Basic guide to negative space

[firstillusion]

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[ionizable]

wow, this is a FANTASTIC tutorial! i'm... i can't believe i'm about to admit this but i never knew you could just select a portion of background and scale it upwards. i mean OKAY i guess i KNOW THAT'S A THING YOU CAN DO but it never occurs to me when i'm actually making icons that i could just do that and save myself a lot of grief with the smudge and cloning tools.

ooh speaking of cloning i am just mesmerized by what you did with that image of the swimming elephant. THAT LOOKS SO AWESOME? HOW?

anyway yeah thanks a ton for this tutorial! it was fabulousss :3

[firstillusion]

No, that makes sense. We all have our ways of making icons, especially the things we do to prepare our base. That's why I love guides by icon makers that talk about their own process. Picking other people's brains in a non-creepy way. ;)

The swimming elephant was such an amazing image from The Fall and I was surprised at how easy it was to create the negative space of the water. It looks more difficult than it was, trust me. :)

You're welcome - and thank you for your lovely comment!

[xsassysynnerx]

this tutorial is amazing! I've been making graphics for years and never knew how to do negative space icons. thank you so much for making this tutorial. I've already learned so much from it. I'm going to try my hand at some and hope they turn out good. thanks again!

[firstillusion]

This is probably the best comment I could've received. Thank you for letting me know this post has been useful for you! :)

[betgirl]

This is great. Haven't done any icons in a couple of years at least, but I love negative space with a passion.

[firstillusion]

That's awesome to hear, thank you for your comment! :)

[nickygabriel]

Thank you! :)

[firstillusion]

You're welcome. :)

[elanor]

This is very good and very helpful. Thank you so much for sharing:)

[firstillusion]

I'm happy you find it helpful, you're very welcome. :)