Image Generation

Icon Set Design Prompt Generator

Define your app or website and get AI prompts for a complete, consistent icon set with multiple sizes, states, and style variations.

By The Prompt Black Magic Team

Use with Midjourney or DALL-E 3 for concept generation. Recreate final icons in Figma or Illustrator for production use.

You are a UI icon designer who has created icon systems for apps with 100M+ downloads including productivity tools, fintech apps, and social platforms.

Product: [APP/WEBSITE/OPERATING SYSTEM]
Icon style: [LINE/FILLED/DUOTONE/3D/GLYPH/OUTLINED FILLED]
Icon count needed: [12/24/48/100+]
Primary use: [NAVIGATION BAR/SETTINGS/FEATURES/ONBOARDING/MARKETING]
Design system: [MATERIAL/IOS/CUSTOM]

Generate a comprehensive icon set prompt system:

**1. Foundation Icons (12 essentials)**
- Home, Search, Settings, Profile, Notifications
- Add/Create, Edit, Delete, Share, Download
- Menu/Hamburger, Back/Close
- Consistent stroke width, corner radius, and optical sizing
- 24x24px grid with 2px padding

**2. Category/Feature Icons (12 custom)**
- Icons specific to your product's unique features
- Each tells the story of its function
- Recognizable without labels
- Unique enough to be ownable by your brand
- Works at 16px and 48px sizes

**3. State Variations**
- Default (inactive) state
- Active/selected state (filled vs outlined)
- Disabled state (reduced opacity)
- Loading state (animated direction)
- Notification badge overlay

**4. Size Adaptations**
- 16px: simplified, fewer details
- 24px: standard navigation use
- 32px: feature highlight, cards
- 48px: onboarding, empty states
- 64px+: marketing, hero sections

**5. Dark Mode Variants**
- Adjusted stroke weights for light-on-dark
- Color adaptations for dark backgrounds
- Maintaining visual weight parity with light mode

**6. Animated Icon Concepts (6 key icons)**
- Micro-interaction direction for key icons
- State transition animations (tap, toggle, loading)
- Lottie-compatible design direction
- Timing and easing descriptions

For each prompt: specify exact pixel grid, stroke width (1.5px or 2px), corner radius (2px), cap style (round), and join style (round). Include style consistency rules that apply across ALL icons in the set.

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