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BATTLES!
1 icon per Doctor Who S10 episode, deadline August 31st
5 icons, deadline September 2nd
on LJ: 1 icon per Arrow episode (all seasons), deadlines monthly into November
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BATTLES!
1 icon per Doctor Who S10 episode, deadline August 31st
5 icons, deadline September 2nd
on LJ: 1 icon per Arrow episode (all seasons), deadlines monthly into November
Join our regular discussion threads:
Last icon you made
Favorite icons you've seen lately
NEW: Share your currently most-used resources
Re: LIYM
Date: 2017-08-21 10:17 pm (UTC)So apparently I still can make icons I'm happy with! \o/
I think I've found my new thing: making collage icons that don't look like it. I've wanted to icon this moment probably since the first time I've watched it. But in the shot where the initials are shown, Alex is close to the camera and with her back. So you don't see much of her and it just doesn't make for a good icon. So I capped all the best views of the whiteboard (Alex kept obscuring the text, so it needed 10 caps), made a collage (only 2 of the caps aren't visible in the final product) and put a more representative Alex from that scene in front of the board.
Took me some time getting used to the invisible-collage thing, because it felt like cheating, ha! This is manip territory and I'm more of an adjuster.
This icon was the first step. The moment where the hug looked best wasn't iconable by itself, because the Doctor's head was moving. But the hug was so sweet and I really wanted to icon it! So I dared to use the Doctor's head from a moment a few frames away from the main cap.
The next step was using more than 2 caps:
Took me 4 to put Jackie together, because in the main cap she was holding up an unsightly cigarette, so I needed a replacement shoulder. And a replacement neck, to make the shadow of her removed arm go away. And the main cap wasn't showing enough of the top of her head.
Re: LIYM
Date: 2017-08-23 08:14 pm (UTC)I love doing that, manipping things just so the scene looks better. The icon I'm using was put together from three caps, I think. :D
It's fun to see that other people do that, too. All three icons look great!