This was a fascinating read, and such a well put-together guide!! Definitely adding to Memories for future reference!
I'll have to check if Hinting and Fore Auto-Hinter are switched off, and also experiment with Linear Interpolation when resizing. I usually work straight onto a 100x100px canvas because I find it very over-sharp and pixelated when resized down that much. On that note, do you create an icon on a 300x300px canvas slightly blurry to compensate for when it is resized, or do you not need to do that?
I would recommend doodling the basic shapes onto a piece of paper. - This is one of the main reasons why I always have PowerPoint open when making an icon - so I can draft out the text compositions I want to use and play around with them multiple times until I am happy!
Thank you for including that Elsa icon of mine in the examples!
If you’re into fonts with more flair, be sure that you’re picking ones that go with the mood, era, or style of the rest of your icon so as to create a cohesive design. 1000% agree. I keep seeing icons with fonts that are the opposite of fitting with the subject matter and it really does stand out in not a good way :/
Going to have to play around with the Lock feature now!
Aw, thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I can't wait to see your typography results <3
I used to have trouble with over-sharp looking icons before I changed the Interpolation settings. Switching it to Linear gave me the opposite problem, it makes my icons more blurry-looking (thus the 'soft' effect in many of my icons).
I finally learned that I really need to be using the sharpening tool, so I've been applying a small dose after I size down to 100x100 so that the final product looks more balanced. I've been shy about over-sharpening, so that's all I'm brave enough to attempt for now... in fact, if you have any hacks for sharpening with GIMP, I'd actually really appreciate it.
I'll have to check if Hinting and Fore Auto-Hinter are switched off, and also experiment with Linear Interpolation when resizing. I usually work straight onto a 100x100px canvas because I find it very over-sharp and pixelated when resized down that much. On that note, do you create an icon on a 300x300px canvas slightly blurry to compensate for when it is resized, or do you not need to do that?
I would recommend doodling the basic shapes onto a piece of paper. - This is one of the main reasons why I always have PowerPoint open when making an icon - so I can draft out the text compositions I want to use and play around with them multiple times until I am happy!
Thank you for including that Elsa icon of mine in the examples!
If you’re into fonts with more flair, be sure that you’re picking ones that go with the mood, era, or style of the rest of your icon so as to create a cohesive design. 1000% agree. I keep seeing icons with fonts that are the opposite of fitting with the subject matter and it really does stand out in not a good way :/
Going to have to play around with the Lock feature now!
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I used to have trouble with over-sharp looking icons before I changed the Interpolation settings. Switching it to Linear gave me the opposite problem, it makes my icons more blurry-looking (thus the 'soft' effect in many of my icons).
I finally learned that I really need to be using the sharpening tool, so I've been applying a small dose after I size down to 100x100 so that the final product looks more balanced. I've been shy about over-sharpening, so that's all I'm brave enough to attempt for now... in fact, if you have any hacks for sharpening with GIMP, I'd actually really appreciate it.
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