lirazel: An outdoor scene from the film Picnic at Hanging Rock ([sufbb] black knight)
lirazel ([personal profile] lirazel) wrote2012-04-08 01:23 pm

icons: first batch

First off: Happy Easter! And a belated happy Passover! And happy spring (or fall, if you're in the Southern Hempisphere)!

Now:

I will never sleep again.

Because I started making icons, y'all. MAKING ICONS. It's so addictive that I've spent hours and hours in the last couple of days thinking, "Just one more." UUUUUUGH.

Anyway! Since these are the first icons I've ever made and this is my first icon post, I'd love some feedback, even though I don't think anyone on my flist is familiar with the shows. Constructive criticism would be great, since I've been trying to teach myself with tutorials. Some of them I'm really proud of, others aren't so great, but hey: it's a start! I decided to include ones that I'm "meh" about in the interests of posterity. I'd especially love some thoughts on the ones where I didn't get the colors quite right, and if you can point me to any tutorials that are super useful, I'd greatly appreciate it.

If someone does happen to take any of these, please don't hotlink. Thanks!

Caps are by [livejournal.com profile] dangermousie, who graciously agreed to let me use them. And I copied the cropping on #1 from [livejournal.com profile] ladyofthelog (I hope she doesn't mind!).


Behind the cut:
60 icons:
57 Shut Up! Flower Boy Band icons
3 OT3 icons from Mawang
Samples:








1-5.

6-10.

11-15.

16-20.

21-25.

26-30.

31-35.

36-40.

41-45.

46-50.

51-55.

56-60.

[identity profile] penny-lane-42.livejournal.com 2012-04-09 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I really like your cropping! You have good sense for what makes an icon work.

Oh, thank you! I've found that I really enjoy cropping, so that's been fun.

OH EXCELLENT. TUTORIALS. I can't wait to check them out. I know nothing about blend modes, so these will be helpful!

fix your caps before you do anything else. You will always have to fix them. Promise

Man, this is the truth. I've been laboring over all of these, and sometimes no matter how hard I work I can't get the coloring right. Ones like 19 just KILL me!

I've actually been using gimp since even though you gave me photoshop, I'm still intimidated by it? I know where everything is in gimp. But I might have to branch out!

Thank you thank you thank you!