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Hey designer friend
Ready to unlock the magic of icon design?
You’ve come
to the right place
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You’ve come
to the right place
:)
Trust Me
Icons are so much more than a brand wishlist item or a nice-to-have.
Icons are full of untapped potential and value for both you and your clients. Beyond adding a new service to your design arsenal, icons are a brilliant way to hone your creative brainstorming, design skills, and unique style while rekindling your creative spark and having fun along the way.
Ready to dig deeper into the value of icons and have fun creating again?
I've got you covered
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Hang on a sec
Miss my live chat with talented designer and IFF alumni Nikkita Cohoon?
No worries, you can still catch the replay!
In this fun conversation, Nikki and I chat about the untapped value of icons, how we use them to make magic for our clients (and ourselves), and Nikki's IFF experience. Plus, you can even take the 1st IFF module for a spin!
Expand Your Skills & Income
Let's make icon magic together
Icon Family Fun is a custom icon design course that covers everything from the untapped potential of icons and selling clients on them to brainstorming better icon ideas and crafting a unique yet cohesive icon family.
What designers are saying
Hi, I’m Melissa
Icons are my designer love language
As a brand designer, I love logos, but custom icons are my not-so-secret obsession. They’re such a fun way to extend brand visuals beyond the essentials and they have so. much. potential. I recommend them to almost all of my branding clients, since they add so much depth to a brand along with a ton of versatility.
With a solid family of icons, you really can’t go wrong. That’s why I’m so pumped share my 10+ years of client-wowing icon design experience and offer this incredible course to you. Because not only are icons incredibly valuable by themselves, they’re also a great way to hone your creative brainstorming, unique style, and design workflow (while opening up passive income potential too!).
by the way
Clients love icons too
Many of my clients bundle icon design with their branding and some have even hired me for my icon design skills. Each brand’s icon family is unique, but the result is always the same — my clients and I are always surprised and delighted by just how powerful and versatile icons can be.
See for yourself
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![Grey House Productions brand icon]()
Melissa’s icon design skills sealed the deal for us to hire her for our rebrand. I already loved her work and approach, but the icons were a real differentiator from other designers. And even years later, we are still finding unique ways to use ours!
Hannah Soto
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![Soho Waterworks brand icon]()
Not only was Melissa able to take my vision and create branding that blew me away BUT she gave it life with the custom icons. Our icons are so stylish, sleek, and they embody EVERYTHING we stand for as a company. I still get excited when I look at them!
Angela Cooper
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![Memory My Way brand icon]()
I adore the icons Melissa designed for Memory My Way. They are cohesive and on brand, but what I love most is that they add so much personality! I can use them in so many ways and they continually expand the brand's depth and reach in unexpected ways!
Nichole Healy
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![Betty Lu Paperie brand icon]()
Every brand needs their own signature icons! They add so much visual interest and fun to my packaging, promotional materials, and social media. Plus, Melissa created a gorgeous pattern from our icons that I use all the time. The icons are the best part!
Valerie Freeman
Icon Family Fun
Content
Chapter
01: Aim
In the first module, we’ll dig into the value of custom icons, the countless things they can represent, and where they can be used.
Chapter
02: Sell
Next we’ll review the 4 icon customers, how to sell clients on custom icons, and the different methods of packaging and pricing icons.
Chapter
03: Plan
I’ll share my secrets to creating rave-worthy brand icons, deciding on subject matter, and finding your own unique design style.
Chapter
04: Create
I’ll walk you through where to start and how to ensure your icons look unique yet cohesive, plus my favorite Ai shortcuts and workflow tips.
Chapter
05: Expand
This is where we’ll refine our icon family, make any new additions, test out our icons in context, and finalize them for foolproof future use.
Chapter
06: Share
Last of all, I’ll share the secret to streamlined file export and organization, some usage tips, and how to package icons for your clients.
More than Icon Design
I’ve found icons to be a fun, low-pressure way to improve your creative brainstorming, design workflow, and unique style. So while the focus here is icons, what you learn will change the way you approach all creative work.
Let’s Talk Details
the Class
Six Chapters
My value-packed lessons are waiting to help you excel in brainstorming and creating custom icons, and selling clients on them too!
Watch My Workflow
Peek over my shoulder as I create the IFF icons you see here, from planning to export, with lots of helpful commentary along the way.
Idea Bank + Inspo
My icon idea bank and inspo database are your secret weapons for creating on-point icons, from subject and style to those special details.
Sales Tips
Feel confident communicating the value and potential of custom brand icons to your clients with these talking points.
Student Showcase
Submit your finished icon designs and I’ll show them off right here with your name and a link to your site.
The Community Experience
IFF: Live
If live chats, cozy community, and personalized feedback from yours truly sounds like your kind of party, you’re in luck! IFF: Live is a live version of my Icon Family Fun course where we'll design a custom family of icons together. This includes all the benefits listed above, plus tons of extra support, connection, and fun as we share this amazing journey together.
Private Community
Join a cozy 8-week private community to connect and share with like-minded designer friends as you make magic together.
Personalized Feedback
Each week you’ll share what you’re working on and receive design input and support to take your icon family to the next level.
Live Community Calls
On these cozy “Show & Share” calls, we share our screens and work through things together while celebrating your icon progress.
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Prefer to learn together?
While the self-study version of Icon Family fun is available all the time, this special community-centered version will only be available a couple times each year.
Next live session opens
Spring 2025
Real Talk
Is IFF for me?
This class is for you if…
You know your way around Ai, but want to improve your creative brainstorming and design workflow
You want to expand your services with icon design
You want to renew your creative spark
You want to create some eye candy for your portfolio
You want a fun easy intro to passive income
IFF: Live is for you if…
You’re craving connection with like-minded designer friends
You’re looking for personalized feedback and support
You like the accountability of a live program
You want to have a ton of fun creating together :)
This class is not for you if…
You have no working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator
You have no design experience
You’re not looking to learn any new skills or tricks
You’re happy with your current workflow
You don’t have the time to devote to a new course
You hate fun :P
Icon Family Fun
Student Showcase
I can’t wait to show off
your creations
It’s time
Let the Fun Begin
I can’t wait to teach you everything I know about creating an unforgettable family of icons, while helping you hone your creative brainstorming, design workflow, and personal style along the way. There’s so much magic to uncover and fun to be had, and I can’t wait to share it with you!
More Designer Love
Join the fun
Enroll
Now
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Let’s Plant A Forest
For each new student who enrolls, I’ll plant a tree with One Tree Planted, a non-profit organization focused on global reforestation.
Join the fun
Enroll
Now
One Payment of
$333
6 value-packed modules
Watch my workflow
Icon family idea bank
Icon sales tips
Icon inspiration database
IFF student showcase
Plus
8-week exclusive community
Weekly live calls + replays
Personal project space
Tailored feedback + support
Direct access to Melissa
One Payment of
$444
6 value-packed modules
Watch my workflow
Icon family idea bank
Icon sales tips
Icon inspiration database
IFF student showcase
Plus
Create icon magic together8-week exclusive community
Weekly live calls + replays
Personal project space
Tailored feedback + support
Direct access to Melissa
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Let’s Plant A Forest
For each new student who enrolls, I’ll plant a tree with One Tree Planted, a non-profit organization focused on global reforestation.
In case you’re wondering
FAQ
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While IFF was created with designers in mind, any creative who knows their way around Adobe Illustrator and wants to learn more about icon design will benefit like crazy from this class.
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I recommend having a solid working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator (including working with the pen tool) for this course. If you need some help in that department, I've got you covered!
Bundle w/ Ai Essentials + save big!
Because I love you, I'm offering the chance to bundle my Illustrator Essentials course with IFF at a big discount. That way, you can supercharge your workflow in Ai while honing your creative problem-solving and design skills through icon design. Win win win!
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There are 2 enrollment options for Icon Family Fun. The first is self-study and gets you the course only. The second is IFF: Live, which is exactly what it sounds like — an exclusive live community version of the course, complete with an 8-week private community, personalized design feedback and support, and live community calls (with replays).
See above for a more on what's included.
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The self-study version of the course is self-paced so you can go at whatever speed works for you.
IFF: Live is a 8-week program. You can plan for around 3-5 hours per week including learning, planning/design time, live calls, and chatting in the community. See the cart page for more schedule details.
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You'll have lifetime access to the course, including any future updates! IFF: Live students will also have lifetime course access with 10 weeks of access to the community.
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While the self-study version of the course will be available all the time, IFF: Live will only be open a limited number of times each year.
If you're interested in the community experience, make sure you hop on the IFF: Live waitlist and stay tuned!
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IFF : Live will be offered a couple times each year depending on my availability. If you're interested in the community experience, make sure you join the IFF: Live waitlist and stay tuned!
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While I won't be offering any sales on Icon Family Fun, there are pricing plans available, as well as an opportunity to bundle it with my Ai Essentials course for less. These measures are meant to keep the pricing as accessible as possible while accounting for the value included.
While I encourage you to follow your intuition on whether or not it's the right time to sign up, keep in mind that the price of this course will continue to increase as I make improvements to it.
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Since you get access to the course and all other content as soon as you purchase, all sales are final and nonrefundable. If you have any questions before enrolling, you can email me at hi@melissayeager.com.
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If you’re still not sure if Icon Family Fun is right for you, drop me a line and we’ll figure it out together.