sweetalexiel asked for this tutorial - I hope it's helpful :) If there are any questions, please ask! This is using Photoshop CS3, but it should work for earlier versions of Photoshop as well. There's a selective colour layer, but you could leave it out and get close to the same look, so it might be semi-translateable.


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Three tutorials on colouring techniques, using CS3 - Levels, Selective Colour, and Curves are involved at various stages, so I suspect they won't be translateable, alas. I'd say these are intermediate to advanced; I won't be explaining really basic Photoshop terms and concepts here. These ideas can work for many dark or low-contrast images to ( Read more... )

Various people have asked how I go about making my text-only icons. This isn't really a tutorial for any specific icon, more of a general guide. I use Photoshop CS3, so any specific directions are for that program, but the general ideas should be quite translateable.

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I'm far from an expert in making animated icons, but I'm willing to let you know how I do it, since people seem interested :) This is using Photoshop CS2 and Image Ready, or Photoshop CS3. Let me know if anything doesn't make sense, or if you have any questions!

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whatifoundthere asked for a tutorial on cartoon images, and since I've not found many myself that aren't anime or Disney, I figured I could throw a little something together. This is using Photoshop CS2, I don't know how it works in other programs.

Some general tips, plus a specific tutorial for going from

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Going from
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I've had several people ask about how I achieved the colouring on these icons, so I figured I would do tutorials for them. All of them are based on a similar technique, using textures largely for colouring, so I'm grouping them together. These tuts are all for Photoshop CS2, but the basic ideas about texture use should be translateable. These ( Read more... )

Going from this to this:
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I figured I'd make a tutorial explaining some of the techniques I use to make text stand out on my icons. All of this is assuming, of course, that you want your text to be readable - if that's not what you're aiming for, this probably won't be much help! I use Photoshop CS2, but many of these tips are applicable to any graphics program. I've ( Read more... )

This is my first tutorial, so please let me know if anything is unclear or confusing!

Today we'll be going from this:
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