Ask the maker 4.0!

[aida_rose]

It's time to kick off our 4th round of Ask the Maker! here at icon_talk

Here you'll get the chance to ask icon makers who sign up questions about their icons and other graphics. You can ask for tutorials, guides/"How to", or ask any other questions regarding their work so the makers can compile a Q&A post with the answers to all the questions they get. As

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[vampire_sessah]

Really late to join this party but I wasn't sure whether I should sign up or not. Anyhow here I am.

Username + where you post your work? vampire_sessah @narbennarr
What can we request from you (tutorials, Q&A, guides etc. .PSDs are not allowed: I'm open to do tutorials but would prefer something along the lines of Q&A/general tips and tricks.
Can we hotlink your icons?: Yep.

[12feethigh]

What are your favourite/most used textures?
Do you remember how you made this icon? Can you maybe make a tutorial? :D

[vampire_sessah]

wrote a quick tutorial for the icon:
http://narbennarr.livejournal.com/52833.html

I'll answer the question in another post :) Maybe there'll be some others later :D

Thanks so much for commenting ♥

[theroguepanda]

Can you post a tips/tricks guide on how you do blocking in your icons - its always so lovely!

[vampire_sessah]

Sure! I'll try my best :)
Do you have any icons in particular in mind? :)

[theroguepanda]

I like the boxing in this post: http://narbennarr.livejournal.com/50748.html#cutid1 - but even a general tips post would be really helpful :)

[vampire_sessah]

Thanks! :) I'll work on it! :) Might take a while though (because I suck at explaining, but I'll try to have it as soon as possible) :)

[theroguepanda]

Whenever you can - love your icons ♥

[vampire_sessah]

♥ *huggles*

[scoobyatemysnax]

I second this request very hard :3

[jsfunction]

I can't believe there's no such thing as a lighting guide/tips post by you yet, so that's what I'd like to request :3

[vampire_sessah]

I actually wrote a very quick one ages ago but only posted it on my personal journal. I'll rework/expand that one and tell you when I'm done :)

Might take a while though because I'm not that good with explaning how I actually do it xD'
Anyhow I'll try :D

Thanks for asking ♥

EDIT! :P
Because I forgot to ask: Do you have any example icons that you are especially interested in?

[jsfunction]

Yay, sounds awesome!! :D

weeelll here are a few examples of the lighting I'm particularly interested in:

[wellhalesbells]

I second the blocking tutorial - or even just a broad composition tutorial. I'd also love a tutorial for this icon:

[vampire_sessah]

I'll try to work on a tips&tricks thing about blocking! :) And I'll try to involve a bit about composition as well.
Do you have any icons in mind that you're particulary interested in/wondering about? :)

That icon is actually a tumblr graphic I made and then cropped down: "full-size". The PSD I saved doesn't look to complicated to me so I'll try to write a tutorial for it. It might take a while though because I'll prioratise the tips&tricks. I hope that's ok?

[wellhalesbells]

Really it's because there are SO many of yours that I'm fascinated with that involve blocking that I expanded it out to include the whole technique but if you need a few to focus you here are some of my favorites:

Here are some straight-up levels that I love: