Elements of a good icon design?

Please Register or Login to Your Account

Astada Community Forum

Welcome to the Astada Community Forum.
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQs section by clicking the link above. You have to register before you can post on the forums: Click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Elements of a good icon design?

Sections > Design Forums > Icon Design > Elements of a good icon design?

Oct 11 2008, 00:52

MHJ

Join Date: Oct 4, 2008
Posts: 35

Elements of a good icon design?

So what are the elements that would comprise a good icon design? What would an icon need to look professional?

----------------------------

Oct 11 2008, 04:42

Runswithscissors

Join Date: Oct 11, 2008
Posts: 10

Elements of a good icon design?

Strength is the very best element. Study the famous logos like Nike, Addidas, Target has a good one. You want something that when people see it they automatically translate that into recognition of your company. Target's is a good example because that's what their logo is - a target. It's great.

----------------------------

Oct 12 2008, 09:37

Descorpio

Join Date: Oct 12, 2008
Posts: 11

Elements of a good icon design?

I would say that the idea and theme is the important factor. Because the icon may also be simple. Yet it should be strong enough to propogate your ideas. So develop an icon like that. It must capture the attention easily.

----------------------------

Oct 14 2008, 08:32

Elvenrunelord

Join Date: Oct 13, 2008
Posts: 15

Elements of a good icon design?

Good contrasting colors and plenty of detail are what I look for in any iconic design. It needs to mean something and communicate that clearly to the viewer as well.

----------------------------

Oct 15 2008, 03:23

MrLario

Join Date: Oct 14, 2008
Posts: 41

Elements of a good icon design?

Make sure it catches attention, it's great to use glare and collage a bunch of images together at once, but make it look presentable. If you are making a company logo, make it something related to your company.

----------------------------

Oct 15 2008, 22:20

manojjonam10

Join Date: Oct 7, 2008
Posts: 98

Elements of a good icon design?

The theme and the meaning of your icon means a lot when considering its elemental design.I think they play a more important role in icon designing.

----------------------------

Oct 16 2008, 18:14

Ford

Join Date: Oct 16, 2008
Posts: 7

Elements of a good icon design?

Choose carefully. Play around with some different ideas until you find the right Icon for you.

----------------------------

Dec 4 2008, 10:01

Dementyia

Join Date: Dec 4, 2008
Posts: 27

Elements of a good icon design?

A good icon is eye-catching and relevant, above all else.

Definitely play with your icon until you find/create something that works for you, as you can never have too many instances of an idea to pick from in my opinion, just more chances to get what you are really looking for.

----------------------------

May 18 2010, 02:30

Pinky

Join Date: May 11, 2010
Posts: 22

Elements of a good icon design?

An Icon and Logo should match the name of your company. It is hard to describe because some logos and Icons are acronyms of the company name and other are symbols. Astada's logo is a icon/symbol but it matches the name. I hope I'm not babbling.

----------------------------

	About Us \| Contact Us \| Site Map \| Affiliate Program \| RSS \| Privacy Policy \| Terms & Conditions \| Invoice Template for Designers