so, i whipped up a quick tutorial for an icon i made in about ten seconds. hoorah. you can make:

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it could be more neatly organized, but woe, i was too lazy to make tables& stuff. :"> i made it in adobe photoshop cs, though i'm sure it's similar to other programs? i used to have jasc but woe, it was uninstalled or something& i don't have the disc anymore so i can't really translate it myself.
( with unnecesary& missing pictures& text! )of course, not to be copied directly or anything, which is to say you should really experiment on your own& just use it as a reference. um yeha. holy cow, that sounded all confusing. :"\ so, if you have any questions, feel free to ask.
icons soon. :">