My First City

Let's create your first model of a city that contains roads, buildings, trees and vehicles.

What you can create using Icograms Designer

Level: beginner
Topic: city illustration
Elements: roads, buildings, trees, vehicles

In this lesson we want to show you how to create a simple model of a city.
First of all we will show you how to create a road grid, then how to add buildings, trees and vehicles. Some of the buildings we will make higher by combining two or more buildings together. We will also show you some simple tricks that will help speed up the work.

Let's start

How to work with Icograms Designer

Icograms Designer is an online vector graphic editor with an extensive built-in graphics collection. Our graphic library currently contains over 966 icons and 4,828 templates across a wide range of categories. This collection is continuously growing as we regularly add new icons and templates.

You can start your project from scratch or customize one of our templates.

To get started from scratch

  • Open Icograms Designer
  • Drag and drop icons to the work area
  • Utilize clone tools and copy/paste functions to increase efficiency
  • Move, resize, and recolor icons to find the best solution
  • Add text and symbols to enhance your design.
  • Upload your own graphics if needed
  • Export the created graphics

To get started from a template

  • Choose a suitable template
  • Drag and drop additional graphics if necessary
  • Insert your own text using text boxes
  • Customize your design by changing colors, fonts, and icons
  • Upload your own graphics if needed
  • Export the created graphics

My First City related Templates

First city
First city
Small City 3
Small City 3
Smart City
Smart City
Winter Night City
Winter Night City
Night City
Night City
Night City 2
Night City 2
Grey City
Grey City
Green City
Green City
Colorful City
Colorful City
Residential Quarter
Residential Quarter
City on Soil
City on Soil
Flying Island - City
Flying Island - City
City Transportation
City Transportation
Area - Supermarket
Area - Supermarket
Area - Town
Area - Town
Area - Sleeping Areas
Area - Sleeping Areas
Area - School
Area - School
Area - Public
Area - Public
Area - City
Area - City
Residential Community
Residential Community
City Yellow
City Yellow
Day & Night
Day & Night
City Seamless Background
City Seamless Background
Template-Construction
Template-Construction
Lungs of the City
Lungs of the City
City Label
City Label