Ask the maker 6.0

[aida_rose]

It's July and that means it's time for round 6 of Ask the Maker! here at icon_talkHere you'll get the chance to ask icon makers who sign up questions about their icons and other graphics. You can ask for tutorials, guides/"How to", or ask any other questions regarding their work so the makers can compile a Q&A post with the answers to all the questions they

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[theotherayn]

Username + where you post your work: theotherayn @ bittergraced
What can we request from you (tutorials, Q&A, guides etc. .PSDs are not allowed: walkthrough/tutorials (as long as I can find and make sense of the PSD), whatever questions you want to ask...i'll try my best not to be vague
Can we hotlink your icons?: yup :)

[naginis]

Your 10 favorite textures and 5 favorite fonts? :D

[theotherayn]

Textures
1 by pandavirus is practically in every icon I make. it's my secret weapon for the painty grunge look haha
2 by innocent_lexys for lighting when I'm lazy
3 by pandavirus is awesome for when i need something to look like blood
4 by pandavirus (again!) for grunge
5 by unknown maker normally on multiply or thereabouts for vintage coloring
6 by unknown maker for coloring/grunge
7 by yeahps for lighting
8 by unknown maker for vintage coloring
9 by unknown maker for grunge/painty look
10 by innocent_lexys for lighting

Text
1 Bombshell Pro
2 Antrokas
3 Lavanderia
4 Colors of Autumn
5 Futura Book

ugh, just 5?!! i also abuse Modern No. 20, Baskerville Old Face/ITC New Baskerville, Antique Book Cover, Mom's Typewriter/Traveling Typewriter ;D

[naginis]

Thank you so much!

[daynawashere]

Ooh, thanks for this list! Very interesting! I've been needing some new fonts, I'll check those ones out! :D

[daynawashere]

Oh my gosh, yay! I love your bright-yet-grungy icons. Tutorials for any of these would be amazing, I have no idea how you get these kinds of colours and texture! :D

[afeastforme]

+1

[theotherayn]

the short answer would be a combination of color fill layers on screen/hard light plus a number of grunge textures on screen (normally this by pandavirus that actually helps lighten the colors but yeah, i'll work on a longer guide/tutorial XD

and it's not a weird question at all. i haven't really changed my process much except maybe now i use curves to prep my cap instead of duplicated layers because it's faster. my favorite textures/font remain somewhat the same. i'm in love with blending pictures/textures into silhouettes at the moment and my favorite tool/technique is probably using the black & white adjustment layer for contrast/coloring. you'll probably see that in action in any of the tutorials i'm gonna make ^_^

[daynawashere]

Thank you! Actually, seeing that you use that texture frequently is very helpful, I see how it helps give your icons that random painty look that I love so much! Can't wait for the longer tutorials; I'll be interested in seeing how you use the black and white adjustment layer because that's one tool I definitely never touch xD

[theotherayn]

yeah, ever since i discovered what it could do i just can't let it go. you'll have to physically pry that texture from my cold dead hands lol. i'll probably have something on the third icon up very soon. the first two are a bit more complicated so i'm still ruminating on how to explain them haha.

also, i talk about my pastel coloring and the black & white adjustment layers here! :D

[theotherayn]

walkthrough for the third icon here!^^

[theotherayn]

walkthrough for the first icon! :)

[fouroux]

a guide on pastel colours from you would be great :)

[theotherayn]

here you go! :)

[dixon]

tutorial for these? :)

[theotherayn]

congratulations, the hannibal icon was the easiest to explain from all the requested icons so far so here it is! haha

i have all those psds saved tho so i just need a moment to figure out what i did XD