DailyUI 005 - App Icon

Day 5 of the DailyUI Challenge.

I was wondering what kind of an icon I could make for this challenge. I used to “create” icons by simply copying a logo on a square, but it's actually the first time I'm designing an icon from scratch, piece by piece.

So, I was at my desk, looking for inspiration. I saw a lot of mobile app icons and I thought I should try something else. I grabbed my coffee mug on my desk, looked at it, looked at my screen again, and I remembered that macOS icons don't have to be square or round. That's how I got the idea!

While designing this icon, I thought it could be for an app called “Koffee” (notice the K on the mug), which aims at collect data for coffee lovers (the amount of coffee you drink each day, your favorites coffee shops and roasters...). It could also include tools like a water/coffee ratio calculator, a caffeine calculator...
Coming up with those ideas helped me to figure out how to design this icon.