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?
If you have, this tutorial is for you.
I, Jehnt, have braved the uncharted territories of
icon_tutorial (and other, much less reputable communities) to bring you the latest (and not-so-latest) advances in retina-burning, eye-scarring, "oh god, I'll need to dig my eyeballs out with a spork" icon creation.
BEHOLD:

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effects used:
bird effect, rainbow effect, squares effect, flower effect, shiny effect, pink blob effect, sharpen effect, gorgeous blue effect, black effect, and lines effect.
I'm not sure if it's translatable so if you use PSP or GIMP you may just be SOL.
And special thanks to
iconrants, without whom
this would not have been possible.
( the birds they fly and sing their song, etc insert other cheesy made-up lyrics here )And please, kids, remember that this is an example of how to butcher your icon, not how to make it pretty. Only follow this tutorial if you want your icon to die a protracted, ignoble death.p.s. -
my real icon tutorial was far more decent.