s2309: (Neal 4)
[personal profile] s2309
I completed a 20in20 in a day. This has got to be some kind of achievement. (Well, I made some minor tweaks today, but the bulk of the work was done yesterday.)

I was expecting a lot more of Winona Ryder's face in this set. But it would seem that I adore Angelina Jolie a lot.

This one's for Challenge 2 of [livejournal.com profile] 20muses, for this lovely board game disguised as an inspiration post.

samples








1 alt, 1 extra







- screencaps from kissthemgoodbye.net
- please credit me if you use one of my icons!

I feel like this set was better than my last. I may be wrong. Please correct me if I am! Concrit is welcomed :D

Date: 2016-02-20 08:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] damsiedam.livejournal.com
I had never seen your icons before, so I went and looked for your last set, and in my opinion this one is absolutely better than the last one! Good job! :D

My faves are 3 (the coloring is perfect for the focus on the hand), 6 (I really like the cut and contrast in this one) and 14 (the cut is awesome).

I think you're really good at soft/pale colorings and your crops are really nice. What I feel could use some work is your texture work: I'm no expert by any means, but it seems to me that in your icons - especially in 12 - textures cover the subject a little too much. What I do when this happens to me is usually mask a part of the texture (I don't know if you make your icons with Photoshop, but if you do keep in mind that masks are great allies :D What I like the most about them is that you can "erase" parts of textures, images and such without really erasing them, so if you make a mistake or decide it doesn't look that nice, you can always go back just by deleting or editing your mask! :D).

Date: 2016-02-21 02:04 am (UTC)
sapphire2309: (heart)
From: [personal profile] sapphire2309
Thank you so much!!! ^.^

Ahahahaha, I was terrified about 3, so that's good to know c:. Also, the scene that the cap for 14 comes from is FABULOUS. :D

Ahhh, that sounds like a great workaround! I've been struggling with textures for a while now. Thanks for the advice! (I use GIMP, but I think the same/a similar feature exists, so yay!)
Edited Date: 2016-02-21 02:05 am (UTC)

Date: 2016-02-20 10:00 pm (UTC)

Date: 2016-02-21 01:59 am (UTC)
sapphire2309: (Default)
From: [personal profile] sapphire2309
Thank you! :D

Date: 2016-02-21 04:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaotter.livejournal.com
I love the crop and coloring in #2 and #7!

Date: 2016-02-21 04:25 am (UTC)
sapphire2309: (Default)
From: [personal profile] sapphire2309
Thank you so much! :D 7 is one of my personal faves.

Date: 2016-02-21 06:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] library-of-sex.livejournal.com
Oooh, I think crops are a strength of yours! The one in 6 is just lovely! I really enjoy the shadowing there but would like to have seen just a little more contrast infused in her skin to make an even starker counterpoint with her dark hair. The crops in 13 and 14 are so alluring and seductive! 18 looks so vibrant and edgy, but I think I would have used a layer mask (if you happen to use Photoshop) to remove some of the orange from the window where you can see her face so that there's more contrast between her skin and the rest of the image. It's exciting to see a new face around (well, new for me cuz I was on hiatus so I apologize if you've been around for awhile). Looking forward to seeing more of your work in the future! :D

Date: 2016-02-23 04:35 pm (UTC)
sapphire2309: (Neal 3)
From: [personal profile] sapphire2309
That is Matt Bomer in your icon, yes? *.* Or do my eyes deceive me?

I swear, I worked for every bit of contrast in 6 XD The caps I found were so infuriatingly dark sometimes.

That's all Angelina Jolie's work, lol. She's a walking enchantress.

I am going to have to figure out layer masks. They sound really useful. I use GIMP (*cough* because it's free *cough*) but I think that has a similar feature. So yay!

I've only been properly around for two months, and I've only ever participated in [livejournal.com profile] 20muses' icon challenges, because the standard ones don't seem to inspire me as much. Any suggestions?

Thankfully, I went through my absolute shit phase at the landcomm [livejournal.com profile] gameofcards, where it's going to take some effort to dig up all the monstrosities.

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments! <333

Date: 2016-02-24 04:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] library-of-sex.livejournal.com
Yup, that is the gorgeous Mr. Bomer in my default. Had the same default for years now!

I hardly ever work with caps cuz they frustrate me so much, so kudos to you for fighting to work that contrast into your icons!

Man, I wish I could help out, but I know absolutely nothing about GIMP. You should definitely ask at [livejournal.com profile] icontalking if anyone knows what that GIMP feature would be called and how to use it. Or I could ask for you if you prefer! :D

I don't think anyone ever fully stops making little monstrosities here and there. There'll always be a few missteps when you're trying something new, right? The thing to do is just not give up and to keep striving to create things you can be proud of. It seems you're doing that here, so YAY!!!
Edited Date: 2016-02-24 04:18 am (UTC)

Date: 2016-02-24 06:39 am (UTC)
sapphire2309: (Neal 1)
From: [personal profile] sapphire2309
I can see why! ;-)

Oh man, I know, right? Some caps have too much yellow and orange, so you have to fight to get that out (I gave up and just made those the dominant tones here XD). And some of the caps from Girl, Interrupted were so dark that the previews were basically just black. (I turned one of those into 19, which I am extremely proud of.) But when it works out, it feels great.

Ahh, I'll just google. All the answers are there. And if they aren't, then I'll try out the comm you recced c:

That's true. Well, I suppose you just conveniently skip the monstrosities in the alts XD

Date: 2016-02-25 04:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] library-of-sex.livejournal.com
YES! Taking out the colors you don't want and trying to fill in contrast and add colors you DO want can be so exhausting. But as you said, it can be very worth it in the end!

Hope you find the answers you're looking for. I'm always a PM or comment away if there's any way I can assist! :)

Date: 2016-02-25 07:29 am (UTC)
sapphire2309: (Sara)
From: [personal profile] sapphire2309
Exactly.

Awwww, thank you so much! :D

Date: 2016-02-21 10:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kitamikeita.livejournal.com
I see some nice crops and colorings. 13 and 20 are those that stand out more to me :)

Date: 2016-02-23 04:26 pm (UTC)
sapphire2309: (Default)
From: [personal profile] sapphire2309
:3 Thank you so much!

Date: 2016-02-21 01:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thyla87.livejournal.com
So pretty colors :) my fave are 3 , 4 ,6, 12 and 18 :)!

Date: 2016-02-23 04:24 pm (UTC)
sapphire2309: (Kate)
From: [personal profile] sapphire2309
Awwww, thanks so much!!! :D

Date: 2016-02-21 03:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bangel-4e.livejournal.com
OMG I love this movie and I love these icons!! 13 is definitely my favorite. WOW. Crop is amazing, light and coloring are perfect! I like how the first part of the set has muted tones (of which I really like 7-8) and the second is very vibrant and bright. Well done!

Date: 2016-02-23 04:26 pm (UTC)
sapphire2309: (Elizabeth)
From: [personal profile] sapphire2309
Yay!! Sometimes I feel silly for being so completely in love with such an old movie. It's nice to know that other people still like it c:

Thank you so much!! :D

Date: 2016-02-21 07:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tturners.livejournal.com
YOUR CLOSE UPS ARE SO GREAT! ♡
I really like this set, and how the reds are the main tones.
#4, #6#7, #8, #11, #13, #14, #17 and #20 are my absolute favourite icons!

Date: 2016-02-23 04:22 pm (UTC)
sapphire2309: (Sara)
From: [personal profile] sapphire2309
THANK YOU SO MUCH :D

That's actually strange for me, because I loathe the warm colours with a passion. I guess it's just that I haven't figured out cool colours yet c:.

That's so many faves!!! <3

Date: 2016-02-21 09:51 pm (UTC)
neonspider: (ben already dead)
From: [personal profile] neonspider
Love your cropping, I could never ever make a set with this many closecrops in it so hat's off to you. 13 is my absolute favorite, the vibrant warm colors are stunning and I love the extreme crop! 14 and 20 have great clear vibrant colors too, and I love the yellow monochrome on 18 and the crop and cap choice are fantastic, love how they give the icon a natural framing. I really dig the unusual coloring on 12, especially how the different colors break up the blues. Oohh, I just noticed that the first ten are muted and the next ten are vibrant! That's a great theme for the post. From the muted ones I really dig the colors and crops in 2, 7 and 8 :> Great work!

Date: 2016-02-23 04:19 pm (UTC)
sapphire2309: (Neal 1)
From: [personal profile] sapphire2309
I'm terrible with farcrops (is that what we call them? IDK XD), and really good quality screencaps always make me want to get close.

12 was mostly thanks to the texture, but thanks! :DDD

I arranged them that way c: I got the rough idea from [livejournal.com profile] shameless666.

Thank you so much!

Date: 2016-02-22 10:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icequeen3101.livejournal.com
Congrats on finishing in a day! :D

I really like your first alt! :D

Date: 2016-02-23 04:12 pm (UTC)
sapphire2309: (Rachel)
From: [personal profile] sapphire2309
Ahahahaha, I hated it so much that I picked a different word from the boox and made 7. (Probably because it's not apparent that that's Winona Ryder in alt 1)

Date: 2016-02-23 05:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icequeen3101.livejournal.com
*LOL*
of course, it's always the icons we like least that others love! ;D

Date: 2016-02-24 06:33 am (UTC)
sapphire2309: (Default)
From: [personal profile] sapphire2309
True stuff XD

Date: 2016-02-23 12:54 am (UTC)
lady_turner: (Johnny Depp)
From: [personal profile] lady_turner
These are nice, your croppings are great!
Faves are 13, 14 and 20!

Date: 2016-02-23 04:13 pm (UTC)
sapphire2309: (heart)
From: [personal profile] sapphire2309
Awwwwww, thank you so much! *hearts*

Date: 2016-02-24 06:33 pm (UTC)
tinny: Something Else holding up its colorful drawing - "be different" (__john hannah)
From: [personal profile] tinny
Kudos for finishing a set in one day! I love icons with depth, so 3 is definitely my favorite. The alt #1 is amazing! I really like 8 and 13, too. Nice crop and coloring.

p.s.: Gimp has layer masks just like Photoshop:

https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Layer_Masks/

If you're looking for more icon challenges, join icontalking, as library_of_sex suggested. They have current lists of all icon challenges (but the posts are locked). You have to request membership, but there's no skill requirement at all. I'm sure you'll find something that will inspire you.

Date: 2016-02-25 10:31 am (UTC)
sapphire2309: (Kate)
From: [personal profile] sapphire2309
Thank you so much!! I didn't even notice the depth in 3 XD

(I hated alt 1, lol.)

Thank you so much for both the pointers! I'll look into them :D

Date: 2016-02-29 06:49 pm (UTC)
nightbulbs: (pic#)
From: [personal profile] nightbulbs
Lovely crops on all of these! 6, 13 and 20 look really cool! Great job with these :)

Date: 2016-03-01 04:51 am (UTC)
sapphire2309: (Sara)
From: [personal profile] sapphire2309
Thank you so much!! ^.^

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