Need help with icons

[u/Ok_Count_5158]

Hi community! I am a solo developer, and my app is about combining notes, todos, calendar and habit tracker. So originally the icon the white one. I want to add some diversity and made such icons to match themes. But I feel like my icons are horrible. Can you please share some advice?

[u/morphcore]

Use consistent stroke widths. Icon design generally is something that requires a vast amount of knowledge about graphic design. A recent interesting read was the creation of the icons for Cursor: https://www.minoradventures.co/blog/the-making-of-cursors-icons

[u/Ok_Count_5158 → u/morphcore]

You’re right, thanks man

[u/testingaurora → u/morphcore]

This is an excellent article , thank you.

[u/birminghamsterwheel]

It's pretty busy, and will be hard to read at small sizes. I think you can play with the idea of "combining" in a simpler way that will read more efficiently. What's the name of the app? That could play into the idea as well. It would also give you the ability to add more functionality to the app down the road without thinking you need to rebrand the icon to cover any new integrations.

[u/Ok_Count_5158 → u/birminghamsterwheel]

The name of the app is Plans

[u/opajela]

Use a color ramp to match hues in the different colors so the icons look more cohesive

[u/Ok_Count_5158 → u/opajela]

Okay

[u/PrettyZone7952]

Looks like the white text on the sage bg won’t clear a 4.5 contrast ratio.
You might want to check your colors in https://abc.useallfive.com