Alright, Pala. I know I told you just a few days ago that I wouldn't be posting around here, lol, but you opened up your gallery, so... I'm kinda obligated to leave you some input, haha.
Charmed to have been the reason you made your first post.
Okay. Sorry for not quoting the whole posts, I like to clip things. <_<
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two icons, for example. Right next to one another, both similar in composition. However, the one on the left is the weaker of the two. It seems over sharpened, over contrasted, and overworked. Whereas the right one is much softer, easier on the eyes, and displays real mindfulness for the subject. I'm wondering why you made some of the stylistic choices you did with the left one when, in comparison, the similar icon on the right was executed so well. Just experimenting?
Yes, these were experiments back when I was playing on GIMP. I didn't know how to sharpen on there at first, so those two were kind of... eh. I remember trying to remake them, but kind of failed, aha. GIMP didn't really give me much sharpening when I had to downsize, and I wouldn't be caught dead using those icons, tbh.
Well, here's for my first ion dump of the month!
---> November Update: Lots of Yu Gi Oh?
This month, you'll probably see a hell of a lot of Yu Gi Oh icons, but not a lot... of icons, perse. This will probably be a short update since I haven't made as many this month. I've run out of characters now. You'd think that's impossible, but there are only so many icons I can do. It kind of sucks I've been stuck lately. Going to try and make two a day again when I can get back into my groove. This month, I've kind of taken a break, I guess? But I've been playing around with effects like glow a lot, so you'll see this in some of them. White backgrounds are kind of boring, so I spruce them up. I tried to do less center crops since Anton keeps saying "LESS CENTER CROPS!11!!!" So, I gave it a go, but I didn't get far... yeah, this is going to be a very tiny update. Sorry! D: Mostly the same characters, too. I'll add up my total when I'm done to see how many I have now. I only did manipulations and screenshots this month, so nothing really fun with vectors... man, I need new anime to icon. u_u I AM INCLUDING MY SLIPUPS. I HAVE A FEW, AND I'LL PROBABLY EXPLAIN THE ONE SLIPUP ICON I HAVE IN HERE.
---> Manipulations.
Okay, the slipup:
This one, I don't know what happened, color erased, and the crop was overall kind of... bad. But, I like the red I tried to add to it.
Anyway.
Total:
45.
Well, adding to this, we have:
747 icons.
I'm having a little too much fun with effects... yikes. But, I'm getting a little better at it, I guess? As you can see, the icon I'm currently using is my definite favorite of this set of 45. I'm willing to give any of these away
except the Yu Gi Oh ones. If you use them, ask me first. If you need any sources, I used the same ones, and if I had time to go look for all 45, I'd go do it now, but same sources as I listed in the OP. The Owari no Seraph one was a screenshot I compiled, so that one is on me. I feel like I've been coloring too much this month, though, for my next update I'm going to try to desaturate, maybe? Also, the one of Lucy, I used a filter called "glowing edges." I like it, and plan to use it again.
Anyway, point out your favorites, and point out the ones I could have done better on.
I've... been feeling kind of bad lately, so I don't know how many icons I'll be willing to make during this month. We'll see.
Okay, off I go to hunt for the Millennium Puzzle.