Icons

This week's project was on creating an icon set.  We were given total creative freedom on this one so it makes the project both difficult and fun!  When I first heard the word icon I immediately thought of social media icons.  This, however, is a creative cap, so I needed to pick a concept and go with that.  I sketched a bit about a few themes and then settled on a Christmas theme since the first snow of the season had arrived.  Funny, I wasn't the only one who picked that topic!

Here are my basic sketches to get some ideas out.  We were able to look at references of good icons on a pinterest board that was linked to our class website.

We were asked to create six logos in black and white first.  These, I will admit, are pretty sloppy and not looking to great.  Lots of work to be done on the forms.  I had an idea in mind so at least it helped me get a place to start from.

The final icons are a lot better!  I wanted to use more negative space and to play with the forms.  They look way more cohesive.