Ask the maker 3.0!

[aida_rose]

It's time for our third round of Ask the Maker!

Here 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 get. As always, .PSD

Comments

[before_water]

Username and where I post my work: before_water @ perfect_shapes
What can we request from you (tutorials, Q&A, guides etc. .PSDs are not allowed: anything you want!
Can we hotlink your icons?: yes

[erzsebet]

Favorite textures? Your texture work is so amazing and layered.

[before_water]

of course, I think next week I'll have some time to share them and thank you for your kind words about my texture work <3

[spiderlin]

Hi! i would like to know how you achieve that great grungy effect like in these icons:

[before_water]

Hello! Do you mean only grunge effect, that I got by texture use or you need some notes about coloring and/or the whole process too?

[spiderlin]

sorry if i wasn't specific enough, i meant what sort of textures and other techniques you use to achieve that grungy effect in your icons, so basically some textures recs and if you use other program tools i would like to know which and how you use them.

Thanx.

[zhaoxun]

I can ask specific or general tutorial for these amazing icons? :)

[before_water]

oh you picked ones of my favorite icons It's a pleasure to write tutorials about them!

[zhaoxun]

Oh good! Thanks so much! ^O^

[before_water]

I had time only for the first(
http://perfect-shapes.livejournal.com/5175.html#cutid1

[zhaoxun]

Thanks so much! :)