For this project, we were asked to design a set of icons based on a category of our choosing. I chose a pirate theme and started with sketches of many different objects associated with pirates, as well as a few different icon design styles. From there, I narrowed it down to the five icons above. I worked on the icons first in black and white, and then added the color later once the designs were mostly finalized.
I chose to use a line quality that was similar to the effect of a crayon to emphasize the child-like quality I was going for. I also used a limited color palette to ensure that the icons looked related to one another.
