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With a little bit of delay because I didn't feel up to it three weeks ago, here's this years Ask The Maker activity!

Ask The Maker is where you can ask your favorite makers about how they do that thing. You can ask for tutorials, guides/"How to", or ask any other questions related to their work. Check out the Maker thread (below) for makers who have signed up and are ready to answer your questions.

You can also ask questions to the community at large, and hope that someone is able to answer them. Do this in the Questions thread (below).

I am looking forward to interesting questions and discussions!

Please promote this activity!

You can use this code here:

The more participants the merrier! I will promote it at an official promo comm.

Here are the rules:

1) Maker-Driven

( rules for makers who want to sign up )

2) Question-Driven - I have a question and anyone can answer

( rules for questions to the community )

What's What

( question categories and examples )

Maker thread

Questions thread

This activity will run to mid-July, maybe the end of July, depending on how many requests there are.

If you want to work on a challenge while Ask the Maker is running, you can find currently open challenges in our sticky post. And our previous activity, Technique Waterfall, is also still open until the end of Ask the Maker.

Yay, there was quite a bit of action in this year's Ask The Maker! Questions, tutorials, interaction!

Tutorials and Guides

Click on the icons/banners to go to the tutorials/guides.

aurora_amethyst:

aurora_amethyst:

aurora_amethyst:

aurora_amethyst:

aurora_amethyst:

aurora_amethyst:

littlemissnovella:

tinny:

wickedgame:

wickedgame:

Questions:

kissed asked how to make icons with a bright focal point, like this one:

and the community answered: https://icontalking.dreamwidth.org/84908.html?thread=1476012#cmt1476012

I asked for comics tutorials, and

goodbyebird answered with tutorials for e.g. this one:

: https://queermedia-ic.dreamwidth.org/10628.html

scifirenegade asked for guides/tutorials for b/w icons, e.g. this one:

and got helpful links here: https://icontalking.dreamwidth.org/84908.html?thread=1478828#cmt1478828

Thank you all so much for volunteering your time and making this a fun activity!

Next activity coming up soon.

Ask The Maker 2024

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Several people have already asked me if there's going to be an Ask The Maker activity again this year, and here it is!

Ask The Maker is where you can ask your favorite makers about how they do that thing. You can ask for tutorials, guides/"How to", or ask any other questions related to their work. Check out the Maker thread (below) for makers who have signed up and are ready to answer your questions.

You can also ask questions to the community at large, and hope that someone is able to answer them. Do this in the Questions thread (below).

I am looking forward to interesting questions and discussions!

Please promote this activity!

You can use this code here:

The more participants the merrier! I will promote it at an official promo comm.

Here are the rules:

1) Maker-Driven

( rules for makers who want to sign up )

2) Question-Driven - I have a question and anyone can answer

( rules for questions to the community )

What's What

( question categories and examples )

Maker thread

Questions thread

This activity will run approximately until the end of July, maybe mid-August.

This year's was our quietest Ask The Maker ever, but we ended up with four tutorials, that's still pretty cool.

Click on the icons to go to the tutorials.

aurora_amethyst posted tutorials for these three icons:

and I made a tutorial for this icon:

Icontalking Activity #73 Ask The Maker 2023

It's June again, and that means it's time for Ask The Maker! (If you want to make icons in addition to discussions, I have extended our May activity until the end of June, so you can do that, too, if you like.)

Ask The Maker is where you can ask your favorite makers about how they do that thing. You can ask for tutorials, guides/"How to", or ask any other questions related to their work. Check out the Maker thread (below) for makers who have signed up and are ready to answer your questions.

You can also ask questions to the community at large, and hope that someone is able to answer them. Do this in the Questions thread (below).

I am looking forward to interesting questions and discussions!

Please promote this activity!

You can use this code here:

The more participants the merrier! I will promote it at an official promo comm.

Here are the rules:

1) Maker-Driven

( rules for makers who want to sign up )

2) Question-Driven - I have a question and anyone can answer

( rules for questions to the community )

What's What

( question categories and examples )

Maker thread

Questions thread

This activity will run approximately until the end of June, maybe mid-July.

This year's Ask The Maker took a while to get into gear, but then it really took off! Here are the splendid results:

aurora_amethyst posted tutorials for two icons, plus a composition guide:

https://1wonderment.dreamwidth.org/53655.html#cutid1
https://1wonderment.dreamwidth.org/54152.html#cutid1

tinny wrote up tutorials for four icons and a "process" guide + one tutorial from last year:

https://tinny.dreamwidth.org/691712.html (icon 1)
https://tinny.dreamwidth.org/693197.html (icons 2 + 3)
https://tinny.dreamwidth.org/695012.html (icon 4)

https://tinny.dreamwidth.org/695198.html (guide 2022)
https://tinny.dreamwidth.org/651350.html (muted skin tone tutorial from 2021)

novindalf shared how to make compositions with floating subjects work:

https://icontalking.dreamwidth.org/64357.html?thread=1215845#cmt1215845

And then there was a discussion about sharpening in the community thread:

https://icontalking.dreamwidth.org/64357.html?thread=1207909#cmt1207909

Thank you, everyone, for writing up guides and tutorials, asking and answering questions, and making this community so much fun!

If you are still in the process of writing a guide or tutorial, no worries, I will add them in here later. <3

Activity Header #61 Ask The Maker 2022

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May is always a bit low on traffic, let's see if we can make June more prolific! (If you want to make icons in addition to discussions, I have extended our May activity until the end of June, so you can do that, too, if you like.)

Ask The Maker is where you can ask your favorite makers about how they do that thing. You can ask for tutorials, guides/"How to", or ask any other questions related to their work. Check out the Maker thread (below) for makers who have signed up and are ready to answer your questions.

You can also ask questions to the community at large, and hope that someone is able to answer them. Do this in the Questions thread (below).

I am looking forward to interesting questions and discussions!

Please promote this activity!

You can use this code here:

The more participants the merrier! I will promote it at an official promo comm.

Here are the rules:

1) Maker-Driven

( rules for makers who want to sign up )

2) Question-Driven - I have a question and anyone can answer

( rules for questions to the community )

What's What

( question categories and examples )

Maker thread

Questions thread

Activity #50 Ask The Maker 2021

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May was a bit low on traffic this year, let's make it up in June with this year's Ask The Maker! Sign up, everyone, and let's have at it!

Ask The Maker is where you can ask your favorite makers about how they do that thing. You can ask for tutorials, guides/"How to", or ask any other questions related to their work. Check out the Maker thread (below) for makers who have signed up and are ready to answer your questions.

You can also ask questions to the community at large, and hope that someone is able to answer them. Do this in the Questions thread (below).

I am looking forward to interesting questions and discussions!

Please promote this activity!

You can use this code here:

The more participants the merrier! I will promote it at an official promo comm.

Here are the rules:

1) Maker-Driven

( rules for makers who want to sign up )

2) Question-Driven - I have a question and anyone can answer

( rules for questions to the community )

What's What

( question categories and examples )

Maker thread

Questions thread

Activity #39 Ask The Maker 2020

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This time, we got these beautiful tutorials:

by

aurora_amethyst
https://1wonderment.livejournal.com/19275.html

by

abyss_valkyrie
https://abyss-valkyrie.dreamwidth.org/56036.html

by

abyss_valkyrie
https://abyss-valkyrie.dreamwidth.org/55658.html

Tips for how to keep details when resizing animated/comic sources
https://icontalking.dreamwidth.org/46972.html?thread=879228#cmt879228

Thank you to everyone who participated, and especially to everyone who took the time to write tutorials! <3

Activity #39 Ask The Maker 2020

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We're a month later this year than usual, but it's still June, so let's get started with this year's Ask The Maker!

Ask The Maker is where you can ask your favorite makers about how they do that thing. You can ask for tutorials, guides/"How to", or ask any other questions related to their work. Check out the Maker thread (below) for makers who have signed up and are ready to answer your questions.

You can also ask questions to the community at large, and hope that someone is able to answer them. Do this in the Questions thread (below).

I am looking forward to interesting questions and discussions!

Please promote this activity!

You can use this code here:

The more participants the merrier! I will promote it at an official promo comm.

Here are the rules:

1) Maker-Driven

( rules for makers who want to sign up )

2) Question-Driven - I have a question and anyone can answer

( rules for questions to the community )

What's What

( question categories and examples )

Maker thread

Questions thread

The participation was wonderful this year! I hope everyone had fun and learned something new! Here's the roundup:

Composition and Text Tutorial by

tinyumbrella

Making Text Smooth and Textured + Font Recs by

tinny

Tumblr-Style Light Desaturated Red Coloring by

tinny

Picking Textures 1 by

seraphina_snape

Picking Textures 2 by

seraphina_snape

Tutorial for this icon by

tinny

Tutorial for this icon by

seraphina_snape

Tips for Smoothing Edges by several makers

Font Recs by several makers

And last but not least, some links to existing tutorials/guides:

https://ailesfragiles.livejournal.com/15469.html < cropping guide
https://ultraviolence.livejournal.com/29282.html < interesting colours and effects
https://psychedelicats.livejournal.com/37253.html < trippy effects
https://accios.livejournal.com/74150.html < muted, yet vibrant
https://bel-perdente.livejournal.com/45380.html < working with less than ideal caps
https://good-tutorial.livejournal.com/28869.html < in depth colouring
https://bel-perdente.livejournal.com/45589.html < interesting colouring
https://good-tutorial.livejournal.com/31133.html < vibrant colouring

Thank you, everyone! <3

Activity #26 - Ask The Maker 2019

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It's June, and that means it's time for Ask The Maker again!

Our poll decided that a good majority of our makers here would like to see this activity again, and I'm hoping for high participation.

Ask The Maker is where you can ask your favorite makers about how they do that thing. You can ask for tutorials, guides/"How to", or ask any other questions related to their work. Check out the Maker thread (below) for makers who have signed up and are ready to answer your questions.

You can also ask questions to the community at large, and hope that someone is able to answer them. Do this in the Questions thread (below).

By now this community has been active for over two years, and we've grown quite a bit, along with DW. This should make for an interesting mix. I for one am looking forward to interesting questions and discussions!

Please promote this activity!

You can use this code here:

The more participants the merrier! I will promote it at an official promo comm.

Here are the rules:

1) Maker-Driven

( rules for makers who want to sign up )

2) Question-Driven - I have a question and anyone can answer

( rules for questions to the community )

What's What

( question categories and examples )

Maker thread

Questions thread

Here's the final result of this year's Ask The Maker! Thanks for participating!

LIGHTEN DARK BASES GUIDE

COMPOSITION GUIDE

I've been a bit uncommunicative lately, but better late than never... here's a new discussion post! Let's chat! :D

Discussion threads:
Last icon you made
Favorite icons you've seen lately
Share your currently most-used resources

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It's June, and that means it's time for Ask The Maker again!

Ask The Maker is where you can ask your favorite makers about how they do that thing. You can ask for tutorials, guides/"How to", or ask any other questions related to their work. Check out the Maker thread (below) for makers who have signed up and are ready to answer your questions.

You can also ask questions to the community at large, and hope that someone is able to answer them. Do this in the Questions thread (below).

By now we've known each other for over a year, and know a little about everyone's abilities and style. I for one am looking forward to interesting questions and discussions!

Feel free to promote this activity! (You can use the header above.)

The more participants the merrier! I will promote it at an official promo comm.

Here are the rules:

1) Maker-Driven

( rules for makers who want to sign up )

2) Question-Driven - I have a question and anyone can answer

( rules for questions to the community )

What's What

( question categories and examples )

Maker thread

Questions thread

Our July Activity is over, and we have two posts and a lot of interesting discussion to show for it:

Guide by

tinny

Tutorial by

fueschgast

LJ's Ask the Maker isn't completely done yet, I'll post links when they are.

Our next activity is coming up next weekend.

Join our regular discussion threads:
Last icon you made
Favorite icons you've seen lately

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It's time for our next activity!

This time, it's not an icon challenge, it's Ask The Maker!

Ask The Maker is where you can ask your favorite makers about how they do that thing. You can ask for tutorials, guides/"How to", or ask any other questions related to their work. Check out the Maker thread (below) for makers who have signed up and are ready to answer your questions.

This time, you can also ask questions to the community at large, and hope that someone is able to answer them. Do this in the Questions thread (below).

Ask The Maker is one of the most popular yearly activites for iconmakers on LJ and it always takes place in June. Who knows, maybe it'll turn into a tradition here on DW, too?

The results of the poll we did here this month were tied on doing it maker-driven or question-driven, so there's going to be both! :D I've taken the rules for the maker-driven part directly from the original comm

icon_talk. I hope they are working for everyone. The second part is all new, let's see how it goes!

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( rules for makers who want to sign up )

2) Question-Driven - I have a question and anyone can answer

( rules for questions to the community )

What's What

( question categories and examples )

Maker thread

Questions thread

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