All my fiddling with PSP XI last night has led to this: my first icon not made by the eljay generator! It's a long way yet from being a work of art, only consisting of two layers, but I think I've got more of an idea of the possibilities now.
A huge thankyou goes to
elsaf, without whose helpful hints I'd probably still be wondering where to start, and refche, and bogwitch, and sabrinanymph who have all offered of their time and expertise. I'll carry on with this version of PSP for the full trial period, then perhaps revert back to The GIMP which I failed to understand before, but which I now see is not so different after all.
A huge thankyou goes to
elsaf, without whose helpful hints I'd probably still be wondering where to start, and refche, and bogwitch, and sabrinanymph who have all offered of their time and expertise. I'll carry on with this version of PSP for the full trial period, then perhaps revert back to The GIMP which I failed to understand before, but which I now see is not so different after all.- Current Mood:
creative - Current Music:'Holland, 1945' - Neutral Milk Hotel
Comments
I started a set of Robin of Sherwood icons, but they came out crap. It's all that bloody soft focus!
My one big bit of advice is - resources! The range and quality of resources you have to work from is important. That's why I hang around a few icon making communities, because I hoover up what all the resource makers produce - textures, bases, brushes etc.
I just happened to have a Robin of Sherwood-still on my hard drive, which I thought would do for messing around with. But a quick Google search has taught me that there's not a lot of good quality pictures of it out there...maybe I should learn to screen cap as well, as I have the DVD-set. Though even then, that early 80s soft focus camera work may throw a spanner in the works! ;-)
I'll try and remember that, about resources. It does make an awful lot of sense - but first, I need to get rid of those white borders on this one. It looks okay on my journal, but against a darker background (like on yours)...not so much.
You soon get out of the habit of borders.
Pity I have to go see my dad now -- I would love to stay here and see what I else I can do, but it'll have to wait until another time.
I'm off to see my parents too.