Best workflow for icon design: Start big, or start small?
When designing icons that need to be delivered at several sizes, do you start at the smaller size, then scale up to the bigger sizes? Or do you start big and scale down?There's several advantages to...
View ArticleAnswer by Farray for Best workflow for icon design: Start big, or start small?
A slight correction to your assumptions: While Windows and Mac do use multiples of 16, they don't scale at the same rate. Vista/7 standard sizes are 162, 322, 482, 2562. OS X is 162, 322, 1282, 5122...
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Definitely start large and scale down. Whenever I've had designers design icons for my software I prefer to see what the icon will look like at a larger size and then I can decide what features to...
View ArticleAnswer by Raptor Swire for Best workflow for icon design: Start big, or start...
Well, I prefer making everything for the smallest density and scale it up. If you are designing the whole layout for an app, the work with the grid is much easier and it saves you lots of headaches,...
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