Icon Design: A Showcase of Sketched Vs. Ready

By Nancy Young. in Web Design. Updated on July 28, 2022.

More often than not we are critical of about the end product or end result of a design process. Behind the scenes a lot of processes go to work, one of which is sketching.

Sketching means a lot for designers, even if their final design is for the Web. Most of them prefer to spend much time with the pencil before translating it to reality with Photoshop or other software. Even icon start with a simple drawing or a tiny sketch. Every great icon starts with a single line.

I’d like to show you the beauty of icons through the creation process. I have put together a list of double images: you will see the icon’s sketch and ready product side by side.

Recommended Reading: Basic Guidelines To Product Sketching

This may help give you an inside look into how a simple idea can come to life on paper and on screen. Enjoy!

1. Sketch by Andrey Maxim