Working To A Specification
Generating your own spec
Make consistent icons within your game
Understanding how some choices naturally change others
Really good resources
Google & Apple
Looks real, or is iconised
3D or 2D in appearance
Transparency- are parts of image see through?
Shading- flat shading through to ‘realistic’
Square Edged, rounded square, circular etc.
Axis of Symmetry / Mirroring
Rules are meant to be broken?
Break little things whilst keeping to the idea of the rule
Slipping too far from your specification will lead to inconsistency
Consistency is important with a collection.
Google Material Design
Apple Human Interface Guidelines