» burned breads «

1 texture set

2016-02-04T02:46:47Z

I made some new textures, let's hope they get me out of my iconning slump :v Enjoy ♥

rar. // zip.

∙ credit not necessary, but lovely
∙ comments make me very happy ♥
∙ no hotlinking/reposting
∙ join the comm

Ho ho ho

2015-12-14T01:00:19Z

FILLED!

Well what do you know, I managed to get these done before everything got really hectic around C: Happy Holidays, everyone ♥ ♥ ♥

[01-04] shameless666

[05-08] blighted_star

[09-12] applepips16

[13-16] muirthemne

[17-20] emmatheslayer

[21-24] wretched

[25-28] geckoholic

[29-32] wildling

[33-36] dixon

[37-40] cool_spectrum

[41-44] tardis_mafia

[45-48] adriftingsea

[49-52] growling

[53-56] jsfunction

∙ credit not necessary, but lovely
∙ comments make me very happy ♥
∙ no hotlinking/reposting
∙ join the comm

It's that time of the year again

2015-12-08T13:01:51Z

This year the Santa workshop is only open for icons, because the elves are too lazy to whip up something bigger. But lbr, icons are the best (◡‿◡✿)

CLOSED

26 icons

2015-12-06T11:25:41Z

A new icon dump.

I haven't opened PS in so long, but here, have some new icons C: Most probably this'll be the last post before 2016. ~~Wat, it's December already, just like 5 minutes ago it was June ;__;~~

9 Supernatural
[01-05]
[06-09]

4 American Horror Story: Hotel
[10-13]

3 Naruto
[14-16]

3 Hunter x Hunter
[17-19]

3 Tokyo Ghoul
[20-22]

2 Shingeki No Kyojin
[23-24]

2 Haikyuu!!
[25-26]

∙ credit not necessary, but lovely
∙ comments make me very happy ♥
∙ no hotlinking/reposting
∙ join the comm

Tutorial #7

2015-07-14T00:56:32Z

for dixon

Tbh this was actually a large tumblr graphic I made and then resized it and made it into an icon.

So we take this cap.

I resize it to 533x300 and make it b&w.

We google some horns, remove the background and resize them. I like the way the right horn looks, so I just take that one and make it b&w. Then put it on Sam's head. Then I duplicate the horn, flip it and put it on the other side of his head. Because I don't like the way the horn begins, I make a selection of Sam's hair from the base and drag it on top, so his hair covers the parts of the horns I don't like. I prefer it to masking out the parts I dislike, and I always use it when inserting things on the head like glasses, flower crowns etc.

So now we have this

We add some demon eyes, bc they are very important

And now we take this texture and add it around the corner's of his eyes, set on Darken or Multiply. Mask out the parts you dislike, then do it to his other eye. It's kind of funny, I like textures that make it look like the subject is bleeding/crying from the eyes, because it looks really aesthetically pleasing to me, but I'm getting nowhere near blood textures. Just y'know the painty dripping type. Those are the aesthetic. Not the real blood drops and stuff. No. Nope. Absolutely not.

We merge everything together.

Then we take this texture and we resize it to our liking. I add a b&w gradient layer to it on Soft Light to make the gray part of it go away. And then I use it as the base on which we put Sam on Lighten or Screen. I'm gonna resize it just for the sake of displaying the pic, but I always work on bigger canvas.

Now we take this texture and we invert it. Resize and put it on top on Screen. Go back to the Sam layer and mask out everything that goes outside the branch frame.

Then we take the painty texture from above and add it to the branches.

Now we resize it and move it to a 100x100 canvas and add this texture to Screen, then duplicate it. Sharpen your icon and we're done C:

Tutorial #6

2015-07-13T02:59:21Z

>>
for dixon

This was actually a really simple icon.

I take this cap, resize, crop and sharpen.

We add a Brightness Layer with 30+ and set it on Screen at 100%

Then a Selective Color with Black's Black up to 80+. Duplicate it.

Then we add Vibrance 100+ and Saturation 20+

And we're done C: I think the original one has a gradient layer on for the lighting? But it's the closest I can get to recreating without the psd.

Coloring Guide

2015-07-13T02:17:59Z

Okay so I've never really done this thing, because I am not very eloquent when it comes to Photoshop and icon making, but I have grown as a maker, as well as have learned a lot from other makers sharing their techniques, so I have decided to ~try and do that myself.

applepips16 and emiels asked about my coloring (ty for asking, you guys ♥), so I'm going to walk you through it and hopefully you find it useful.

Tbh my iconing steps are a fucking mess. I never have a clear image or any type of vision in my head how I want my icon to look or what texture to use. For example, if I want to blend a thing, I will blend a thing. But since I have no idea what to blend, I randomly open 5, 6 caps or so and try to make them work together. It's basically like when a kid takes 2 puzzle pieces and tries to smush them together to make them work, but no matter how hard you try, ~~and how far you got, in the end, it doesn't even matter.~~ it's just no dice. So you gotta be smart about that. You gotta be smart about picking your caps to blend. I'm not smart like that. I like experimenting to the point of moronic trial and error and I get a pleasant surprise...y'know, once in a blue moon. Obviously you don't see much blending going on in my icons. And text is the same. And composition. And texture use. I just never know wtf I'm gonna do next and surprise myself with lol. I wing everything all the time. And I can't be serious business enough to stop joking around for even 0.3 seconds. This is why a guide is a horrible idea for me to give you. Guide you guys? LMAO pls I need a guide dog myself 99.9% of the time. But still, I will try to Gandalf you through Middle Earth as much as I can.

When it comes to natural coloring, I am on board. I am no longer a lost soul in the iconing universe. Because I've developed some steps that I never really change much, except when it comes to the settings, colors, textures, etc. And sure, just like everything else, I sometimes experiment a bit, but tbh all in all, when it comes to natural coloring, I stick to this way, because it's nice, I like it and it's my comfort zone. In the wise words of Sheldon Cooper - it's called comfort zone for a reason lol.

Doing unnatural colors does get me excited too, because it's my iconing outlet to the rebel in me. Like no, Sam Winchester is not purple, but I will make him purple. Watch me fuckin' make him purple and add some pink to it for good measure, yeah, I am spiraling out of control. But more on unnatural colors later.

Now it's time for
Natural Coloring

Like in these icons

I used to build up the icon with layers from the bottom to the top, as one usually does, but with this type of coloring, I quickly realized it's much more time consuming to do that. It's messy and it kind of makes you ~blind for the outcome of the icon until the very last 2-3 steps. So I make the icon and the layers from the top to the bottom.

I don't know if that was clear enough, you'll have my eloquent self to thank for this ???? of an explanation. But here's pics to show you what I mean in case it was unclear.

So, I'm going to take this cap and show you how I roll lol.

After cropping, I take this texture, desaturate it and put it on Soft Light.

I depend on gradient texture like that for adding lighting to my icon. So shoutout to vetica, because he made a texture set a while back and I use them all the time.

Like these for example

I don't always desaturate them and I don't always use them on Soft Light. Sometimes I go with Overlay, at a lower opacity.

Then I start playing around with the Curves. My settings are always different depending on the cap. Currently I am going like this at 50% opacity

And then Brightness and Contrast, set to Soft Light at 50%

Then I take the base, duplicate it and set to Soft Light. I know rn everything looks like a mess, but in the next step it gets better, I promise.

I add a color fill layer and set it to screen. Do not put it above your base with the Soft Light, put it under, like this.

From now on, all yours layers should go under the color fill layer.

Usually it's the color I want to ~lighten the icon without really changing the skin tone. I try to stay in the same range and just go up and down the color chart

I stick to greens and browns the most. I never go near the red spectrum, because it just makes the skin look burnt due to my really high vibrance and saturation.

So basically most of the time I rely on these colors, but honestly it's best to experiment, because obviously every cap is different than the other and needs its own settings.

>> >>
>> >>

These ones don't have this step, or they do on a really, really low opacity and it's almost invisible.

Currently as the pic above, I'm going with this, on Screen at 100%. If I don't like it later, I can change it.
>>

I make myself some textures, similar to these

When it's a bit gradient-y like in the first 3, I usually leave it on Soft Light and play around with the opacity, sometimes lower sometimes higher. When it's more like the 4 and 5th texture, I leave on Screen on a low opacity, around 20-30%

I take the 1st one and duplicate it 3 times on Screen.
>>

Then Soft Light this bad boy, at 100%
>>

I take the 4th one and set it on Screen, at 32%
>>

Next thing I do is I add a Linear Burn layer. Depending on the icon I'm going for, the screencap etc, I differentiate the colors that I use. People have often commented on the slight green tinge that my icons tend to have, and this is how I achieve it. The color I'm going to use now is #d7e8d3. The darker I want the icon, the bigger opacity I leave. Currently I'm gonna go with 79%.

>>

Then we crank up the vibrance with these settings

I always use these settings, except when I'm working with animation or going for a b&w, or muted colors or unnatural coloring. I use the brush tool to mask out some parts that are too saturated, like her eyes.

And then I use a curves layer to make things bright and I set it on Screen, opacity 100%. This is what my curves layer looks like

Sometimes I just duplicate the base and set to Screen, then lower opacity or sometimes I just add some brightness. Anyway, ~~here's Wonderwall~~ that was the final step to the coloring.

Here's what I have

Now I play around some more with the settings if I'm not satisfied etc.

I add this texture by vetica on top of everything. I use it almost always, because it gives my icons such a glazed look. I eat this texture. I breathe this texture. I want to become this texture.

Andddd sometimes I like to add this one by likealight and set it to Screen.

I either add a b&w gradient layer set to Soft Light or I do some selective coloring and amp up the black's black option.

And it comes out like this
>>

Now moving on to
Unnatural Coloring

In previous icon posts I've received comments that people like my gradient work when it comes to unnatural colors. Which is gr9, I appreciate you and thank you :3 However that's not really how I achieve the unnatural tones. I use a b&w gradient layer, and then use textures set on Multiply or Hard Light.

Like for example in these

Let me show you by recreating the Riley icon
Base >> Curves >> Color Balance >> this texture on Multiply >> Selective Coloring >> this texture on Screen >> this texture on Soft Light
>> >> >> >> >> >>

It's not really the same, but it's close enough lol.

Usually, after I crop and sharpen my icon, I do the b&w layer, but it's not really necessary sometimes. And the textures provide such rich colors that I almost never rely on gradients for actual colors. The best thing is getting big ass tumblr textures, resizing them for icons and experimenting.

Aaand that's all I have to say, folks. If you got any questions, fire away.

Also, I really hope you read this in a Gone Girl voiceover, because I was listening to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross the whole time I was writing this C:

Ask the Maker 2015

2015-07-09T16:53:05Z

Ask The Maker 2015 || My Thread

I might be a bit slow, ~~it does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop - ancient tumblr proverb~~, but I will do it C:

32 icons

2015-07-09T03:00:06Z

Some new icons (and some old ones from challenges etc)

You guys, I am super happy, because after so much time I finally felt inspired to make icons c: And not even for a battle or challenge, just for fun. I literally made all Sense8 icons today and am looking forward the battle ♥ ~~It seems I am allergic to mouths, because I keep cropping them :v~~

23 Sense8
[01-05]
[06-10]
[11-15]
[16-20]
[21-23]

3 Supernatural
[24-26]

3 Daredevil
[27-29]

3 Lost
[30-32]

∙ credit not necessary, but lovely
∙ comments make me very happy ♥
∙ no hotlinking/reposting
∙ join the comm

1 texture set

2015-07-08T20:14:51Z

A while back, naginis asked me for some 300 x 300 textures and so I did C: Enjoy ♥

rar. // zip.

∙ credit not necessary, but lovely
∙ comments make me very happy ♥
∙ no hotlinking/reposting
∙ join the comm

1 texture set

2015-05-23T06:17:03Z

Apparently listening to the Wicked soundtrack @ 5 am makes me wanna do textures idk idk. Hope you guys find 'em useful :3 ♥

rar. // zip.

∙ credit not necessary, but lovely
∙ comments make me very happy ♥
∙ no hotlinking/reposting
∙ join the comm

46 icons

2015-05-08T00:14:55Z

Icon dump from various challenges, battles etc

11 Psycho Pass
[01-05]
[06-10]
[11]

8 Supernatural
[12-16]
[17-19]

7 The 100
[20-24]
[25-26]

1 Orphan Black, 1 Once Upon a Time, 1 Howl's Moving Castle, 1 Aladdin, 1 Ariel
[27-31]

2 Beauty & The Beast, 1 Atlantis, 1 Big Hero 6, 1 Brave
[32-36]

2 Lion King, 2 The Princess & The Frog, 1 The Emeperor's New Groove
[37-41]

1 Cars, 1 Hercules, 1 Mulan, 1 Pocahontas, 1 Tangled
[42-46]

∙ credit not necessary, but lovely
∙ comments make me very happy ♥
∙ no hotlinking/reposting
∙ join the comm

53 icons

2015-04-02T23:26:53Z

Icon dump from various challenges, ~~failed~~ battles etc

I've been postponing posting these, but finally found the will to upload and somewhat organize. Maybe now that I've cleared my folder, my muse will come back C:

19 Supernatural
[01-05]
[06-10]
[11-15]
[16-19]

10 The Walking Dead
[20-24]
[25-29]

5 Harry Potter
[30-34]

2 The Breakfast Club, 1 Fight Club, 1 Game of Thrones, 1 Friends
[35-39]

4 Shingeki No Kyojin, 1 Yowamushi Pedal
[40-44]

2 Kuroko No Basket, 2 Free!, 1 Diamond No Ace
[45-49]

2 Naruto, 1 Mulan, 1 The Lion King
[50-53]

∙ credit not necessary, but lovely
∙ comments make me very happy ♥
∙ no hotlinking/reposting
∙ join the comm

3 texture sets

2015-02-24T19:42:39Z

I was in quite a few icon battles this month, so I was in the mood to make some textures. And now I'm sharing them :D Big, medium + icon sized. There's too many of 'em to upload separately ~~so lazy~~, but I hope y'all find them useful ♥

rar. // zip.

rar. // zip.

rar. // zip.

∙ credit not necessary, but lovely
∙ comments make me very happy ♥
∙ no hotlinking/reposting
∙ join the comm

24 icons

2015-02-22T15:29:13Z

How to Get Away With Murder icon battle with the ever so brilliant shameless666 ♥

Ahhhh this was so much fun to do! I want to thank Senko ~~the academy my parents etc etc~~ for being such an amazing partner ~in crime in this giant ass caps + tropes icon battle :D Iconing while being sick - kudos to you, my friend, you are a real trooper ♥

shameless666's screencaps


					01-05 shameless666
					06-10 scoobyatemysnax

scoobyatemysnax's screencaps


					11-15 shameless666
					16-20 scoobyatemysnax

shameless666's tropes

amoral attorney	beware the quiet ones	manipulative bastard	shirtless scene	wham shot
					21-25 shameless666
					26-30 scoobyatemysnax

scoobyatemysnax's tropes

bad blue lighting	off with his head	tastes like diabetes	the future is noir	white void room
					31-35 shameless666
					36-40 scoobyatemysnax

scoobyatemysnax's alts:

Go give Senko all the love in his post h e r e ♥

∙ credit not necessary, but lovely
∙ comments make me very happy ♥
∙ no hotlinking/reposting
∙ join the comm

28 icons

2015-02-20T11:33:08Z

20 Once Upon A Time icons for inspired20in20

So I started OUAT last Saturday...and finished it 2 days ago lol. Aaaand decided to change my claim, because I was super inspired to make icons of it C: ~~However 2 days are not enough for creative and pretty 20 icons, hence the terrible-ness of some of these. I tried.jpg~~ Also I say it's OUAT, but it's basically Neal, Emma and Hook :P But yay for first icon post of 2015 ♥ ~~and also first icon post in almost 2 years~~

[01-05]
[06-10]
[11-15]
[16-20]

Alts
[21-25]
[26-28]

∙ credit not necessary, but lovely
∙ comments make me very happy ♥
∙ no hotlinking/reposting
∙ join the comm

1 texture set

2015-01-25T23:30:40Z

I was feeling inspired to make some new textures, so here we are C: Hopefully they're of some use to yall ♥

rar. // zip.

∙ credit not necessary, but lovely
∙ comments make me very happy ♥
∙ no hotlinking/reposting
∙ join the comm

4 texture sets

2015-01-14T22:34:26Z

Boah, sorry yall for taking so long with filling the requests, busy rl is busy. Hope everyone had great holidays and a nice new start to 2015 C:

ETA: textures are shareable ofc ♥

200x200 textures for absolutelybatty & slytheringurrl
rar. // zip.

300x300 textures for raiindust
rar. // zip.

500x700 textures for raiindust & slytheringurrl
rar. // zip.

100x100 textures for dixon

rar. // zip.

∙ credit not necessary, but lovely
∙ comments make me very happy ♥
∙ no hotlinking/reposting
∙ join the comm

'tis the season to be jolly

2014-12-15T01:53:41Z

Shamelessly stole the idea from the ever so wonderful absolutelybatty

It's exam week just before the holidays and with freedom so close, instead of revising, naturally I found the perfect time & excuse to return to the mothership aka livejournal, iconing and all you lovely peeps C: ~~usual procrastinating methods like LOTR marathoning and quest for the holy grail have been postponed til further notice~~

Anyway, ~~here's Wonderwall~~ , requests are open for literally everything - icons, tutorials, tumblr graphics, guides, ps questions, textures big, medium and small. Basically anything you'd like? Just specify what you want ~~what you really really want~~ and I will try to fulfill your heart's desires asap. Оh and you don't have to pick just 1 thing. Go nuts, kids (◡‿◡✿)

CLOSED

2 texture sets

2014-12-13T15:50:01Z

*waves awkwardly* heya, good ol' lj folk. how've yall been? i can't believe it's almost an entire year, since i last posted and was pretty much on livejournal. ngl, i do miss this place. but i totally lost my mojo for icons. here's to hoping in 2015 i'll get my muse back C:

rar. // zip.

rar. // zip.

∙ credit not necessary, but lovely
∙ comments make me very happy ♥
∙ no hotlinking/reposting
∙ join the comm

1 texture set

2013-12-16T21:23:33Z

It seems that I can never do photoshop related things in my free time. But when I'm supposed to be revising for exams, I find all the time in the world. Ah well. What can you do :P Enjoy the textures, guys C: Hope y'all are well!

Click textures for full size

rar. // zip.

∙ credit not necessary, but lovely
∙ comments make me very happy ♥
∙ no hotlinking/reposting
∙ join the comm

1 texture set

2013-10-24T05:14:04Z

What is this omg I made textures. I will soon be making big ass 500x700 ones too C: Since rl is a bit less hectic. Anyway, it feels good to be back. Hope y'all have been good and well etc etc ♥

rar. // zip.

∙ please credit if taking
∙ comments make me very happy ♥
∙ no hotlinking/reposting
∙ join the comm

24 icons

2013-05-19T23:02:54Z

20 Sam Winchester icons for 20inspirations

So I was like motivated to make icons, but my muse has disappeared completely and instead of improving I feel like I'm getting worse D: But I pushed myself to finish these, because ~~I'm a Winchester, not a Losechester~~ I made a claim.

blocking // stock // pastel // down the rabbit hole // minimalism
[01-05]
vibrant // border // faceless // retro // chiaroscuro
[06-10]
obscure crops
[11-15]
artist choice
[16-20]

Alts
[21-24]

∙ credit not necessary, but lovely
∙ comments make me very happy ♥
∙ no hotlinking/reposting
∙ join the comm

52 icons

2013-04-03T17:49:19Z

Icon dump from various challenges, battles etc

Blegh I feel like if I stop postponing posting these here, my muse will be back. Idek

32 Supernatural (including an awesome battle with the ever so talented rebel ♥ here )

[01-05]
[06-10]
[11-15]
[16-20]
[21-25]
[26-30]
[31-32]

10 Game of Thrones
[33-37]
[38-42]

1 Dexter, 1 The Fall, 8 Various Musicians
[43-47]
[48-52]

∙ credit not necessary, but lovely
∙ comments make me very happy ♥
∙ no hotlinking/reposting
∙ join the comm

1 texture set

2013-03-07T19:35:41Z

Today I was inspired to make some tumblr sized textures C: Enjoy, guys ♥

Click textures for full size

rar. // zip.

∙ credit not necessary, but lovely
∙ comments make me very happy ♥
∙ no hotlinking/reposting
∙ join the comm