So, I&#39;ve been asked about my "painted looks" in icons by <lj user="esgeee"> and <lj user="lady_kingsley"> and I wanted to briefly give you all a guide in how I go about (fake) painting in icons since my last guide has been written more than three years ago and a few things are changed since then!

I was asked specifically for these two icons here:
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These icons got the painted look from TEXTURES I&#39;ve used. Keep in mind that I really like to use the hue/saturation tool on my textures to change their colours to fit better with my works so you should do the same; I mostly use gritty coloured textures from <lj user="lookslikerain"> @ <lj user="soaked"> because a lot of those already have the painted look in them, or are just brush strokes.
In those specific icons I&#39;ve used these two textures and a variation of the first to which I changed and saturated the colors.

lookslikerain / pamkips (I think I edited the color on this one too...)
As for normal colouring, I honestly didn&#39;t do ANYTHING except fixing the caps beforehand, and maybe a vibrance layer afterward. I usually let the texture do most of the job if I&#39;m going for a faux painting feeling.

I&#39;ve prepared a collection of textures (from <lj user="lookslikerain"> only) that are my way to go when it comes to iconing with a gritty-painted texture:

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