If you love close cropping, definitely stick with it! Close crops definitely aren't easy to pull off, so if you feel you do well in that area, that is kickass! B/W coloring is also a really cool area to improve upon. Some people make balancing contrast look effortless, but it often takes major work, so don't be too hard on yourself. I bet you're better than "hit and miss." The victory laps thing cracked me up over though! Can't lie.
I'll never be an oviedo, but I think close-crops were pretty much my jam from the start. I just love cropping off parts of someone's face, or zeroing in on the details like a loose strand of hair or someone's hands.
Not sure if I'm better than hit and miss, since I don't seem to be a very good judge when it comes to my own b&w stuff. Like that Fringe icon you picked from me in the icon nominations; I don't like it at all lol. I filed it under 'epic failure' but since that week's icon test was low on participation I saved it anyways. But what I find the b&w layer really useful for though, is checking my color icons to see if they're well contrasted ;)
I love them, too, but goddamn, they are tough to achieve!
Hee! I know the feeling of disliking an icon that others seem to enjoy. Can't believe you thought it was an epic failure though. That is way too harsh! I thought it was perfectly lovely, but different strokes, right? :)
(I use B/W gradient maps to check my contrast, too. It's so helpful!)
I love the color and negative space in that Allison icon and the cool coloring in that first icon. (Also, omg those text icons with the variety (lol you know what I mean) I don't know if I'm brave enough to use one but I want to!)
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Not sure if I'm better than hit and miss, since I don't seem to be a very good judge when it comes to my own b&w stuff. Like that Fringe icon you picked from me in the icon nominations; I don't like it at all lol. I filed it under 'epic failure' but since that week's icon test was low on participation I saved it anyways. But what I find the b&w layer really useful for though, is checking my color icons to see if they're well contrasted ;)
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Hee! I know the feeling of disliking an icon that others seem to enjoy. Can't believe you thought it was an epic failure though. That is way too harsh! I thought it was perfectly lovely, but different strokes, right? :)
(I use B/W gradient maps to check my contrast, too. It's so helpful!)
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