Ask the Maker 2016!

[aida_rose]

It's June, that means it's time for round 8 of Ask the Maker here at icon_talkHere 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 related their work so these makers can create a Q&A post with the answers to all the questions they get

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[starkwars]

Username + where you post your work: starkwars @ majorminus ( all icons tag)
What can we request from you (tutorials, Q&A, guides etc. .PSDs are not allowed: General guides and Q&A.
Can we hotlink your icons?: sure :]

[esgeee]

Hey! I love your close crops so can you write a tutorial about close crops? Thanks so much :)

[starkwars]

Ooh that's my jaaam! Sure! :D

[esgeee]

Awesome - not a lot of people like close crops so I'm glad that you do!

Thank you for taking the time to write the guide - if you have any questions for me, I'd love to answer them :)

[afastmachine]

Seconding this! Close crops are close(heh) to my heart!

[starkwars]

Filled here!

[starkwars]

Filled here!

[dark_x_huntress]

I would love to know your methods for coloring the background of an icon without it looking washed out or fake like mine do.

[starkwars]

Sure! :]

[tinnny]

I was going to ask pretty much the same. I especially like this one:

[starkwars]

I'll definitely talk about it in the guide! I used the same 'technique' (I guess you call it?) for both of them. :]

[starkwars]

Filled here! I actually didn't get into specifics for this icon, I hope the guide is clear though. Let me know if you have any questions!

[starkwars]

Hi, could you find some more icons like the one of Vision that shows what you're looking for? I'm trying to find more examples for the post and get a better grasp of how to explain it. Thanks!

[dark_x_huntress]

Sure.

[starkwars]

Oh I see! Actually these were colored the same way as the Spike icon you requested, except I used natural colors. So when I get the guide up for that you can see what I mean. Is that ok? Otherwise I'd need to do a tutorial for these on their own, which I don't have the time for, unfortunately. :\

[dark_x_huntress]

That's fine, I don't mind since it's the same technique. Thanks!