Symbolic Icon Project
Brief: Create professional-quality icons that could be used in print or web. The ability to take an idea and distill it down to a simple and clear visual symbol is one of the most basic skills designers are expected to master.
Word Pair: Salad & Garden
Color Palettes:
Visual Audit, Brainstorm & Sketches
My design process began with a visual audit of professional-quality icons and a thorough brainstorm of the words salad and garden. The brainstorm process led me to sketches below.
Salad Sketches:
Garden Sketches:
Digital Sketches
With a little help from my peers and instructor, I was able to narrow down my sketches to the three best ideas for potential salad and garden icons.
I created digital sketches of each of those ideas using Adobe Illustrator.
Salad Sketches:
Refinements:
Garden Sketches:
Refinements:
Final Icons & Mockups
Salad:
Garden:
