How To Design A Perfect Icon - SFWPExperts

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How To Design A Perfect Icon - SFWPExperts
The moment you think of designing an icon for
computer systems, the first thing that hits your
head is HOW? There are many rules and principles
for designing icons that you have to go through
before you actually start the process. It is
necessary to do so if you really want to have a
perfect icon that can be easily recognized and
has a unique look and feel. Before I start
explaining how you can design a perfect icon for
computer systems, its important to understand
what is an icon and what is the purpose of
designing an icon.
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• An icon is a pictogram or ideogram that you
  usually see on computer screens, helping
  everyone to navigate a computer system. The main
  purpose of designing an icon is to represent any
  object, idea, or action that helps users to
  navigate a computer system. More specifically, an
  icon often represents a program, function, or
  data that helps computer users to identify
  different navigation options.
• In this blog, we have put together top 6 tips to
  design a perfect icon that will help desktop
  users to identify and navigate easily. If you are
  also interested in designing a top-quality icon
  for your website, make a phone call to SFWP
  Experts and share your icon requirements. We will
  do some research, collect some ideas and then
  design a unique icon for you that would meet
  your expectations. Apart from the icon design,
  our Los Angeles web design company also offers
  various services such as web design, web
  development, online marketing, online
  advertising, SEO, PPC and many more.
• Here are the top 6 tips for designing a perfect
  icon for your website
• Start With A Grid
• To design a high quality icon for your website,
  it is necessary to start with a grid. Choose one
  which provides some basic guidelines for creating
  the underlying form of each design. Make sure
  the grid you are working with is a 3232 pixel
  grid and you should avoid putting any part of the
  icon in the outer 2 pixels of the grid, unless
  absolutely necessary. This outer 2 pixels of the
  grid is called no-go-zone that is left to
  create some breathing room around the icon.
• Draw Simple Geometric Shapes

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When you have already selected the right grid to
design your icon, now its time to outline the
major shapes with simple circles, rectangles, and
triangles. The major benefits of starting with
basic geometric shapes is that it will make the
edges more precise, allow you to adjust the scale
of the elements quickly, and also ensure that
you follow the grid and form appropriately. Some
times you might think that you have to design an
organic-shaped icon so you can draw it with your
hands. But it is not the right practice as when
you draw your icon with your hand, the slight
variation in the edges will make your icon look
less refined. So it is necessary to start with
shape tools in Adobe Illustrator if you want to
design good-looking icons. Alternatively, you
can also ask our designers to create one for you
that will live up to your expectations. Our web
design company in Los Angeles is the most
popular company in the US that offers a variety
of services ranging from web design to digital
marketing at best prices. Our team works with
clients individually after accepting their
project and make sure they provide them the
exact icon, logo, or homepage that they want. 3.
Make Your Icon Mathematically Precise Keep your
icon mathematically precise when you are drawing
its corners, curves, and angles. In other words,
follow the numbers and dont try to draw the
icon with freehand as it is super important to
pay attention to these details. Remember if
these elements of your icon dont look
consistent, it will ruin the visual appearance of
your icon or you can say the quality of your
icon If you like having a well-designed icon for
your website that looks effective and attractive
at the same time, its better to reach out to our
Los Angeles
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• web design company. Our designers have expertise
  in designing icons, websites, landing pages and
  what not for clients all over the world. With
  appropriate icons used on your website, you can
  make your content easily understandable and
  memorable for your users.
• Use Consistent Design Elements For Your Icon
• Hemmo De Jonge of Dutch Icon had talked about the
  different aspects of icon design at Icon Salon
  2015. While working on the icon system project
  for the Dutch government, Hemmo and his design
  partner incorporated a notch in their icons. Not
  all of their icons had the notch but most of them
  had. It was used consistently across an icon set
  to tie the set together as you can see in the
  picture below.
• You can also have these types of icons for your
  website by contacting our Los Angeles design
  company and asking the designers to create some
  for you. In addition to icon design and logo
  design we provide almost all services that a
  website needs such as website hosting, website
  maintenance, website optimization, and several
  others. If quality services are what you are
  after, SFWP Experts is the undeniable answer.
• Use Details and Decorations In Your Icon
  Sparingly
• Keep in mind that the icons you are designing for
  your website should quickly communicate an
  object, idea or action. Adding too many small
  details to your icon will make it look more
  complex that will ultimately reduce its
  recognizing ability, especially at smaller sizes.
  It means the level of detail you include in your
  icons also plays an important role in
  determining its aesthetic unity and
  recognizability. Now you might be thinking how
  to determine the right level of detail in your
  icon? For this a good rule of thumb is to
  include the bare minimum of details needed to
  make the meaning of your icon dear.

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6. Make Your Icon Unique Some of the talented
designers who create high-quality icon sets are
mostly available for free and looks like it is
growing every day. Unfortunately, many of those
designers are inspired by the trends or the
styles of the most popular designers, so their
icons don't look unique. Being one of the many
creative professionals around, we should look
outside the icon industry and find some source
of inspiration for designing icons such as
architecture, typography, nature, and others.
Because so many icons look similar to each other
these days, it has become severely important for
designers to make their icon as unique as
possible. Conclusion Though many icon builders
are available online to create some amazing
icons, none can match the legacy of unique
looking icons that are especially designed by
creative designers. This is why you should always
have a approach to create unique-looking icons
for your website that has aesthetic unity and
increased recognizability. Apart from this if
you are looking for a Wordpress website design
company who can create really stunning icons for
your website, hire SFWP Experts. We are involved
in every possible area of website design and
development including the icon creation, search
engine optimization, online promotion, and brand
establishment. At our company, every
professional is trained and knowledgeable in
different aspects of website design and digital
marketing that helps businesses to grow at a
faster pace than earlier thought. Lastly I
would say follow these tips very nicely if you
want to achieve better results.
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