#ivy-vinezz tutorials

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Ivys Gif Stamp Tutorial :3

Decided to make my own tutorial on how to make gif stamps!! Lmk if any wording needs to be changed/updated or if you have any questions :)

I will be using this stamp template here, but you can use others! You will just have to figure out different resizing for the gifs if so.

Step 1: Go onto ezgif.com and click resizer

Step 2: upload your gif, and resize it to 93 x 48

Step 3: after clicking Resize image, click add image

Step 4: Extend the canvas size 1 time, then insert the overlay (the stamp template at the start of this post) and click upload image

Step 5: Set the location of the frame to 42 x 22.

Step 6: scroll all the way down, and click create animation. Afterwords, click crop.

Step 7: Click autocrop, then crop image.

Step 8: To save the gif stamp, you can hold on it if you’re on mobile, and I’m assuming you double click if your own computer. You can also click save.

Yayyyy now you have a gif stamp!

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Hello, I don’t know if I’m allowed to ask things now or if you’re too busy, but I wondered how you got the stripe texture on these stamps because it looks really nice

I also wondered where you got the transparent frame since it’s really cool too, thanks in advance!

Didn’t realize I already covered this in my stamp tutorial but just think of this one as more in depth.

I use Procreate for this tutorial, which is NOT a free app— but it works virtually the same as Ibis Paint X, which IS a free app.

PNGS YOU WILL NEED (Can work with any stamp frame, this is just for the sake of simplicity)

Add your stamp frame and stamp base to a new canvas.

2. Insert a photo of your choice! Then clip it onto the base.

3. Insert the texture lines, make sure they cover the whole base.

4. Once done adjusting, clip them onto the stamp base as well, overtop the image.

5. Change the blending layer of the lines! I like to use colourburn. Also, play with the opacity.

6. (Not a required step). Now to make the stamp frame translucent, just select it and change the blending mode! I like Soft Light or Overlay.

Boom!! :D

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Becuase @transmascgarfield deactivated and he had a very good tutorial, so I decided to make my own!

I will be using Procreate for this, which is NOT a free app, but it works almost the same as Ibis Paint X, which IS a free app.

stamp tut #2 | gif stamp tutorial | userbox tutorial

I will be using a 99x56 stamp template, show above, and a little line pattern shown above as well.

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first, insert the stamp frame into a canvas. (99x56). Make the background transparent.

copy and paste the frame to make 2 of them, as shown in my layers.

Fill the second frame layer. The colour doesn’t matter.

Then create a clipping mask and colour the whole layer. This will result in the entire frame being red.

merge the clipping layer down, and then move the entire layer under the original stamp frame.

Next, you can insert the line layer! (It’s at the top of this tutorial). Make sure it is clipped onto your bottom layer.

Underneath the lined layer, add your photos!

You can change the splice(?) of the lined layer. Making it Color Burn, Multiply, Add, etc). As well as the opacity!

Create a new clipping mask and clip it to the top stamp frame.

Adjust the colouring, splice, etc until you like it!

Boom shakalaka!!

and remember to play around!! This is just the absolute basics, but find your own style! You can change the spice of the stamp frame, which is something I do often.

If you have an questions please feel free to let me know, I’m happy to help :D

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specifically for @idog-graphics, but of course anyone can follow this tutorial!!

I will be using Procreate for this, which is NOT a free app, but it works almost the same as Ibis Paint X, which IS a free app.

userbar overlay I will be using for this tutorial ↓↓↓

First, make a canvas that is 1138x60 pixels!!

next, insert the userbar overlay! (Image at beginning of this tutorial)

Create a layer underneath and colour the whole thing.

adjust the colour layer to be just slightly smaller than the outer-rim black part of the userbar overlay. Basically, make sure the colour isn’t touching the black.

underneath THAT layer, you can colour a new layer. You don’t have to adjust this one, it should fill the entire canvas. You cant see the colour underneath right now, but you will be able to in a moment.

Select the overlay, and change the blending layer! I personally like Screen of Colour Dodge. NOW you can see the underneath layer.

Add text! I primarily use this font.

Change the colouring, blending layers, add photos, etc! Play around.

Userbar!! Yayyy :)

If you have any questions feel free to ask, I will try my best to answer!!

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Any tips for the fellas who are barely getting into making these types of web graphics? (I’m fellas)

Tips for new graphic makers!!

Honestly been meaning to make this a while myself, thanks anon for reminding me lol

Fuck around!! Genuinely. Everything is trial and error. Lots and lots of graphic making is experimental, literally just mess around. Even if it doesn’t look good, even if you don’t know what the hell you’re doing. Learning from doing is the best way to improve!

Cohesive elements. This is especially important for things like themepacks, because you want your graphic sets to flow nicely together. The best way to do this is colouring everything the same way. You can achieve this is by using PSDs (photoshop documents) or specific colour overlays. This can also be achieved by using similar elements for the entire set (lace, flowers, hearts, same font, etc).

Get inspired. No, I’m not saying COPY other creators, but taking inspo or copying techniques is totally okay! My first day on tumblr, I reached out my favourite editblr blog and asked them a bunch of stuff. It helps immensely to see how others make their graphics. Even today, I still save graphics I find cool to use the techniques or ideas as inspo later on :)

Always have overlays/background saved to your camera role. I find it SOOO annoying when I’m trying to make a graphic, and i have to go all the way back to Tumblr/pinterest to find decent overlays or pngs I can use. Instead I just have a gallery in my photos where I keep my favs. Here are the ones I use most!

well holy shit I’ve been pondering for hours on what to add next, I’m stuck. Okay here are your FOUR NOTES ON GRAPHICS MAKING YAY!!

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Ivys Userbox Tutorial!!! Yay!!!

first off, there are lots of different sizings for userboxes. I personally use one that is 640 x 172 pixels, but I’d say the most common ones are 827 x 168

the blue ones is 872 x 168, and the red one is 640 x 172. I’ll be using the red one for this tutorial.

I will be using Procreate for this tutorial, which is NOT a free app, but this tutorial should work with most drawing softwares, and I’d say Ibis Paint X is the closest to Procreate.

first, make your canvas and create a new layer and fill the entire canvas.

then, resize the layer to your liking.

erase a line a bit less than 1/3 of the rectangle. The box on the left is where your picture will go.

for the sake of simplicity, the photo box will be box A and the text box will be box B

Select box A and copy it so it has its own layer

look at the layer tab on the right of this photo, that’s what I mean.

now, you can create clipping masks for both layers.

Add whatever photos or colouring youd like!!

Smack some text on and BOOM!!! Userbox!!

yep that’s it. This tutorial is very fluid so I suggest you mess around and find a style you like. There’s no right or wrong, this was just a simple explanation.

if you need any help hit me up and I’ll try my best :D

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Can you do a tutorial on your stamps where the image kind of carries on onto the border of the stamp please? I don't think your stamp tutorial covered how to make them :,) thanks!

userbox tut | gif stamp tut

this tutorial is a direct add-on to my first stamp tutorial, please follow that one before attempting this one!

I will be using Procreate for this, which is NOT a free app, but it works almost the same as Ibis Paint X, which IS a free app.

First off, open your stamp canvas again!!

if you select the frame layer, you can choose which blending mode to set it to. Right now, it’s at normal.

Now go ahead and change the blending mode! I usually use Overlay or Soft Light, but play around and figure out what you like.

For this to look it’s best, the image has to be touching all corners of the stamp (as you can see, this picture is NOT, so that’s why there is red peaking out at the edges)

so I just went ahead and resized the image, so it reached the borders. Now you can see how it “carries” to the stamp frame.

again, PLAY AROUND!!!! I usually like turning up the lined layer for these, idk I just like the look of it more.

BOOM STAMP!!

I’ve also found doing this blending mode for pride flag stamps looks really good?? Idk that may just be my opinion lol.

unfortunately I don’t quite know how yet to use this transparent frame for a gif stamp, so if anybody knows please lmk!!

and feel free to ask any questions :)

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A brief history of DeviantArt stamps!!

by ivy-vinezz :3

Wait, what even are DeviantArt stamps?

Stamps fits into the category of “web graphics”, basically little pixels that you can put on your page. Web graphics also include blinkies, userboxes, imvu buttons, and more!

DeviantArt stamps were popularized in about 2011, on you guessed it; DeviantArt. Which, for those who don’t know— is the internets largest online art website.

Stamps were first thought of by a user who goes by TheRyanFord on DeviantArt. They are traditionally 99x56 pixels in size, and take the shape of a rectangular badge.

They were most commonly used to express your interests or things you stand for, with different texts and images being placed onto stamp templates and being distributed. You can pretty much find a stamp for anything.

Despite their limited canvas space, stamps grew extremely popular and many users found creative ways to decorate them. Stamps fit easily into any DeviantArt profile, hence making them quite popular across the website.

some examples.

Are they still popular today?

Yes!! Very much so. There are thousands more stamps out there, and are pretty well known today. Now, I was not quite old enough to use DeviantArt when stamps were in their prime, so I really couldn’t say for sure how popularized they were in the 2010s, but I think they’ve held up pretty well ever since!

Stamps have migrated and begun to exist on other websites as well, such as Tumblr! Lots of users enjoy using them on their personal websites or blogs :D

Some blogs, (such as this one), are even dedicated to making stamps and other web graphics for others!

Okay, well, where do I get these stamps?

There are tons of archives for stamps out there. Some of my favourites include sewercore, stampsetc, pixelsafari, and kopawz!

And of course, there are groups on DeviantArt just for stamps! Stamp-Heaven, StampsUnlimited, StampsUnited, and more!

Can’t forget about the Tumblr stamps :)

Can I make my own?

YESSS!! There are lots of tutorial out there, but here are mine. Stamp tutorial, gif stamp tutorial.

If you want very specific stamps but don’t want to make them, there are a whole bunch of blogs out there that will fulfill your stamos requests :)

x, x, x

Please let me know if any information in this post is wrong. I will fix it!

I know this has been made a million times, I just wanted to write my own :)