HAHA, when you put them next to each other it's even more obvious! Esp cos you've added the times - it's like 'We started with this... 36hours later... we finished with this!' *grins*
And yeah, I'm a quick study - if I wanna do something, then I wanna do it right! And oo-er, more good things? I'm tapped out! Tehe, j/k.
My main suggestions for you here are firstly, EXPERIMENT WITH TEXT! Because you'd be surprised how much difference it makes ^^ (This is especially for the HP ones) And secondly, if you're not already doing so, save your icons as in *.png format rather than *.gif. I noticed you had some dithering issues in some of the early Harry ones.
Oh, and one more quick thing...for the lines under the text & small text, try lowering the opacity quite a bit, so it doesn't stick out so much, and/or bluring the edges so you get a nicer effect like this:
Hehe, j/k. I know that's my weak area at the moment, and I have read various tutes about the lil accents and blurring the lines etc, I just need to make a great icon set to work with! I find that some sets are more about the visuals than the text, even if text does enhance them. Do I make sense?
(And I am using *.png now - I noticed the dithering too *facepalm*)
So, will get onto the text issue in my next set - right now I just finished my orli layout and am working on a one tree hill one - then a sex in the city one, buffy one and angel one. Requests requests requests!
LOL, yeah, tuts are always a good place to start. And yes, you make sense, and yes, I agree ;)
(Good ^^ I've seen many, many great icons ruined by the infamous *.gif. It's just horrible. It's one of the reasons I don't do very many animations. *sigh*)
LOL, yes, requests can just get out of control, can't they?
I *will* have tons of con-crit for you soon, but I am getting kicked off my laptop right now. *grumble*
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And yeah, I'm a quick study - if I wanna do something, then I wanna do it right! And oo-er, more good things? I'm tapped out! Tehe, j/k.
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LOL yeah.
Oh, and for the con-crit I promised:
My main suggestions for you here are firstly, EXPERIMENT WITH TEXT! Because you'd be surprised how much difference it makes ^^ (This is especially for the HP ones) And secondly, if you're not already doing so, save your icons as in *.png format rather than *.gif. I noticed you had some dithering issues in some of the early Harry ones.
Oh, and one more quick thing...for the lines under the text & small text, try lowering the opacity quite a bit, so it doesn't stick out so much, and/or bluring the edges so you get a nicer effect like this:
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Hehe, j/k. I know that's my weak area at the moment, and I have read various tutes about the lil accents and blurring the lines etc, I just need to make a great icon set to work with! I find that some sets are more about the visuals than the text, even if text does enhance them. Do I make sense?
(And I am using *.png now - I noticed the dithering too *facepalm*)
So, will get onto the text issue in my next set - right now I just finished my orli layout and am working on a one tree hill one - then a sex in the city one, buffy one and angel one. Requests requests requests!
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(Good ^^ I've seen many, many great icons ruined by the infamous *.gif. It's just horrible. It's one of the reasons I don't do very many animations. *sigh*)
LOL, yes, requests can just get out of control, can't they?
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