I confess that I should be doing homework.

[akaich0u]

I've been lurking around this place for a while but actually just got the courage to apply ^^;; I don't have a seperate icon journal yet, so all my graphics are posted on this one. I do make icons quite often, however ^_^

Comments

No

[filipinoz_rule]

I was sorta torn. I almost said yes, but your text icons and your animations kinda made my decision. I'm going to make this short because I'm super sleepy.

- try to find new fonts. you seeme to be using a majority of 'times new roman' & 'century gothic'.
- your animations need a little work, but you said it's not your thing. But, still you need to brush up on your animations before making it in.

here are some positives:
+ the composition of your text and captions are good.
+ your cutouts are great!
+ your use of gradients and brushes are nice :).

So just work on those few things and you'll be fine. But, I don't think your ready just yet.

faves:
1 2 3 4

[wrongly_amused]

I'm going to say...YES. But, I do think there's a few points you need to poke at. I think you need to work on text, and not use so much fade. Your cut outs could also be a bit more creative in some ways. Though you're blending and color use is wonderful. :-)

Favorites:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Yes.

[regen]

Animations: I'm not a fan of the animation technique used on #3 (I personally don't like it) and it was terribly over-done at one point in time, and the fourth animation is just odd. I like the first two though.

Cut-outs: Your cut-outs are creative and must've taken a bit of time to do. Your cut-outs make mine ashamed kthnx. >>;;

Text: You seem to use a lot of the same two or three fonts and some of the text placement bugs me (like "doll" on the last one looks out of place). I think if you explore with a few more fonts and experiment with placement, your icons will be that much better.

Free Choice: I love the colours and textures/brushes used, especially on #2 and #4.

Overall, I think you know enough to be able to judge what looks good and what doesn't. I nearly said 'no' because of some of your text issues, but I love your choice of colours. I'd love to see you expand your icon subjects to more than just J-pop artists and video games/anime. :D

Favourites:

1 2 3 4

No - very hard choice

[colorfilter]

Animations: The 2nd one is my favorite- it's simple but it fits and the animation also fade in and out nicely. I like that the 1st one's rain actually fits with the icon theme. The 3rd one, I don't have much of an opinion of mainly because I never did understand that particular animation trend. ^^; It doesn't really add to the icon and the color of the lines are a bit too harsh. The 4th one is...interesting in a weird way. I'm not sure what it's supposed to be but I'm reminded of a sand storm. xD

Re: No - very hard choice

[colorfilter]

Edit: I just realized that I got the order of the icons mixed up because they were broken when I was viewing them in IE earlier. ^^; For the Text choices, basically, when I said 4th icon, I meant 1st. The 3rd is actually the 4th. Sorry about that! :p

[wrongly_amused]

Goodness, nobody stamped you? I'm so sorry, sweetie. It's a close vote, but you've been accepted. Deepest apologies for the delay.

[akaich0u]

Ah, no worries ^^ And thank you!