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aka yay random questions???
I've done really well with keeping my random q's that people care little about to myself. But... Sometimes these questions come to me and then I must know how everyone else feels about these things because they are very important. Answer one, some, or all!
1) What's your process immediately before beginning to icon? Do you just sit down and go, ( Read more... ) -
Past, present or future?
Era-placeable? What do you miss from past icon community days? And what do you appreciate in the here & now
Sometimes I get very nostalgic for the icon days of old. I remember stumbling across theskilltester, and being both intimidated and in awe of everything that place represented. I remember participating in the Phuck Up the Oldies meme way back when, and ( Read more... ) -
Ask the maker 4.0 - Master List!
This master list is the (preliminary) result of latest activity here at icon_talk, Ask the maker 4.0This does not mean that you need to finish your tutorials/guides etc. today or tomorrow, you can take as long as you need, there is no deadline. I'm posting this now because many makers have already finished their requests and I would like to stay on top of ( Read more... ) -
Ask the maker 4.0!
It's time to kick off our 4th round of Ask the Maker! here at icon_talk
Here 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 get. As ( Read more... ) -
Remaking Old Icons
With the Start of the New Year, and looking at last months recent icon progression post, I decided to go through all of my old icon posts from 2007 to now. As I was looking, I noticed that a lot of them were just begging to be remade.
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MY BEST AND WORST OF '12 MEME: You gotta take the good with the bad!
Okay, so all the nominations going on over at bestof-icons have got me thinking about the stuff I made last year that I was super proud of and that I wish were getting nommed. On the other hand, it's also made me ponder the godawful monstrosities that I would give anything to unmake or at least unpost. I'm curious to see what others think are their best and ( Read more... ) -
Icon Progressions 2012
One of my favorite things about the end of the year is seeing how much everyone's style has changed and improved throughout. I thought it would be fun to make a post where we can share(/make) progression posts and look at how far everyone has come! Drop us a comment with links to your posts and I'll make a list here so we can all find each others ( Read more... ) -
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Due to low/no participation in the last few casual friday activities, that activity is being put on hiatus for now, but I might bring it back in 2013 if people are interested.
It's almost time for a the 4th round of "Ask the Maker"! I will host that here at icon_talk on January 15th 2012, in exactly 4 weeks! So mark your calender and start preparing. :D ( Read more... )
