Icon crit meme

[gravity_xx]

Icon Crit Meme❦

Rules
❦Post with 6-10 icons and people will comment with ways you can improve your icons.
❦Crit sandwiches are yummy with ketchup (positive, negative, positive)
❦Comments without constructive criticism will be deleted

Comments

[gravity_xx]

gravity_xx @ asmoedeus

[sasoriza]

Some of them are too sharp, like the Saya one here. Also, some of the pokemon ones seem a bit bland ^^;

[gravity_xx]

I hate how I never noticed things are sharpened too much until someone points it out. Such a huge problem! I'll make sure to pay attention to that from now on.

Can you tell me what you mean by bland? I'll be honest and say that's really not a good word to describe an icon by. Do you mean it should be saturated more?

[gonsai]

This just keeps reminding me that I need to get better at coloring. I WANT MANGA ICONS TOOOOO

Ah well. I like how you managed to really bring out the color in these examples.

[gonsai]

gonsai @ gearprojecticon

[gravity_xx]

I think you've got a good handle on cropping but all of these look very washed out. I think adding a lot more contrast with a brightness/contrast layer or a curves layer will help a lot. Also I think it wouldn't hurt to take more control of the colors in your icons with selective coloring. Don't be afraid to experiment and try crazy things!

[gonsai]

Noted! I'll play around in GIMP next time I get some free time.

Would you believe I only RECENTLY discovered the selective coloring tool in GIMP? I've been using select/transparent paintbrush before. I felt like a dumbass.

[gravity_xx]

I'll be honest and say I couldn't work my way around in gimp at all so I don't exactly blame you :'D

I know it's free and all but the interface is not that user friendly.

[samekh]

vegetas @ ninjaids

[gravity_xx]

Okay I really like some of the crops you've got going on. Although I think one two and eight need a lot more contrast and four five and six are over sharpened. But you also seem to know how to do good manga colorings and that seems to be kind of a rare skill lately.

[gonsai]

Maybe it's my monitor, but I'm seeing jaggies on 2 and 4 up there. Especially on 4.

[buddha_loves_me]

Hokay, I adore your icons. I think you do a great job with cropping and especially with anime and already colored icons

[astrokittie]

astrokittie @ yatonogami
I haven't made anything new in forever since I'm in a rut. Help.
First row is for contets, second is just dicking around.

[gravity_xx]

Even though you're saying you're in a rut I still see a whole lot of creativity and good things going on here. I think all of them could use a little more contrast, but that might just be me because I'm the contrast queen. Although I think one definitely needs some more contrast, it's way too washed out. I also think your subject is too hard to make out in the second icon, but you get so much bonus points there for trying to do something creative with it

[gonsai]

I love your icons in general, but sometimes it's a little difficult to tell just what's going on in some of them. This is especially true in 5 and 9. 2 a little bit as well.

That being said, they're still fun to look at.

[ration]

ration @ n23_road
Beards nonwithstanding, I haven't updated in a little while. I've been in a bit of a rut as far as ideas and the ability to work colours go.

[astrokittie]

I think all of your icons but 3 and 5 look a bit washed out, and the shading/coloring on 5 looks very unnatural. 4 looks a bit on the blurry side too, but if it's from a music video screencap (which it looks like it is?) then I can't blame you at all, since those are generally hard to deal with.
As for colors, I would suggest avoiding the red+green combo in 8. It's just not all that pleasing to the eyes.