make livejournal icon

Really good basic icon maker. The trial has 20 uses: http://www.blumentals.net/egifan/download.php

Also, if you want something more permanent but harder, http://www.gimp.org/ (it’s good for Windows XP, OSX and Linux, obviously, since it’s an open source program). There’s a tutorial here: http://www.instructables.com/id/E6V837A9HDEP287PCC?ALLSTEPS

I’m sure that you can forgo the screenshots and just use normal pictures or none at all and use words on a background? I’m not sure about GIMP, but the first one is excellent. I’m looking into buying it.

The above icon is actually animated, but doesn’t work here.

I have a few…but they are really really basic. And I had an online Dollz maker help me with one. All I have is Paint though. I can’t do anything really good.

I love making icons. PSP is free for trial and not too expensive to buy, and it has animation studio :-)

What am id oing?

Done a few simple ones and I want to do more when I get better at photoshop.

I can do it! http://gimp.org

whatever

I know my icons belong to me, each one is special and original, and it means something to me.

so much fun, really, i love playing with photoshop
and make fanart. ive done icons of house,stargate sg1 and atlantis,veronica mars, even some with photos of myself.

the best way to learn, is to open photoshop or whatever program you use and start playing, see what you can do.