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I've been making icons for a while now and i made this tutorial for photoshop on how to make an icon using a base of toph from avatar.This is pretty much how i make my icons. There is no method which i follow to make my icons. I just experiment, if there's something i don't like I just delete that layer. I start by adding one colour and set the layer to multiply or overlay or whatever looks good and changing the opacity. I like adding peaches and blues. Then comes adding different patterns to new layers. I look for patterns on deviantart, there are lots here. Finally comes the text or you can leave that out
The base i used was from avatarspirit.net.
All other patterns are credited in the tutorial.
Feel free to ask any questions.
Enjoy!
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Hey there
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Thanks for the tutorials. I played around with the some of the options, but I liked the way my icon came out.
Here it is: [link]
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Ahh, so that's it. I always wonder if making icon is actually this simple. Thanks! ^^
Anyway, do you have some collection of nice texture?
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I was hoping you culd show how to make it just the right size xDDD
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Thank you so much for this! It really helped!
~Aimee.
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Dumb question but how do you copy and paste the texture onto a new layer? btw the tutorial is very good. I love your icons.
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you can copy this whole pic select the texture and copy it
then go to your icon, make a new layer and paste it there.
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Are you sure? I can't do that...
This is awesome btw. <3
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