It is often beneficial to do a web search for the item you are looking to iconize. You’ll often want a web browser open as well. We will be working with the “ Create Circles, Ellipses, and Arcs” command for this article. I like to leave it turned on, but you can turn off the “edges” if you visit the document properties under “File.” Here’s what it should look like:

Once you’ve downloaded and opened Inkscape you’ll see a plain canvas outlined in front of you. But you’ll hopefully be able to use what you learn here today to make any icons you might need for your game design. The objective for today is to teach you how to make icons that you can use with confidence in your board game designs. Note: if you have Photoshop/Illustrator then I would recommend staying with that and skipping the rest of the article.Īlso, if you love icons but just can’t figure out how to make your own, then head over to where they have over 1,000 free icons for your use. If you don’t have the software I recommend downloading it and using it for your game design art. Don’t worry too much about what that means, just know that it’s awesome.

It is a free Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) software. This article will be focused on the software called Inkscape. So today I wanted to present a tutorial similar to my “ Cubes in Inkscape” tutorial to help game designers with the creation of icons for their games. Those are a few and I’m sure there are more. There are a few benefits that icons can provide for your game design:

Icons can really help put a nice polish on a game. One of the things that can take your game design from playable to pitchable is iconography.

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