150 Tutorials for Creating Highly Detailed and Excellent Icon Design

Icon : In a graphical user interface, a picture on the screen that represents a specific file, directory, window, or program. Clicking on an icon will start the associated program or open the associated file, directory, or window.

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.

Check out this collection of 150 of the best icon design tutorials from across the web, each covering the process of designing a highly detailed icon graphic in Illustrator or Photoshop.

Photoshop Laser Printer Icon Tutorial

Create a Custom Mac OSX Style Ring Binder Address Book Icon

Create an Adobe Box Icon in Photoshop

Create a Glossy Volt Icon in Photoshop

Create a Vector Film Slate Icon

Windows Vista Folder Icon Tutorial

Design a Detailed Compass Icon in Photoshop

Professional Technique for Creating Icons

Create a Paint Roller Icon in Photoshop

Create a 3D Pyramid Icon Design in Photoshop

Create a Scissor Icon in Photoshop

Create an XP Style Woman User Icon

Create a Vista Error Icon in Photoshop

The Making of an Icon

Create a USB Speaker Icon in Photoshop

Design the iTunes Icon for the iPhone in Photoshop

Designing a Chest Icon in Illustrator

Create the iTunes Icon in Illustrator

How to Design Mini Icons

To to Create a 3D Isometric Vector Icon

Create a Cute Panda Bear Face Icon

How to Create a Transparent Battery Icon

Create an Aperture Style Camera Lens Icon

Illustrate a Traffic Cone Icon in Photoshop

Create a Shiny Lock Icon Design in Photoshop

Creating an XP Style Monitor Icon

How to Create a Super Shiny Pencil Icon

How to Create a Van Icon in Photoshop

Make a 3D Shopping Basket Icon in Illustrator

How to Create an Alarm Clock Icon

How to Make a Calendar Icon

How to Create a Vector Safari Compass in Illustrator

Translucent IM Style Icon Design Tutorial

Create an Envelope Icon with a Satin Feel

Create a Vector Home Cinema Design

Create a Design Float Icon in Illustrator

Designing a Sleek Pencil Icon

Icon Design Tutorial: Drawing a Pencil Icon

The Making of an Icon

How To Make An Icon

10 Mistakes in Icon Design

Icon Design: Bitmap vs Vector

Professional technique for creating icons

7 Principles of Effective Icon Design

10 Tips for Effective Icon Design

Icon Design Explained (Quickly)

How to Design Mini Icons

Make a Handy 3D Vector Calendar Icon

Vector Film Slate Icon

How to Turn Glasses into a Great Geek Icon

Detailed Camera with Photo Icon

How to Design a Set of Multicolored Buddy Icons

Adobe Bridge Icon

How to Create a Vector Safari Compass in Illustrator

Translucent IM Style Illustrator Icon Tutorial

Create a Vector RSS Icon with Illustrator

Juicy RSS Feed Icon

How to Make a Vector Military Cap Icon

Delicious Chinese Food Icon

Transparent Battery Icon

Vector Lock Icon Design

Custom Hard Drive Icon

Create a Speed Gauge and Watch Icon

Design a Detailed Compass Icon

Safety Icon Design

Design a Glossy Download Icon

Creating a Cool Yellow Helmet Icon

Create a Jaguar Style Folder Icon

Vista Error Icon

Vista Folder Icon Tutorial

Design The iTunes Icon For The iPhone

XP Style Money Icon

Angry Emoticon

XP Style iPod Icon

LG LCD Monitor Icon

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Style Icons

Clock Icon

World Icon Tutorial

How to Make a Folder Icon

Glossy RSS icon

Recreate the Famous Yahoo! Smiley

Skype Buddy Icon

Create A Mockingly Smiley

iTune Icon

Fast Folder Icon Making

Stylish Search Icon

Creating a clock icon

Computer Icon Tutorial

Adobe Illustrator Icon Design Tutorials

How to Create a Yellow Submarine Icon with Gradient Meshes

How To Create An Academy Icon From Simple Shapes

Icon Design Tutorial: Drawing A Pencil Icon

How to Create a Magic Wand Icon

How to Create a Golden, Vector Compass in Illustrator

How to Bake a Cake in Illustrator

3D Yet Flat Looking Shopping Basket Icons

Translucent IM Style Icon

Aperture Style Camera Lens Icon

Design A Coffee Mug Icon

Turn Glasses into a Great Geek Icon

Detailed Camera with Photo Icon

CD Icon Using Illustrator in 5 minutes

Vector Film Slate Icon

Shiny, Vector Dice

Vector Safari Compass

Multicolored Buddy Icons

Pie Charts in Illustrator

Delicious Chinese Food Icon

iTune Icon

Gearbox Settings Icon

Tropical Colored Compass

Hourglass Icon

Adobe Bridge Icon

Magic Hat Icon

Vector Audio Speaker Icon

Vector Smiley Icon

Magnify Zoom Icon

Vector Military Cap Icon

Transparent Battery Icon

3D Vector Film Roll Icon

Stylized GPS Icon

Stack of Poker Chips

Television Icon

Textured Journal Icon

Designing a Stumbleupon Icon

Alarm Clock Icon

Calendar Icon

Envelpe Icon with a Satin Feel

Drawing A Pencil Icon

Windows Vista Icon

Designing a Sleek Pencil Icon

Design Float Circle Icon

Icon "about company" in Illustrator

Flag Icon

Administrator Icon

3D Isometric Vector Icon

Animated 3D Poker Chip

Apple Leopard Folder

Shiney Folder

Create XP-style Icons

Illustrator Vector Folder Reflections

Windows XP Folder Icon

Folder Icon

Sebastien de With

Jonas Rask

Marcelo Marfil

Artua Design Studios

Stefan Dziallas

William Wilkinson - Little Pixels

Medard Konopík - IconBakery