I decided to go with some of your earlier ones. I liked them, but I'd be interested to see a different spin on these ones. (Love her headpiece in the first one, btw!) :)
The first one was difficult, because she's behind a screen in that scene (which I was hiding with the black and red color blobs). So I had to take other screenshots of her without the screen in front of her. Those aren't as close, though, and the headdress doesn't come out as detailed. But I like how shiny it ended up looking. (But really, seen as a whole, it just looks like an ugly golden chicken. :D)
The second one has Zhu Yilong's ugliest haircut from the whole year, so my main goal for the remakes was to cut off his hair. :D I'd forgotten how interesting his facial expression is in that shot, though, and I like how the second one came out.
The last one I was very proud of, and I can't hope to make anything as good as that again, but I liked working with that photoshoot of his, so I just played around a little for the remakes:
RE: Hit me!luppitersDecember 15 2019, 12:25:31 UTC
Ack, I think this is gonna help me start with the whole 'choosing faves' because that's what I kept choosing (maybe whenever I get a few more minutes) <3 I picked a couple from the first half of the year and they'll hopefully inspire you :) Feel free to not do anything with them, heh. I know how hard it is to give a new spin to something you were already proud of!
Thank you so much! Those were absolutely perfect choices! I loved the quote in 1), but not the execution (the font is too large, meh). I am very happy with how the first remake turned out. I like 2), but I could see things I could try with it, and you caught me in an experimental mood, so... colors and a gif happened. :D and 3) is Bai Yu, who I'll always love to icon again, and this one was pretty basic before and I tried to do something *special* with it this time around, so... another gif. :) (Although I admit I like the grungy non-gif version better. I like it a lot, in fact. Much better than the original icon.)
RE: Re: Hit me!luppitersJanuary 3 2020, 00:48:37 UTC
Yay I'm glad they inspired you! I love where you took them :D The text in the first couple is still hilarious! The Janet one is very fun, hee, and the gif is also quite interesting. And the Bai Yu one is lovely - love the pic in the still one and the super cute gifs ♥ You're right that it's possibly even better than the original - everything about the color just works *_*
Thank you for picking some for me! I can tell you right now, I am not going to remake the second one. I have an inkling it's going to win my best-of this year. But I'll try my hand at the other two!
That's really nice of you! If you want to pick something that inspires me, pick Zhu Yilong. *g*
My icon drop posts have labelled sections, so the Zhu Yilong ones should be easy to find. Plus, I usually spend less time on those smaller challenges, so the drop posts tend to contain icons that I'm less happy with and/or spent less time on and am willing to try again.
Oooh, yes! That's a good choice! I don't think I spent more than ten minutes on this one, and the original image is large enough to make a good closer crop, too. Thank you so much!
I will feel most inspired if you don't choose my very best icons, but some where you see potential for improvement.
All the icons I've made this year can be found in my journal, in the art-icons tag: https://tinnny.livejournal.com/tag/art-icons
There are over 30 icon posts, this is the oldest (but note that it also contains a batch of icons from 2018 at the top): https://tinnny.livejournal.com/377513.html
Thanks for playing!
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The second one has Zhu Yilong's ugliest haircut from the whole year, so my main goal for the remakes was to cut off his hair. :D I'd forgotten how interesting his facial expression is in that shot, though, and I like how the second one came out.
The last one I was very proud of, and I can't hope to make anything as good as that again, but I liked working with that photoshoot of his, so I just played around a little for the remakes:
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I picked a couple from the first half of the year and they'll hopefully inspire you :) Feel free to not do anything with them, heh. I know how hard it is to give a new spin to something you were already proud of!
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The text in the first couple is still hilarious! The Janet one is very fun, hee, and the gif is also quite interesting.
And the Bai Yu one is lovely - love the pic in the still one and the super cute gifs ♥ You're right that it's possibly even better than the original - everything about the color just works *_*
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My icon drop posts have labelled sections, so the Zhu Yilong ones should be easy to find. Plus, I usually spend less time on those smaller challenges, so the drop posts tend to contain icons that I'm less happy with and/or spent less time on and am willing to try again.
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