohesive icon set. https://vimeo.com/86100930

rachelweaver
rachelweaver
15,876 Points

Thanks for the video!

rachelweaver
rachelweaver
15,876 Points

Thanks for the video!

Philip Gales
Philip Gales
15,193 Points
Philip Gales
Philip Gales
15,193 Points

It is a good start! Now take the following with a grain of salt as I do not do much design but, I use a lot of icons in my projects.

1) Be careful your lines do not get too thin. While they all seemed okay, some looked border-line which may make it difficult to see when it is used as an icon.

2)Also, if you made these with illustrator, provide that file with all the icons in it as that is what many people will use.

rachelweaver
rachelweaver
15,876 Points

Thanks for the feedback! I'll upload the illustrator file later, and be more mindful of lines with my next set. I was thinking of using photoshop to create different sizes as well.

rachelweaver
rachelweaver
15,876 Points
rachelweaver
rachelweaver
15,876 Points 
  Thanks for the feedback and video!  I plan on going in and re-doing a few things today!
rachelweaver
rachelweaver
15,876 Points
rachelweaver
rachelweaver
15,876 Points 
  Thanks for the feedback and video!  I plan on going in and re-doing a few things today!