I like your colouring, it's just that the contrast is too low, so it looks faded and pale. As for your text, I like the ideas but Soft Glow in PS is a little outdated. #7 is a great icon, colour-wise, but the contrast is low. The cropping, try to not center things unless it compliments the final icon. I would love to see you re-apply!
About the contrast, I dunno, I just prefer my icons a little more 'dreamy' looking, if that makes sense. For some reason very saturated colours and high contrast bug me a little. Guess there's no fixing that.
I use Gimp, so I'm not sure what you mean by 'soft glow'.
With number seven, it's not the contrast. I turned down the opacity on Emma to make her colouring blend with the background a bit more.
I've been working on the cropping lately, but mostly in experiments, so not many of the icons are what I'd call wonderful.
I'll re-apply, though to be honest, I'm probably not going to put a whole lot more contrast in my icons any time soon, so it may be a lost cause.
Of course, I understand, but after you made Emma blend in with the background, wouldn't it be nice to have her face look a bit brighter? As for soft glow, it's that green glow around 'Slytherin' in your first one. I appreciate that you have a personal style, but contrast is one of the alphas and omegas when it comes to this. Just a tip. ;)
Thanks for your consideration. :)
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I use Gimp, so I'm not sure what you mean by 'soft glow'.
With number seven, it's not the contrast. I turned down the opacity on Emma to make her colouring blend with the background a bit more.
I've been working on the cropping lately, but mostly in experiments, so not many of the icons are what I'd call wonderful.
I'll re-apply, though to be honest, I'm probably not going to put a whole lot more contrast in my icons any time soon, so it may be a lost cause.
Thanks again. :)
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