The Begininners Guide to Icon Making

[nowgold]

Icon Making for Beginnners Ok, so i don't admit to being the best icon maker ever. In fact, i'm probably not super great, but still...Here are some basics steps to making icons

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[aaronlisa]

Now if only this was out there when I first started making icons. It would have saved me a lot of grief when I was first starting out.

[xmaidelx]

There is sooooo much love in this post.

Chief thanks you for his inclusion. :D

[xmaidelx]

Please. If we were literally in the same room together, the world would implode.

Or something.

[americangrl69]

all_at_once's Tut List - I like her's a lot. There's several Jossverse tuts listed.
Texture Use Guide
Another Texture Guide
Cropping Guide
How to Use Text Guide

[americangrl69]

You're welcome. :D

[faeriesfolly]

screen layer is in GIMP. (GIMPs all I use now, so I'm good with explaining it if people need help.)

GIMP:
Brightness/Contrast
Hue/Saturation
and Screen layer are all your friends.

Good caps are KEY.

I tend not to sharpen ANYTHING. If your caps are good, you should never need to sharpen/unsharp mask. It is too easy to go overboard (especially starting out.)

And like nowgold says, make icons that please YOU.

[faeriesfolly]

YOU are.

[queer_theory]

Thanks for this post. I've been all through icon_tutorial, but I'm not the greatest at making this sort of thing and it helps to have all of this in one place. The links to screencaps are especially helpful.