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3/28/2017- Developing icon ideas
- Simplifying complex shapes
- Drawing visual metaphors
- Establishing visual continuity
- Creating flat icons
- Creating long shadow icons
- Detailing icons
- Creating pixel perfect icons
- Reviewing how icon art is used in a variety of design contexts
Skill Level Intermediate
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- [Von] Every industry has a variety of disciplines that exist within in, and graphic design is no different. You have creative direction, art direction, web development, web design, type design, illustration and many others who all work together to create compelling visual narratives. In this course, we're going to focus on icon design. We'll be diving into the details and methods of conceptualizing, styling and building effective visual communication through simplified iconic motifs.
You'll discover how basic drawing assists in guiding and developing iconic ideas, learn time-tested build methods, review aesthetic rules that will help you in crafting well designed icons, discover how to analyze form and shape so you can simplify it into effective motifs. Along with an assortment of other helpful, creative tactics and workflows that will demystify the creative process in crafting effective iconography that clarifies visual communication.
Welcome to Drawing Vector Graphics: Iconography. Let's get started.
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 22s
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Using exercise files1m 13s
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1. Iconic Fundamentals
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Simplifying complex shapes14m 27s
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Restrained creativity10m 19s
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Drawing visual metaphors9m 35s
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Iconic exploration10m 2s
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2. Vector Icon Design
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Shape building icons8m 11s
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Creating flat icons14m 59s
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Creating stroke-based icons11m 53s
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Creating long shadow icons12m 3s
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Creating loose-style icons13m 31s
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Creating engraved icons7m 48s
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Detailing icons15m 33s
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Using badges with icons6m 8s
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Exporting vector icons6m 41s
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3. Raster Icon Design
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Creating pixel perfect icons15m 52s
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Icon sizing5m 13s
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Exporting raster icons7m 57s
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4. Iconography Samples
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Paul Howalt5m 4s
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Brian Brasher6m 7s
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Leighton Hubbell3m 14s
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Felix Sockwell3m 52s
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Gedeon Mahuex6m 29s
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Icon usage examples7m 29s
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Solution: Design an icon2m 7s
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Conclusion
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Next steps54s
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