were you lonely?
Okay, so having my little crap attack last post, I decided to really pull out all the stops here (give my nearly 90 watchers *squeeeees incoherently* something for not giving up on me entirely :P - I love each and every one of you SO MUCH). So I signed up for a 20in20 and really pushed myself to do some interesting shit that I would try my ( Read more... )
I really just wanted to get back to (what I consider to be [though I'm not sure I even do this enough to have...]) mah ~roots. Where I just play willy-nilly with TEXT and COLORS and COMPOSITION and tried a little harder than I normally do. *snorts*
I'm so glad you like those colorings! I tried a new way of doing it that was not based off the tutorials I've been following for years and was just me playing about with the filters childishly. *keyboard smashes*
OMG, Faded tried to eat my brain because I searched and searched and searched for a texture that would do that and then I realized I had to make one and I DON'T MAKE TEXTURES so it went something like: cry, mini-break down, more cry, keyboard smash, more cry, ice cream, hiding under the covers, more cry, blurry-through-tears final icon. I knew right away I wanted to do that, I'm just glad it could even semi-resemble head picture.
wickdshy did that tut for me last icon_talk on silhouettes and I knew I wanted to use that here if I could. I could not get the grunge right though and I gave up entirely. I suck at grunge so hardcore... though you probably noticed I found a new favorite grunge texture and used it, um, ALL OVER EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE. I'm not even sorry, it is beautiful and I love it.
Paint Texture is another one that tried to murder me. I tried to murder it back. *nods*
ALL black and white icons are from the devil, I'm pretty sure. There needs to be at least SOME color. *lip quivers*
OMG, I made my writer friends look at it and tell me AC3 was pretty. I was like *whine* (I did so much whining this batch to people who are inclined to adore me anyway) 'there's so much going on though and I suck' and they were like: 'nooooo' *confused as hell, no idea what they're talking about* 'it's greeeeeat?' *virtual pat on the head*
I'M SO GLAD YOU LIKE AC5!!! I broke a lot of the rules in the blocking tutorials I was reading doing that one and I was like: well this could be one of those ones that just 'works' and doesn't fit any of the categories or it could be the example of ultimate suck. I was just ballsy enough to risk it, lol.
LOL. I COULDN'T MAKE THOSE ONES WORK - DESPITE MY UNYIELDING EFFORTS (AS YOU CAN TELL BY ALL THE ALTS OF THAT ONE ICON). I was defeated-ed.
I liked 31 too!!!! But I was like, fuck. That doesn't even have my character in it. Dammit.
Derek totally looks like Batman in that one to me - hence: I AM THE NIGHT! lol
That icon just does not work without color pops. Stupid all b&w nonsense.
ROLLS AROUND IN THE AWESOMENESS THAT IS YOU!!!!111!!1
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I think the composition of ac5 is all kinds of amazing and that 'composition rules' should never be taken too literally! Like, I think following them can give a blocking newbie a good place to start practising those skills, but someone who can pull off crazy awesome compositions like you should just run wild with creativity and do whatever works instead of minding 'rules' and tutorials too much ;)
How come you think you couldn't make 26-29 work??? They're perfect! :O I think cat3 looks great in bw too but agree that the color pops multiply the awesomeness very effectively :D
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I am sooooo keeping this in mind because I rarely feel brave enough to do shit like that!
IDK, I DON'T TRUST THEM. GRR.
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