Ask the maker 2.0

[aida_rose]

Happy New Year, icon_talk!

As promised, it's time for our second round of Ask the Maker!Here you'll get the chance to ask icon makers who sign up, questions about their icons/graphics. You can ask for tutorials, guides/walk through, or simply ask a question regarding their work so the makers can compile a Q&A post, with the answers to all the questions

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[saxify]

Username and where I post my work: saxify @ starlesslife
What can we request from you (tutorials, Q&A, walk through, other (specify))?: Q&A, Tutorials both icon-specific (Though I might not remember exactly how I did it) and general. Anything you might want to know!
Can we hotlink your icons?: Yes

[longerthanwedo]

How do you get so many colors to work so well together in a single icon? Like:

[fouroux]

oh yes, I wanna know this, too!

[fuuurs]

The world needs to know!

[wandererjulia]

ok so basically teach me how to be good as you are.
your colors really are so vibrant :3 and the way you use textures (and i'm talking about your tumblr works too!) so i'm going to ask you your to 5 most used icon textures :D and also how did you achieve the lights (the white blobs or whatever you wanna call them!) in this batch? :D (i'm talking especially of n° 6-9-11 :D)

[spg_spn_girls]

OH HAI
Any tutorial for this or tips?

[12feethigh]

OMG YES! I NEED TO ASK YOU STUFF :D

#1: What are your favourite textures and how do you use them? (Seriously, they look so awesome. Always.)
#2: What are your favourite ways to colour your icons and how do you choose your pictures?
#3: How did you get the awesome effect of blur and sharpening at the same time in this icon?

[beyondbones]

maybe a tut for one of these icons, or a general blocking tut?