How to make icons in Illustrator?

Answer 1

You can *design* your icon with Illustrator, but since icons themselves are made from pixels, you will want to export your illustrator design into Photoshop, converting it into a gif.

Creating an actual .ICO file (that includes multiple size variations for different settings) is best done with programs specifically created for icon creation. Again, you can do your initial designing in Illustrator, I strongly suggest converting your designs and using icon software to save them.

Answer 2

Click on the Ellipse tool o the pallet. Click on the drawing area holding down the shift key and drag the mouse until you reach the size of circle you want.

Answer 3

Type In circle in the command box