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[theotherayn]

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[violateraindrop]

I love this icon so much and super fascinating to read how you made it :D
Honestly, I probably would have been done after layer 10, I don't have that much patience while making icons, especially not when more than three texture are involved lol

[theotherayn]

thanks! haha sometimes i wish i can make icons with less layers but my brain just doesn't work that way apparently. i can spend hours just randomly adding stuff *shrugs* oh well XD

[afeastforme]

I love this icon of yours and it's really amazing to see how much work you actually did on that cap!

[theotherayn]

thank you! and by work, you mean not being able to make my mind up about the coloring? lol :P

[afeastforme]

LOL that too, but mostly I love how you work with textures. I admit I get angsty with them after a while, because the way I use them is mostly boring and I'm like "HOW!!" because I couldn't even think to achieve something like this icon up here!

[theotherayn]

thanks! but tbh, what i do is mostly drag a texture in, scroll through the layer modes and pray i find something that works haha. and anyway, i would never be able to do what you do with brushes so we all have our strengths :P

[anassa_anemou]

I'm speechless. Holly molly. This made me realize that sometimes you have to continue, even when you might no be that happy about the results you are getting.

I never imagined how many color adjustments and textures would go on something like this. Thank you very much, I'll be sure to try this, specially working with the b&w adjustment layers.

[theotherayn]

haha, you can probably achieve this with less steps if you start out knowing what you're going for (at the very least color-wise). i'm often wishy-washy so i take the long way round doing things. but yeah, that's why i like stamping/sharpening throughout an icon--it helps when i go back to previous layers and change settings. of course it makes it harder to explain in tutorials XD

[spankulert]

I cannot wait to dig into this later on *_*

[theotherayn]

i hope you learn something useful! haha ^_^