In this Illustrator icon design tutorial we look at creating a small set of ‘almost flat‘ icons from scratch.
First, open the Adobe Illustrator and create a new document.
Then create a rounded rectangle using Rounded Rectangle Tool with:
- Width:200px;
- Height:155px;
- Corner Radius:10px.
After that create another Rectangle with:
- Width:36px;
- Height:36px;
- Rotate it 45°.
Unite the two shapes. Use Linear Gradient with:
- Angle:-90°;
- Gradient Slider:#3f7ebf, Location:0%; #3a54a2, Location:100%.
Copy new shape with Fill:#3954a1 and move it down at 20px.
Now add lights and shadows for back shape:
Copy front shape twice. Select one of them and move it up to 1px. Then select select both shapes and apply Minus Front from Pathfinder Panel. Use Linear Gradient with:
- Angle:-90°;
- Gradient Slider:#ffffff, Location:0%, Opacity:10%; #ffffff, Location:39,9%, Opacity:100%.
Create Rectangle with:
- Width:10px;
- Height:35px;
- Blending Mode:Overlay.
Use Linear Gradient:
- Angle:-180°;
- Gradient Slider:#ffffff, Location:0%, Opacity:10%; #ffffff, Location:30%, Opacity:100%; #ffffff, Location:100%, Opacity:0%.
Copy this Rectangle and apply Transform -> Reflect -> Vertical.
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Use Clipping Path to hide unnecessary corners.
Create Rectangle with:
- Width:25px;
- Height:20px;
- Blending Mode:Overlay;
Select two anchors on the right side of this Rectangle and move them up to 25px using Direct Selection Tool.
Use Linear Gradient:
- Angle:-180°;
- Gradient Slider:#ffffff, Location:0%, Opacity:10%; #ffffff, Location:100%, Opacity:60%.
Copy this Rectangle and apply Transform -> Reflect -> Vertical. Opacity:50%.
Create Rectangle with:
- Width:105px;
- Height:19px;
- Blending Mode:Overlay;
Use Linear Gradient:
- Angle:0°;
- Gradient Slider:#ffffff, Location:0%, Opacity:0%; #ffffff, Location:100%, Opacity:60%.
Copy this Rectangle and apply Transform -> Reflect -> Vertical. Set Width:6px.
So our Comment Icon is ready. Place a logo on it.
We can do a set of icons for this style; just use other colours and change the shape:
