When I make icons they're typically a crop and re-size of a much larger piece I've pulled together using multiple caps, photos, and layers. Often, the piece is left unfinished after I've cropped out what I was working toward and I usually end up discarding them. Recently, that's led to frustration when I go through my icons for posting and realize that I really would have liked a copy of the full-size piece for my gallery.
As a result, I've been trying to make a conscious effort to save my .psd files on some of my more complex pieces before I perform the final merge so I can go back and 'finish' the full-size piece later if I so choose.
This recent Lex piece is an example - I went back to finish it with a painted effect.
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