I still got it!
I decided to try my hand at an icontest after all this time, and entered Challenge #330: Bad Habits over at iconstillness. Although there weren't very many entries, I snagged third place! Following are my two entries, including the winning entry, and my banner to show off.
My second entry:
The banner has been added to the rest of the collection in my updated profile.
I feel it's important to mention the other big reason I fell out of iconing and graphics in general for so long. Between fall 2008 and spring 2009 I had three catastrophic hard drive failures, and I believe it was in the second crash I lost all of my graphic design resources. Brushes, patterns, textures, gradients, and even a few stock photos were unrecoverable during data recovery, which was a huge blow to my already-waning inspiration at that time. Fortunately all of my icons and graphics were stored in my Photobucket account, so I didn't lose any of those, but I did lose the original PSDs for many of them. Thanks to my resources page, I've been able to track down many of my favorites and re-download some resources, along with finding new ones to experiment with, but it is a process that takes some time when real life comes into play.
I can only hope that there are some that will still follow my little journal, even if the updates are sporadic and the graphics aren't always icons. Thank you, as always, for visiting! :)
My second entry:
The banner has been added to the rest of the collection in my updated profile.
I feel it's important to mention the other big reason I fell out of iconing and graphics in general for so long. Between fall 2008 and spring 2009 I had three catastrophic hard drive failures, and I believe it was in the second crash I lost all of my graphic design resources. Brushes, patterns, textures, gradients, and even a few stock photos were unrecoverable during data recovery, which was a huge blow to my already-waning inspiration at that time. Fortunately all of my icons and graphics were stored in my Photobucket account, so I didn't lose any of those, but I did lose the original PSDs for many of them. Thanks to my resources page, I've been able to track down many of my favorites and re-download some resources, along with finding new ones to experiment with, but it is a process that takes some time when real life comes into play.
I can only hope that there are some that will still follow my little journal, even if the updates are sporadic and the graphics aren't always icons. Thank you, as always, for visiting! :)