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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[appleindecay]

Username and where I post my work: appleindecay @ candiicon [ my tag]
What can we request from you?: Anything!
Can we hotlink your icons?: For once, yes. :D

[mancalahour]

I am amazed that I'm the first to ask you anything. SO I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS.

First of all, I NEED TO KNOW HOW YOU CAN COLOR ICONS SO THAT THEY LOOK LIKE CANDY. FOR INSTANCE: this one. More specifically, how did you get the BRIGHT BRIGHT BEAUTIFUL yellows and greens and keep her skin still vibrant, but neither yellow nor green? HOW?

Second, in icons such as this one, how do you achieve that over-sharpened look without it looking bad? Basically, what methods do you use for sharpening? Are there textures involved? What's your process for determining if an icon should be soft vs. perfectly sharp vs. a little more sharp?

Sorry for ultimate HTML fail -.-.

[firstillusion]

HOW YOU CAN COLOR ICONS SO THAT THEY LOOK LIKE CANDY
YESSS. Especially that Lucrezia icon.

And I'm seconding the second question as well.

Basically, Nikki has said it all.

[appleindecay]

These will be so much fun to answer. :D

[appleindecay]

Thanks for these questions, they will be fun to answer! :D

Don't worry, happens to me ALL the time! xD

[beyondbones]

maybe a tut for one of these icons?:)

[appleindecay]

No problem, I can do all of this. It just might take a moment.

As for the last two, I have written a blending guide for the last Ask the Maker meme, in which I explain all my methods for cutting out pictures in detail. It's here. Let me know if this answers your questions about cutting out and negative space. :D

[beyondbones]

Sure thing! Thank you in advance:))

[jokermary]

Your icons are so beautiful that I would like to know all there is to know about these amazing, wonderful and stunning icons :D

[appleindecay]

Thank you so much!
No problem, but it might take me a moment. :)

[jokermary]

Thanks to you :)

[wandererjulia]

aww you know i just love your tutorials lol
so i'm gonna ask you this one!

[appleindecay]

Sorry for the late reply, I was on hiatus.

Thank you so much! And yay, it'll be a pleasure to do this one. :D