How important is it to be able to draw icons from scratch for their use in commercial projects?

Question

Design

Is using ready-made icons from various online services a sign of amateurism?

Answer 1

Very often the best solution is a thought up idea that hasn't been seen anywhere, not even icons. Their design can be unique, which means it’s very good to draw them in the style of the design of the overall picture of the site, vector, cute, tasty, icons are like that....

Answer 2

Yes, it is important, but dilentanism.
Everything depends on the goal. Any normal designer will draw icons in the style of the project

Answer 3

for the very first project, we took examples from the Internet of the icons we liked and restyled them into a vector version, redrawing and making the
answer for ourselves - important, necessary, necessary, yes!