Ask the maker 2.0

[aida_rose]

Happy New Year, icon_talk!

As promised, it's time for our second round of Ask the Maker!Here you'll get the chance to ask icon makers who sign up, questions about their icons/graphics. You can ask for tutorials, guides/walk through, or simply ask a question regarding their work so the makers can compile a Q&A post, with the answers to all the questions

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[mun_rikki]

hi there cyan :] i honestly love all of your icons, but there are some flawless icons that i would like to ask how do you made it so flawless xDDD





It would be great if you can provide a tutorial/ psd but just simple explain is ok :DDD Also, what is your most favorite font that you usually use in your icons ? And how do you add them in your icon ?

[cool_spectrum]

Hi~ LOL, I'll answer as best I can.

For the first icon I will create a proper tutorial with images and the like, so I'll send you a link to that when I get the chance.

For the second one, I simply extracted the original image, placed the character over a few different textures (most of them put on overlay) and then added a few simple textures over the top of that. I have a tutorial here that uses some of the steps I use in my most basic icons. Hopefully that will be helpful~

For the third one, that was super simple. Cropped the image, used this texture, and did some color adjusting with the Curves tool. You can also use the Hue-Saturation tool to brighten stuff up too though~

My favorite font is probably Placard. It's basic, and narrow so I can fit a lot of text in a small area. I tend to put text in a block, or if I'm using a script font I'll usually have one word in the script font, and the rest in a more basic font like Times New Roman. I've also played with blurring the text and lowering the opacity.

[mun_rikki]

thank you so much for answering my question :] it was very helpful for a newbie like me xDD

[cool_spectrum]

Sure thing~ I'm glad you found it helpful :3

[cool_spectrum]

Aaand, here's your tutorial~