As a whole I think your iconing took a great turn since that Downton batch you made for tv20in20. Not trying to blow my own trumpet but I agree. Between that and the mammoth DA batch that I did around the same time, I've certainly gotten a lot more adventurous with what I try to do =D
I'm so glad you picked out #3, because I worked forEVER on that one (well, as much as forever can be when you do your entry in a day... =P) and I tried really hard to get colours that worked =D
I take it you like the greens then...? Actually, a lot of the icons you singled out there use the same texture. 2, 6, 8 and 20 for certain, and the one I'm using here, but I know there are more. 22 actually uses a texture (I still haven't figured out what a gradient is...), I think it's by trapne.
I'm surprised you think 7 looks too blurry - I think it's one of the 'crispy' ones! And yeah, I need to work on balancing the sharpness. Some of these were better before (a couple of the blurry ones were sharper before, but I had to resize them slightly and paint de-sharpened them in the process, god knows why) but on the whole I need to be more careful. Especially with the oversharpening...
Heh heh, 6 isone of the icons I'm not so keen on, for the exact reason that you seem to like it! I'm not a fan of the lightblob/textures on that one =P And yeah, I agree with you on 7 and 17. 17 was particularly difficult because I changed the colouring quite a bit from the original icon, and when I put a texture over it, Ron's side looked how I wanted it to, but Hermione's wouldn't work whatever I tried, so in the end I basically gave up... Oops.
And hey, don't apologise! After I basically ripped into you (sorry!!!!! *HUGS X A BILLION*) I think I deserve it! =P
(Also I'm a bit excited about the icon battle now.) Me too =D One of the reasons I decided to sign-up impromptu to inspired20in20 was because I needed to up my game in order to not be eclipsed by your icons =D
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Not trying to blow my own trumpet but I agree. Between that and the mammoth DA batch that I did around the same time, I've certainly gotten a lot more adventurous with what I try to do =D
I'm so glad you picked out #3, because I worked forEVER on that one (well, as much as forever can be when you do your entry in a day... =P) and I tried really hard to get colours that worked =D
I take it you like the greens then...? Actually, a lot of the icons you singled out there use the same texture. 2, 6, 8 and 20 for certain, and the one I'm using here, but I know there are more. 22 actually uses a texture (I still haven't figured out what a gradient is...), I think it's by trapne.
I'm surprised you think 7 looks too blurry - I think it's one of the 'crispy' ones! And yeah, I need to work on balancing the sharpness. Some of these were better before (a couple of the blurry ones were sharper before, but I had to resize them slightly and paint de-sharpened them in the process, god knows why) but on the whole I need to be more careful. Especially with the oversharpening...
Heh heh, 6 isone of the icons I'm not so keen on, for the exact reason that you seem to like it! I'm not a fan of the lightblob/textures on that one =P And yeah, I agree with you on 7 and 17. 17 was particularly difficult because I changed the colouring quite a bit from the original icon, and when I put a texture over it, Ron's side looked how I wanted it to, but Hermione's wouldn't work whatever I tried, so in the end I basically gave up... Oops.
And hey, don't apologise! After I basically ripped into you (sorry!!!!! *HUGS X A BILLION*) I think I deserve it! =P
(Also I'm a bit excited about the icon battle now.)
Me too =D One of the reasons I decided to sign-up impromptu to inspired20in20 was because I needed to up my game in order to not be eclipsed by your icons =D