Spike tutorial

[mareliz]

xtatiq requested a tutorial for this icon:

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[xtatiq]

OH thank you so muuuuch!

[xtatiq]

+mem.

[mareliz]

You're welcome, my dear!! :D

[unhipster]

Added to memories! I love your icons.

[itsjusmeqtpie]

how do u flatten an image? sry i'm new at this so i need some help.

[fuzzyluvbanana]

not sure which program you're using but, for PSP

right click>>merge>>merge all (flatten)

or

layers>>merge>>merge all (flatten)

[aliceclimbing]

When you do the fill layers, how do you decide with which colors you will fill the layer?

Thanks!

[mareliz]

The numbers tell you what color to use. For example, in the last step I used #DADADA--which is a light grey.

If you use photoshop, all you have to do is click on the color slide at the bottom of your left-hand toolbar and it pops up a window that lets you select any color you want. You'll notice in the window it has a place where it tells you the number of the color you've selected. Just paste "DADADA" into that slot and it should show you a light grey. Sorry if this is confusing.

[protoainsley]

(Switched to my main journal for this comment.)

On the layer you mention, what made you choose DADADA for the fill? Is it a color from the image? If so, why did you choose that color? If not, why did you choose it? Is it just a layer you use with every icon?

It's a good tutorial, but I'm having trouble translating tutorials into ability (not just yours, overall, you just happened to be the recipient of the question) because I don't know why people use the fill layers they do. Knowing that people use, say, #DADADA, is nice, but unless I'm going to copy the icon, it's of limited use unless I want to copy the icon, which I don't, because where's the fun in that?

(Am I making sense?)

I really appreciate the help. Very, very much.

[mareliz]

I understand how you feel...as I was a newbie to icon-making once, too

[teasailor]

Thanks so much.
+mem