Comments | iconzero: tutorial: dear god, no! aka, how to butcher your icon in ten easy steps.

jehnt in iconzero

tutorial: dear god, no! aka, how to butcher your icon in ten easy steps.

Jul 10, 2008 02:41

Have you ever wanted to make an icon that was creative, unique, and memorable? Have you ever wondered how people make icons that stick in your memory days after you seen them? Icons whose specters you just can't be rid of? Icons so glorious that you may never look at an icon the same way again ( Read more... )

tutorials, made to mock

Comments 48

linear_flower July 10 2008, 09:26:18 UTC

ROFLMAO.

It's idiot proof!

jehnt July 10 2008, 09:31:08 UTC

It's like I can SEE a nice icon lurking in there somewhere... and it turns out it was the base. I hope no one actually USES this tutorial, or I shall have to kill myself out of shame.

linear_flower July 10 2008, 09:34:28 UTC

Yeah that's a nice base, and step 2, after the selective color layer is pretty good too.

But after that, it went all downhill... albeit intentionally.

jehnt July 10 2008, 09:49:21 UTC

Now I'm just waiting for someone to spot it and post on ugly_icons, really.

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tiger_tyger July 10 2008, 09:38:50 UTC

WIN XD

jehnt July 10 2008, 09:49:40 UTC

Thank you!

mouette_lunaire July 10 2008, 10:00:56 UTC

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH! I've been looking for a tutorial like that for AGES!
I didn't like the flower though, so I used one of my other favourite EFFECTS :DDDD
THANKS AGAIN! <33333

It's okay, please don't kill yourself. I couldn't resist, but I think I feel very unclean now.

jolly_ro July 10 2008, 10:36:56 UTC

WOW, that's my favourite effect too! I love it to no end!

mouette_lunaire July 10 2008, 14:18:50 UTC

It's GREAT, isn't it? Having body parts growing out of your face is TOTALLY the BEST way to emphasise natural beauty! :DDD

jehnt July 10 2008, 15:40:08 UTC

Yours is even more gorgeous than mine, if such a think is possible. I love the face-on-face effect.

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firstillusion July 10 2008, 10:10:37 UTC

I love you for this, really. If you really want to see if people will actually try this, you could remove the mention of your real tutorial in the post at icon_tutorial.

I saw the post at icon_tutorial and wondered for a moment if some one could really be that... (I'm looking for a nicer word for stupid.) The first step was great and then you showed too much knowledge of PS to be real. So I came here and wanted to hug you.

I hope you don't mind, but I posted it to ugly_icons. As praise, that is, because that community must love you for this.

Thanks!

jehnt July 10 2008, 16:04:11 UTC

you could remove the mention of your real tutorial in the post at icon_tutorial

I'm afraid to. I thought about it... but I'm afraid to.

The first step was great and then you showed too much knowledge of PS to be real.

Oh damn. I tried so hard to hide it, too!

firstillusion July 10 2008, 16:06:04 UTC

I'm afraid to. I thought about it... but I'm afraid to.
I get why you would be. :)

aikodestiny July 10 2008, 10:13:00 UTC

(To draw a line, you click and carefully drag your mouse along where you want the line to be.)

*gigglesnort*

jehnt July 10 2008, 16:05:19 UTC

I tried to do that sort of explaining through the entire tutorial (since I see so many people on i_t asking how to start using their graphics programs/create a new image/type text/whatever) but it was just too painful.