Creepy & Cute
Objective:
cartoony Halloween-themed icons for an Android app, aiming to enhance user engagement through playful and vibrant designs.
Target Audience:
The primary audience includes users of all ages looking for fun and festive Halloween-themed applications, such as games, social media, or event planning.
Inspiration Sources:
Art Styles: Explored cartoony art styles through Pinterest focusing on Halloween themes.
Colour Psychology: Researched the impact of colours associated with Halloween (orange, black, purple, etc.) and their influence on mood and engagement.
Existing Icons: Analysed current Halloween-themed icons in the market to identified trends and gaps.
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Reviews
8 reviews
Hi Nikunj,
I love the creativity and attention to detail in each icon! I agree with the previous feedback that smaller icons (16-24 px) should have fewer details to ensure accessibility. I’d also suggest shifting the focus from mobile to a web-based product, where you can showcase the icons at a larger scale, highlighting their full beauty and creativity.
Great work!
/Yuliia
Great icon work! However, the case study format for design briefs and competitions suggests that you should provide more context about the app for which you are creating icons, including details about the industry and the navigation areas the icons are intended for. It would also be helpful to see your icons presented in grids, along with more insight into your workflow. Consider using the template provided by Uxcel for brief instructions. Keep up the good work!
Hey Nikunj, the pack has a cohesive and fun Halloween theme, which is great for event-based UI. But there are some areas to improve, let's break it down:
Strengths:
Cohesive Theme:
The Halloween elements like the pumpkin, skull, haunted house, and bats work well together and immediately convey the spooky season. The thematic consistency across all icons creates a strong, unified visual language.
Color Palette:
The use of deep purples for the background ties the icons together and creates a mysterious, eerie mood fitting for Halloween. The orange highlights in some icons (like the pumpkin and hat) provide a strong contrast, making the icons pop.
Icon Shapes:
The circular element around each graphic within the icon frames each item nicely, ensuring the icons feel compact and focused.
Playful Visuals:
The spiderweb cracks on the icons give an extra dimension to the design, reinforcing the Halloween theme without being too overwhelming.
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Areas for Improvement:
Hierarchy and Visual Balance:
Some icons feel more detailed (e.g., the calendar and haunted house) compared to simpler ones like the pumpkin chat bubble. This creates a slight inconsistency in terms of visual balance. Consider either simplifying the more complex icons or adding subtle details to the simpler ones for a more even look across the set.
Color Contrast:
While the purple background works well for setting the mood, the level of contrast between the background and some icon elements could be improved. For example, the details of the calendar and the envelope (bottom right) blend into the background a bit too much. Brightening or adding a contrasting outline to these elements would enhance their legibility.
Icon Readability:
The telephone and calendar icons, for example, have small details that may not scale well when reduced to smaller sizes, affecting their clarity and usability in smaller interfaces. Simplifying the smaller elements or making the most important elements more prominent will improve readability in different sizes.
Suggestions for Improvement:
Size Considerations: Test the icons at different sizes to ensure they maintain their clarity, especially for mobile interfaces. Simplifying fine details or enhancing key features will ensure they remain recognizable at smaller resolutions.
Add Interaction Depth: If these icons are for interactive elements, consider adding some subtle gradients, inner glows, or drop shadows on the main objects to simulate depth. This would give a more tactile feel, making them more engaging to click or tap.
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Overall, you've done a good job of creating a fun, and thematic icon set that captures the spirit of Halloween. By refining the visual balance, ensuring color contrast, and adjusting details for scalability, these icons can be even more functional and visually appealing in a variety of UI contexts.
Hi Nikunj, these illustrations are really cool - I appreciate the consistency with the spider web in the background of all the icons. I'd suggest simplifying these so that they're identifiable at a glance and from a distance.
Good attempt with icon design but room for improvements.
Fun illustrations but misses the point of the briefing. There are way too many details, colours and complexity to be a functional icon set. Also the presentation lacks explanation and context.
Your skills in illustration are amazing but we are missing key information and simplicity.
Hi Nikunj, Nice theme chosen for icon design, but icons looks more like imagery, details can be minimized if you willing to use this icons for mobile app then it might happen to be bit difficult to recognize this icon,
Really creative work—loved it! However, the icons feel too complex for practical use. Simplifying them would make them clearer and more effective as an icon set. I appreciate the effort you've put in, great job overall.
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