22 Extremely Well Written Icon Design Tutorials
In the past, I’ve shown you free icon sets that are great for web applications, as well as icons that are highly detailed. Even with all the free icons available, you won’t always be able to find ones that fit every need. That’s why it’s a good idea to develop skills that will allow you to create your own. In this post there are 22 well written tutorials that will teach you techniques for designing your own icons using various tools such as Illustrator and Photoshop.
Create a Glossy Volt Icon in Photoshop
Design a Detailed Compass Icon in Photoshop
iTune Icon
The Making of an Icon
Make a Handy 3D Vector Calendar Icon
How to Turn Glasses into a Great Geek Icon
How to Create a Vector Safari Compass in Illustrator
How to Make a Vector Military Cap Icon
Vista Error Icon
How to Create a Transparent Battery Icon
How to Create a Super Shiny Pencil Icon
3d Isometric Vector Icon Tutorial
Beginner Illustrator Tutorial – Create a Vector RSS Icon
Design a Glossy Download Icon
Create a Detailed Camera with Photo Icon
Craft a Delicious Chinese Food Icon
Create an Adobe Box Icon in Photoshop
Create a Custom Mac OSX Style Ring Binder Address Book Icon
Create An Aperture Style Camera Lens Icon
Illustrate a Traffic Cone Icon in Photoshop
Create a Vector Film Slate Icon
Custom Hard Drive Icon
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Jun 1, 2009
I constantly struggle with my avatar for various websites. I really want to design my own, but I have needed to resort to Microsoft clip art. Thanks for the information. Now maybe I can find my own expression.
Jun 1, 2009
Nice lcon designs.
Jun 1, 2009
Very good list.
Jun 1, 2009
Nice post. Some highly polished icons here.
Jun 1, 2009
Good links, great icons. Thanks!
Jun 1, 2009
Beautiful icons, thanks for great collection.
Jun 1, 2009
Excellent collection. Thanks a lot !
See more in my blog: http://tr.im/n7tj
Jun 2, 2009
Great compilation. These icons are very detailed.
Jun 2, 2009
Amazing tutorials. Thanks
Jun 2, 2009
Nice post. Thanks. Knowledge is always the big ocean .
Jun 2, 2009
Thanks for featuring my article, ‘The Making of an Icon’- unfortunatly the link doesn’t go to my site, but eyesontutorials who is remote hosting my article.
Orginal article can be found here: http://pixelresort.com/?p=6
Thanks,
Michael Flarup
Jun 2, 2009
Great list here. Amazing. Thanks for sharing
Jun 2, 2009
Nice collection of tuts – thx a lot for sharing.
Jun 2, 2009
Wow, great resources. I specifically like the military hat, very clean design and enjoyed the use of shading.
Jun 2, 2009
wow! thanks so much for sharing these great tutorials… Looking forward to more articles similar to this one!
Jun 2, 2009
Many many thanks. This is really handy.Cheers
Jun 2, 2009
OMG! I just LOVED this!!!
Jun 17, 2009
pretty helpful post thanks.
Jul 6, 2009
Thanks, I love the Chinese Food Icon
Jul 29, 2009
great collection! useful
Aug 11, 2009
Great icons suggestion!! i like pencil one
Dec 23, 2009
lowsy artworks
Jan 6, 2010
nice, but most of them aren’t icons really. Why can’t even well educated designers distinguish between icons and illustrations?