some digital icon process

i've kind of been keeping you posted on my analog process as i go along, but i thought it would be helpful to show my digital process as well. as you can tell, i do a lot of zooming out and duplicating. there are a few directions on this page that i tried, and abandoned, or tried and totally redirected, like the microphone (too narrow), the record case with record inside (too confusing) and the white-inside or double-outline speaker (too overcomplicated for such a simple shape), but i don't delete them from this "workspace" page because i think it's helpful to see everything i've tried all at once.

most of these, it is easy to follow the progression from more complicated to more simple. a few hardly changed from that first sketch, like the turntable. i had already simplified enough in my analog phase to keep that one pretty similar. others? well, you can see the record case. it's received a lot of nudges.

honestly? i am so fond of these! it's a little scary to be so excited about them because of how satisfaction can slide into complacency and complacency is pretty willing to lead into stagnancy. but. that's reason to be really excellent in my future applications of my icon set: to set them up on stage and prove them worthy of my fondness.