Victoria Icons

[kristin]

In honor of the creation of oh_fiddle, I am offering some colored icons of Victoria.

Please credit me if you use, and a comment to know if you are taking any would be awesome!

Preview:
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credit to extraobsession for textures used in the icons


People, I need to stop making icons and actually finish my picfor1000 fic. Someone yell at me to write! (Also, if anyone will be up to quickly betaing a 1,000 words of Pushing Daisies gen later today let me know.)

Comments

[stellastars]

Oh, me too. I know some people use really fancy borders, but when I use them I stick to something plain and between one to three pixels. I like space!

I think you've improved with the oversaturation. And even with your early icons, well, I've seen some iconmakers who go way more extreme with the oversaturation. So as long as you're paying attention to it, that's what matters! I'm a big fan of color, too. My father used to paint and all his works deal with color progressions, so I think the interest in color is a little bit genetic for me!

And that is a rough base image to start with. (Cute though! Jamie and Victoria are so sweet!) I can stubborn about working with certain images, too... Often I give up and admit defeat when I get really frustrated!

I'm glad to be of help! It is fun discussing icon-art! May I ask what program you use when making them? (Photoshop?)

[attempt-unique.livejournal.com]

I'm using photoshop cs3, yeah. I hadn't ever used it before this year. I actually started making icons because my boss wanted me to get familiar with the program.

I'm glad you can tell that I've been working on keeping the oversaturation to a minimum. There is a hug difference between #8, which I cropped from one of the first colorizations I did, and #10, which is from the same image but toned down quite a bit.

I've been playing with borders a bit. I keep forgetting, saving the image and moving on to the next one without adding a border, but I do like the effect. The icons I have made today are here (http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m13/creativescreenname/yet%20more%20icons/?start=all). (I'm not posting them yet, as I have a few friends who are picking out the ones they want first.) As you can see, my use of borders is sporadic, though a fair portion were made before we started this conversation.

My latest project is figuring out screencapping, to get the images I want. (I've been trying the automatic vlc screencapping, but am having difficulties.)

[stellastars]

*g* I started playing around with icons as a way to learn how to work with graphics programs, too. I use GIMP though and while there is some carry-over between it and Photoshop, PS throws me for a loop at times. May I ask what you do for work? (And if you prefer not to say, no worries!)

Yep, I can definitely see the difference there! So you've been colorizing the large images then cropping down for the icons? (Rather than cropping, then colorizing?)

Ahh, I see! I like the border on this one especially; I think the color really adds to it.

I don't know that I've used VLC for screencapping, other than the "snapshot" function. I have used the GOM Player and it has a couple options, including an "Advanced Screencapture" that allows you to select the file type, number of captures, duration of captures, etc. Not sure how it compares with VLC, but might be another option for you.

[attempt-unique.livejournal.com]

i do marketing/customer support for a distributor of science education products. one of my main jobs is rewriting technical user manuals and sample experiments to make them easier for high schoolers (and their teachers) to understand. i needed to up my graphic skills for accompanying photos and making mock-ups of promotional materials. (i actually really enjoy my job and like talking about it.)

re: cropping and colorization, it depends on the image, and the amount of detail. if there are multiple people in the still, then i will color before cropping so i can use the same image to make multiple icons. that is only basic coloring, which i tweak once i've cropped.

thank you! yeah, i really liked how that one came out. (have you seen generation kill? it is really quite wonderful and superbly well done on all fronts: great writing, acting and direction. i highly recommend it.)

i think i'm getting to where i want to re: screencapping. i have only started trying it today, so it'll take me a few tries.

[stellastars]

Ooo, okay! Yes, graphics skills are very handy for marketing! The last marketing person at my place of work was pretty skilled with photoshop. The new marketing person though... not so much! (She's learning a bit though!) It sounds like an interesting job!

I see, makes sense, coloring the whole image if you want to use it multiple times. Saves work in the end, I imagine!

I have not seen Generation Kill, but I've definitely seen it recommended on my flist previously. I tend to adopt new shows during the summer, so perhaps I'll check it out then!

Ah, that's good! Glad to hear it's working out!