.23 old is gold

[carpenterchild]

Are you in need of some inspirations regarding icon textures? Don't know what to do to spice up your icon making? :) Are you in need of new stuff? Well, I believe that old is gold <3 Here are some textures/makers that are great for when it comes to making icons! I don't know if you have already seen all of these textures, but here are some from some talented people here at LJ :)

Get inspired~




THE TALENTED PEOPLE AND THEIR ICON TEXTURES

• Icon Appreciation Month Activity #8 - Texture me This, Texture me That! (tinebrella at wonderous_stuff made this post where others could show their favorite/most frequently used textures. Lots of textures <3 Yes, the post is from 2011, but most of the textures are still evailable.)

​Examples:










1 erzsebet | 2 fuuurs@aquatilitis | 3 innocent_lexys@satine_violet | 4 shalowater
5 juanxyo | 6 kopgirl | 7 word_never_said | 8 lemonpunch

• Favorite textures, favorite texture makers & favorite fonts (raiindust at aintafairytale made an "Ask the Maker" entry with favorite textures (icon & larger) etc. Post from 2012, still working <3)

Examples:





1 byall | 2 talipuu | 3 vol4itca  | 4 mm3butterfly

• contextures - formerly an icon texture contest (owner vetica, moderator rebel . Last updated 2016, but there are a lot of textures here from many talented makers <3) BTW, let me know if there are any similar icon texture contests like this still running, as I would love to participate! <3

Examples:










1 rebel | 2 unreal | 3 scoobyatemysnax | 4 jim_panse
5 lookslikerain | 6 liesmiths | 7 neatmonster | 8 vintagic

OTHER MENTIONABLE PEOPLE:

• elli @ onlion (or Ex-Posed as I knew the person as back then when I first started to make icons <3)

Examples:





1 elli | 2 elli | 3 elli | 4 elli

• starkwars @ majorminus (Lots of variety, pops of colours! <3)

Examples:





1 majorminus | 2 majorminus | 3 majorminus | 4 majorminus

• Slayground @ tumblr. (Unfortunately the owner has deleted everything. Luckily Slayground has many fans who has saved the goodies, such as SlaygroundResources<3)

Examples:





1 slayground | 2 slayground | 3 slayground | 4 slayground

• Me, Myself & I } OLDER & NEWER (yes haha I want to be apart of this too <3. Both links are to my two folders at DeviantArt - icon textures, that is. Even though I'm not as good as these people, I hope you'll find my icon textures useful <3)

Examples:





1 kakapum | 2 kakapum  | 3 kakapum  | 4 kakapum

That's all, folks! :)
Remember to give credit to the individual people! <3
Do you have more textures I/others should see? Tell me/others by writing here~  Because one can never get enought textures, right?! ;)