The Big Damn Tutorial Page
I was fixing up my memories and discovered a whole buttload of tutorials in them that are totally disorganized, so I'm making this post to help keep track of them. Hopefully, you lot might find it useful, too.
- Except for the "My Tutorials" section, none of these icons are mine! Please give credit where credit is due.
- I will update this from time to time, if I find new tutorials. So check back every now and then.
- Feel free to inform me of broken images/links, and I will correct the problem as soon as I can.
- Enjoy!
Full Icon Tutorials
Other Tutorials
Guides
Text-only icon guide by grrliz:
Tips and tricks for making light textures by awmp:
Text tutorial by saava:
Campbell's ginormous guide to icons (The images are all broken, but there are still some useful tips in there)
Icon session by ignited:
Gradient map tutorial by cooldecade:
Tiny Text- some suggested fonts
An iconmaking guide by dtissagirl
Pop art guide part 1 by awmp:
Pop art guide part 2 by awmp:
Pop art guide part 3 by awmp:
Photoshop actions by awmp:
Sharpening tutorial by ktastic-icons:
Vivid colors by sadartha:
Colorizing a B/W image by sinecure:
Methods to prepare bases by ellipsisicons:
Favorite photoshop techniques by grrliz:
Color correction by blimey-icons:
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Another color correction tutorial by ordinary_dream:
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Text tutorial by muzakgurrl:
Using channels to select fine details by powzie:
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Dewatermarking shortcut by almostnever
Basic techniques: saturation and contrast by awmp:
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Brightening of very dark caps (quick & dirty) by awmp:
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Colorization by beyond_horizon
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Texture guide by neversince:
My Icon Tutorials
My Iconmaking guides
Using Photoshop actions and layer masks
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Using Replace Color to Fix LQ Bases
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Icons for Dummies 1: adjustment layers and base prep
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Icons for Dummies 2: Fun with the history brush
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Icons for Dummies 3: Text
