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[papillondejade]

MY MAGICAL LAZY CHEATING METHOD OF MAKING AND COLOURING ICONS: A STEP-BY-STEP TUTORIAL!!1

SETS I HAVE MADE WITH THIS: SETH | RADU | MIRKA | YUAN | MITHOS | ZELOS | ALESSANDRO | IONSeth's and Radu's are the earliest versions! Seth's has the most errors. The most recent--and IMHO best--ones are Ion's and Zelos's. I improve every time I make a set

Comments

[plzdontdome]

Y-you don't use layers? I use GIMP too but I've kinda been turning into a layer junkie lately. I think you can get the same sort of effect using an overlay layer and then you don't have to lasso things, just colour over ._.

[papillondejade]

I use one or two layers sometimes! But the only thing I mess with is transparency. And most of the tools have an option to adjust that, so there's no need usually. A-also touchpad. Which makes it more difficult to colour stuff in.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW YOU DO IT :( If there is a way to cut out all that lassoing that doesn't lighten the lines, I am game to find out.

[plzdontdome]

I HAVE A TOUCHPAD TOO only I think it's easier than a mouse. It's like fingerpainting! :D

Hmmmm I'll have a play around and see if what I'm doing ends up like what you're doing \o/

[papillondejade]

Yeah, I think I just have to get used to it |D OR POSSIBLY BUY A MOUSE, either/or.

♥!!!

[alexander]

. . . oh my god lasso what

[papillondejade]

[Lasso^Tool] LOVE ME AJ LOVE ME LOVE ME

[alexander]

N-no comprende.

[papillondejade]

♥

TRUFAX I AM TOTALLY SEEING IF I CAN FUSE ONE OF YOUR TUTORIALS WITH CANADA'S SO I CAN SHADE STUFF PROPERLY

[inpignation]

I hate Lasso Tool like the plague so I avoided GIMP for ages, but I did recently find out how to select areas via a sequence of straight lines, which is extremely handy because every point you plot can be moved around later if you accidentally overran into whitespace. Just hit Path Tool, plot out a series of lines around the area you want, then hit Select From Path. May or may not be helpful for you.