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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.
  

Day 2

Rec at least three fanworks that you didn’t create.

Three feels like too few, but if I really cracked open my favorites we'd be here all day, so instead here are five recent favorites (each from different fandoms):

A Heaven in Hell's Despair by belmanoir (Raffles, Bunny/Raffles)
Really lovely pining vs. obliviousness story with great characterization and use of the canon. 

Sentiment to Paper by mistyzeo (Sherlock Holmes, Holmes/Watson)
It's worth going through all of this writer's fics if you haven't, but this one really spoke to me.  Wonderful premise, wonderful execution, wonderful prose- just wonderful all around. 

Etta Candy's Last Stand by sanguinity (Wonder Woman, Etta/Diana)
Really sweet and so, so funny. 

Fairies Aren't Gentlemen by AMarguerite (Jeeves & Wooster and Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Jeeves/Wooster)
This captures Bertie's voice beautifully and blends the two universes in a way that I think sets the golden standard for JSAMN crossovers.  It's so good. 

Degrees of Latitude by x_los (David Copperfield, David/Uriah)
It's also worth going through all this writer's fics if you've an interest in this rare pair.  And this particular fic hit pretty much all of my buttons and then found new ones I didn't even know I had.  I love it.