Love Skillshare? Love Icon Design? So do we—and we need your help! Join our two-week workshop to help us define an icon style for our brand!
That’s right. We’re looking for a new set of icons for use across the Skillshare platform and marketing outreach materials. Join this exclusive workshop led by the Skillshare teams to test your icon design skills!
In this workshop, you’ll take two classes (with two optional classes for additional inspiration) and complete an icon design project.
Your assignment will be to create a cohesive set of Skillshare icons for the following elements:
- Play (video)
- Download (video)
- Search (our site)
- Student Profile
- Teacher Profile
- Notifications (activity or alert)
- Save (my project or content)
- Discussions (chat or comment)
- Learning Path (track or progression)
- My Classes (list of videos)
The selected winner will receive $500 and their icons will be used across Skillshare.com!*
How It Works:
- Click “Join” at the top of the page to officially join the workshop.
- Take a look at the workshop timeline below. You’ll be taking two classes, sharing 1 icon after the first class and the full icon set after the second class. Your first step is due on June 22nd. Get started at any time!
- Carefully review the visual direction below. As we define the Skillshare brand, we’re looking for a few specific elements for these icons—other than these 3 rules, we want to see how creative you can be!
- Introduce yourself in the Discussions tab above to get to know your fellow workshop participants. The Skillshare team will also be actively posting reminders and feedback here.
Workshop Timeline:
Step 1: Due Friday, June 22nd. Get started by taking Icon Design: Crafting Pictograms with Purpose with Edward Boatman, co-founder of The Noun Project. This class will get you thinking about why icons are so important, and how to make sure your design communicates exactly what is intended. Your assignment for this class is to create 1 icon that prompts action - this can be a first draft of one of your Skillshare icons or any other icon you choose. Share your icon in the class’ project gallery by June 22nd.
Step 2: Due Monday, July 2nd. Take Icon Design: Create Your Own Cohesive Icon Set with Adam Whitcraft, Designer and Iconographer. This class will walk you step-by-step through how to create a cohesive set of icons, from concept through completion. Create your Skillshare icon set as your class project and share the complete set of 10 icons in the project gallery!
Important: Only those who upload their icon sets to the project page for Icon Design: Create Your Own Cohesive Icon Set by July 2nd at at 11:59 PM UTC will be eligible to win the workshop contest.
Need More Inspiration? We recommend checking out Logo Design with Draplin: Secrets of Shape, Type and Color with Aaron Draplin and Illustrating an Icon Set: Design a Cohesive Series with DKNG Studios.
Visual Direction:
For your final Skillshare icon set, we ask that you follow these three visual rules:
- If you choose to use outlined icons, please adhere to the same stroke weight as our Skillshare Brandmark. Click here to download the eps file, or here to download a .png file. Be sure to outline your stroke so it scales proportionally.
- Our icons are used across marketing outreach and the Skillshare platform. Keep in mind that often these icons will appear as small as 16px X 16px, so be sure to take that into account when creating your set. Because we will be scaling the logos ourselves, the winning icons will need to be provided to Skillshare in .ai, .eps, or .svg file format.
- Please create your icons using only ONE color: Black #000, Skillshare #17C5CB, Bondi #03A7AD, Mako #41444B, or Sirocco #747777.
How to Win:
The Skillshare team will review all entries and select one winner who will receive $500 and have their icons featured across the Skillshare platform and in marketing materials!
Upload your final icons set to the Icon Design: Create Your Own Cohesive Icon Set site no later than 11:59pm UTC on 07/02/18. All entries will be judged by July 9th and the winner will be notified by Skillshare via email.
*Skillshare reserves the right to edit icons as needed for use.
Helpful Tips:
Bookmark the link to this workshop page so you can easily find it.
Skillshare teams will participate in discussion and feedback throughout the workshop, and will answer any questions regarding the requirements submitted by June 24th. Post questions as early as possible so we can make sure you have everything you need to get started!
Love Skillshare? Love Icon Design? So do we—and we need your help! Join our two-week workshop to help us define an icon style for our brand!
That’s right. We’re looking for a new set of icons for use across the Skillshare platform and marketing outreach materials. Join this exclusive workshop led by the Skillshare teams to test your icon design skills!
In this workshop, you’ll take two classes (with two optional classes for additional inspiration) and complete an icon design project.
Your assignment will be to create a cohesive set of Skillshare icons for the following elements:
- Play (video)
- Download (video)
- Search (our site)
- Student Profile
- Teacher Profile
- Notifications (activity or alert)
- Save (my project or content)
- Discussions (chat or comment)
- Learning Path (track or progression)
- My Classes (list of videos)
The selected winner will receive $500 and their icons will be used across Skillshare.com!*
How It Works:
- Click “Join” at the top of the page to officially join the workshop.
- Take a look at the workshop timeline below. You’ll be taking two classes, sharing 1 icon after the first class and the full icon set after the second class. Your first step is due on June 22nd. Get started at any time!
- Carefully review the visual direction below. As we define the Skillshare brand, we’re looking for a few specific elements for these icons—other than these 3 rules, we want to see how creative you can be!
- Introduce yourself in the Discussions tab above to get to know your fellow workshop participants. The Skillshare team will also be actively posting reminders and feedback here.
Workshop Timeline:
Step 1: Due Friday, June 22nd. Get started by taking Icon Design: Crafting Pictograms with Purpose with Edward Boatman, co-founder of The Noun Project. This class will get you thinking about why icons are so important, and how to make sure your design communicates exactly what is intended. Your assignment for this class is to create 1 icon that prompts action - this can be a first draft of one of your Skillshare icons or any other icon you choose. Share your icon in the class’ project gallery by June 22nd.
Step 2: Due Monday, July 2nd. Take Icon Design: Create Your Own Cohesive Icon Set with Adam Whitcraft, Designer and Iconographer. This class will walk you step-by-step through how to create a cohesive set of icons, from concept through completion. Create your Skillshare icon set as your class project and share the complete set of 10 icons in the project gallery!
Important: Only those who upload their icon sets to the project page for Icon Design: Create Your Own Cohesive Icon Set by July 2nd at at 11:59 PM UTC will be eligible to win the workshop contest.
Need More Inspiration? We recommend checking out Logo Design with Draplin: Secrets of Shape, Type and Color with Aaron Draplin and Illustrating an Icon Set: Design a Cohesive Series with DKNG Studios.
Visual Direction:
For your final Skillshare icon set, we ask that you follow these three visual rules:
- If you choose to use outlined icons, please adhere to the same stroke weight as our Skillshare Brandmark. Click here to download the eps file, or here to download a .png file. Be sure to outline your stroke so it scales proportionally.
- Our icons are used across marketing outreach and the Skillshare platform. Keep in mind that often these icons will appear as small as 16px X 16px, so be sure to take that into account when creating your set. Because we will be scaling the logos ourselves, the winning icons will need to be provided to Skillshare in .ai, .eps, or .svg file format.
- Please create your icons using only ONE color: Black #000, Skillshare #17C5CB, Bondi #03A7AD, Mako #41444B, or Sirocco #747777.
How to Win:
The Skillshare team will review all entries and select one winner who will receive $500 and have their icons featured across the Skillshare platform and in marketing materials!
Upload your final icons set to the Icon Design: Create Your Own Cohesive Icon Set site no later than 11:59pm UTC on 07/02/18. All entries will be judged by July 9th and the winner will be notified by Skillshare via email.
*Skillshare reserves the right to edit icons as needed for use.
Helpful Tips:
Bookmark the link to this workshop page so you can easily find it.
Skillshare teams will participate in discussion and feedback throughout the workshop, and will answer any questions regarding the requirements submitted by June 24th. Post questions as early as possible so we can make sure you have everything you need to get started!
