I use Photoshop Elements (I have 7 at the moment). I have two plugins I use most of the time and just started using textures and stuff (thanks to a challenge at a comm).
This is one I use a lot to do coloring: http://www.redpawmedia.com/processfx.html
And this one: http://www.optikvervelabs.com/virtualphotographer.asp I use for a ton of effects.
Those are the two I use on almost every icon I make. Then I use some other techniques I've picked up doing scrapbooking. And now with textures that I either make or download.
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I use Photoshop Elements (I have 7 at the moment). I have two plugins I use most of the time and just started using textures and stuff (thanks to a challenge at a comm).
This is one I use a lot to do coloring: http://www.redpawmedia.com/processfx.html
And this one: http://www.optikvervelabs.com/virtualphotographer.asp I use for a ton of effects.
Those are the two I use on almost every icon I make. Then I use some other techniques I've picked up doing scrapbooking. And now with textures that I either make or download.