#55 II Where to find inspiration - Tutorial

[petite_tomate]

Here's the first tutorial requested for Ask the Maker, kindly asked by the lovely nightbulbs :) For all the images in this tutorial, hover for the source/maker.

In the light of recent events, should we call it this way, I think this « guide » (here again a loose term) was much needed. I wanted to write it for my own personal needs first because I have

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[kayable]

oce,

the light of my life,

my sun moon and stars

[petite_tomate]

omg Kay you're embarrassing me (ノ*゜▽゜*) ilu

may the sky be pretty for you!

[emiels]

A very interesting read! Especially the last part, about non-obvious sources of inspiration, now I want to find all the art and make all the non-obviously inspired icons :D

[petite_tomate]

I'm glad it was helpful :D

[lu_hesperia]

Definitely inspiring! Especially the section on drawing inspiration from other media.
And it's such a beautiful guide, Océ, I looooove the first table ♥

Btw, what's the name of the serif font you've used for the headings? The long and thin serifs are so cute~

[petite_tomate]

Thank youuu! YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I'VE LOVED DOING THE FIRST TABLE! I love inspirations post, I could open a community on this seriously xD

It's Modern 20 ^^

[lu_hesperia]

Please do!!! So much pretty *w*

Thank you ;) Would you believe that I already have that font? How could I have not noticed those lovely serifs before? XD

[petite_tomate]

Ahah I would love to but I know myself, I have time here so that would be cool but then Uni would suck the life and inspiration off me x) There was a community before, iconmusing, it was so so inspiring, I'm sad it isn't active anymore ;_;

Happens to me all the time :'D I have a png with all my fonts categorized, that way I don't lose them :p

[nightbulbs]

Océééééééééé!!!!!!!!

Sorry I didn't have the time to comment sooner but I read this as soon as I got the notif and my eyes cried tears. Everything you wrote about art and how our styles represent us is so true and beautifully put. +10000 points for your perfect brain.

Also what you make is definitely a form of art to be because c r e a t i v i t y. ♥

The mini insp posts are amazing and of course there are some crazy useful tips so THANK YOU and I think you made everyone happy with this one! :)

[petite_tomate]

Don't worryyyy! ♥

You're so nice to me omg ;_; I'm really glad you like it :D and if it inspired people that was exactly what I was aiming for :p

[dark_x_huntress]

I love this! So much to draw from and learn from. Especially about your favorite color. Blue is my favorite color but back when I first started icon making someone told me I used blue too much and that I should try and use different colors. So I stopped using it the way I wanted to. Now I'm going to go back to using blue whenever I feel the image needs it. Thanks for the part about copy vs inspiration too! I think when we all started we were guilty of that one at one time or another.

[petite_tomate]

Icon how you want really :D If you like blue, you can do so so much with this color without repeating yourself! (and as I said in my guide on vibrant coloring, blue goes with EVERYTHING it's magical). Thank you for reading, I'm glad it can help :)