Eight more LOTR icons.

[ldhenson]

Been going nuts with the icon-making lately.

Today's theme is...hands, and what one does with them.

Take...credit in keywords...enjoy. Comments always appreciated.

Teasers:

1. 2.



3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8.

Comments

[ex-proverb.livejournal.com]

You did a very good job with the selected colorizations! Great highlighting work. I like them!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much!

[cannibalanor.livejournal.com]

That's a really nice idea. I like the colorization too.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[earth-mage.livejournal.com]

cool look...will be snagging #4, with credit of course ^^

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Glad you like it, thanks!

[ravenclaw1980.livejournal.com]

i LOVE these! took 2 and 3, thanks! :)

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you, and you're welcome.

[tuxedo-elf.livejournal.com]

I love the 'make it count' one!

I'm an archer and at the end of a club shoot one guy always says 'last ones, make them count!' so this was very amusing to me!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Yay, I'm your default. Can you credit me in keywords, please?

I did an archery class in school for a quarter...Lots of fun, wish I'd kept it up.

[tuxedo-elf.livejournal.com]

Done! Sorry you had to ask!

I've been shooting for three years - I love it!

[laerwen.livejournal.com]

These are stunning. Taking 1-5, will credit!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks!

[tallihensia.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeeee! What an awesome technic! I *love* the grey-scale/faded versus colorized/sharp areas. Very very awesome, and I must try and duplicate on something soon, because it's just very cool. ^___^

My favorites are 2 (yay!), 3, 4, and 6 (though 5 is terribly amusing ;D)

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you! These were a lot of fun to make. I've done a similar style mostly for POTC icons, but I didn't have as much practice then making icons. I'm happiest with these.

[mystico-tala.livejournal.com]

Not taking any, but they are beautiful! Love the idea :)

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I appreciate the comments.

[scruffehluvr.livejournal.com]

I love the idea and the technic! Awesome work. Take #5 and will credit. Thank you.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

You're welcome, and thanks. #5 is fun.

[vock.livejournal.com]

Oh wonderful work. The colourization is brilliant and the caption is well-picked.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks much. I'm really happy with the way the colors turned out, too.

[julie709.livejournal.com]

Those are very good! Nicely done.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[araestel.livejournal.com]

Those are AWESOME!!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks!

[viggoisking.livejournal.com]

These are beautiful. Took 1 and 2. Will credit if used. Thanks

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

You're welcome, thanks for the comments.

[telpi.livejournal.com]

they are really great!
i'will take 2 and 4.

thank you very much for the nice work :)

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks, and you're welcome!

[billdapony.livejournal.com]

I LOVE #3 - taking, will credit

thanks for sharing, these are amazing!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you, happy you like 'em.

[sparkly-faerie.livejournal.com]

What a fab idea! Really nice and clear and defined; good effect. I love them all, can't decide which I like best so I think I'll leave them for now.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the comments. There was a lot of trial-and-error involved but I really like how they turned out.

[cyshobbitlass.livejournal.com]

Taking number 3...will credit!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Whee, I'm your default!

[itznikki.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure which ones I'm taking but I'll be sure to credit if I use any. I just wanted to tell you that I think these icons are absolutely beautiful. Wonderfully done.

ps. I was also wondering how exactly did you do the color effect? I know nothing about graphic editing and I'm sure that I'll never actually try it myself, I was just curious.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I really appreciate the comments.

The general idea is to separate the pic into pieces, and manipulate each piece to get the total effect. #3 with Sam, for instance, turned out to be quite complex because of the way the light scatters. I wound up with six layers for the final version.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Yay, I'm glad someone took #7. That was a tough one to do.

[lavinialavender.livejournal.com]

Ooh, beautiful effect.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks.