History, theory, tips and tutorials an insight into the word on icon design Introduction Icon For designer Get This Book at link above A Picture Tells a Thousand Words With roots stretching as far back as the 1970's, the humble icon has come a long way. Evolving from black and white representations of office items into beautifully rendered illustrations of objects, symbols, characters and the same office items from the very beginning, icons have become a visual language that is understood the world over. --> Where a picture will tell a thousand words, a computer icon informs, educates and reassures its audience. Because icons are used for such specific purposes, creating a successful icon design is more of a science than an art. I came to icon design almost by accident. My first year out from University, I was hired to work in-house for a software company who needed an icons and UI illustrator. With two degrees in Multimedia and Communication Design a...
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