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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[monstersinyou]

Username + where you post your work: monstersinyou @ roaringtree
What can we request from you (tutorials, Q&A, guides etc. .PSDs are not allowed: Anything you want really, but complicated/complex/long tutorials will not be fulfilled until after my exams (July 23), so bare with me here.
Can we hotlink your icons?: Yes.

[poisonfield]

I really love how you do those extremely close crops any chance of a basic 'dos and don'ts of close crops' list? (after you've finished exams though, I do not want you to blame any procrastination on me ;P)

[monstersinyou]

Sure! I'll pretend like I actually know what I'm doing and make a list/guide thingy. ;)

[afeastforme]

+1 this so much

[monstersinyou]

You can (finally) find the tutorial/guide here. Enjoy. :)

[monstersinyou]

I'm so sorry it took me so long, but the guide is finally here. Enjoy. :)

[daynawashere]

I'd love a tutorial for this icon! The colours are so good and the text is wonderful too!

[monstersinyou]

Sure! I've only saved half the steps (for whatever reason), but I have a quite similar icon, so I should be able to recreate it quite easily. :)

[monstersinyou]

I just wanted to drop a line to let you know that I did not forget about your tutorial request - I just had a very busy time offline.

[monstersinyou]

In case you're still interested in the tutorial you requested, you can now find it here. I'm really sorry it took me so incredibly long to write it, but I hope you'll like it nonetheless. :)

[anassa_anemou]

Hi, would you give some tips on using topaz? Usual settings or how/why you use? I really like the effect on your icons.
And maybe a coloring tutorial on this icon:

[monstersinyou]

Sure! Unfortunately, I didn't save the PSD for this particular icon, but I'll try to recreate it - shouldn't be too hard since I've only been using curves layers and gradient maps lately. :D

[anassa_anemou]

I really appreciate the effort :3

[monstersinyou]

I haven't forgotten about your tutorial, but offline life's been very stressful and busy lately. I'll get it done soon, though.

[anassa_anemou]

Oh, thank you for letting me know and don't worry^^ I'm very patient. Also, I hope everything work ok for you, I'm myself in a pickle phase in my life and it's been, like, months since I grabbed anything icon-related, except the comm I mod.

[setentpet]

Can I get a tutorial on this icon please?