Under The Bridge

So what’s the hardest part of making your iPhone application? Well, to a lot of us artistically challenged types — as artists, we make really good programmers, if you get our drift — it’s figuring out what the icon is going to be. Especially since to grab someone’s interest in the App Store, the icon is pretty much all the marketing that you have. In that spirit, we refer you today for your edification to a roundup of 50 Excellent Icon Design Tutorials.

Icons are essential in any graphical user interface. They are effective visual cues for performing tasks or navigating to a certain location. There are many resources online that can help and inspire you in your own icon designs and – in this collection – we share some of the best tutorials on the topic.

In this article, you’ll find a wide selection of tutorials and resources to help you learn about designing icons.

In particular, we’d like to single out #33, “Design The iTunes Icon For The iPhone And iPod Touch” as being remarkably apropos in case you happen to want something evocative of Apple style, but the whole collection is worth at least glancing over for tips!