Your App Icons Done Right with THE ICONIC – App Icon Compendium

If you are a digital designer who creates apps you know that it does not matter how many features you solution has, it will always have a single main App Icon – the symbol of the application.

Design of high-quality App Icons is necessary if you would like to create a world-class solution. When you look at the featured or most popular apps in the App Stores – they are all beautiful piece of art. They carefully crafted to make a great first impression. Ultimately, this icons encourage us to tap them and download the app they represent.

 

NOTE: THE ICONIC is now App Icons – Templates for Sketch. You can get every app icon you need to design.

App Icons - Templates for Sketch

The problem

If you design apps for multiple platforms you surely know that creating the right assets may be hard. The resources for app icon design are inconsistent.

The first problem is that they are spread on the internet, and may be found on various internet sites. It is hard to find them quickly if you would like to get some extra knowledge. A lot of templates are not updated for the latest OS. Some of them do not fully follow the guidelines of the platform. There were also some templates that were implemented with errors…

The solution

I love to create tools that power-up designers and save their time. The issues mentioned above lead me to the conclusion, that there is a need to create the App Icon Compendium. The full story behind THE ICONIC is available to read on Medium – Meet THE ICONIC – App Icon Compendium.

What is THE ICONIC – App Icon Compendium

It is the place where a designer finds all needed resources to design high-quality app icons. The fundamental part of THE ICONIC are Premium App Icons Templates for Sketch. It also contains App Icon Quality checklist that gives the ability to verify if asset matches platform-specific assets. Thanks to Icon Validator for Sketch it is possible to check how the icon appears on multiple backgrounds. Compendium will be updated, so the designers do not have to worry that used assets are outdated.

THE ICONIC elements:

    • 8 Premium App Icon Templates – designed for Sketch, they are prepared for all major platforms (iOS, Android, watchOS, macOS, iMessage, tvOS, In-App Purchase, favicon). Every template includes platform-specific color schemes and over 60 predefined shapes to kick-off design.
    • App Icon Quality Checklist – prepared for Numbers and PDF. It contains over 60 checkpoints for general and platform-specific aspects of icon design.
    • App Icon Validator – Sketch file that allows us to check the appearance fo the icon over various backgrounds in just a couple of seconds.
    • Abstract Background Wallpapers – bonus materials that may be used to validate created icon.

Summing up

THE ICONIC is a complete toolkit for App Icon Designers that includes resources for all major platforms. It solves the issues of digital designer searching for high-quality resources for their App Icons.

Taking care of the app’s experience begins with its home screen icon. If you would like to maintain high quality and save time when you create app icons, THE ICONIC is created for you.

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