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The Power of Blending Options
After publishing my last article on the Process of Making an Icon, I got a few requests for more indepth knowledge on Blending Options, and a more explicit walkthrough of their direct usage.
Now, Blending Options are one of the first things Photoshop Novices stumble upon. The infancy of adding layer styles often leads to a short period of horrible drop shadows and cringeworthy bevels. Ironicly, this easily available styling is one of the harder things to master. Blending options is all about manipulating individual layers to obtain a certain effect. It's a key aspect of creating icons, and will help you create textures, shading and highlight
The Making of an Icon
I've had a few requests for insights into the process of making icons. Instead of answering individually, I've decided to make this the first subject of a range of articles to be authored at PixelResort.com.
This won't be a tutorial or a step-by-step walkthrough, more like a general guideline based on my own experience. It's how my workflow crops up.
To illustrate the creation of an icon, I've decided to redraw my old TextEdit icon from the bottom up.
Go to PixelResort.com to read the Article and see the process...
PixelResort v.2 Launch!
Wow. It's been a long time since i've used my DA profile for anything else than the occational Inspirational browsing. Well, i've got some great news.
Between University assignments and Freelance work ive been pouring alot of time into a complete redesign of my site PixelResort.com
After launching the first incarnation of PixelResort back in November 07 i was overwhelmed with the positive response; visitors by the thousands, personal and work related mails from all over the world and alot of fine publicity in the blogosphere. Its been a tremendous experience both professionally and personally, a hearty thanks to all who ma
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Nice Journal Layout and well done with the updates, they look great