Look Ma! No Photoshop!

[promethia_tenk]

So, I wanted to learn about making icons, so I made some.  Very inefficiently, I suspect, but I think I've caught the bug and have more planned, so expect more.

River-centric because that's what I know and because I find the selection of River icons woefully lacking.

Please nab and share.  Standard disclaimers: credit promethia_tenk , no hotlinking, and I've been doing this all day, so please be nice to me *big eyes*

      


       

      

       

Comments

[juliet316]

These are fairly good for a first batch. If you're looking for ways to improve icon_tutorial is a good place to start. Snagged a few, will credit if used.

[promethia_tenk]

Oooo, thanks so much. That certainly looks like a wealth of information!

[snogged.livejournal.com]

I think you've got a good start.

[promethia_tenk]

Thank you! (And Happy New Year!)

[cinderbella333.livejournal.com]

I am always so happy to see River icons. And you even made some with Rory! There are a whole bunch of these I like. Such as River looking at the Pandorica. And the first one where she's smiling so wide for the Doctor and then the fourth one where she's giving him the, "Are you just saying BS?" look. I really look forward to seeing more from you in the future. Will credit those I use.

[promethia_tenk]

Thank you for the lovely comment!

I think River icons are an under-served niche. There are lovely ones out there, but somehow now the ones I wanted. So. If you want something done, you've got to do it yourself . . .

I have determined that River + Rory will be the epic friendship of season six. I shall make it so through sheer force of will. And icons.

[owlboy]

lmao@ "frakfrakfrak" & "we're fracked"

lovely!

what program do you use?

[promethia_tenk]

Thanks!

A highly sophisticated mix of outdated PowerPoint and the basic image utilities that come on a Mac =D

[idioticonion.livejournal.com]

I love the colour and the text of "frak frak"

[promethia_tenk]

Hey, thanks :D

[honeynoir.livejournal.com]

Yay, River and Rory icons! :D

They're all beautifully cropped... and appropriate texts are appropriate. *g*

[promethia_tenk]

Thank you!

Yay, River and Rory icons! :D
IKR? I've got one more planned too! I shall make them great friends next season through sheer force of icon-ing.

[honeynoir.livejournal.com]

I shall make them great friends next season through sheer force of icon-ing.
I approve of this plan!

Now I just need to figure out which icons I can delete to make room for River-Rory.

[promethia_tenk]

I approve of this plan!
And of course, the fic! If you write it enough, it will happen. That's how these things work y/y? ;-)

Now I just need to figure out which icons I can delete to make room for River-Rory.
*is in the same boat*

[honeynoir.livejournal.com]

YYY! That's what the 'The Last of the Time Lords' taught us. River+Rory will spring from a ball of psychic energy.

[honeynoir.livejournal.com]

Totally forgot -- I snagged the River-Rory without text. May take some of the others later. ;)

[promethia_tenk]

Oh, cool! Enjoy!

[elisi]

Finally here! And I like them very much! Lots of unusual caps (hurrah!), and I love your captions. Love, love, love.

From a purely artistic POV I especially like the one where she's writing in her diary, and the one that's bottom left, with the Doctor in the foreground. Very visually pleasing.

Also the 'light my fire' one if gorgeous, although I want it sharper. (But then I'm very fussy - even though I'd never be able to make anything half as good myself...)

Overall, I am hugely impressed and I dearly hope you keep on, since icons are awesome, and you most definitely have talent!

[promethia_tenk]

=D Thank you. V. glad you like.

From a purely artistic POV I especially like the one where she's writing in her diary, and the one that's bottom left, with the Doctor in the foreground. Very visually pleasing.
Thank you--I do to. Interestingly, since I set out to icon the things that other people haven't iconed, I found myself very aware of how she is literally *in the background* the vast majority of the time. There are sort of the big flashy moments when she gets center stage, and naturally these get attention, but really for most of her screen time she is literally behind things, on the periphery, out of focus, etc. There's something nice about the visual significance of that.

Also the 'light my fire' one if gorgeous, although I want it sharper. (But then I'm very fussy - even though I'd never be able to make anything half as good myself...)
Case in point--horrible cap to work with. It took a lot of fiddling to even get it that clear. I sort of assumed that no one would actually use that as an icon, but it was a moment that always caught my attention, and I've never seen anyone really highlight it before. This seemed a good medium for it. There are a few of these that I really wanted to make for my own use (like the laughing one), but I think by and large I'm looking at this more as a mini picspam/art thing-y (technical term).

[elisi]

but really for most of her screen time she is literally behind things, on the periphery, out of focus, etc. There's something nice about the visual significance of that.
Mmm, you're right!

Case in point--horrible cap to work with. It took a lot of fiddling to even get it that clear.
I'm not surprised - half the time when I have some brilliant idea I never even get round to asking anyone, since finding a good cap isn't easy. :( But, the idea is still awesome!

There are a few of these that I really wanted to make for my own use (like the laughing one), but I think by and large I'm looking at this more as a mini picspam/art thing-y (technical term).
I approve of this very much!

[cassi0pei4.livejournal.com]

Though you've probably come across this rec by now, Gimp is a really fabulous, free(!) image-editing software. It has a lot of the features of photoshop (layers and such being especially helpful for icon-makers) without being eleventy-billion dollars. You can also use downloaded fonts and brushes that were designed for photoshop on Gimp which is a real help as the standard Microsoft set is really rather dull after a while.

[promethia_tenk]

Oh, thank you! No, I hadn't heard of that, actually, but I have basically no involvement with any graphics communities or anything like that.

Will have to give it a look.