Everybody makes mistakes, the main thing is to have time to correct them before the beginning of work. So today we discover what main 10 mistakes can make people while creating icon design of the web page, we hope this knowledge will help you to make your icon design in the right way.

So first mistake people usually do when they have to work with little icons, such as 15X15 Icons, and it is quite clear that in this case icons can look very similar. The only correct way out of this situation is not to leave behind the legend of every icon that will help people when they will turn cursor on them to find out what icon they see right now.

The second mistake is very wide spread now, because everyone is trying to make his Internet page more interesting to the public, so sometimes they use too much elements in one icon. It doesn’t seem to be a real problem when you look first at it, but everyone is trying to create his original icon that’s why when we visit site we can’t understand what icon is responsible for what function. This problem becomes bigger when we start talking about small icons.

The third error in making icons appears when we are trying to leave as much elements in the icon as we can. Remember the smaller element an icon gets is the better; don’t force your customers to read unnecessary options for them.

The forth mistake is very important for the visual perception of icons, to circumvent this error you need to ensure one style in All Icons on the web page. The main settings that provide icon design are lightening, perspective, shadows, size, technique and of cause color. It is not a problem to prevent such kind of mistake when only one person is working on icon design, in case the site is big and you need to hire several web graphic creators you need to make special rules where you will approve with them all settings of your web page icon design.

The fifth mistake brings us back to small icons again, now you should avoid such unnecessary options as perspective and shadows in them because it will hamper their perception of users.

 The sixth error is in being very original in metaphors for your icons. Choose simplicity not originality because you are making your site for people not for getting Nobel or Oscar.

The seventh error you will face if you won’t take national or social traditions of the country you are doing icon design, for example an icon for email opportunity looks different in all countries because mailboxes in all counties differ, so when you are doing Armenian Icons remember that you have to use signs typical for Armenian people.

The eighth mistake is in using real pictures of elements in icon design. The ninth error is in using text in the icons, think about it if the icon will be small. The tenth error is for those designers who create icons in vector program; in that case icons can be out of their frames and look blurry.