Lynda – Designing an Icon with Sketch-0daytown

The small but mighty icon can significantly impact how a brand is viewed. And in today’s fast-paced business world, designers need to know more than just how to deliver a striking, unique icon—they need to know how to do it quickly. Sketch—with its focus on speed and vector images—offers tools that can help you meet these challenging demands. In this course, discover how to create icons with Sketch. Renata Phillippi takes you through each stage of the process, explaining how to set up a file, create and combine shapes, add color and depth to your artwork, and finally, export your design. Upon wrapping up this course, you’ll have created several simple icons, and have the knowledge you need to start bringing more of your design ideas to life.

Topics include:

* Conceiving the design
* Setting up the file
* Building initial shapes and outlines
* Adding color and shadows
* Manipulating type
* Preparing and exporting your icon for developers to integrate