Find a local icon design in Melbourne

A set of custom icons drawn as vectors to a consistent grid, weight and style, delivered in the sizes and formats you need. A typical gig starts with three or four icons to agree the style, then rolls out the rest once you sign off. You should get SVGs for web, PNGs at the sizes you use, and the source file.

Consistency and legibility at the size it is actually used. Icons should share a grid, stroke weight, corner radius and level of detail, so they read as one family. The other test is small: an icon that works at 64 pixels often turns to mush at 16, and detail has to be removed rather than scaled down.

A set of 10 to 20 icons usually runs 1 to 2 weeks: a few days to establish the style, then production once you approve it. Larger sets are quicker per icon because the rules are already set. Approving the style on the first few, rather than reviewing all of them at the end, is what keeps it on schedule.

Often, yes, and for an internal tool or an early-stage site free sets are a sensible call. Custom icons earn their keep when you need concepts no library covers (your specific product features), or when the set has to carry brand character. A common middle path is licensing a library and having a designer draw the handful of icons it lacks, matched to its style.

A logo is one mark that carries your whole brand and gets used everywhere from a business card to a sign. Icons are a functional system, drawn to be understood instantly and to work in a set. Different skills and different pricing: an app icon that acts as your logo sits somewhere between the two, so scope it explicitly.

SVGs first, since they scale cleanly and can be recoloured in code. PNGs at the specific sizes you use, and the source file with the grid intact so the set can be extended later. If the icons are for an app, ask for the platform-specific exports so your developer is not resizing by hand.

In Melbourne, a small custom set of 8 to 12 icons typically runs $400 to $1,200. A larger set of 25 or more, or a set with a distinctive illustrated style, more commonly lands at $1,500 to $4,000. Per-icon pricing drops as the set grows, because the style work is done once up front.

The range on this page runs from about $69 to $188 an hour. Nearer $69 is a junior designer, the middle of the band covers most gigs (an experienced designer working solo), and the top of the band is a design lead. Icon work rewards experience, since the hard part is removing detail so the icon still reads at 16 pixels.

Ask to see a full set rather than single icons, and check whether they hold together as a family. Ask how they handle icons at small sizes. A designer who talks about grids, stroke weights and optical alignment knows the craft.

Post an icon design gig in 60 seconds. Describe the work, set your budget and timeframe, and choose whether it is time-based or outcome-based. Local freelancers send a bid with a quote, you compare their profiles, portfolios and reviews, then pick the one that fits. Posting is free, so you only pay for the work.

Every gig runs on a payment schedule you both agree on up front, and every payment is held securely through Stripe. On an outcome-based gig you fund each stage before the work starts and it is released once you sign off. On a time-based gig you are charged for each month as it starts, and it is released to your freelancer once that month has been worked. No chasing invoices, and no paying for work that is not done.