20+ Girl, Interrupted icons.
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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
20muses, for this lovely board game disguised as an inspiration post.
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- 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
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
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- 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
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Date: 2016-02-20 08:42 pm (UTC)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).
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Date: 2016-02-21 02:04 am (UTC)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!)
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Date: 2016-02-23 04:35 pm (UTC)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
Thankfully, I went through my absolute shit phase at the landcomm
Thank you so much for all your lovely comments! <333
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Date: 2016-02-24 04:18 am (UTC)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
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!!!
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Date: 2016-02-24 06:39 am (UTC)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
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Date: 2016-02-25 04:08 am (UTC)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! :)
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Date: 2016-02-25 07:29 am (UTC)Awwww, thank you so much! :D
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Date: 2016-02-23 04:26 pm (UTC)Thank you so much!! :D
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Date: 2016-02-21 07:54 pm (UTC)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!
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Date: 2016-02-23 04:22 pm (UTC)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
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Date: 2016-02-23 04:19 pm (UTC)12 was mostly thanks to the texture, but thanks! :DDD
I arranged them that way c: I got the rough idea from
Thank you so much!
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Date: 2016-02-22 10:28 pm (UTC)I really like your first alt! :D
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Date: 2016-02-23 05:14 pm (UTC)of course, it's always the icons we like least that others love! ;D
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Date: 2016-02-23 12:54 am (UTC)Faves are 13, 14 and 20!
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Date: 2016-02-24 06:33 pm (UTC)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.
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Date: 2016-02-25 10:31 am (UTC)(I hated alt 1, lol.)
Thank you so much for both the pointers! I'll look into them :D
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