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Jul 28, 2008 18:36:47 GMT
Post by Pen Against Sword on Jul 28, 2008 18:36:47 GMT
Hey, Wind, how long does it take you to make these things? I want to try my hand at them, like I said in the picture thread, so I was just curious.
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Jul 29, 2008 8:34:35 GMT
Post by unwinding fantasy on Jul 29, 2008 8:34:35 GMT
^ Was that post in the picture thread directed at me? Sorry. ^.^"
Time depends on a few factors. For the simplest things, like if I'm just cutting out an image and sticking it on a background, it takes around five minutes. More complex ones like the Mario "never say never" one on the previous page, they take probably 15 minutes. Thing is, I don't really notice time when I'm playing around with them. It's like writing a good fic: when you're on a roll, everything else just fades into the background.
Do you have lj? There are a few coms that make good starting points for iconing; they have tutorials, which I followed before I got the hang of it. In fact, I still do flick through the tuts for inspiration every so often.
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Jul 29, 2008 12:01:19 GMT
Post by T. Costa on Jul 29, 2008 12:01:19 GMT
Icons and any graphics really just do depend on what you're trying to do. I've made really good icons in 5 minutes, and really good icons in 3 hours. Depends on what you're going for, methinks.
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Jul 29, 2008 16:17:57 GMT
Post by Pen Against Sword on Jul 29, 2008 16:17:57 GMT
Well, I made about five icons yesterday, just as experimentation. They're amateur-y, but I want to make a few more before I post them here.
I use a couple of photoshop tutorials that Costa linked me to as a starter guide. They toy with a lot of effects, and I've been messing around with it for a while, so I just applied the stuff the tutorials taught me to making icons.
I need to get an LJ like whoa. I've been meaning to for the longest time.
Also, no, that post in the picture thread was not directed at you. Mostly it was me musing about it and then I decided to post it in the proper thread.
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Aug 2, 2008 12:25:43 GMT
Post by unwinding fantasy on Aug 2, 2008 12:25:43 GMT
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Aug 2, 2008 13:31:12 GMT
Post by Sylla on Aug 2, 2008 13:31:12 GMT
Skyward yay! Cid avatars and Aeris avatars make Sylla a very happy camper, Wind. ;D (And Link. Can't forget him.) I really like the filters you use - is that the right word? Y'know, how the avatars look like someone put a colored filter over them. =P
Heh, I'd imagine Ren would like that 'Lightning' one at the end. =P
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Aug 2, 2008 13:46:14 GMT
Post by unwinding fantasy on Aug 2, 2008 13:46:14 GMT
No, there are no colour fills. It's all done with Curves and Selective Colouring and all those funky functions. Colour fills just add a tint to the entire image -- you don't get different shades in there.
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Aug 2, 2008 18:28:24 GMT
Post by Sylla on Aug 2, 2008 18:28:24 GMT
Well, whatever it is that you do to it, it comes out very nice. Um... ... ... question. If I sent you a screencap or something similar, could you make me an icon? I mean, it's okay if you don't want to or you're too busy or something, but I thought I'd ask anyway. *scuttles off*
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Aug 2, 2008 22:29:08 GMT
Post by unwinding fantasy on Aug 2, 2008 22:29:08 GMT
I could certainly give it a whirl. Sometimes the quality of the screencap limits what can be done with it though. Some shots are just beyond redemption. Also, I moved out the other week and don't have the internet installed yet so I won't be able to do anything until next weekend... but if that's cool with you, I'll give it a shot then.
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Aug 2, 2008 22:59:36 GMT
Post by Sylla on Aug 2, 2008 22:59:36 GMT
Awesomeness. ;D (Hopefully I'll have figured out how to take good screenshots by then...) =P
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Aug 3, 2008 19:55:58 GMT
Post by leafonthebreeze on Aug 3, 2008 19:55:58 GMT
OMFG I love you and your iconing ability and CIIIIID and LIIIIINK and VAAAAAAAAN and AAAAAAAH and I'm just being an annoying fangirl now but omfg seriously they are sosososo lovely. I adore the effects you use on them, no idea what effects they are but they're wicked awesome.
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Aug 16, 2008 10:56:21 GMT
Post by unwinding fantasy on Aug 16, 2008 10:56:21 GMT
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Aug 16, 2008 11:39:49 GMT
Post by Sylla on Aug 16, 2008 11:39:49 GMT
Hah! I love the 'Reason to play FFXII #1394'. Absolutely true. XD I also really like the faded/washed-out look you give some of them; that has to be one of my favorite effects.
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Aug 16, 2008 12:41:10 GMT
Post by fearandloathing on Aug 16, 2008 12:41:10 GMT
That icon IS the reason I play FFXII, Sylla There's a reason I love the free angling camera in XII... it's those pants, and their subsquent contents. *grins like the twisted and perverted fangirl that she is*
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Aug 16, 2008 13:39:25 GMT
Post by Pen Against Sword on Aug 16, 2008 13:39:25 GMT
*meekly* Er, so, not really much compared to wind, but I have a few icons I want to post up here. Out of the ten million I've made so far, I'm only really proud of a few. But, uh, go easy on me. I'm still sort of getting a feel for it, and it really is harder than it looks, guys, I swear. And I have some moving ones that I was toying with. Nothing special, I just like making .gifs.
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