How to complete icon making

"From the beginning of February 26 two weeks, in order to catch up with the submission of Iconfans works, the final completion of the two icon, has been some results." Here is the experience gained in the process, share it and communicate with you. ”

As a beginner, when asked or wanted to do an icon, see those Daniel's icon is always surprised, blood boiling to start immediately. But after "unceasingly" does not know how to start, causes the time in all sorts of meaningless disorderly thinking and "seeks the material" to be consumed. Combined with Daniel's guidance and his own experience, summed up a set of processes and everyone to discuss sharing: beginners How to complete an icon design.

The process of designing an icon roughly differentiates between three stages:

1. To determine the theme of icon, is the performance of content.

2. Determine the style of expression, realism? A single object or a small scene?

3. The concept of concrete how to achieve, highlighting the bright spots.

Determine the subject matter

At this point to consider the big aspects of the production of icon, you can think of some of the necessary answers: Why design This icon? What are the requirements of this design? What can be done to meet these needs? Is this subject a good expression?...... The question may hurry no answer, does not matter, takes the question to see the work, sees the best work, will obtain the revelation in others ' achievement, draws the sketch also to inspire the inspiration the good method.

After thinking about what to draw in mind, and finally define some objective conditions (such as making a set of icon time is not allowed, the details of a subject is not too complex to complete ...), select several themes as an alternative. If it is not business needs, then you can start from the subject of interest, which can stimulate their creative desire.

Determine the style of presentation

Use some subjective and objective conditions to select the style of expression, for example, according to the current trend of icon design to choose realistic style, according to the theme of the choice of materials and so on. What is the presentation of an object? A single object or a combination of objects? How to use color matching to highlight themes? How to show?......

The process of determining the subject matter and defining the style is absolutely not independent, they will affect each other, intertwined. Along with this two-part process is a large number of optimistic icon design works and draft, from the design of others to absorb what is good work, understand how good works are composed.

There may be situations where you don't need to ask questions and you can start with an icon directly. But I believe that the early thinking and weighing is the completion of a high-quality icon design process.

Concrete implementation

Then entered the actual operation of the part of the specific ways to achieve the theme and style is now to think about the problem, to choose the skills and tools. To be more specific, beginners like me may not know how to achieve some kind of material, how to make some kind of high light, but there are a few

A quick Start program for everyone to try:

1. Copy this is a high cost of a road, but to remember to choose one of the best works to copy, although the beginning may be a bit difficult, but adhere to copy good works out of the effect of a general copy of the work better than a lot of good. Before copying, we should carefully observe and analyze, observe the position of the light source, observe the color distribution and observe the icon's level. It's much more efficient to start a job than to get it straight.

2. Find PSD Learning Analysis Daniel's PSD file, see how they use layer style to achieve metal texture or make high light

3. Excellent tutorials

4. Patient Stacking Details

PS1:

Additional details to be noted in the process of making icon

1. The finer the icon the more attention should be paid to the impact of the path on the pixel

2.icon because of relatively small size, it requires full color, highlighting contrast, there are rich color class times.

3. Note the corresponding adjustment when zooming the icon

PS2: Finally submitted to the Iconfans of the icon finished