Six Newsies icons.

[ldhenson]

Six icons, experimenting with color. Take...credit me in keywords...enjoy. Comments always welcome.

Teasers:

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

Thanks to dieonthevine.net for the caps.



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Comments

[simonon.livejournal.com]

pretty!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[crazynluvinlife.livejournal.com]

Wow! These are awesome. I'm being too lazy to right click at the mo, but I'll be back *Arnold Swazeneggers*

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Glad you like 'em.

[stephachu.livejournal.com]

Me take number 2 luv it!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks! Can you credit me in keywords, please?

[azsapphire.livejournal.com]

These are absolutely beautiful. Taking 1, 2, 4, and 6. Will credit.

luv n' mushrooms,

~|azi|~

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I had fun with them.

[zoamh]

These are fabulous. Taking 1, will credit.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Cool, thanks.

[longcleeve.livejournal.com]

I love them! I shall take #1 and credit :)

[longcleeve.livejournal.com]

ok I know this sounds dumb, but I guess I'm a little LJ handicapped still...

where is "keywords" at that I'm supposed to credit you in?

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

No problem...when you go to add an icon, LJ will ask you to type in keywords, which is the name by which you refer to the icon. Standard LJ etiquette is to put a "by [name]" or something like that in the keywords whenever you use someone else's icons.

Hope this helps. Enjoy!

[alliemon.livejournal.com]

X3 The first one is really cute. ♥

[longcleeve.livejournal.com]

WHAT is that a picture from!?

[revyrie.livejournal.com]

Took Spot. Will credit. Nice work.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks, enjoy.

[mangolemonade.livejournal.com]

I really like 5. saving it. I'm a sucker for the whole black-white-red thing. Do you happen to have a copy without text as well? If not, that's okay, I'll be sure to credit when I use it.

How did you do that? I make the occasional icon and have been trying to figure something like this out for a while. I know there are probably places I could go, but I haven't had the time to sift through everything. I'm probably overlooking something mind-numbingly simple that I'm going to kick myself repeatedly for later. I'm not asking for a full tutorial, I don't know what you use, but I'm familiar with PS7... but a quick overview in whatever you did [in any program] would be most appreciated ^__^ Sorry about all the questions and thank you for reading all this and for your troubles!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Do you happen to have a copy without text as well?

That should be no problem. I'll be posting more icons in a few days, so look for it there.

a quick overview in whatever you did [in any program] would be most appreciated

I use GIMP, but I think PS7 should be similar. The trick is to break the image up into pieces, and then you can manipulate each piece as you like. If you're brave you can do it all in one layer, but I use multiple ones. Where it gets difficult is you need a steady hand for selecting parts of the image, and there is a lot of trial and error in adjusting the light levels so that the final thing looks good.

There may be more than one way to do this, but this is the one I came up with.

[sketch-of-faith.livejournal.com]

those are beyond fabulous! I love them all so much I am taking them all. :D I will credit you with pleasure. I absolutely love how you made it all black and white except for the things that make them unique! beautiful! thank you so much!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Wow, thanks for takin 'em all! Glad you like.

[glumanddumb.livejournal.com]

The colouring is brilliant! I just wish the font was a little clearer.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I just wish the font was a little clearer.

Well, that was the look I was going for, but if you'd like any of these with a different font, I can do that.

[jesusfreak413.livejournal.com]

taking 2, will credit!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Cool, enjoy.

[snicks1899.livejournal.com]

lovely. :-)

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Your icon's so cute...

[roger-davies-31.livejournal.com]

Took 5, I'll credit you. Thanks.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

You're welcome, enjoy.

[gryffindorgirl7.livejournal.com]

these are great! im gonna grab a few of them. they're simple, yet amazing at the same time. ^_^

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[peculiarjuliar.livejournal.com]

took the David one...will credit. Thanks!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

You're welcome, glad to see David get some love finally :-)

[cananaflannel.livejournal.com]

cool how just one significant color comes out.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[maevebran.livejournal.com]

Those are pretty. I'm snatching #5 and will credit.)

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks, enjoy!

[mononoke-lynn.livejournal.com]

Taking them all; will credit!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'm glad you like them!