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Date: 2017-05-14 01:18 pm (UTC)Name: Margareth
Age: 32
Place: Norway
Where do you post your icons:
Share Your Interests!
Favorite Show: The Americans. Supergirl. Steven Universe. Bates Motel. Jessica Jones. Top of the Lake.
Favorite Movie: Black Swan. Batman Returns. Galaxy Quest. Mad Max Fury Road. etc. [sneakily puts in placeholder for Wonder Woman]
Favorite Character: Joan Watson, Olivia Dunham, Sarah Connor, Selina Kyle, Kalinda Sharma.
Favorite Pairing: Not all too pairings-fixated, but will usually lean towards smoshing three people together if that's it.
Favorite Food: Chocolate is totally a food.
LET'S GET TO ICONING!!
What are your personal picks for the top 5-10 icons that you've made in the last year? (I'm taking that to mean "last 12 months")
Show us five icons that you think best represent your iconing style
Basically anything with a close-crop and as many hands in frame as possible ;)
What has inspired you this year? (techniques, subjects, challenges, other makers, etc.) Provide examples if you want.
I haven't really been in touch with the icon community much since around October, due to my workplace having very poor connection + having issues with my feet, causing me to lie on the bed whenever possible instead of sitting on the computer.
What's your favorite show and/or movie to icon and why? Recently started on Bates Motel and it's really agreeing with me. I'm very multi-fannish so I'm all over the place, but some sources give me such headaches!
Who's your favorite character to icon and why? All over the place. Badass ladies are my #1 go to though.
Closecrop or far-crop? Why? I'm completely smitten with close-cropping. I love getting in close and dealing with semi-obscured subjects.
Vibrant or muted? Why? BOTH. It very much depends on the mood I'm in atm, or the mood I'm trying to communicate.
Text or minimalistic? Why? ahaha I am the most minimalist. Whenever I try to put text on my stuff, 98% of the time it's like pooping on it.
What's your iconmaking goal this year? Just recently made my very first post of the year, so hoping that won't be an ongoing trend. There's also some shows in my life that definitely need more icons.
Let's Ask Some Questions!!
List three questions that you would like to be answered by other icon makers:
What's your favorite fonts?
What music are you listening to recently while iconning?
How long have you been making icons?
Any last words? Don't shoot!
A gif or image (or icon!) that describes you right now:
(we dock in a week so lots of stuff to do :p)
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Date: 2017-05-14 01:35 pm (UTC)Yes, I meant "the last 12 months", I guess I should rephrase that in the template.
Oh, I hadn't known about comicbook_icons! I'll add it to the list of DW communities right away! Thank you!
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Date: 2017-05-14 06:48 pm (UTC)Name: sera
Age: 33
Place: Germany
Where do you post your icons:
Share Your Interests!
Favorite Show: Leverage, The Librarians, some Teen Wolf, some Person of Interest, a few (dozen) others :p
Favorite Movie: Jurassic Park
Favorite Character: Parker from Leverage *glances at icon*
Favorite Pairing: too many to count
Favorite Food: Pasta.
LET'S GET TO ICONING!!
What are your personal picks for the top 5-10 icons that you've made in the last 12 months?
Show us five icons that you think best represent your iconing style
What has inspired you over the last 12 months? (techniques, subjects, challenges, other makers, etc.) Provide examples if you want.
see above. I really like fake backgrounds and negative space. :D
What's your favorite show and/or movie to icon and why?
Who's your favorite character to icon and why? Parker from Leverage. Because I love her. ♥ (But also because she gets to wear it all - slinky dress, plaid and jeans, weird duck singer costume...so many possibilities! - and she makes amazing faces sometimes.)
Closecrop or far-crop? Why? I think it depends on the screencap, but I generally favour the far-crop. Probably because you can't get much negative space into an icon if it's all face. :p
Vibrant or muted? Why? Somewhere in between? Muted can be cool and vibrant can be cool, but I tend to stick to the middle ground of bright and clear colours (but not over the top vibrant or dark and muted).
Text or minimalistic? Why? Text is for other people. :/
What's your current iconmaking goal? To experiment more with colourful textures. I've been trying to use more textures and use more colourful textures.
Let's Ask Some Questions!!
List three questions that you would like to be answered by other icon makers:
Have you used different programs to make your icons or have you stuck with one throughout?
Do you get your stock images from a specific site or do you just use google images?
Which part of the icon-making process takes you the longest?
Any last words? I watched Guardians of the Galaxy 2 yesterday, so all day I've been randomly squeeing as I remembered BAAAAABY GROOOOOOT! ♥
A gif or image (or icon!) that describes you right now:
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Date: 2017-05-14 06:57 pm (UTC)What's your favorite fonts?
I really like A Love of Thunder - it works pretty great at 8pt or 10pt. I also like God Bless America (awful font name, btw), but it's not a good one for icons since it gets harder to read the smaller you make it. (I was going to add Helsinki to this, but then I saw that it looks slightly different these days than my old version. I'm not very font of the "imrpovement".)
What music are you listening to recently while iconning?
I usually watch documentaries on the side and listen to David Attenborough or Other British Guys talk about animals and nature. Very soothing. *g*
How long have you been making icons?
For over ten years. I think maybe since 2005? Somewhere around then.
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Date: 2017-05-14 07:49 pm (UTC)Sooo, now I collected the fonts, I can answer your questions. *g*
The font question is great! My three fave fonts for iconmaking are
Clean and easily readable even at small sizes.
Unusual handwritten font that is bold enough to still be readable at small sizes.
And because I am a huge fan of handwritten fonts, another one:
This one needs to be a bit bigger, but it's very condensed, so still fits nicely onto icons. All of Kimberley Geswein's fonts are great, I love them!
What music are you listening to recently while iconning?
Uuuh, none, actually. I like it quiet when I "work".
How long have you been making icons?
I started when I joined LJ in 2003. So... 14 years? Eeek.
I made between 100 and 200 icons a year for a while.
I've really only started doing it *a lot* in 2014, which is when I rediscovered the iconmaking scene, participated in lots of challenges, and really started developing my skills.
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Date: 2017-05-15 06:33 pm (UTC)Name: Andrea
Age: 34
Place: Georgia, USA
Where do you post your icons: So far just on LJ on
Share Your Interests!
Favorite Show: I watch LOTS of shows, you can see them all in my bio, but my favorite show just got canceled (Emerald City). So now it's probably Timeless.
Favorite Movie: Only one?? I love The Wizard of Oz, Labyrinth, Dark City, Pan's Labyrinth, ...probably too many to list. :)
Favorite Character: Hmm. Don't really have one. I mean, I have favorites in my shows/movies, but not just an all time fave.
Favorite Pairing: Same as above
Favorite Food: Grilled cheese, mac & cheese... cheese :)
LET'S GET TO ICONING!!
What are your personal picks for the top 5-10 icons that you've made in the last 12 months?
Show us five icons that you think best represent your iconing style Those are probably it. I haven't made many recently. :(
What has inspired you over the last 12 months? (techniques, subjects, challenges, other makers, etc.) Provide examples if you want. Um, I mostly just wing it. I haven't been a part of a community for very long. I was inspired by
What's your favorite show and/or movie to icon and why? Usually whatever show I'm really into at the time.
Who's your favorite character to icon and why? Anyone that has good facial expressions
Closecrop or far-crop? Why? Depends on what I'm going for
Vibrant or muted? Why? I love vibrant icons, but muted has it's place too.
Text or minimalistic? Why? I'm a sucker for text. Not super good with it yet, but I love adding quotes on my icons.
What's your current icon making goal? No real goal, just to get better overall. Learn how things work.
Let's Ask Some Questions!!
List three questions that you would like to be answered by other icon makers: Can't think of any right now. :/
Any last words? Concrit is always appreciated! It helps me learn! :)
A gif or image (or icon!) that describes you right now:
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Date: 2017-05-16 06:00 am (UTC)Name: Danielle
Age: Older than Photoshop, that's for sure.
Place: Australia
Where do you post your icons: Tinypic or Dreamwidth
Share Your Interests!
Favorite Show: Person of Interest, but it'll change in five minutes.
Favorite Movie: Captain America: Winter Soldier
Favorite Character: ... I can't even with this! There are too many.
Favorite Pairing: Root/Shaw, Steve/Bucky
Favorite Food: ...I mean, it's easier to ask what I don't like: rhubarb
LET'S GET TO ICONING!!
What are your personal picks for the top 5-10 icons that you've made in the last 12 months?
I'd be really surprised if I made 5 icons in the last twelve months.. Let's see...
Show us five icons that you think best represent your iconing style
I really like colour and texture...
What has inspired you over the last 12 months? (techniques, subjects, challenges, other makers, etc.) Provide examples if you want. The increase in iconning activity over here on Dreamwidth, to be honest. I'd sort of dropped back to just making icons for my own use for the last few years.
What's your favorite show and/or movie to icon and why? At the moment, Person of Interest, because the screenshots show how well each frame is composed. It's a really pretty show with really pretty people.
Who's your favorite character to icon and why? There's so many. But I've noticed that Jum Caviezel often has his eyes closed or is looking down in screensots, and wow, that man has pretty eyelashes.
Closecrop or far-crop? Why? Close. Because ~drama.
Vibrant or muted? Why? Vibrant. Because you should use all the colours in the box.
Text or minimalistic? Why? For my own use, I usually leave mine textless, because it's hard to figure out what you want an icon to say, that you'll keep wanting it to say forever. But then sometimes the perfect phrase grabs you.
What's your current iconmaking goal? Get better at colouring, figure out curves. Get more imaginative with crops. MAKE MORE ICONS omg.
Let's Ask Some Questions!!
List three questions that you would like to be answered by other icon makers:
What even are curves? How do they work?
Can I make gifs with PS Elements? (I think I can with the latest version? But how?)
Um, I think that's actually four questions.
Any last words? Whale hello there!
A gif or image (or icon!) that describes you right now:
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Date: 2017-05-16 07:47 am (UTC)Yay, would love to have more peeps around =)
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Date: 2017-05-16 07:49 am (UTC)Thanks for the font tips <3 I swear I'll give text a proper try one of these days lol
oooh that is a grand idea! I'm finding the very thought of it relaxing.
*oldies high-five*
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Date: 2017-05-16 09:56 am (UTC)Have you used different programs to make your icons or have you stuck with one throughout?
Photoshop from beginning to end.
Do you get your stock images from a specific site or do you just use google images?
If I'm doing pasted backgrounds, it's usually taken from the same source I'm iconning, textures from texture packs, gradients, or I paint in whatever color I want. Think I can count on my fingers the amount fo times I've used stock, and then google is my pal.
Which part of the icon-making process takes you the longest?
Unless I'm cropping the item out, it's usually whenever I get stuck and can't get the coloring to work/icon won't pop.
Looking forward to tiny Groot when I come home!
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Date: 2017-05-17 07:23 pm (UTC)Have you used different programs to make your icons or have you stuck with one throughout?
I've only ever used Photoshop. I own an old version and wouldn't give that up for the world. As long as that works, I'm sticking with it.
Do you get your stock images from a specific site or do you just use google images?
I sometimes got a few from challenge posts, but usually I google. But then, I don't often use stock as background. I'm more of a paint-textures person. :)
Which part of the icon-making process takes you the longest?
Oh, good question. Masking the subject takes a bit of time, but I'm usually still motivated at that point and don't notice if it takes long. Text always takes ages, too. I still feel that the middle part (coloring and layering and textures) takes the most time. Useless answer is useless. Oops.
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Date: 2017-05-17 07:24 pm (UTC)Happy to hear that I inspired something in your iconmaking process!
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Date: 2017-05-17 07:36 pm (UTC)Priceless! :DDD
The increase in iconning activity over here on Dreamwidth, to be honest. I'd sort of dropped back to just making icons for my own use for the last few years.
That's awesome to hear! I'm really happy to see how well this comm was received, and that there are quite a few iconmakers on DW now.
I've noticed that Jum Caviezel often has his eyes closed or is looking down in screensots, and wow, that man has pretty eyelashes.
So true!
it's hard to figure out what you want an icon to say, that you'll keep wanting it to say forever
That's the reason I don't go for tattoos, but I think my icons have quite a bit less life expectancy than that. ;D
That said, I find it exceedingly hard to pick the right words to go on an icon.
What even are curves? How do they work?
Is that a serious question? Because I have a pretty good tutorial for that:
http://mirrorskies.livejournal.com/27585.html
(I have a ton of tutorials, I guess I'll start posting here at this comm at some point.)
Can I make gifs with PS Elements? (I think I can with the latest version? But how?)
I don't have the slightest clue what Elements can or can't do. But I guess if it has an "Animation" view, then yes?
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Date: 2017-05-18 10:33 am (UTC)I found livejournal in 2007 because of the Buffy comics, so you've got a few years on me hehe. But I guess in internet-age we're both pretty ancient ;)
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Date: 2017-05-19 08:24 am (UTC)Elements is Photoshop's lite program, and I really should change up to the real deal, but I'm so used to it now. *sighs* I need to bump myself out of my comfort zone in many ways.
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Date: 2017-05-19 09:10 pm (UTC)Name: I'd rather just stick with Sheliak! I still feel a little weird about using my real name online.
Age: 20s
Place: California, USA
Where do you post your icons: sheliak.dreamwidth.org/tag/icons
Share Your Interests!
Favorite Show: I'm not really watching anything at the moment! Past favorites include Warehouse 13, Eureka, and Star Trek: Voyager, although I was never exactly in the fandom for any of them. (I'm more into books and comics.)
Favorite Movie: Depends on the criteria! Prettiest: Howl's Moving Castle. Most frequently rewatched: err, Muppet Treasure Island, probably.
Favorite Character: I have a lot of favorites! One of the most enduring is Nightcrawler from the X-Men.
Favorite Pairing: Zaki/Chacha, from Yumi Tamura's Basara.
Favorite Food: Avgolemono soup
LET'S GET TO ICONING!!
What are your personal picks for the top 5-10 icons that you've made in the last year?
I started about a month ago, so...
Show us five icons that you think best represent your iconing style:
Again, I started pretty recently, so here's a few just picked at random:
What has inspired you this year? (techniques, subjects, challenges, other makers, etc.) Provide examples if you want. Well, I was inspired to start making icons when I got this account and realized I had fifteen icon slots to fill, so there's that!
What's your favorite show and/or movie to icon and why? I'm actually working mostly with books—covers and interior illustrations. I'll probably branch into comics before I start on shows and movies. Currently I'm mostly working with the old John R. Neill illustrations of the Oz books—I'm very fond of them, so at least I get to stare at some of my favorite art while I make my mistakes!
Who's your favorite character to icon and why? Too soon to say! So far the two characters I've made the most icons of are Marla Mason (the lady with the cards) and Princess Ozma. But that's mostly a matter of having a lot of nice art of them to play with!
Closecrop or far-crop? Why? So far most of my icons have been close-ups, but I think that's largely an artifact of the starting medium—since I've been working with a lot of book covers, well, crop too wide and you run into the text! I've gone for far-crops when possible, except when that loses too much detail. So... still figuring things out, I guess?
Vibrant or muted? Why? Again, I'm new and not really comfortable doing color manipulations just yet! I have a weakness for black-and-white lineart icons, though.
Text or minimalistic? Why? Minimalistic so far—I'm really a beginner! I'm not really confidant in my ability to make text look good. I don't know what I'll prefer when I've got more experience.
What's your iconmaking goal this year? Learn to use GIMP better, and to add text to icons in a way that doesn't look terrible. Pretty modest goals, I think!
Let's Ask Some Questions!!
List three questions that you would like to be answered by other icon makers:
1) Recs for communities to post/link my icons?
2) Any advice for a beginner in GIMP?
3) Color manipulation? Help? Please?
Any last words?
Hi! (That counts, right?)
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Date: 2017-05-20 01:24 pm (UTC)Name: I go by Tako online
Age: 28
Place: U.S.
Where do you post your icons:
Share Your Interests!
Favorite Show: Shows don't really stick with me long. My most recent obsession was Revenge. Right now I'm watching Steven Universe and Detective Conan.
Favorite Movie: Animated films, like Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pinocchio, Brother Bear, Last Unicorn, Swan Princess, Kiki's Delivery Service
Favorite Game: I'm adding this because games are my current obsession. I like Square's Mana series, Chrono Trigger/Cross, Final Fantasy (favorites are FFVI, FFX, and FFT), Kingdom Hearts. Soul Calibur, Puyo Puyo.
Favorite Character: This is hard so I'm going to name a character archetype I like and some characters who fit that: stuck-up, self-absorbed, queen-bee female characters who have antagonistic relationships with the main character but end up being reliable allies when the going gets tough. Examples: Vidia from the Disney Fairies series, Rulue from Puyo Puyo, Georgette from Oliver & Company, Cordelia from Buffy, etc.
Favorite Pairing: Seong Mi-na/Yun-seong from Soul Calibur
Favorite Food: Japanese-style curry
LET'S GET TO ICONING!!
What are your personal picks for the top 5-10 icons that you've made in the last 12 months?
I haven't made icons for like 5 years (!!), so I'm just going to pick from what I did ~5 years ago.
Show us five icons that you think best represent your iconing style
Light blobs, gradients, textures, playing around with text (esp. if the text is kind of silly)
What has inspired you over the last 12 months? (techniques, subjects, challenges, other makers, etc.) Provide examples if you want. Haven't had much inspiration for years orz But it's really nice that there's an icon-making community on Dreamwidth.
What's your favorite show and/or movie to icon and why? Sleeping Beauty is always a delight to icon because the art in that movie is so stunning. I'm so glad it's been remastered on Blu-ray!
Who's your favorite character to icon and why? Don't really have one...
Closecrop or far-crop? Why? Ahhh, I like both! I guess I do more far crops though. Close crops are hard without making the character look grainy, I think.
Vibrant or muted? Why? Vibrant because I like RAINBOWS
Text or minimalistic? Why? I like both. More of my icons are minimalistic, but I enjoy messing around with text -- I find it refreshingly challenging picking out fonts and laying out all the text
What's your current iconmaking goal? Make more video game icons, especially for my current obsession (Seiken Densetsu)
Let's Ask Some Questions!!
List three questions that you would like to be answered by other icon makers:
1. Do you like icon contests?
2. If so, what format is your favorite (regular contests, LIMS, rumbles, battles, etc.)?
3. Do you use Tumblr?
Any last words? He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the Holy Grail in the castle of arghhhhhhhh
A gif or image (or icon!) that describes you right now:
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Date: 2017-05-20 07:12 pm (UTC)Name: Teyla
Age: 30
Place: Germany
Where do you post your icons: On my journal! I never managed to properly get into the icon maker community; I just dabble on and off. I used to crosspost to various comms, but I've been away from LJ/DW for a while, so that was a long time ago.
Share Your Interests!
Favorite Show: The Thick of It, Doctor Who, Due South, Sense8, Community ... generally if it's British, Netflix, and/or quirky, I'll enjoy it.
Favorite Movie: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Quest for the Holy Grail, Kill Bill ... others. ;)
Favorite Character: Tenth Doctor, Jamie MacDonald, Hernando Fuentes, Dana Scully, Alison Hendrix, Ray Kowalski, Abed Nadir. Can't list them all!
Favorite Pairing: Right now, it's Malcolm/Jamie from The Thick of It. But it changes.
Favorite Food: a traditional German dish that involves Sauerkraut and various meats. It looks gross as hell but it's fucking delicious.
LET'S GET TO ICONING!!
What are your personal picks for the top 5-10 icons that you've made in the last 12 months?
I have not made many icons in the past 12 months, because as I said, I've been away from LJ/DW and so haven't felt the need or inspiration. But here's a selection of five icons out of the fifteen that I've made recently that I think work quite well.
Show us five icons that you think best represent your iconing style
I don't know if I have an iconing style. These five at least feature elements and techniques I like to use: grid patterns, blurry and low sat, far crops, off-center subject, and color blocking.
What has inspired you over the last 12 months? (techniques, subjects, challenges, other makers, etc.) Provide examples if you want.
Hm. I've been talking to
What's your favorite show and/or movie to icon and why?
Doctor Who! I suppose because it's so versatile? They have everything (or, well, everything except non-white people, though that's hopefully changing). But when it comes to periodical or science fiction visuals, space or Earth, indoors or outdoors--it's all in there.
Who's your favorite character to icon and why?
I'm not sure. At the moment I quite enjoy iconing Peter Capaldi's various characters. He's got a great, expressive face. I used to icon David Tennant a lot, and John Simm, and Tim Roth ... I suppose I enjoy iconing British men with expressive faces. ;)
Closecrop or far-crop? Why?
Far crop! I don't know why, it doesn't make much sense, given the format. But it's rare that I look at a screencap and want to do a close crop. I suppose I enjoy the challenge of making a far crop look good in such a tiny format.
Vibrant or muted? Why?
I do actually quite like vibrant icons, but as for what I make myself, it's mostly quite muted. I think I'm a bit scared of colors--I have this issue when I draw, too; I never make the colors strong enough.
Text or minimalistic? Why?
Hmm. Both? I enjoy both visually. For making it myself, I suppose I prefer textless, because I find putting text into icons and making it look good really hard. Also, it's difficult to find a quote that fits.
What's your current iconmaking goal?
Maybe participate in some challenges? I'd like to hear what iconmakers in the community think of my icons; I've only ever posted on my journal, so I've rarely gotten concrit from actual icon makers (with the exception of
Let's Ask Some Questions!!
List three questions that you would like to be answered by other icon makers:
- Which Photoshop/ Gimp tool do you use most when you icon?
- How many textures do you use per icon (on average)?
- What's your favorite adjustment layer?
Any last words?
Sorry that I'm so late entering this meme! I've been quite busy the past few weeks, so I'm very slow in keeping up with the f-list right now.
A gif or image (or icon!) that describes you right now:
Mostly because as I said, I've been quite busy--also it's funny, and I just watched the Sense8 episode where Sylvester McCoy shows up for the first time, and I love him so much.
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Date: 2017-05-20 07:28 pm (UTC)That is such a great idea! Ngh.
Have you used different programs to make your icons or have you stuck with one throughout?
I used to work in GIMP; am now using CS5 (Photoshop). I did actually quite enjoy GIMP; the only thing that program can't really handle is text. Or at least I've never figured out how to make text look good in GIMP. It's the main reason I switched.
Do you get your stock images from a specific site or do you just use google images?
Google Images. I get my textures from Google Images, too, most of the time ... or, well. DeviantArt via Google Images.
Which part of the icon-making process takes you the longest?
Deciding on the color scheme/ main texture. I will go through four or five background textures, and various adjustments for each, before I find the one I like. It's difficult.
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Date: 2017-05-20 07:37 pm (UTC)Omg I know exactly what you mean. Text is so hard! D:
What's your favorite fonts?
As I am scared of putting text on anything, I don't use fonts a lot. But when I do need to use one, 9 times out of 10 I will go for a sans-serif.
What music are you listening to recently while iconning?
I've been listening to The Dreadnoughts a lot after finding them on Spotify while looking for Flogging Molly.
How long have you been making icons?
I had to go look at my journal to figure that out, but apparently since 2007! They were even animated ones. ;)
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Date: 2017-05-21 05:15 am (UTC)it's usually whenever I get stuck and can't get the coloring to work/icon won't pop.
Oh yeah. I hate it when the colouring won't work the way you want it to. I usually end up with 20+ different layers of colours set to various blend modes and it's so frustrating when it's almost right, but the second you adjust the opacity into either direction, it's just WRONG. Argh!
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Date: 2017-05-21 05:18 am (UTC)I own an old version and wouldn't give that up for the world. As long as that works, I'm sticking with it.
The same way I feel about my Paintshop. My version is also an old one that I've had forever - I'd hate having to switch to a newer version.
Text always takes ages, too.
Text is evil. I'm in awe of people who can make text look good without even trying. I spend ages on text and it still looks like I spent barely a minute slapping some words on an icon. So frustrating!
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Date: 2017-05-21 05:24 am (UTC)I've tried using GIMP and couldn't really get things to work like I wanted to. Probably because I tried doing everything the way I do it with Paintshop, but obviously it's not the same so things don't translate exactly.
Oh yeah, Google Images can be really useful if you need a particular type of texture.
I will go through four or five background textures, and various adjustments for each, before I find the one I like.
I know what you mean. Sometimes I layer my textures and start erasing bits I don't want from each of them until I have a mishmash that finally looks the way I want it to. *g*
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Date: 2017-05-21 05:40 am (UTC)And I think they use a lot of colours as well, so apart from the dark/gritty icons from some of the scenes, you also get icons with beautiful, vibrant colours.
Which Photoshop/ Gimp tool do you use most when you icon?
PaintshopPro (which I use) lets you record scripts, so that's what I use most often. I have several saved scripts of the basic steps of icon making (so brightness/contrast/basic colouring) and I pick one depending on my screencap. It cuts the time I spend making a possibly dark or overly orange-y screencap into a good icon base down to almost nothing.
How many textures do you use per icon (on average)?
I guess about two. There are some icons where I don't use any textures at all, just colour layers. And sometimes I end up with ten textures, partly erased and modified because they just need to be on that one spot in the corner but then there are four more for the rest of the icon. But that's the exception rather than the rule. So generally about two.
(I just checked the last five icons I made and the average was indeed two textures per icon.)
What's your favorite adjustment layer?
I don't know about favourite, but the ones I most often use are Curves and Levels to adjust brightness and to lighten up dark bases.
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Date: 2017-05-21 05:52 am (UTC)1. Do you like icon contests?
It depends. Icon contests can be fun if the theme appeals to me and if they are challenging me to do new things. But if the same people win every single round, I tend to get bored with them.
2. If so, what format is your favorite (regular contests, LIMS, rumbles, battles, etc.)?
I don't know if I have a favourite. Probably not LIMS. I quite like the format of [Bad username or unknown identity: iconthat"]. Everybody posts their icons for a set theme and at the end there's a voting and a new round starts. Ages ago pretty much every fandom had their own weekly icontests where icons were submitted anonymously for voting. Not many of them are still around, but I did enjoy them.
3. Do you use Tumblr?
Yes. Sort of. I stop by once a week or so and load up my queue. Not because I don't want to be there every day, but because I don't have time to disappear down the tumblr sinkhole every day. It's so easy to "just quickly check my dash after I get home from work" and then suddenly it's eleven pm and I haven't done laundry or unloaded the dishwasher or done anything else at all.