Do YOU know how icons are made?

I just joined iconaday, which is a 100 icon challenge community with a new theme announced every 48 hours. I'm basing all of my icons around YGO cards.

Why is this interesting to you? contrastingly.

nevita is taking the challenge at the same time that I am, using YGO villains, and we created and are modding the comm together. Basically, each day, we post the icon that we made for the theme, and talk a little about the process involved. It's a great way to pick up tips and since we're both doing it, you get exposed to two different styles and therefore, double the number of tricks you'd see otherwise! It's less formal than tutorials, but there'll be a max of two entries per day, each of which gives a quick rundown of how the icon of the day was created.

Join, watch, learn and snag icons! If you have any questions about the icon of the day, feel free to ask them as comments. I promise I'm not the type to jealously harbor trade secrets. XD

Icon Meme! Because hey, I love icons and already did it at iJay.

I should point out that I used to have a Paid Account but let it lapse/asked people not to buy me more time as a protest against eljay, so now I only as many icons as a Basic Account can have, and am unable to change them without deleting all my old icons until I only have six slots again. My iJay version of this meme therefore looks pretty different.

MAH ICONS.

default	oldest	newest
saddest	happiest	angriest
cutest	sexiest	funniest
fave ship	fave fandom	fave animated
best quote	best textless	best stolen idea
use the most	favorite

HOW MANY ICONS DO YOU HAVE: 110
OUT OF HOW MANY AVAILABLE ICONS SPACES: 6
IF YOU COULD BUY SPACE FOR MORE, WOULD YOU: Nope. Eljay is not getting my money.
DO YOUR ICONS MAKE A STATEMENT: I hate Bush, girls rock, question authority, stop war, etc.
WHAT FANDOM DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: Yuugiou, as the above table might've made clear. Wow.
AND THE SECOND MOST: Politics, if that counts as a fandom. If not, DC comics.
WHAT SHIP DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: Yami no Malik x Yami no Bakura.
ARE YOUR ICONS MADE MOSTLY BY OTHER PEOPLE: Seems about 50/50. On iJay, I try to stick to other people's icons but here, I had no problem using my own.
DO YOU MAKE ICONS: Oh yes. Check out icon_d or contrastingly.
ARE THEY ANY GOOD: Yes, and getting better all the time!
ANIMATED ICONS ARE: Fun!

DO THE MEME.

<center><font size="4"><b>MAH ICONS.</b></font></center> <center><table cellpadding="6" cellspacing="5" style="text-align: center;"><tr bgcolor="#dddddd"><td> default </td><td> oldest </td><td> newest </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#dddddd"><td> <img src="DEFAULTURL" /> </td><td> <img src="OLDESTURL" /> </td><td> <img src="NEWESTURL" /> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#dddddd"><td> saddest </td><td> happiest </td><td> angriest </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#dddddd"><td> <img src="SADDESTURL" /> </td><td> <img src="HAPPIESTURL" /> </td><td> <img src="ANGRIESTURL" /> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#dddddd"><td> cutest </td><td> sexiest </td><td> funniest </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#dddddd"><td> <img src="CUTESTURL" /> </td><td> <img src="SEXIESTURL" /> </td><td> <img src="FUNNIESTURL" /> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#dddddd"><td> fave ship </td><td> fave fandom </td><td> fave animated </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#dddddd"><td> <img src="FAVESHIPURL" /> </td><td> <img src="FAVEFANDOMURL" /> </td><td> <img src="FAVEANIMATEDURL" /> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#dddddd"><td> best quote </td><td> best textless </td><td> best stolen idea </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#dddddd"><td> <img src="BESTQUOTEURL" /> </td><td> <img src="BESTTEXTLESSURL" /> </td><td> <img src="BESTSTOLENIDEA" /> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#dddddd"><td> use the most </td><td> favorite </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#dddddd"><td> <img src="USEDTHEMOSTURL" /> </td><td> <img src="FAVORITEURL" /> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td></tr></table></center> <b>HOW MANY ICONS DO YOU HAVE:</b> <b>OUT OF HOW MANY AVAILABLE ICONS SPACES:</b> <b>IF YOU COULD BUY SPACE FOR MORE, WOULD YOU:</b> <b>DO YOUR ICONS MAKE A STATEMENT:</b> <b>WHAT FANDOM DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF:</b> <b>AND THE SECOND MOST:</b> <b>WHAT SHIP DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF:</b> <b>ARE YOUR ICONS MADE MOSTLY BY OTHER PEOPLE:</b> <b>DO YOU MAKE ICONS:</b> <b>ARE THEY ANY GOOD:</b> <b>ANIMATED ICONS ARE:</b> <center><font size="6"><b>DO THE MEME.</b></font>

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