Make sure it doesn't go over the guidelines. Move this triangle to the lower left side of the gray circle. Next, draw a small 30 x 30 px square with the Rectangle Tool (M) and use it as a guide to draw a triangle between its corner points. You won't have to worry about adding the width of the stroke to the size of the circle to calculate the final size of the icon. You will notice that everything stays inside the guidelines, and this will make things easier when the time comes to save each icon.

Go to View > Rulers > Show Rulers to make them active, and then drag a guideline through the four points of the circle. Give it a 4 pt dark gray Stroke and press the Align Stroke to Inside option in the Stroke panel. Take the Ellipse Tool (L) and draw a 98 x 98 px circle on your artboard. 2. How to Create a Vector Flat Icon Shape Step 1 I usually work with these settings, and they will help you throughout the drawing process. Next, go to Edit > Preferences > General and set the Keyboard Increment to 1 px and while there, go to Units to make sure they are set as in the following image. Type a name for your file, set the dimensions, and then select Pixels as Units and RGB as Color Mode. Launch Illustrator and go to File > New to open a blank document. To complete the tutorial you will need the following assets:

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