Icon Designing for Web App & Software in Adobe Illustrator

Explore icon types, including solid, line art, outline, colored, and gradient styles, and learn to design icons from structure to final render in Adobe Illustrator for web apps and software.

Master the basic structure of icon design with a guided grid of lines, boxes, and circles to ensure visual balance and a consistent home and search icon set.

Design an envelope email icon in Illustrator by building shapes with the rectangle and pen tools, then convert line art to a solid fill and align with the icon grid.

Design a messenger icon in Adobe Illustrator by building two rounded-rectangle shapes, uniting them into a single icon, refining corners, adding inner lines, and exploring line art and fill styles.

Create an edit icon by combining a page and a pencil in Adobe Illustrator, using rectangles, strokes, guides for alignment, and expanding appearances to finalize the icon.

Design the contacts icon in Adobe Illustrator by building a profile icon with rectangles and ellipses, then add lines and use Shape Builder and Expand Appearance.

Design a folder icon in Adobe Illustrator by building two aligned rectangles, adjusting stroke, rounding corners, duplicating to create alternate styles, and grouping the final icon for use.

Create a briefcase icon by aligning a rectangle to the icon grid, adding rounded corners and lines, duplicating elements for the buckle and handle, applying line art and film styles.

Design a settings icon in Adobe Illustrator by forming circles and rectangles, duplicating and rotating groups, then using shape builder to create a film style, line art icon.

Design a delete trash icon in Adobe Illustrator by building a rounded bin using rectangles and line segments, adding a handle, and converting between line art and fill icon styles.