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Icon Tutorial

Jun 24, 2009 21:26

tinini requested a tutorial for the following icon

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fanged_angel June 24 2009, 20:57:29 UTC

Yay, tutorial! *loves*
Will try this out after I finish my 20 icons *gg*
It sounds well-explained to me, you know.
Oh and could I request another for whenever you would have the time to make another tut?
I really loved the colouring of your fifth artist's choice icon from the 20in20 batch you posted the other day, so if you ever feel like, I'd adore a tut for that one :D
Thank you for sharing this one!
The end result is absolutely fantastic, but I must say again that all the icons you made for this challenge are stunning.

m_h June 24 2009, 21:09:13 UTC

Let me know if you try it and think "wtf, she really doesn't actually make sense when you do it" :P Though I'm hoping the screenshot of the layers helps a little... I am slightly scared by the number of layers/steps, I have to say!

I think some of the selective colouring might be the same (or it might not! I don't know without comparing them) but several of the other layers are different. I think some of the colouring with the fifth one was to do with the original image though. I guess that could often be the case. I'll have a look at it another day for you :)

Anyway, I'm really glad you like the icons :D :D

I hope the tutorial behaves if you try it :)

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m_h June 25 2009, 20:19:33 UTC

LOL! That's not a good thing is it?

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m_h June 25 2009, 20:24:33 UTC

oh that's good! the number of steps scares me, that's why I said it (by 'scares' I mean that I can't believe how many there are :S it's slightly...)

I'm glad it inspired you though :D

tinini June 26 2009, 17:20:01 UTC

Wheee, something to play with. And is there really such a thing "too many layers" in an icon? ;-)

Will certainly try that one out soon. Thank you for writing it. :D

m_h June 26 2009, 19:21:55 UTC

lol! I have no idea! I didn't realise it was so long until I wrote that and then took the screenshot of the layers. my monitor isn't tall enough :P

tinini June 26 2009, 19:12:52 UTC

Tadaaaaa! =DD

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m_h June 26 2009, 19:23:08 UTC

oh yay!!! That looks amazing :D :D :D I'm glad it was seemingly followable :D

tinini June 26 2009, 20:07:06 UTC

It was. :) And I skipped a couple steps inbetween because they didn't make any notable difference on the picture I chose. *gg*

m_h June 28 2009, 13:28:37 UTC

Better that they didn't make a difference than they destroyed it ;)

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m_h September 2 2009, 20:10:26 UTC

erm!! lol. Let me look at how it's set.. It's just set as font size: 14px, font style: regular, language: English (UK), anti-aliasing: sharp, colour: #160E27, blend mode: normal with opacity 64%. I don't know that the language makes a difference in this case.

Thank you! I'm rather fond of it myself.. I've used this colouring or variations of it quite a few times (I think)

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m_h September 3 2009, 21:25:38 UTC

I've found that I have issues with lots of the colourings ppl post tutorials for doing odd things :S I don't know if it's an issue with TV shows/photoshoots compard to f1 photography (which is what I mainly use) or whether it's something else. I'm not sure the overalls help :P