Short, Useful Animations To Help You Create Icons Easily In Adobe Illustrator

Melbourne-based designer and entrepreneur Marc Edwards has come up with a series of speedrun videos that show you simple techniques to create vector icons in Adobe Illustrator.

Each video lasts only a few seconds and takes you through an optimal (and sometimes surprising) method to create common UI icons like bluetooth, headphones, inbox, settings, hourglass, lightning bolt, and lots more. You might have created such icons before, but the techniques shared in these videos will help enhance your workflow in Adobe Illustrator. Watch below.

1. Bluetooth

 
 
 
 

2. Heart

 
 
 
 

3. Paperclip

 
 
 
 

4. Timer

 
 
 
 

5. Inbox

 
 
 
 

6. Visibility

 
 
 
 

7. Planet

 
 
 
 

8. Yin & Yang

 
 
 
 

9. Command

 
 
 
 

10. Wrench

 
 
 
 

11. Bio Hazard

 
 
 
 

12. Phone

 
 
 
 

13. Heartbreak

 
 
 
 

14. Shutter

 
 
 
 

15. Pin

 
 
 
 

16. Eyedropper

 
 
 
 

17. Batman

 
 
 
 

18. Recycle

 
 
 
 

19. Olympics

 
 
 
 

20. Paintbrush

 
 
 
 

21. Flag

 
 
 
 

22. Fingerprint

 
 
 
 

23. Infinity

 
 
 
 

24. Controller

 
 
 
 

25. Headphones

 
 
 
 

26. Penrose Triangle

 
 
 
 

27. Umbrella

 
 
 
 

28. Screwdriver

 
 
 
 

29. Box

 
 
 
 

30. App Store

 
 
 
 

31. Rocket

 
 
 
 

32. Hourglass

 
 
 
 

33. Celtic Knot

 
 
 
 

34. Settings

 
 
 
 

35. Puzzle

 
 
 
 

36. Lightning Bolt

 
 
 
 

37. Halloween

 
 
 
 

38. Scissors

Our favourites: no. 14 (Shutter), and 22 (Fingerprint). What about you? Share this post with a designer friend and voice your views in the comments below. All videos © Marc Edwards.