My First Batch of Icons

[xwacky]

In my effort to build up this livejournal, I made some icons today. :p This is the first time I've ever done any thing like this. True to my obsession, most of the icons are about Lee, Jamie, Apollo, and BSG. Since they are made from promotion pictures and my screencaps, I'm sure there are millions of similar ones out there.

I'm posting them in the order in which they are made:








Well, I had so much fun making the icons, I made some more from Crossroads II screencaps:

 
 
 
 



Thanks to o_yannik's excellent advice, I'm reworking on my icons that are made from screencaps:

 
 

OMG! This does make a world of difference!  *Twirl! you* o_yannik  You are awesome!

Comments

[o-yannik.livejournal.com]

Nice. :) I especially like the last one, with the Vipers - good cropping.

If you are iconing screencaps, it's good to use some kind of "auto contrast" feature (what program are you using? in Photoshop there is the function named just like that, but in other programs it may be somethng else). Then your icons have more impact.

You should check those communities (do I have the tags right?): userbsg_creative userbsg_graphics usergalactica_icons and maybe others. And maybe post your work there! :)

[o-yannik.livejournal.com]

No I don't have tags right, gotta work on it. Anyway: bsg_creative (actually just remembered, they don't accept icons, but some other things like banners and wallpapers), bsg_graphics, galactica_icons.

[xwacky.livejournal.com]

Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!

This is the first time I've ever digitally maneuvered a picture. I had no idea of the neat tricks and techniques one can use. Your advice is invaluable to me!

I'm using a demo version of Corel's Paint Shop Pro on my desktop. The icons made from screencaps are mostly done on my mac using GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program).

*runs off to experiment with the excellent suggestion*

[o-yannik.livejournal.com]

About neat tricks and techniques there is a community, I think (experimenting with tags again) icon_tutorial or usericon_tutorial that "teaches" some really crazy things you can do with icons. Haven't tried any of those tutorials though. I'm kind of graphic designer at work, so I don't need to indulge myself even more on fan-art. ;)

[xwacky.livejournal.com]

Thanks again for your suggestions and recommandations. You are the best! No wonder you make such cool icons and banners--you are a professional! :)

Can I boldly make a request here--if you have time, can you make me a Kara or (Kara/Lee) icon? I sadly need to add more females in my icon collections! %-\