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Project Overview<\/p>\n
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I was asked to design a custom icon set of five icons that work well together. Since I had just started learning Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, this project became my first big opportunity to explore professional design tools and build a themed set from scratch. This case study walks through the steps I took from rough sketches and color choices to drafts, and the final icon set.<\/p>\n
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Tools & Starting Point<\/p>\n
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Before this project, the only design software I really knew was Canva, which is very template-based and drag-and-drop.<\/p>\n
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I used Adobe Photoshop to prepare files, adjust graphics, and export my icons for the web.<\/p>\n
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I used Adobe Illustrator to build the final icons with clean shapes, paths, and colors.<\/p>\n
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Sketches & Idea Exploration<\/p>\n
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For the sketching phase, we had to create at least three variations for each icon. At first, I wasn\u2019t sure what theme to pick, so I looked online for inspiration and tried out a bunch of ideas. Because I love cats, I finally decided to go with a cat theme. I sketched different cat faces, cat towers, paws, toys, and other cat-related ideas until I found a direction that felt fun and consistent.<\/p>\n
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Sketches I went with<\/p>\n
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From all of my original ideas, these are the sketches I decided to move forward with. These sketches felt the most consistent, clear, and fun and they became the foundation of my final icon designs.<\/p>\n
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First Icon Draft<\/p>\n
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Out of all my initial ideas, these were the sketches that stood out the most. They felt clear, fun, and consistent with the cat theme I wanted to build. These became the base for my final icon drafts.<\/p>\n
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Color Palette<\/p>\n
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Before I moved into Adobe Illustrator, I chose a color palette for my icons. I wanted to pick colors that would really make my icons pop and also show the playful side of cats.<\/p>\n
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Final Icon Set<\/p>\n
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These are the final versions of my cat-themed icons. Each icon was refined based on iteration to feel more consistent, recognizable, and polished. Together, they work as a cohesive set while still allowing each icon to have its own personality.<\/p>\n
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Want to see what I design next?<\/p>\n
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I\u2019m always excited to keep learning, experimenting, and improving my work. I\u2019d love the opportunity to collaborate on future creative projects and see where design can take us next.<\/p>\n
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