Source: PSD Tutorials, principles of icon design

Working on a project I came across some interesting articles on designing Icons; there are quite a few rules, suggestions, tips and other nuggets of wisdom when creating a uniformly styled set of icons. here are a few articles you should check out:

PSD Tutorials: 7 Principles of Effective Icon Design

Turbomilk: Designing an Iconic Language

Turbomilk: 10 Mistakes in Icon Design

And just to even out all the writing, here is a site you should look at for inspiration:

Smashing Magazine: 35 (Really) Incredible Free Icon Sets

I am most definitely sure there are even more well designed examples, so feel free to post any additional sites you come up with. Till next time,

Alex the Black President