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Designing an Icon with Affinity Designer

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Learn to design clean, colorful, and unique icons for iOS and Android apps with Affinity Designer, the professional vector design program.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • About the exercise files
1. Conceiving the Design
  • What is an app icon?
  • Making a recognizable and memorable app icon
  • Getting the app design specs
  • Using the app icon template
2. Designing the Icon
  • Importing your sketch
  • Building your app icon from simple shapes
  • Adding effects and choosing colors
3. Exporting the Icon
  • Slicing, file format, and exporting
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Ronnie McBride

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