i'm no superman

[champagnepapi]

Wow, really nice gallery here, Hiiro.
Especially the shimama icon, I really hope to see more from you ^_^

 

[derozio]

You know I've always been a fan of your icons, right Shivi? These new ones aren't exceptions. They're pretty awesome. Both the TT and the silk flower icons look 00ber cool. <333

And that profile background looks pretty sick. Maybe a little empty for my tastes but yeah, still a nice one.

https://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Quick_Kid/Revamp 2010/LenandRin2.png
The small text thingy in this ^ one bugs me, though. But that's probably just me. I don't really know much as far as icons go, after all.

Overall, I'd say you've got some sick works here. You're really much ahead of me in terms of gfx, shivi. ;_;

 

[fluid]

Youre talented. The graphics look great.
Cool presentation.
(I like the t-tower xD)

 

[Oblivíon1]

Impressive work I must say. I love finding icons on places like LiveJournal that are up to this kind of standard. Keep it up!

 

[moments.]

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These are amazing! I must say I am rather jealous of your skills with using composition and different layouts and styles in your icons, I generally just put down a stock and go adjustments, which rarely ever works that well...

Your knack for both placement and colouring is incredible, and I think would pay off to do more tags or LPs or things other than icons.

Anyways, there isn't much I can really add to that because I'm not really an icon person, so constructive criticism is beyond me. xP But seriously, keep experimenting and doing different things with the icons, it's refreshing to see icons that are actually different to most of the other ones.

 

[Guy]

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Overall, I'd say you've got some sick works here. You're really much ahead of me in terms of gfx, shivi. ;_;

Haha, thanks for the compliment there, Dez. If you keep practicing, I'm sure you'll catch up to me, if you really think I'm ahead of you in terms of graphics I don't see it, but okay. XD;

Impressive work I must say. I love finding icons on places like LiveJournal that are up to this kind of standard. Keep it up!

Wow, thank you. I don't see myself up to LJ standards yet, but the words are very much appreciated, and I'll keep working at it most definitely.

TeenTitanSilhouette.png
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These are amazing! I must say I am rather jealous of your skills with using composition and different layouts and styles in your icons, I generally just put down a stock and go adjustments, which rarely ever works that well...

Your knack for both placement and colouring is incredible, and I think would pay off to do more tags or LPs or things other than icons.

Anyways, there isn't much I can really add to that because I'm not really an icon person, so constructive criticism is beyond me. xP But seriously, keep experimenting and doing different things with the icons, it's refreshing to see icons that are actually different to most of the other ones.

Yeah, I'd really like to start tackling tags and LP's again. They allow me to challenge myself with more space and styles compared to icons. I've tried a few times to get myself into them again, but every time I start one, right in the middle of it, I feel very unsatisfied with how it's turning out. Like it doesn't appeal to me. :\

I guess, I'm just going to have to really set my mind to doing them, finish it, and have you guys criticize it for me though. n__n;

...and thank you for the compliments!

After browsing LJ for some inspiration on what to make, I came across a lot of great Kingdom Heart icons. Got me in the ropes to try some myself, so I went hunting for some new textures and cut scenes from Kingdom Hearts, and I went to work! This is what I did today:

 

[Regeneration]

Oh Gawd. I totally envy your icon making skills. I need to take tutorials from you. :>

These two being my favourites of the lot:

The icons under the miscellaneous category are simply awe inspiring. :shocked:

 

[abnegation]

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Just going to comment on these. Stuck some numbers beside them so that I could refer to certain ones.

1: The icon itself, is too dark, nice to see you brought out the blues, but you brought them out way too much, the cyans and blues have little contrast with the rest of the icon and it just looks too crowded. It lacks depth in this sense and you need to work on what colours you're going to bring out. Also sharpening and blurring would be nice. You don't always need to go with the obvious when making icons, don't be afraid to go wild with colours and change it completely.

2: The idea is nice, as is the position, to a degree. I think you could have made the stock smaller to make this one stand out more. Again though, overkill on the blues, there's too much navy on the top left and it really kills it. The texture is kind of meh, to be honest. It doesn't suit the icon, you might have been better with some lightning type textures of the same colour.

3 & 4: The colours feel a little washed out, as they do in most of the icons. I also think that it lowers the quality a little bit. Not sure what you're doing to make it happen, but you can show me on MSN. The text looks a little blurry too which is a big no no.

5: I like it, but again, it feels a little dark and the quality could have been improved here.

6: Probably my favourite of the lot, only thing I'd change would be the background, if it was creamy or lighter colour, it would be much better.

7 - 11: These are nice, I like the style. However, like I said, don't be afraid to go all out with colour, try going with what's not obvious and change the colours completely. But, lacking a little depth and contrast here. So look back on previous crit to see what I mean.

12 - 14: Not loving the monotone of the gray borders. You should really think about going with some other border texture, but the text is boring to be honest, especially since you used lorem ipsum. I'll give you some textures, if you're looking to go with this style.