(DISCLAIMER: Everything here is to my personal opinion and not a definitive "YOU HAVE TO DO THIS" guide. These're just tips and things that I've found work for me over the years that I wanted to share.)

Hello! Welcome to the "I'm very stupid and I want to make a guide" guide I've put together! This entire thread is just gonna be me laying out how I've come to do things over the years, since every guide is kind of scattered, from over five years ago, or just not too helpful. It's always said that you should never judge a book by it's cover... but I know for a fact that you are judged on the quality of your icons and profile. I always love to help people, so I figured maybe this would help many more people by being open and available at anytime for everyone who could ever need it! All of these, for ease of access and everything... are video-based! Hopefully they should help. I checked and made sure my voice was clear, even if I fuddled words, so they should be understandable.

In these guides, I will be going over:

If it's ever required, I'll be more than happy to make addendum guides!

As said in the recoloring guide also - I love doing recolors and iconning! If you ever feel like you need help, you can reach out to me on Discord (Cereza#1987) or here on the fourms.

Did you know the forums has a "one video per post" rule hardcoded? I hate the forums. :)

Click on the titles below for links to the videos. Note, most of them are long. (Compressing is short, however.)

My copy of Paint Tool SAI, free for all who want to use it for cropping (and recoloring, potentially!): https://www.dropbox.com/s/ae11fd79g2svdcq/owo%20whats%20this.zip?dl=0

A lone .DMI with one icon, perfect for quickly making a new .DMI for your icons!: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qcftkv6543l628v/aaaaa.dmi?dl=0

Fern's (very) old GIMP recoloring guide: https://neus-projects.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=1614

Profile Beautifying Thread: https://neus-projects.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=8023