To me, Icons are up there with Fonts as some sort of design crack. I'm not sure when I got hooked, but it's been a while now and my hard drive is crammed with icon sets of all shapes and varieties. So when we launched GraphicRiver a couple months ago there was no question as to whether we'd have an icon section. Even though it's still early days there are already a ton of great icon sets, and in this post I thought I'd showcase a few of the best, starting with WeFunction's massive 275 icon set!
Function App Icon Set by liam_uk7
Pack of 60 Icons by ranfirefly
50 Cool matte icons by hipis
Basic Icon set by hipis
Anodized UI Elements by blabus
Green Environment Icons by stigma5
Commerce Theme Vector Icon Set by Kilik
Detailed Camera Lens Icon Pack by contempoinc
Glossy Shopping Sticker Icons by Mirtt
Business Avatars by Twos
Design elements and icons by helix7
Freehand Icons by shonsybqd
Lumina - 136 soft and glossy icon set by freud
150 Small Gell Buttons Pack by CAMS
48 Ultra Cute Vector icons by hipis
Green battery ICON - empty/full - layered .psd by upir
Circlicity - Circular icons by Shaoren
Media Player Icons | Onyx Edition by scottwills
Warm Icons Set by stigma5
Music Theme Vector Icon Set by Kilik
Denis icons part 2 by plechi
Download Box Icon Set by thomasfedb
hot chocolate, coffee, milk mugs icons by upir
Realistic Weather Icons Pack by contempoinc
Flags Pack by boldonblue
Icon set for web and apps by sixtyeight
Mail Icons by DESIGNTED
Platino Dark - Web Set 4 by ckng
Colassal Collection Vector Icons (2 of 2) by Kilik
Minimo Icon Set by logorado
Graphic Design Week
To celebrate the launch of GraphicRiver's new Print Design Templates category we're putting on a whole week of graphic design tutorials on both Psdtuts+ and Vectortuts+. The new category means you can now sell your design work to make extra cash On the flip side if you're coming up short on inspiration, you can get a kickstart by grabbing a Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign template via GraphicRiver. So to give the new category the launch it deserves, all this week we'll be bringing you articles and tutorials just like this one, on graphic design as part of our Tuts+ Graphic Design Week.
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User Comments
( ADD YOURS )web design cheltenham May 20th
Great resource, shame they’re not free :-0
( )Alex May 20th
@web design cheltenham: Why does everything needs to be free? I don’t think it’s good to have everything free of charge. How are we supposed to pay our rent?
If something is good, its worth some money…
( )Jonathan May 20th
What he said ^^^
( )brian May 20th
Agreed, but this is a site that is based on free content – tutorials, articles, etc. If we were in the market to buy these things, then we’d go to the appropriate site.
rory May 20th
Nothings for Free in this world….
Great source of icons, my web design is gonna kick ass, thanks
( )unkow May 20th
So is this what the tuts websites have become? Just them promoting Graphic River?
( )PiE May 21st
My feelings exactly.
( )lawrence77 May 20th
nice title for this post…
I love Icons….
( )Mr Kuzio May 20th
VECTOR ICOOOOOOOOONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YUPPYYYYYY!!!!!!!
YEKKEYEAH!!!!!
XD
Thanks ^^
( )Tiffany May 20th
for graphic design week, lets turn vectortuts into advertising for Graphic River….
I’m not complaining that the stuff isnt free, (although I am broke so its a bit taunting) but that its just outright just posting product from one other website?
i could just go to graphic river for that
( )liam May 20th
Seriously did you even read the schedule?
http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/news/this-week-is-graphic-design-week-on-psdtuts-vectortuts/
I’ll paste some of the titles here too, and you point out to me exactly how any of these are just Tutsplus promoting Graphic River.
Create a Five-color Magazine Cover using a Spot Metallic.
Teach Yourself Graphic Design: A Self-Study Course Outline.
Design and Print Bold Promo Cards in 60 Minutes.
Preparing and Talking About Your Graphic Design Portfolio.
Creating a Rockstar Brand, Logo & Styleguide in Illustrator
Create a Business Card in Illustrator and Print it with UPrinting.
Make a Quick’n’Dirty Letterhead in … MS Word!
A 20 Minute Intro to Typography.
That’s just a handful of articles from an astonishing collection. It’s a strange accusation you make, considering there are so many quality articles already and many to look forward to.
A bit of self promotion isn’t something to complain about, I’m sure there’s plenty of people who have had their eyes opened to the great stuff Graphic River has to offer.
I for one think the Team have done a great job of bringing a wide range of posts forward and although I’m not angry at comments like yours it does surprise me that you’ve posted a comment like that when it clearly is not the case.
( )Grafiko May 20th
Nice!
( )Amatatomba May 20th
I agree that there’s not much of a point in posting this stuff when it can all be found in one place. I know they’re trying to get the word out about Graphic River, but it’s just advertising. I don’t mind roundups (although tuts are better) but this wasn’t even a roundup.
But, this stuff is nice. And like people have said, not everything can or should be free. I don’t have the money to buy resources (nor do I really NEED to at this stage, the free ones I can find are good enough for what I’m doing) but it takes time to create quality resources. I won that contest where you got $20 credit at Graphic River though, so maybe I’ll check some of this stuff out.
( )liam May 20th
I’ve got so many of these icons, really loving the icon section of GraphicRiver. I love the sets by hipis. It’s amazing work, the “48 Ultra Cute Vector icons” Blow my mind!
I also really find the Minimo icon set and Pack of 60 Icons by ranfirefly really useful.
On the note of these not being free, I think there comes a point where designers stop relying on free resources. I’ve realized that to get give my designs that added something it’s certainly worth spending $20 or so on an icon set which the client hasn’t seen before.
For sure free icons are great, and there are a lot of good free sets out there. But there will come a point where you realize that you need to buy premium resources if you want to impress, especially on client work.
( )Chris Robinson May 20th
Thanks for featuring my Detailed Camera Lens and Weather Icon packs!
( )Diego SA May 21st
Great collection!
( )Mikah Sargent May 21st
Although I love to create individual icons for each site that I make, sometimes it doesn’t hurt to just take a break an use some already made ones. Top notch icons here!
( )NBK May 22nd
I really don’t mind that they’re plugging the new Graphic River. I mean, it is quality design that should have a cost. There is so much quality, free stuff out there on the interweb nowadays, so there’s no need to complain when people wanna make a profit from their hard work.
( )Andrei Patrascu May 22nd
Great Icons. I’ll definetly buy some for my webdesign materials that I use
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( )Jason May 23rd
Yes, its a shameless plug for their own goodies…but hey…these guys give us enough freebies and information as it is…
( )Web Tasarım Grafik Tasarım September 9th
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