Mostly I think your image quality has improved a lot. =)
I love green, I just can't pull it off myself! I have 'go-to' textures that I use a lot as well, at least I know what I'm doing with them. I get why you'd re-use that green texture, it works really well! Yeah, I can see the crispy bits in 7, but it also doesn't look very neat from my computer...idk.
Gradients look like this (http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/the_silverdoe/gradient.png) or this (http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/the_silverdoe/gradient2.png), they're super useful for lighting/colouring. There's a gradient tool in Photoshop, don't remember if there's one in Gimp... I didn't know about it then anyway. But gradient textures work just fine!
I love 6, I think the colouring/lighting balance is great (I uploaded it, lol). =) Resizing can be a problem... I now try to resize as soon as I can and work directly with a 100x100 canvas. Do you still use Paint? I used to work with Gimp, but honestly, Photoshop has made my life a lot easier, especially now I use CS6. The sharpening filters are a lot more effective than the sharpening brush in Gimp.
Ron's side looked how I wanted it to, but Hermione's wouldn't work whatever I tried Can you use layer mask in Gimp? I discovered it a month ago in PS (felt so stupid for not using it before), it's a life-saver!
*hugs back* No need to apologise either, your concrit has been most helpful! I'm just the queen of over-reactions! =P
Aww. I don't think there's any risk of my icons eclipsing yours but thanks!! =)
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I love green, I just can't pull it off myself! I have 'go-to' textures that I use a lot as well, at least I know what I'm doing with them. I get why you'd re-use that green texture, it works really well!
Yeah, I can see the crispy bits in 7, but it also doesn't look very neat from my computer...idk.
Gradients look like this (http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/the_silverdoe/gradient.png) or this (http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/the_silverdoe/gradient2.png), they're super useful for lighting/colouring. There's a gradient tool in Photoshop, don't remember if there's one in Gimp... I didn't know about it then anyway. But gradient textures work just fine!
I love 6, I think the colouring/lighting balance is great (I uploaded it, lol). =)
Resizing can be a problem... I now try to resize as soon as I can and work directly with a 100x100 canvas. Do you still use Paint? I used to work with Gimp, but honestly, Photoshop has made my life a lot easier, especially now I use CS6. The sharpening filters are a lot more effective than the sharpening brush in Gimp.
Ron's side looked how I wanted it to, but Hermione's wouldn't work whatever I tried
Can you use layer mask in Gimp? I discovered it a month ago in PS (felt so stupid for not using it before), it's a life-saver!
*hugs back*
No need to apologise either, your concrit has been most helpful! I'm just the queen of over-reactions! =P
Aww. I don't think there's any risk of my icons eclipsing yours but thanks!! =)