Icon Creation Checklist

Sizing

Thu, 01 May 2008 12:04:11 GMT

Howdy do everyone..

I feel really really silly asking this question, but I'm stumped. I'm a big HUGE fan of icons so I want to start making my own. I've got the ideas, I've got Photoshop 10, I've got time.. I just can't figure out how to get the images to 100x100. Now wait.. I can get them to 100x100, but then they look squishy.

Isn't there a way to have unsquishy 100x100 images? :( Help.

Icon Table Generator update

Thu, 01 May 2008 12:03:59 GMT

I rolled out an update last night on my icon table generator. For those who might not know about it, the generator helps you post icons (or other similar photos) in batches on your Livejournal, similar to this one, for example. You just enter your URLs in a form, and it generates the HTML for you. There are currently 4 templates to choose from.

The update now allows you to include section headers in your icon post. This is useful for those multi-fandom icon posts ;) Sample output could be seen at this multi-fandom icon post of mine.

Go to the icon table generator here.
questions/discussions go here
+friend eveningsky for updates!

(Crossposted: creaticon, iconaddicts, ihearticons)

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:12:35 GMT

Wanna know how?

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Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:57:11 GMT

Go from to

( this cut is fake, but.. oh well. )

POA Icon Technique

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:56:44 GMT

Today we will be making:

For photoshop 7.

Set of icons made with this tutorial can be found here.

tutorial@my lj

making an icon smaller

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:56:25 GMT

Could someone explain how I can make this icon 16 x 16. Thanks Libe

ImageReady Milo Pressman Tutorial

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:56:16 GMT

Alright, so this is my second every icon tutorial that I made up all by myself! Yay! Since this is my first one since actually figuring out Imageready, please don't be too disappointed. Though it was made in IR, I'm sure it's transferable.

Today, I'm going to teach you to go from this to .

( . . . Milo take me away . . .)

the basics when tweaning in Image Ready

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:55:45 GMT

A tutorial that explains the basics of twean.
Practical for Image Ready beginners and all those who’d like to get to know the twean option.

Very basic example on what can be done with twean:

CLICK HERE FOR TUTORIAL

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:55:07 GMT

I was wondering how do you make an effect of the icon like this.
I use Adobe Photoshop 7.0

Thanks!

Adding Color

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:23:41 GMT

Hi, everyone. This is my first post. I was wondering how to select or just "single out" a certain object or area in an image to colorize? I use PSP7. For example, I'd like to add color to JUST the flower in this image. Thanks for any help you can provide.

Simple Textures & Layer Effect

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 14:36:24 GMT

This is a simple icon tutorial made with Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and easily translatable.

Before:	After:

This is my first icon tutorial and feedback would be greatly appreciated. ;) This icon of mine won second place and most creative at jpop_awards

Read Tutorial @ my LJ

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 00:50:05 GMT

Go from this to in 13 steps.

Click the icon to go to the tutorial.

Sat, 20 May 2006 23:38:26 GMT

I'm posting here about this because I thought a few members might be interested, however, if it's deemed too off-topic, or it's against the rules, or otherwise disruptive, please feel free to delete my post, or tell me so that I may delete it myself. :)

I've been wanting to put the LJ icons I create in table-format posting for some time now, but couldn't really be bothered with writing up tables again and again or copy-pasting groups of cells or something. I'm lazy that way. ;) So I ended up getting into geek mode for a few hours tonight and came up with this -- a script that takes a (preset or customized) template and inserts any number of icons to come up with, say, a table for all the icons for posting into LJ (removes newlines too, so it doesn't mess up your code ;) hehe). I'm not sure if anyone had already created such a script before, but in any case, I put it online since people might be interested in it as well.

You can see it at work in my latest batch of icons here. That particular template I used is liquid -- the number of columns adjust according to the width of the browser window -- but the script can also do set tables. :) I have a few (boring) pre-sets made, previews of which are also available on the site; there's also a how-to on-site in case you wish to further customize the template it generates.

If you run into problems with regards to usage of the script and you're certain it's a bug, please feel free to post at my icon journal and let me know so I can fix it. :) Of course, any other sort of comment and the like is very much welcome. :) ♥

Go to the icon template parser here.

(Crossposted wherever icon community I'm part of :p)

Sat, 20 May 2006 23:37:31 GMT

Hey all! I'm a girl who's skirting around the idea of Iconists Anon... So I come bearing a question!

I'm really quite poor, since the store I worked at shut down. But I was wondering if it would be worth it for me to buy Photoshop Elements for making icons? I really just want it to layer stuff.. I'm a collector of bases and text brushes... would this work for that?

Thanks-
~Lysse

Sun, 07 May 2006 19:08:06 GMT

Hi there, I was wondering if anyone could help me on how to do this effect with photoshop 7

I've found a tutorial here but when I try to do this > I have this >
does anyone know what I'm doing wrong??
Thanks a lot

New.

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:18:10 GMT

I'm new to icon making, and i do not have photoshop. instead, i have the GIMP with the animation plugin. i was wondering some tips and tricks for useing the GIMP. thanks!

brushes psp9

Sat, 11 Mar 2006 21:48:31 GMT

does anyone know where i can get free brushes for psp9?

sorry if this is not allowed

Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:39:53 GMT

I'm aware that this question has probably been asked a million times, but scrolling through, I haven't really found exactly what I need to know in the past posts.

I'm currently attempting to create an animated icon. I have the 100x100 image(s) and ImageReady/APS/PSP, I just need to know where to start. If anyone knows of any comprehensive tutorials or could explain it, could you please comment? Thanks in advance.

New and Questions

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:33:35 GMT

Okay so I am new at this community and I am new to making lots and lots of icons and graphics. I have a bunch of my icons at my journal http://yourwinter0319.livejournal.com I have just made a special post of all my questions because I didn't want to bog down the community if you could comment over there that would be great.
http://yourwinter0319.livejournal.com/18910.html

If you check my journal you can see my icons. Sorry if I am against the rules. I will go read them again.

2 questions for ya :)

Sun, 15 Jan 2006 02:53:42 GMT

Hey, I have a couple of questions that I was hoping some informed & talented icon-makers could help me with. =)

I use Paint Shop Pro 9, and I know how to make the glowy effect, but I'm wondering as to how you make this other effect. It's hard to describe, so here's some examples:

See how those icons are all... well, the word that comes to mind is vivid. The colors stand out, there is a certain effect, but I have no idea how to create it. Can anyone help me out with that?

Then, also, what is this font that I keep seeing everywhere in icons? It's these ones:

Sorry to post this here, but any help would be GREATLY appreciated... thank you! :)

HELP!

Fri, 30 Dec 2005 02:41:02 GMT

can someone tell me how i can make a large picture into a 100x100 one? i am a beginner in the area of making icons so...any help with this pict thing would be greatly appriciated!:)

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:23:46 GMT

I have been making icons for a while but I need help spicing them up and not being so boring. I made the icon I am posting with, however I want to know what plug-ins or tools I can get to make contrasts on black and white photos. For instance, I want to make the tear blue or something. Or what are the steps in Photoshop 7 I would need to do in order to get that effect. Also, where is someplace I can download some fonts that are good for icon making. Preferably a package deal or something so I don't have to look through thousands of fonts to get a few good ones. Also what needs to be done to a icon if you want just 1 letter to flash or bling or whatever the correct term is? Would I need to use Animation shop for something like that too? Thanks kindly for the help =)

looks around hopefully

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:23:35 GMT

Tis a small request. Would anyone here know where I can find a good tutorial for making icons with Adobe Photoshop? I've been searching for ages with no success. The version I've got is really quite aged (it's my dad's and sometime in the years he's owned it he's lost the manual) and I can't work out how to over-lay images without the top images being dyed the colour of the background image? Any help or directions to where I can get some would be gratefully received...Thankyou. :)

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:57:15 GMT

Hi, I'm about as new to animated icons as you can get, and basically.... I'm having trouble with frames. It seems like sometimes, making a new frame is making a new frame, and sometimes it's just an extension of the first frame, and when i edit it the first frame gets edited too. This is naturally somewhat annoying, and I was wondering if anyone had specific instructions on making new, INDEPENDANT frames, in adobe imageready.

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:57:05 GMT

hey every1

i dotn no if this is ok to post here or wateva (if its not just delete it or tell me where i should have posted)

ok im trying to use this picture and i want to make her lips stand out more like everything else faded with her lips really red.

im not really sure what im looking for. can anyone help me?? i use photoshop elements 3. if you could point me in the direction of a tutorial or just explain( in laymans terms) what to do that would be ABSOLUTLEY FANTASTIC!

thank you! in advance