Audio Icons
Graphic Design, Illustration
A set of 16 icons that could be used for a podcast website,
a recording engineer blog, images for posters or merchandise, and more.
Available at TheNounProject.com
ROLES
Graphic Designer, illustrator
Ideation, research, iteration
TOOLS
Adobe Illustrator
DURATION
5 Weeks
Target Audience
A podcast host looking to re-vamp their website, a musician or music engineer wanting to use the icons on posters, or a lover of music who would wear these icons on a t-shirt or as a framed piece of work.
THE PROCESS
I found images to use as reference photos, uploaded them into Adobe Illustrator, and traced over them in simplified solid black lines.
THE SOLUTION
To make an image completely out of solid black lines was a surprisingly liberating limitation. It challenged me to think about images differently. It forced me to deconstruct and simplify my illustrations, and only leave what's essential.
Because icons tend to be very digital and geometric, I wanted it to be known that there was still an element of human touch by having asymmetrical cross-hatching on the boom box, speakers, and microphones.
What I ended up with a is a set of Audio & Recording icons that are sharp with a touch of style.
