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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.

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

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

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.

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