Icon Meme

[rosy_nic]

Hi fellow icon makers, it's 4 four months into 2013, and so I thought I would do a sort of progress meme things as we had one similar last year plus it would be nice to get some conversation going in this comm. So explain your favourite icons & techniques you have made, managed and loved also your worse and your areas for improvement

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[fouroux]

What are your 5-10 personal favourite icons you have made so far in 2013?









What are/is your 5-10 worse icons you have made so far in 2013?







What techniques/improvement have you have managed since 2012?

I'm not sure I've made many improvements yet? I've hardly iconned this year, so it's hard to tell :c I suppose I'm getting a little more comfortable with blending and close crops, but apart from that I feel like my icons are still all over the place and have no distinguished style, like they used to have.

If you could improve anything for the rest 0f 2013 what would it be?

as mentioned above, I wish my icons could have this sort of style that makes people think "hey, that's an icon by fouroux!" when they see it.

Anything Else to add?

I WANT TO ICON MORE.
I really really do. I don't even think that my muse is gone, it's just that I don't have the time, and that's a real pity... there are so many cool challenges I want(ed) to take part in, but ugh. workworkwork.

[absolutelybatty]

I planned on replying 'but you do have such a distinguishable style', but then I really looked; you have been moving away from that somewhat more recently. I still think your icons have this particular "fouroux" quality that you'll never be able to escape though. Something about the way you choose colors and combine them with textures, I think.

And your third favorite icon? Still the best thing, I swear.

[fouroux]

I've been all over the place! which makes the perfectionists inside me itch whenever I try to make a cohesive set, lol.
glad there is still something there that makes people recognize me :) ♥

thanks! it holds even more meaning to me now that spartacus is over...

[vintagic]

Your style is unique bb! I'm totally in love with your icons, esp with the Spartacus ones! And that Renly icon is so beautiful, I wish I was capable to make such a great combinations and compositions!

[fouroux]

you're too kind! thank you ♥

[tiptoetwirl]

I feel as if I should reiterate what absolutelybatty said. I haven't been around as long as most people in the icon community but from what I remember your icons had a lot of complexity and you worked with textures a lot. Maybe that's faded a little but there's still something very distinctive about your work. Maybe it's the way your bring out the browns and greens in your icons so beautifully or maybe it's just something about the way you go about making an icon that leaves them with a certain kind of feel but I have to say that I did a quick scroll through this meme when I found it and I still knew your stuff without looking at your name :)

[fouroux]

thank you so much for your comment! I'm glad people can still connect me to my icons in one way or another. and yes, I've been in love with brown tones for the past half a year or so. brown is a very underestimated colour in the community, imo!

[angelamaria]

That third icon is all kinds of amazing ♥

I was also stumped with the improvements done question, I haven't been able to icon as much as I'd like to this year, and when I do it's usually just trying to beat the deadline for battles lol. So haven't really been experimenting yet!

Here's to the both of us getting some time to icon more :)

[fouroux]

thank you, I'm still quite proud of it c:

ha, looks like we're in the exact same spot. good luck to you too!

[rosy_nic]

" I wish my icons could have this sort of style that makes people think "hey, that's an icon by fouroux!" when they see it." I think having a certian style that sticks out among other makers, but your ones do as they sort of have a grunge element to them as your faves show, even with the brighter colours in the fifth one of your worse icons, don't be afraid to use colour and grunge like the first fave :)