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Effective iOS & Android App Icon Design (Udemy.com)

In this course, learn how to design spectacular app launchers for both iOS & Android using Photoshop & Illustrator.

4.3
254 reviews

Created by: Gary Simon

Last updated September 2014

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What you will learn

  • Design & Deploy Effective App Launcher Icons
  • Design Android App Launchers
  • Design iOS App Launchers
  • Present App Launchers on 3D Phones
  • Understand Official iOS & Android App Launcher Specifications
  • Use Adobe Photoshop to Design App Launchers
  • Use Adobe Illustrator to Design App Launchers

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Course Description

Design Beautiful iOS & Android App Launcher Icons

Learn how to design effective app launcher icons for both iOS and Android. App launchers are the little icons that smartphone users click on to access an app. It's absolutely important that you understand how to design these icons effectively so that they're conceptually relevant, unique and stand out.

Follow along as expert designer & course instructor Gary Simon takes you through two full app launcher design projects.

The first project is an iOS app launcher for a fictional GPS app. You will use Adobe Illustrator to complete this project.

In the second project, create a highly graphical Android app launcher for a fictional surveillance app. Adobe Photoshop will be used this time to create this project.

You will also learn how to impose the app launcher graphics onto phones, which is great for presenting the icons to clients or showcasing on your portfolio!

Who is this course for?

Anyone who wants to take on the challenge of designing app launchers for either iOS and Android. Gary Simon teaches in such a way that a beginner can understand.

Why Photoshop and Illustrator?

You can use Photoshop or Illustrator to design app icons. Gary Simon has decided to include app launchers in both applications for those who might have access to only one application.

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Instructor Details

Gary Simon

Gary Simon is a professional freelance graphics and web designer with well over a decade of experience. Having served over a thousand clients, Gary understands many facets of the design industry.

He has also been a course instructor for several of the top online education websites, teaching a wide range of topics including:

  • Web Design
  • Graphic Design
  • Mobile / GUI Design
  • 3D
  • Motion Graphics

Gary began designing websites in 2000, and just a few years later started focusing on identity design. From that point on, Gary grew a large clientele that allowed him to fully develop skills that extend beyond design alone.

The following is a list of web technologies in which Gary is proficient:

  • HTML & CSS (Responsive)
  • JavaScript & jQuery
  • XML
  • PHP
  • MySQL

He is also an expert with the following software:

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe After Effects

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4.3

254 ratings on Udemy

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By Anonymized User on 3/9/2023

course is very informative, class 8th and class 9th are interchanged. rest everything was good.

By Samuel Smith on 4/14/2021

Short and sweet, the guy is very knowledgeable and explains how to do stuff well. Good if you're just picking up illustrator.

By Anonymized User on 12/26/2019

Detailed, informative, few places left me behind thinking why did you perform such action though cause there was no explanation. Generally good one though

By Anonymized User on 8/1/2019

I say that it was good learning about i.o.s an andriod icons,and i say the learning experience is also much appreciated.

By Mateusz Hofman on 8/1/2018

Adjusting distance between objects by clicking arrows instead of alignment? Rly?

By Guido Valentine on 10/25/2017

Great content! Super in depth experience and easy to follow along! I enjoyed it.

By Christy Douglass on 4/26/2017

I really enjoyed this course - there is one lesson out of order, but I worked with it.

By Anonymized User on 8/31/2015

Overall a nice course. Lecture 8 and Lecture 9 are interchanged. It will be good if it can be organized.

By Balathevan Naresh on 11/1/2014

Hi everyone this course has plenty of good materials to fast learning. As a short course, which is fully useful for the people who has some design knowledge.

By Dytlief Moller on 9/16/2014

Easy to follow along, concise and clear. From beginner to intermediate graphic designers to hobbyists: this is for you!

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