Admin Post: Welcome, iconmakers!

[tinny]

In the recent exodus from LJ, some iconmakers have completely turned their back on LJ. With this community, I'm hoping to give iconmakers a place to gather and chat, to exchange ideas and show each other our icons, and to promote any iconmaking activities going on around here.

I'm sure there are also those who are crossposting, or still actively engaged in the iconmaking community on LJ. The iconmaking community on LJ was, last I checked, determined to stay together on LJ. I support that decision. A community lives by its numbers, and the more people leave, the harder it is to keep interesting activities going. The goal of this community here is not to split the iconmaker community down the middle. So what is it? Let's find out!

To get a sense of what you would like to see, how you see this community developing, please fill out this poll:

Poll #18196 Icontalking base poll

This poll is anonymous.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 30

LJ vs DW

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DW - I have no (longer an) account on LJ and want to make icons on DW now
10 (34.5%)

LJ - I am an active iconmaker on LJ and want to stay there
2 (6.9%)

Both would be okay
17 (58.6%)

Neither (I am not an iconmaker (yet))
0 (0.0%)

Skills

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Pro - I have been doing this for more than a year
13 (43.3%)

Intermediate - I think I have medium skills
9 (30.0%)

Beginner - I am a beginner at iconmaking
6 (20.0%)

None - I want to learn how to make icons
2 (6.7%)

Other - I am not an iconmaker
0 (0.0%)

What I expect from this community

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Interaction with other iconmakers
20 (69.0%)

Finding other iconmakers to add to my circle
10 (34.5%)

An up-to-date list of active challenges on DW
25 (86.2%)

An up-to-date list of active challenges on LJ
7 (24.1%)

Icon community promos
21 (72.4%)

Icon challenges to be run here within this community
18 (62.1%)

Icon tutorials
15 (51.7%)

Concrit for my icons
7 (24.1%)

Something else I will tell you in a comment
0 (0.0%)

But of course, this is an iconTALKING community, so go ahead and talk to me! And to each other!

Feel free to promote this community to your heart's content! The more members, the merrier!
<center><img title="Icontalking banner #01" src="https://tinny.dreamwidth.org/file/10291.png"/><br><lj user=icontalking><br>A place for iconmakers to talk about icons and get up-to-date info on iconmaking activities. Join <a href=https://www.dreamwidth.org/circle/icontalking/edit>here</a>!</center>

Comments

LIYM

[tinny]

Share the last icon you made! Please indicate if you'd like to receive concrit or not.

Re: LIYM

[fueschgast]

Helloooo! I've been making icons for over a decade. I'm hoping that icons on DW will become more creative and that there'll be fandom-specific icon communities.


And here's one of the last icons I made:



Please no concrit.

Re: LIYM

[tinny]

Hello!! Me, too. :D I've just posted a progression post and had to dig through all my old icons. My earliest are from 2004. O_O

Great Ten icon! The text work is awesome, and I love how you brought out the highlights in his hair.

Re: LIYM

[fueschgast]

Heh, my earliest icons are from 2004 too. Now you only need to tell me there they were of 24. XD

Thanks! I'm proud of this one. I'm trying to improve the look of my texts and I think I'm now a bit above decent.

Re: LIYM

[tinny]

Now you only need to tell me they were of 24. XD

No, Phew. :D

Mine were mostly Angel, Alias, CSI, and Enterprise icons. I never got into 24, at least I never got very fannish about it.

I'm trying to improve the look of my texts

Text is hard, yo! If it just wasn't that much work all the time. ;D

Re: LIYM

[fueschgast]

Alias! CSI! High five! :oD

Re: LIYM

[seraphina_snape]

Love the icon! It definitely showcases The Hair - always a good thing. *g*

What kind of fandom-specific icon comms do you want to see? Because I wouldn't mind there being a Doctor Who icon community or something like that...

Re: LIYM

[fueschgast]

Pretty much every day is rad-hair day for Ten! :oD

Yeah, Doctor Who, Sherlock, Orphan Black (I'd just be happy with a general community for that show - I have nowhere to fangirl it!), and actually icon comms for all my fandoms.

Re: LIYM

[seraphina_snape]

I just hunted down my first icon post and I can say with some certainty that I've been making icons since April 10, 2006. :D I think I've come a long way since then.

Last icon made (from this batch):



Concrit is fine! Let me have it. :p

Re: LIYM

[fueschgast]

Hello there! It's a small world! XD

Re: LIYM

[tinny]

Great icon - I liked the whole set! *g*

I'm always ready to give concrit, but I can't think of anything for this icon. The coloring is beautiful, and the sharpening really good, too. It looks a bit dark on my monitor, but most icons do, so I have learned not to read too much into that.

The texture is interesting and creative and small enough not to overpower the composition.