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#1 2011-12-25 22:23:08

WingsGames
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Registered: 2011-02-21
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How do I make icons?

There's a lot of people here who make good icons for their projects. Is there a free, learnable way to make high-quality icons?


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#2 2011-12-25 22:23:30

schnrfl
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Re: How do I make icons?

What do you mean by icons
sprites?


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#3 2011-12-25 22:27:52

TheBajeebas
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Re: How do I make icons?

schnrfl wrote:

What do you mean by icons
sprites?


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#4 2011-12-25 22:30:05

rufflebee
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Re: How do I make icons?

TheBajeebas wrote:

schnrfl wrote:

What do you mean by icons
sprites?

it was already asked once you dont need to quote it and post again

maybe if it gets buried behind two pages of conversation but not here its the first post

Last edited by rufflebee (2011-12-25 22:30:42)


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#5 2011-12-25 22:34:26

TheBajeebas
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Re: How do I make icons?

rufflebee wrote:

TheBajeebas wrote:

schnrfl wrote:

What do you mean by icons
sprites?

it was already asked once you dont need to quote it and post again

maybe if it gets buried behind two pages of conversation but not here its the first post

it doesn't really matter, but okay


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#6 2011-12-25 22:43:15

WingsGames
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Re: How do I make icons?

Yeah, sprites. I'm making an OS, and right now my icons (which are sprites) aren't that good.


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#7 2011-12-25 22:45:09

MrMokey
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Re: How do I make icons?

Gimp is good.


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#8 2011-12-25 23:34:02

WingsGames
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Re: How do I make icons?

bump


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#9 2011-12-25 23:51:28

bananaman114
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Re: How do I make icons?

Gnu Image Manipulation Program and skill.


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#10 2011-12-26 01:31:16

Cassiedragon
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Registered: 2011-07-07
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Re: How do I make icons?

bananaman114 wrote:

Gnu Image Manipulation Program and skill.

+1
GIMP takes a while to get the hang of, though.
If you want, you can request some cool buttons in Requests!


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#11 2011-12-26 03:49:23

TheCatAndTheBanana
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Re: How do I make icons?

Paint.Net is pretty good. Good effects.


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#12 2011-12-26 07:11:40

slinger
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Registered: 2011-06-21
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Re: How do I make icons?


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#13 2011-12-26 07:16:53

PlutoIsHades
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Registered: 2010-10-18
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Re: How do I make icons?

Gimp or Photoshop.


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#14 2011-12-26 07:24:27

Medic
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Registered: 2011-09-10
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Re: How do I make icons?

Get a tablet.
Or, if you have one, use it.

Or, if not, any of the above mentioned things.


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#15 2011-12-26 09:58:55

rufflebee
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Re: How do I make icons?

a tablet only helps if you can draw

though programs usually do make a fair difference in quality;; vector things usually look better than raster to most people, but scratch compresses everything to some point so whybother

GIMP is pretty fair for smoother lines (for something free especially)

anti-aliasing and gradients make your sprites/icons instantly gorgeous in the minds of many

or you could ask someone in requests to make stuff for you


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