Tutorial Index
I put this together so that I'd have a quick place to check up on when I needed to rec people tutorials that I find useful. My bookmarks are a mess and it was hard to find anything. So this was a much better solution. Each tutorial has a summary underneath it stating what tools and techniques you can learn from it as well as a link (sometimes with images) to said tutorial.
Just a note: There are probably two tutorials on coloring and that's it. I hate coloring tutorials. If it doesn't teach me something other than that, I don't bother. These are mostly techniques. You'll learn how to use coloring tools, how to use textures, how to prepare bases, aspect ratio, etc.
There are also a few font guides and some icon meta; you'll also find helpful community links. So hopefully this will help some of you as well as helping me stay organized!
icon sized
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(General: aspect ratio)
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(General: tips, resources. Tools: Color Balance, Curves, Gradients, Desaturation, etc. Techniques: Cropping, text, textures.)
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(General: Color normalization, color theory. Tools: Curves, Brightness/Contrast, Color Fill layers, Levels, Color Balance.)
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(Tools: Blur, Color Balance, Selective Color. Techniques: Textures, light blobs, negative space.)
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(General: Coloring. Tools: Blending modes, color fill layers.)
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(General: Resources. Tools: brushes, layer masks, smudge tool, blur, blending modes, etc. Techniques: Textures, negative space, light blobs, etc.)
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(Tools: Layer masks.)
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(General: tips. Tools: curves, gradient maps, layer masks. Techniques: Sharpening, textures, etc.)
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(Tools: Color Balance, smudge, hue/saturation, brightness/contrast. Techniques: light blobs, negative space.)
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(General: texture making.)
>> Black and White icons: Tutorial List
(General: list. Technique: Black and white, desaturated, splash of color, etc.)
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(General: tips, guide. Techniques: textures.)
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(Tools: clone stamp, rectangular marquee tool, smudge. Techniques: extending backgrounds, negative space.)
>> Photoshop Tips and Tricks for Beginners
(General: guide, tips. Tools: basics.)
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(General: guide, tips. Tools: Basics. Techniques: base prep, cropping, basics, etc.)
>> Selective Coloring and Cropping: An essay tutorial
(General: guide. Tools: selective coloring. Techniques: cropping, coloring.)
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(Tools: Channel Mixer, Curves, Layer Masks. Techniques: textures, text, etc.)
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(General: tips. Tools: eraser tool, blend modes, gradient maps, curves, selective coloring, Color Balance, Hue/Saturation. Techniques: base prep, coloring, textures.)
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(Tools: Curves. Techniques: Text, textures, light blobs.)
>> A Guide to Selective Coloring
(general: guide. Tools: selective coloring.)
>> Text Tutorial
(General: guide, tips. Techniques; text.)
>> Guide to Gradient Maps
(General: guide. Tools; gradient maps.)
>> Coloring Guide
(General: guide. Techniques: coloring.)
>> Color Correction
General: guide. Techniques: base prep, coloring. Tools: color balance, selective color, blend modes, etc.)
>> Guide to Curves
(general: guide. Tools: curves.)
large graphics
>> Header Tutorial
(Techniques: Cut outs, texture use, blending. Tools: Magic Wand Tool, Polygonal Lasso Tool, Feather tool, horizontal type mask tool, Add Layer Mask, Making brushes, adding text, Desaturating an image, etc.)
>> Blending Tutorial
(Tools: Color balance, selective coloring, filters, layer masks. Techniques: Textures, blending, text.)
font guides
>> Font Resources by neversince | Mirror
>> Font Guide by exp0se
extra
>> Banwidth Exceeded: Reality Check
>> The Big Index of Tutorial Indexes
>> icon_tutorial
(General tutorial community. Good memory index, but usually populated with questions as opposed to tutorials.)
>> good_tutorial
(Tons of fantastic tutorials with an emphasis on how and why.)
>> teachelite
(New community for teachers of a certain standard and new/beginner/varied level icon makers to share, learn, and teach!)
tutorials by me
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(Tools: blending modes, layer masks, filters, hue/saturation, etc. Techniques: coloring.)
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(General: tips. Tools: layer masks, blending modes, smudge, free transform, etc. Techniques: negative space, extending backgrounds, textures, etc.)
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(Tools: Selective coloring, layer masks, filters, blending modes, etc. Techniques: textures, coloring, etc.)
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(General: tips. Tools: filters, blend modes, curves, variations, layer masks. Techniques: coloring, light blobs, blending.)