Comments | red_satin_doll: I think I can, I think I can...maybe? (ooh, look, a poll! And a Willow icon! Shiny!)

red_satin_doll

I think I can, I think I can...maybe? (ooh, look, a poll! And a Willow icon! Shiny!)

Jun 05, 2014 21:06

Ok, so I had over 100 icons for the upcoming btvsats20in20 Round 1. I reduced them to 62 or so because several of them were crap. I went back and made some smile and blending catagory icons I can live with. (Not great, but not entirely embarrassed by my relative lack of skill. Yet.) Now I'm back to 102. That's better. *lol ( Read more... )

char: willow rosenberg, icon challenge, a tsumani of polls!, comm: btvsats20in20, icon(ic) thinky thoughts, actor: alyson hannigan, form: icons

Comments 30

angelus2hot June 6 2014, 01:16:51 UTC

I don't do many 20in20s anymore but I checked display as extras although I should add I only display the ones that I like. :)

red_satin_doll June 6 2014, 01:22:19 UTC

This is probably a good practice! Admittedly I'm an awful judge of my own stuff. (I nearly threw away a Dawn & Buffybot icon that I didn't submit to a challenge but posted here anyway, and kikimay snagged it. I thought it was a failure but she loved it. I never know.)

I love your icon btw - that is an old-school damn fine crop and really intense expression! is it from btvs or ats?

angelus2hot June 6 2014, 01:37:38 UTC

That's usually the way it works for me. The icon(s) that I don't like are the ones people snag.

Thanks. I didn't make it(can't remember who did) so I'm not sure which show it is from.

red_satin_doll June 6 2014, 02:27:11 UTC

The icon(s) that I don't like are the ones people snag.

Yep. And the ones I don't think anything of are often (not always) the ones my beta Ryan will pick for challenge entries or actuallly get the most love in icontests. I don't know too many artists who are entirely objective about their own work.

Re: the Angel icon, I want to say season 3 btvs (circa Enemies?)

spikesredqueen June 6 2014, 01:54:51 UTC

If I like my alts/extras, I display them on my entry post. :) Can't wait to see them! And that Willow icon is very pretty!

red_satin_doll June 6 2014, 02:23:27 UTC

Thanks, sweetie! I've come up with some I'm honestly pleased with. The hardest part for me is being able to see which ones are as good as I think they are, and which ones are actually too soft or blurred. (I need new glasses.)

That Willow icon was just me taking a break and having fun so of course it came out wonderfully well. She's so lovely then anyway. But talk about pretty MY GOSH your Willow icon is something else! Very smooth pink-ivory skin, almost like a drawing, the details of the lashes and soft hair, and a wonderful unexpected crop. Beautifully done.

spikesredqueen June 7 2014, 02:41:24 UTC

Aw, thanks so much! It is one of my faves and it happened by happy accident, I didn't expect it to turn out so clear when I made it.

red_satin_doll June 7 2014, 04:29:08 UTC

However you achieved it, it's beautifully done!

velvetwhip June 6 2014, 02:28:00 UTC

I think your Willow icon is lovely as lovely can be.

Also, your dinner sounds delicious as can be!

Gabrielle

red_satin_doll June 6 2014, 03:19:08 UTC

*blushes* Thank you hon - I confess I was thinking of you and spikesredqueen when I made it!

And dinner was wonderful - if I'm going to eat meat now and then it might as well be of the highest quality!

teragramm June 6 2014, 03:00:27 UTC

I usually don't have extras, if I do I put them aside to be reworked for another challenge or post them when I do an icon dump. I do have and icon journal that I display all my icons and a/w. So they are all in one place.

red_satin_doll June 6 2014, 03:21:40 UTC

i like the idea of "all in one place" - I don't know if my brain could handle another journal, but I may end up doing that!

if I do I put them aside to be reworked for another challenge

And is that "kosher"? I guess it depends if the rules specifically state the icons MUST be made new for that challenge. Because I've got some in this huge batch that could be held off and reworked/extended for another time.

debris4spike June 6 2014, 07:19:36 UTC

I always cross-post mine to my icon journal ... that way I can keep track of them, but they get posted in my main LJ first.

red_satin_doll June 6 2014, 11:23:32 UTC

I noticed your system of a separate LJ, and that's what got me thinking about duplicating it.

Thread 8

eilowyn June 6 2014, 06:08:35 UTC

I clicked list them as alternates, but you only want to do that with a select few. The rest you could post on your journal.

And I'm going to now go grill a steak. At midnight. You made me hungry.

And because I had so much fun doing the art for your fanmix yesterday I may end up making icons this weekend. Your fault.

Oh, and I can help with explaining the icon table and/or fill out the html for you! PM me and we'll talk.

red_satin_doll June 6 2014, 12:40:46 UTC

but you only want to do that with a select few. The rest you could post on your journal.

Actually most people are putting these up on their journals anyway. Only one participant so far (rua1412) posted directly to the 20in20 site. So on my end it's kind of sneaky "hey I don't really have to chose..."

I do need to pay attention to that phrase "select few" - but hopefully my ability to discern what's really the best will improve with time.

So, how was the steak? *lol* Hopefully you are getting protein in some form to keep up your strength btw - Woman does not exist on lettuce leaves alone.

because I had so much fun doing the art for your fanmix yesterday I may end up making icons this weekend. Your fault.*SQUEES AND BEAR HUGS YOU* I fully and gladly take the blame/responsibility for these shenanigans! Just keep a timer on and stop playing when it goes off, and make sure it doesn't interfere with the schoolwork ok? We need to make sure you keep that prestigious scholarship and prove to your professors that you're serious. (About ( ... )