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Customization of icons in general:

Icons are taken from Cappuccicons. To customize them, find an icon you like from the Cappuccicons page; then, insert the text name of that icon into an icon field, following the pattern of the pre-filled icons.

For example, the screenshots above use "flash-o" and "paw" for "Main Theme Icon". They're visible just under the navigation (and in place of the color mode toggle, if it's disabled).

Make sure you DON'T include quotes around the name! Write flash-o and not "flash-o" in the relevant fields.

Customization of custom pages/navigation:

For the navigation under the description box, you can choose to use either (1) the inbuilt Tumblr pages or (2) manually enter links using the fields provided in the theme options.

To use option 1, turn "Standard navigation icons" on., then add links using Tumblr's "add a page" option (see here for a guide).

This method technically allows for infinite links; however, I strongly recommend you have only 8 or fewer links, so that they don't overflow the sidebar.

All links will use the same icon, the one listed in the "Standard navigation icon" text field ("link" by default).

The text entered in "Show a link to this page" will appear as a tooltip on the link when it's hovered on.

To use option 2, turn "Standard navigation icons" off, and add links using the "Page # link/label/icon" fields in the Customize menu.

This method lets you add only up to 8 links, but you can give each one its own icon using the corresponding "Page # icon" field.

The text in "Page # label" will appear as a tooltip on the link when it's hovered on.

Navigation items only appear if the "Page # link" field is filled in.

Note that your text should not have a lot of anti-aliasing, so using a paint brush to start isn't going to work well with this method. Just use the standard G-Pen if you're doing this by hand, or, just use the text tool and whichever font you prefer.

Once that's done, take your magic wand tool, and select all the black. Here are the magic wand settings I'm using to make the selections:

All selected?

Good.

Now, find a brush with a scattering/tone scraping effect. I use one like this.

You can theoretically use any colors you want for this next part, but I'd recommend pastels as they tend to blend better.

Either way, let's add some color to the text.

Once that's finished,

You're going to want to go to Layer Property, and Border Effect

You'll be given an option of choosing color and thickness. Choose black, and go for at least a 5 in thickness. Adjust per your own preferences.

Now create a layer beneath your sig layer, and merge the sig down onto the blank layer.

This effectively 'locks in' the border effect, which is exactly what we want.

Hooray, you've finished your watermark!

Now let's place that bad boy into your finished piece.

You'll get the best mileage out of a mark if you can place it over a spot that isn't black of white, since you'll get better blending options that way. My preference is for Overlay.

From here, I'll adjust the opacity to around 20-25, depending on the image.

If you don't have a spot to use overlay, however, there's a couple other options. For white, there's Linear Burn, which imho doesn't look as good, but it still works in a pinch.

And for lots of black, you have Linear Light

Either way, you're in business!

As a note, I know it's a bummer for some people to "ruin" their work with watermarks, which is part of the reason I developed this mark in particular. Its disruption is about as minimal as I can make it while still being effective.