First of all I'd like to say that this isn't so much a tutorial as it is... an "essay" on the way I make icons.

Many people these days ask for tutorials on a particular coloring (for example), maybe not realizing that what they are asking for is basically a set of numbers that will only work on icons with the same basic coloring as the original. Many people also, after seeing a thousand over-saturated icons, tend to blame the Selective Coloring tool.

In this "tutorial" (for lack of a better word) I will try to show you the way I use Selective Coloring and other tools in order to make icons like the ones in this batch.

I will be using not one but at least four or five icons to illustrate my point, so if you were expecting a step by step tutorial, I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed.
Also, bear in mind that English is not my first language so I apologize in advance for any mistakes: I know I've written tutorials before but never this lengthy.

Oh and the necessary info:
Tutorial for: Photoshop
Made in: Photoshop CS2
Level: Intermediate

Ok, let's start, shall we?

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This is an incredibly easy icon to make, so it will be a short tutorial (which is all I have time for I'm afraid). I'll try to make some more soon because I really enjoy doing it!

This is what we will be making:

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Some people have told me that they would like to read a tutorial on one of my icons; I don't usually save the .psd files of the icons I make so it's pretty much impossible for me to replicate one. What I will do is make the tutorial as I make the icon.

This is what we will be doing:
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