Icon Update

[potentiality_26]

I talked about making some new icons so my collection would better reflect my current interests back in January, and what do you know I'm still working on it.  I really like the cap of Raffles smiling that I worked with during the Snowflake Challenge, but I wasn't quite happy with the icon I made, so I kept fiddling.  

The original vs. the new version:


It's much nicer.

The irony, of course, is that having learned some nice tricks to make things less beige (thanks firestorm717 for the levels tip, the 'set white point' tool in particular is a life saver), I ended up putting yellow and brown textures on it until it was... well... beige again.  I do like it, though I wonder if it doesn't still need...  something.   

I also made an icon for The Terror that I'm pleased with: 


(That show really came for my life y'all)

Idk.  Some things work for me right away.  Some things I poke for six months.
  

Comments

[firestorm717]

Love the new Raffles icon! You should make it your default ^_^. As for what else it needs, you could try putting an overlay gradient. I have one that I like, which is kind of dark red/auburn to light yellow. I'd also brighten the eye area a bit if possible, since the shadows kind of obscure Raffles's expression.

The Terror icon is perfect! Did you finish the series yet? I got all the way through the Carnivale episode and then couldn't go any further. It was too depressing even for me!

[potentiality_26]

I'll give those tricks a try!

Thank you! Yeah I did finish it. For some reason it wasn't too sad/dark for me, I just had really a lot of feelings. It's interesting that it was so popular, though, because it is tough to recommend to people. It's like "bad things happen constantly and everyone dies, but in... like... a good way."