My five genre for my iphone, sci-fi, puzzle, horror, adventure and action. what i did was make up a mind map of what 5 genres i would choose then i did several icons that could represent each of the chosen gernes, once i had a great variation of icons i choose my finales and improved on the chosen ones. when doing my finale icons i was very protechique on it, i fought very carefully about what i wanted my icons to look like, i wanted to represent there true purpose for there genre with an outstanding background of course. for sci-fi i fought spaceships and the stars which is what sci-fi is basically, for puzzle i fought of borrowing the riddler icon from Batman because he him self is a challenge for the mind, for horror i wanted to go for an ironic/misleading joke where i would use the head of teddy bear which isn't scary and turn it into something scary, for the adventure i fought what would represent adenture better then indiana jones so i did a template of indiana jones hat, for action i fought of what things are asociated with action (voilents, explosions, war, fighting) so i went with a bloody nuclear symbols. each of these icons have been traced over hand drawings by me that i took a picture of and draw around on photoshop.
Each of my finale icons that i have done meet my exact intenstions.
when working on this project i spent about an hour doing my planning, another hour working on my finale design and about an hour and a half finalilizing it on photoshop. I suppose i could of done things more effishant if i was a better player on photoshop, its i just struggle a bit on photoshop trying to find my way around.
I found that the planning side to particularly easy but the finalelizing a bit hardish.
i wouldn't try to compare my actual icons to a profecinal i feel it isn't as ellegant as them but comparing my ideas i would say works better then an profecinals.
Other people think my work is a piece of ingenius work.
if i was to improve on it i would try add more detailed texture or something like that.
if i was to do it again i would ask for more help into making it look more detailed.