Icon Post #29 -- The Losers (comic)
I know I said I was working on Hawaii Five-0 this week, but my folder of The Losers comic screencaps to iconize was too tempting to ignore. Six more icons in one sitting! Still based off the comics, still NO spoilers.
If you've seen the movie, you know that the end credits use lots of awesome stills from the comics. And what they do so brilliantly is play with the focus within each image, wavering back and forth between the gun and the face behind it, giving it a sense of movement. While I didn't create any animated gifs, I did play with strategic sharpening to create the illusion of depth of field, drawing attention either to the barrel of a gun** or a face. What do you think? It works, right?
Oh, and I started playing with text icons for this fandom, too. Text icons are so hard for me. I think I need to take a graphics design course or something because point sizes, fonts, and unobtrusive backgrounds could not inspire me LESS.
Foxtrot Unicorn
Clay gets the best lines
Fuck yeah, Cougar
Fahd is ready like
the Hammer of GodDon't think Roque won't
pull the triggerPeace is for pussies
**Let's try another side-by-side comparison. On the left we see that the barrel of the gun just slightly overlaps another panel. I played this up with the extra-wide border to give the gun the illusion of breaking the 4th wall. I left Roque's face slightly out of focus and used a gradient on the sharpened layer to bring the end of the gun into intense focus and fade out the sharpness down the barrel. A touch of dark gradient in the bottom right helps direct attention away from the extra clutter in the shot (his coat) and toward the gun.
beforeafter
If you've seen the movie, you know that the end credits use lots of awesome stills from the comics. And what they do so brilliantly is play with the focus within each image, wavering back and forth between the gun and the face behind it, giving it a sense of movement. While I didn't create any animated gifs, I did play with strategic sharpening to create the illusion of depth of field, drawing attention either to the barrel of a gun** or a face. What do you think? It works, right?
Oh, and I started playing with text icons for this fandom, too. Text icons are so hard for me. I think I need to take a graphics design course or something because point sizes, fonts, and unobtrusive backgrounds could not inspire me LESS.
Foxtrot Unicorn
Clay gets the best lines
Fuck yeah, Cougar
Fahd is ready like
the Hammer of GodDon't think Roque won't
pull the triggerPeace is for pussies
**Let's try another side-by-side comparison. On the left we see that the barrel of the gun just slightly overlaps another panel. I played this up with the extra-wide border to give the gun the illusion of breaking the 4th wall. I left Roque's face slightly out of focus and used a gradient on the sharpened layer to bring the end of the gun into intense focus and fade out the sharpness down the barrel. A touch of dark gradient in the bottom right helps direct attention away from the extra clutter in the shot (his coat) and toward the gun.
beforeafter