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[mercury973]

I'll be brief, since today is crazy, coo-coo day at work and my knee is acting up.

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I bow down to your expert icon making. Really. I know that if I took a little time and got some decent software, I could make some too, but I know I'll never compete with your work.


Just love The Hew icons, kids

Ooh- someone just made some coffee.

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[suekay-87.livejournal.com]

(((hugs)))

you don't need to fork out for software...just download http://www.gimp.org

play about with the settings, and once you've progressed enough to use layers, check out http://icon-tutorial.livejournal.com

It's a lot easier than people think, so don't put yourself down :)

[mercury973.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm gonna put it on my laptop tonight and see what I can do. Again, not sure if I have as good an artistic eye as you, but we will see.

Hewlett fans are the nicest!

[suekay-87.livejournal.com]

simple tips

when making a base image, don't centre it eg

[ * ]

(the * is the person)

do something like [* ]

...if that makes sense lol!

[mercury973.livejournal.com]

No, I get it, and appreciate the help. I'm hoping GIMP is self-explanatory. I had an older version of Photoshop that I could never get the hang of.

There is no pub trivia tonight, so I'm gonna work on this.

Thanks!!!!!

[pavaneofstars.livejournal.com]

GIMP is great. :) Sadly, I haven't had the time to sit down and figure it out. All I can do with it is crop and resize, lol. But I have seen some fantastic artwork and manips done with GIMP.

[mercury973.livejournal.com]

That is what I hope to do.
=)