How To Design App Icons with Adobe Illustrator

In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can design your own app icons with Adobe Illustrator. I’ll be going over what the design guidelines are for both iOS and Android, setting up the artboard for app icon design, and then exporting your icon in all of the required sizes and formats.

For sizing info and design principles to follow, make sure to check out the article I've written here: https://logosbynick.com/design-app-ic...

Also be sure to check with Apple and Android's developer guidelines to make sure you're abiding by all of their specifications.

Apple: https://developer.apple.com/design/hu...
Android: https://developer.android.com/google-...

If you want to learn more about logo design, be sure to check out my Logo Design Academy - an interactive 18-part video course where you will learn my entire creative process for coming up with logo ideas and implementing them: https://logosbynick.com/learn/

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:32 Create a new document
00:57 Workflow setup
01:23 Designing the background
02:06 Applying a gradient
03:50 Applying the focal point
05:09 Adding a long shadow
07:11 Saving and exporting
10:27 Conclusion

Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission