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[personal profile] novindalf2022-06-09 06:03 pm

Promo: Ask the Maker (DW) 2022

Activity Header #61 Ask The Maker 2022
[community profile] icontalking Activity Post | My Thread*

*I'm afraid I only have time for Q&As this time around, but feel free to ask away!
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[personal profile] novindalf2016-06-15 07:39 pm

Promo: Ask the Maker 2016 + icontalking Golden Oldies Remake Activity

I will not be participating in AtM this year as I still have various tutorials, activities and requests to complete from the last year or so, but I thought I'd put a promo post up anyway in case people haven't seen that the new AtM is up.



Instead of participating I will be trying to clear all my owed tutorials/guides/requests/remakes/etc.

I think I owe various people the following:
- Guide to adding shadows to subjects (for kirtash_girl, AtM 6.0)
- Monochrome colouring (for anassa_anemou, AtM 6.0)
- Muted greenish colouring (for monstersinyou, AtM 6.0)
- Icon remakes (bestof_icons 2015) ✔
- icontalking Awards 2015 banners
- Golden Oldies remakes (icontalking) ✔
(let me know if I've forgotten anything!)

And these are the icons I have remade for the Golden Oldies Remake Activity at [livejournal.com profile] icontalking (click for the original icon):



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[personal profile] novindalf2015-07-10 12:30 am

128. Text Guide



I am still working on the requests from last year, promise! I’m just finding these Q&A guides a lot easier than step-by-step walkthroughs, so I can get these done much quicker.

Another image-heavy post ahead, you have been warned! (Also, I have the distinct feeling someone else has used this title for a text guide before but I couldn’t find one – if it already exists, please let me know and I’ll change it!)


for [livejournal.com profile] lumsx

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[personal profile] novindalf2015-07-07 03:50 pm

127. One Guide + One Q&A



I was going to finish my AtM request from last year before starting on any of this year’s, but I started identifying the textures I most use and before I knew it I’d done a whole texture guide, plus organised all my texture folders. I’ve sorted the textures into rough categories and given a load of examples of them in use, plus a bit of general spiel. Some of the textures have been shrunk to fit, just click on them for full size. There’s also a little bit at the end about using ‘stock’ images instead of textures. I hope this is useful! (Fair warning, this post is VERY image-heavy – I think I’ve included about 60% of my texture arsenal...)


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And then [livejournal.com profile] lover_of_narnia asked for a list of textures I used in this icon:


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[personal profile] novindalf2015-07-03 12:13 pm

Promo: Ask the Maker 2015


Ask The Maker 2015 || My Thread

Q&As or mini-tutorial requests are preferred as I still need to finish my AtM requests from last year (oops...) but if you really want a full tutorial for an icon that's fine, it'll just take me a while longer :P The only thing that isn't allowed is PSDs / the GIMP equivalent.
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[personal profile] novindalf2014-12-13 01:36 pm

111. Tutorial #11



Finally getting around to my AtM 6.0 requested tutorials! This first one was requested by [livejournal.com profile] daynawashere, sorry it's so late!


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[personal profile] novindalf2014-07-03 06:34 pm

102. Two Tutorials & Five Icons


Part 1 of 2
Finally starting to post these, yay!

NB: All request icons are shareable, and none of my tutorials are intended for anyone to exactly replicate my icons with :)

Brave (Merida) [3]
Game of Thrones (Sansa) [2]
for [livejournal.com profile] alethiometric



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Tutorial 1 )




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Tutorial 2 )




Not currently taking any more icon requests, but check out my thread at AtM if you want to request tutorials/guides/tips :)

Ask The Maker 6.0 || My Thread
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[personal profile] novindalf2014-07-01 04:33 pm

Promo: Ask the Maker 6.0


Ask The Maker 6.0 || My Thread

Feel free to request what you like (except .psd files / the Gimp equivalent) and I'll try and get them done quicker than I did last year's AtM requests! :P

Also, still working on those Summertime Requests, but not taking any more (so that I can actually finish them in a timely fashion...)

AtM Requests to Fill:
Tutorial (Ariel) for [livejournal.com profile] daynawashere
Tutorials (Sansa, HP3, Margaery) for [livejournal.com profile] queen_bartonia
Tutorials (Sansa✓, OUaT) ✓, shadows guide (e.g. Pascal) for [livejournal.com profile] kirtash_girl
Monochrome guide (e.g. Snow, Ned, Morgana, mini-Snow) for [livejournal.com profile] anassa_anemou
Tutorials (Eleven, Morgana, Mary Margaret) or muted green colouring guide for [livejournal.com profile] monstersinyou
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[personal profile] novindalf2014-05-18 12:11 am

97. Two Tutorials, Ten Icons & My Favourite Textures

Finally caught up on Ask the Maker 5.0 and the Icon Friends Forever friending meme! It's taken me far too long, but better late than never!

Game of Thrones [10]



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for [livejournal.com profile] vapor
Tutorial 1 )

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for [livejournal.com profile] vapor
Tutorial 2 )

Favourite textures for [livejournal.com profile] nightbulbs
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Ask The Maker 5.0 || My Thread
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[personal profile] novindalf2013-08-01 05:58 pm

83. A Guide to Negative Space + Two Tutorials

[livejournal.com profile] the_silverdoe asked something on how I do negative space/backgrounds, so here's a general guide, a general tutorial, and a more specific tutorial :) My tutorials are intended to demonstrate my icon-making process, and hopefully to help other icon makers - they are not here so anyone can copy my work, so please don't!



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Decided the best way to explain this was with a demonstration, so here's an icon I made from scratch to show my usual method:
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Tutorial 3 )

I've also done a more specific tutorial for the following icon, because my process was a little different to normal:
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Tutorial 4 )


Ask The Maker 5.0 || My Thread
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[personal profile] novindalf2013-07-15 06:58 pm

Promo: Ask the Maker 5.0


Ask The Maker 5.0 || My Thread

Feel free to request what you like, but bear in mind I'll be a while if you want tutorials/guides/something longer than a Q&A :D

Also, I have more icons coming soon, just waiting for a challenge to finish so I can include my entry for it...