Ask the maker 6.0

[aida_rose]

It's July and that means it's time for round 6 of Ask the Maker! here at icon_talkHere you'll get the chance to ask icon makers who sign up questions about their icons and other graphics. You can ask for tutorials, guides/"How to", or ask any other questions regarding their work so the makers can compile a Q&A post with the answers to all the questions they

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[monstersinyou]

Username + where you post your work: monstersinyou @ roaringtree
What can we request from you (tutorials, Q&A, guides etc. .PSDs are not allowed: Anything you want really, but complicated/complex/long tutorials will not be fulfilled until after my exams (July 23), so bare with me here.
Can we hotlink your icons?: Yes.

[poisonfield]

I really love how you do those extremely close crops any chance of a basic 'dos and don'ts of close crops' list? (after you've finished exams though, I do not want you to blame any procrastination on me ;P)

[monstersinyou]

Sure! I'll pretend like I actually know what I'm doing and make a list/guide thingy. ;)

[afeastforme]

+1 this so much

[lady_kingsley]

Username + where you post your work: lady_kingsley @ runing_far_away
What can we request from you (tutorials, Q&A, guides etc. .PSDs are not allowed: Actually everything, I save mostly every PSD so I can write everything you want to know :)
Can we hotlink your icons?: Of course :)

[applepips16]

AHHH so I love the way you do your text. Would be you able to do a text guide - as in how do you decide on text for an icon, font choices etc etc?

Thank you so very much! :)

[monstersinyou]

I second that! :)

[queen_bartonia]

I'd love a tut for any of these :)

[watchpoint]

Username + where you post your work: partitioning @ nonewsteps
What can we request from you (tutorials, Q&A, guides etc. .PSDs are not allowed: I can hopefully answer everything and I'll do my best to follow through.
Can we hotlink your icons?: yes

[monstersinyou]

Oh, I love your icons so much, especially your muted colorings. Soooo, would you be able/willing to make a guide or tutorial on how your achieve your gorgeous muted (and dark) colorings? Especially in icons like these:

[dixon]

a tut for this?

[watchpoint]

The tutorial is here!

[applepips16]

Username + where you post your work: applepips16 at inkblush_icons
What can we request from you (tutorials, Q&A, guides etc. .PSDs are not allowed: Pretty much anything. Individual icons might be a bit tricky because I dont save psds and may not always remember how do it.
Can we hotlink your icons?: Yes

I do progress at a snail's pace but I assure you, I WILL get there!

[dixon]

I loved the green coloring on the first one, and everything about the ssecond, but if you don't remember, then don't worry! ;)

[applepips16]

I do remember them! Because I made them recently I remember them. I'll try to get them done this weekend! :)

[anassa_anemou]

Would love to see your favorite textures and fonts and maybe a bit on how you use text? Or how to combine those fonts.
Thank you!

[geckoholic]

Username + where you post your work: geckoholic @ bl00dredskies
What can we request from you (tutorials, Q&A, guides etc. .PSDs are not allowed: My laptop and my external don't talk to one another, and since I had my PSD files on there it'd be difficult for me to do exact tutorials. You can request them, I guess, but it might take me a while to get to them since the external's with a friend right now and I'd need to get the files from her.
TL;DR: You can request tutorials if you want, but they're are a bit of a bother right now and will take a while. Q&A's or guides are totally fine.
Can we hotlink your icons?: Yes.

[queen_bartonia]

I really love your soft coloring! My favorites are when you use the original background. (The icons I mainly had in mind are below.)
Would you be able to do a tutorial about that?

Some of my faves by you:

[setentpet]

I second this and would love a tutorial on the HG chariot icon.

[justmyb0nes]

I second on the first two THG icons, specially on the use of texture!