Congrats to the winners of Slayerstillness - and tiebreakers at 20in20 need YOU!

[red_satin_doll]

Yeah, I'm trying to cover all my bases here.

** THANK YOU to everyone who voted for my work at slayerstillness Challenge 44 and congratulations to the other winners tempertemper, sweet_lyri and new-to-the-comm participant muirthemne. (I just checked out her Gemma Arterton icon set for females20in20 and holy sweet potato pie, is it gorgeous work. And I don't even know who the heck Gemma Arterton is. I don't

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[kikimay]

So beautiful! I also love the b&w variant because it seems so fitting for SMG's retro look, but the colorful one is SO PRETTY.

Congrats!

[red_satin_doll]

Confession - when I made that one I looked at it and thought, "Huh, Best Color, maybe? Finally?" Is it terrible to confess that. I figured if I can't win best color with that I never will. (And I'm sure I thought, "bright color - kikimay!" Velvetwhip compared it to Klimt.)

Thank you so much for the compliments! The 2nd place winner is a very pale sepia-ish/ambrotype - probably two or three different color filters plus glow and "noise" for the grain. I LOVE this photo so much I could play with it forever and not get tired.

[velvetwhip]

Congratulations! Oh do you deserve the honours!

I voted!

Gabrielle

[red_satin_doll]

Thanks muchly on both counts sweetheart!
(I didn't thank you for your Muse-ing gifts here but I'll correct that when I post my banners and icons all together in another post.)

[muirthemne]

Oh thanks a lot for the promotion, you're too kind.
I'm very happy for you that you've achieved your goal, amazing. Congrats again! Good luck with your next goal!

[red_satin_doll]

Promotion is what I do in these parts!

(I was just thinking today "I have to stop using the word 'pimping' and say 'promoting' instead." You must have been reading my mind *lol*)

Thanks muchly for the kind words and encouragement - and congrats again on YOUR wins! I look forward to what you'll do next. You've only got one post at your LJ but I assume you've been making icons and doing artwork for a while?

[muirthemne]

Haha, it must be because I've been away from LJ so long, I've forgotton most terms!

I've started making art in photoshop about 10 years ago, but I had a few rough couple of years in which I didn't do much. I actually had an LJ for years but deleted it when I took that Photoshop (and living in general) break. I was mostly active in BAngel icon contests, but I was sad to see the old communities were gone. Luckily I found a new one that is still very active with lovely people!
After the long break I had I'm trying to find 'my style' again, but I was very pleased with my Gemma set. I hope I can keep it up and evolve.

So tell me about your art making journey!

[kathyh]

Lovely icons. Many congrats.

When I used to make icons I used to use Photoshop Elements and absolutely loved it. I still mourn my copy of PE2.

[red_satin_doll]

We have PS12 and when I look up tutorials online I have to be very careful to get ones for 12, not any previous version because there seems to be a lot of differences in layout, etc. That probably wouldn't matter to someone who has previous experience in PE.

How long ago was PE2 out?

Is PE what you started out in? I've noticed that whatever folks start with, that tends to be their preference. (People who are used to full photoshop like my sweetie often don't seem to like PE, and vice versa. ipiccy was easy for me to jump into because it had enough similarities with Photoshop's old editing suite (now on a separate site called FotoFlexer) that I could make the leap.

[kathyh]

Yes, I started with PE2 because it came pre-loaded on the computer I bought in 2003, so it must date from around then. When I got a new computer in 2010 I had to upgrade to PE8, which seemed completely different. I felt as if I was learning a completely new program, apart from some basic similarities. I'm not sure I would ever have dared to try to use the full version of Photoshop, but PE2 felt manageable somehow.

[red_satin_doll]

When she had full PS my sweetie would try to explain to me what she was doing in little bits but I wasn't allowed to play with it myself so my eyes would just glaze over.

I wonder what you'd think of PE12 in comparison to 8. I just need to watch some tutorials and try again (even Adobe's instructions make my head spin.)

[double_dutchess]

These are both simply stunning.

Voted in the tie breaker!

[red_satin_doll]

Thank you and thank you squared, m'dear!