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[pamkips]

Soooo I've been meaning to do this for a while. I know I answered some questions @ the "Ask the Maker" meme ages ago but the way I icon has changed a lot since then so I decided not to post the round up version of those questions. So after I was asked by some people how I do stuff in my last post + one of this weeks secrets (I still creys) @ iconsecrets I

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[likealight]

ADGLAKFHAGLKAHGALKGHAGAKH I CAN'T PROPERLY COMPUTE OR HUNT FOR THE GIF OF MY REACTION WHEN I SAW THIS GO UP. OH GOD IDK WHAT TO ASK.

also wow way to make even a temp banner flawfree

WHILE I THINK OF WHAT TO ASK I WILL BE STALKING THIS POST LIKE A HAWK.

DRAMATIZATION:

[rowofstars]

#ACCURATE

[firstillusion]

Except for the fact that that clearly isn't a hawk. #ornithologistsrepresent

[pamkips]

SHUTUPYOUKNOWIMOCDICANTHELPIT

LMAO O U.

ALSO...

LAWL GRAPHIC

[longerthanwedo]

OKAY YOU WILL PROBABLY BE ASKED A MILLION TIMES BUT ME FIRST.

How do you do the painty thingy. Like, in theory I know how, and I have a tablet and can paint just fine, but not on icons because it looks stupid every time. So I suppose my real question is: how do you brushes? How do you get your brushes to fade like normal brushes should without smudging and on a small canvas? And is it something that can be done on CS4?

Also, where do you get your cool fancy handwriting and/or decorative outliney fonts?

I suck at sentences right now but my question is basically what everyone who commented at that secret (I wasn't there but shifty eyes lollll I saw/know errything).

YEAH YAY THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS!

[firstillusion]

Even though Shawna can't do sentences right now, I second everything she said!

[pamkips]

Answer down there. ;A;

/LATE

[taxcha]

Probably you've been asked this a lot of times, but what are your favorite fonts (other than your handwriting lol), and what are your favorite effects to apply to texts?

also hello! I'm a lurker who only recently started watching your comm

[firstillusion]

I second that second question! Pam + text = OTP and I want to pick your brain!

[pamkips]

OHHHHHH TY. ;A; DO YOU? OH SHI-

[pamkips]

LOL IT'S AS IF YOU KNEW I'D SAY MY HANDWRITING. lD Off the top of my head it'd be League Gothic, Rockwell, Futura LT Condensed Extra Bold, & Ostrich Sans. There's more fonts I like but these are my absolute favs off the top of my head. lD LAWL NONE BC I'M BASIC. :V The only thing I like applying to my text is drop shadow.

Hello! TY FOR WATCHING! ;A; ALSO LATE, SRY

[imaginary_lives]

WHERE TO BEGIN TBH

I guess the main thing I want to ask is how you cut subjects out. It's usually such a hassle for me personally that I end up giving up, but you do it so wonderfully!

Also, the paintlike colors! Howww?

[rowofstars]

Seconding this. My processing for cutting out people from images is tedious, so any tips would be helpful.

[pamkips]

Start big & then resize. ;D The bigger the better, it'll look so much nicer in icon size. THAT ALSO DEPENDS ON CAPS THO, I KNOW THERE'S SOME CAPS THAT RESIZE TERRIBLY. D:

[pamkips]

I'll usually start out with the image in it's regular size, the bigger the better imo. I then cut the image around the edges & resize. I find that extracting it while the cap/pic/scan is huge & then resizing it to w/e the icons size really helps keeping it clean.

Ahahaha I think that comes from years of practice! There's no way of making it easy imo. I've been extracting scans for so many years that I just happened to get better at it as time went by. lD I know I'm not making sense so I'm sorry about that. ;A; If you'd like some pointers I know there's tutorials out there that explain the process so much better than I ever could & do it somewhat like I do... There's this really nifty tutorial @ good-tutorial that could probably help you understand it better. If you're asking me how to make it easier then idk. D: I'M SORRY, SHIT I SUCK AT THIS. ;A;

Looook abooovvvveeeee.

ALSO SO SO SO SORRY FOR THE LATE REPLY. I SUCK. ;A;

[justonebeat]

I would just like to know how you choose the textures your adding the background and how you add them all together really, also where you get your textures from :)

[pamkips]

Like my compositions? I make it up as I go. Whatever happens to inspire me happens to my canvas. lD I know this is like the most ridiculous answer ever but I never know how to explain how I do things like this. It's like asking me how I brush my teeth. lD

Well that depends on what textures you're talking about tbh. Some of my textures are handmade by me or made as I make the icon but some of the others I get from all over the place. Some of my favorites are from aquatilitis, distractiions, defaultsettings & soaked. Their textures are the ones that give my icons get their shape~

/late, sry

[justonebeat]

thank you so much :) really helped and dont worry it wasn't late it was fine :)