A tutorial requested by library_of_sex for an icon from this post.

Crossposted to icon_tutorial.

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I hope you like this and it's helpful.

I will not give out the psd, so please do not ask. I have taken the time to write out all the stops and why I did them, and it is my belief that is far more useful for learning than the PSD would be.

Two Buffy tutorials requested by noctems of icons from this post, of caps from 7x01 "Beneath You." They're rather similar, but I thought I'd do tutorials for them both anyway in case it benefits anyone to see how the methods for each icon are similar and different.

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I hope you like this and it's helpful.

I will not give out the psd, so please don't ask. It's far less useful than the tutorial anyway since some of the steps were merged down and had to be recreated.

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.

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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.

How to make this:


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