For beginners, crisp icons can be hard to make in Adobe Illustrator. With a few simple tricks, the Appearance Panel and the Shape Builder Tool, you will be creating professional looking icons in no time, it’s easy! Step 1 First create a New Document in the scale of your icon, common sizes are 96px, 48px, 32px, 24px and 16px. For this tutorial I will be creating a 48 x 48px sized icon. Set the Color Mode to RGB, the Raster Effects to 72ppi and the Units to Pixels. Step 2 We will now set the grid to pixels, this will make it easier …
Read the original post:
Quick Tip: Creating Simple Icons with Adobe Illustrator, a Beginners Guide
