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Apr. 28th, 2010 10:55 am
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Welcome! Before posting, please take a look at the information on our profile.

While we are celebrating Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, we ask that the tutorials posted are exclusive to Dreamwidth and tagged with the "three weeks for dreamwidth" tag. After that, please feel free to repost your tutorial anywhere you'd like! Thank you for participating in Three Weeks for Dreamwidth with us!

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setsuntamew: fanart of Judal and Hakuryuu using their hands to make a heart symbol (Juhaku → heart hands)
[personal profile] setsuntamew
Y'all tired of hearing from me yet? XD Real talk though, it can be hard to find "basic" resources sometimes, especially for icons. So, I've compiled what I'd consider my "essential" brushes into one pack!

It's mostly borders, stripes, dot grid style patterns, and pinwheels/sunbursts - which are all 100x100 - but also includes some smaller hearts/stars/etc and large versions of the pinwheels. These are all things I originally made as I needed them, finally combined in one place for your convenience :D


download here @ [community profile] killiansicons
setsuntamew: a white and orange cat on an orage background with the text "hanna my kitten friend" and white sparkles (Hanna → my kitten friend)
[personal profile] setsuntamew
I'm back with another tutorial, but this time, we'll be switching gears slightly and learning a different icon style: my beloved sparkle graphics *w* I wrote a tutorial in 2006 for a similar style, but I wanted to make an updated version with the skillz I've learned over the years~

This is much longer than my past few icon tutorials and more complicated. It was written in Photoshop 2020 and assumes that you are decently comfortable using the software already, because there's a lot going on that will be confusing if you don't already know the basics. I don't know how well it translates to other image editing software, since it makes use of a lot of layer styles that I'm not sure exist elsewhere. Sorry D:


full tutorial here @ [community profile] killiansicons
setsuntamew: the name "Killian" in orange on a gray background with white sparkles and an orange pumpkin (custom → 21)
[personal profile] setsuntamew
Apparently I've been bitten by the urge to write icon tutorials again...which is only really surprising because I'm not procrastinating anything today XD I wanted to bust this out before Halloween, so let's get to it!

Made in Photoshop 2020, but you can probably recreate it in as far back as CS2-ish (since I still use the same sort of techniques I've been using since then, lmao). Not sure how well it translates to other graphics software, because I downloaded Photoshop in 2004 and never looked back XD


full tutorial here @ [community profile] killiansicons
setsuntamew: (Natsume → ringing evil grunge)
[personal profile] setsuntamew
Hello and welcome to "Killian writes an icon tutorial for the first time since 2010", because I'm still making icons and I wanna teach everyone else how to, too~

Made in Photoshop 2020, but you can probably recreate it in as far back as CS2-ish (since I still use the same sort of techniques I've been using since then, lmao). Not sure how well it translates to other graphics software, sorry! Adobe has me in a death grip.


full tutorial here @ [community profile] killiansicons
rehvenge: made by me (Default)
[personal profile] rehvenge
This a tutorial that was requested at GIMP_Tutorial over @ LJ. It's a VERY simple coloring technique that works in multiple programs.



Read more... )
goodbyebird: Batman returns: Catwoman seen through a glass window. (TB Tara)
[personal profile] goodbyebird
Made with Photoshop CS5, though no selective coloring used. Beginner to intermediate(must know where to find layers, etc.)

We're going from to .

Here at [community profile] forsquares.
stripped: (*HUGS* kurt and mercedes)
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I don't want to repost the tutorials explicitly here, so here are a couple of links to tutorials I was asked to do for [community profile] severalplums:

1. the Doctor


2. butterfly glow
stripped: (*HUGS* kurt and mercedes)
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This is going to be a somewhat rambling tutorial, because I made this icon after 11pm last night and I want to not just show you the techniques I used, but also take you through the thought process that led from "I like this image" through some not-so-happy accidents and into where it ended up.

This is the icon we'll be taking apart:


And I did this using PS CS4 on a Mac.

this way to the tutorial )

If you have any more questions or would like any points above clarified, please ask away!!
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I've been looking around a lot to find interesting brushes to use in icons, and this particular location has turned out to be one of my favorites. She creates icon-sized brushes of all different sorts, for all different kinds of techniques. I'm still learning how to best apply them, and sometimes I get brilliance and sometimes I get WTF results.

Anyway, please check out Mustie's Brushes on LJ and Deviant Art. Her work is wonderful, especially the icon sized brushes. You'll see me periodically reference them in my tutorials, and I'll admit here, I never remember exactly which brush, from which set, I've used (there are too many!).
stripped: (*HUGS* kurt and mercedes)
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Oh hey, look at all the people here! HI!

First off, let me offer up... if you see any icons I've posted on my journal (under the tag icons are pretty) that you'd like to know how I made, just let me know, and I'd be happy to post a tutorial for it. Ask away!

Second, later today I plan to kick things off here by posting a tutorial for the icon above just because it was sort of a random trail of happy accidents to get it, and uses a resource I'd like to share anyway, so I thought it would be a good choice.

So please, look through my icons, request tutorials if you'd like. And don't be shy -- feel free to share any techniques or resources.
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