misc ;; icon meme

[backtograce]

☄ the ICON CONCRIT meme ☄

Instructions:

☄ Leave a comment to the entry with your username, where you post your icons (please include your tag if it's a multiple-maker comm) and five-ten (5-10) examples of your icons

Comments

[backtograce]

worthless_hope @ marshgammon and loveshape ( my tag )

[whomever]

Only thing I can notice right now, but I finally figured it out, is I think your icons might come out smoother if you saved them in .png rather than .jpg? They tend to look a bit grainy to me (especially in #7) and maybe that's why. In other news though I really like how experimental you are with your cropping!

[backtograce]

I'll definitely have to try that, because they do come out grainy and it drives me insane. I always thought it was because I was over sharpening them, but couldn't tell in photoshop. Thanks for the tip! I'll try it out next time I make icons.

Cropping is one of my favourite things ever~

[whomever]

I know right~ I was redoing old Gaila manips/icons earlier and went crop crazy. >>

[backtograce]

I love it. Especially since I don't use textures/text that often.

[rockingmyfaith]

Oh yeah, hun. .png does a world of difference and especially in icons, which are so small.

[backtograce]

Good to know! Thanks!

[lalonde]

I love your colouring, but they look over-sharpened.

[backtograce]

Thank you! I'm going to see if saving as a .png helps.

[lalonde]

It does, I know from experience.

[inthegiggleloop]

I really love your cropping especially in 5 and 9. Your coloring in 1 is amazing. Overall, I love your icons but some of them seem a bit too contrasted and sharp.

[backtograce]

Thanks so much! Yeah, I did my last batch in .png which seems to help with that. But I'll definitely keep an eye on contrast and sharpening anyways!

[inthegiggleloop]

You're welcome. Yeah, png really seems to help. Good luck on your future work.