Tutorial

[_jems_]

Tutorial for this icon:

Comments

[blond_bear]

Fantastic tutorial! I'm saving in my Memories and will try and see what I can come up with...thank you so much for sharing!

[_jems_]

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed.

[orchestrachik89]

i ♥ you. i love how you used big examples

[_jems_]

Just to be clear: I didn't use big examples just because it was a tutorial, that's how I always make icons. It's one of the reason why I don't need to use the blur tool and it makes it a lot easier to not oversharpen an icon.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, though. =)

[_jems_]

The benefits of making an icon at double the size is that even though you can see a lot of flaws in the large versions, the decreased versions are almost flawless.

The sharpening thing usually works pretty well, but since I resize after I sharpen I can't fade it, hence the reason I always duplicate the layer before sharpening so I have something to soften it up with.

I really love the text you've chosen and how you've placed it.
Thanks! I still have "issues" with text, but I really liked how it came out in this icon.

[adolwyn]

OMG. Awesome tutorial!! Thank you _so_ much!!! You've been memorized :)

[_jems_]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[plumcheeks]

So detailed...and thanks for including a pic of the whole layer palette.
Saving to mems...can't wait to try!

[_jems_]

I often find layer palettes very useful when trying to figure out how everything fits together, so I'm glad you liked that little addition. =)