☞ icon critique meme

[donghae]

《ICONCRITMEME》

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♠ reply to this post with your username and/or journal you post your icons at. along with that, post 5-12 icon samples, so everyone can give you some of their thoughts too.

♡ reply to people's ( even people that you aren't familiar with an outsider's perspective is good ) comments with critiques and opinions on their icons. anonymous comments are enabled and ip logging is disabled, if you feel you need to use that option.

♣ try to be polite, but at the same time honest. the purpose of this meme is to be helpful, so any wank will be deleted.

♢ pimp this out in your journal and/or icon community, etcetera.
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Comments

[blacklullaby.livejournal.com]

blacklullaby @ bear_and_book
I know I don't update often lately OTL

[(Anonymous)]

Hoo boy, I love your icons to death! ♥ They're really amazing and beautiful. :) Honestly, I can't say anything bad about them. They're so, so gorgeous. I LOVE YOUR COLORINGS. Keep up the good work!

Your icons are VERY beautiful. ♥

[blacklullaby.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot ♥♥♥

[timidity.livejournal.com]

UHM i just want to say that you make GORGEOUS icons, they're absolutely lovely, but sometimes i think that they seem like they're a bit too sharpened, and the lineart suffers a bit from that. otherwise, your shading it basically to die for, and your colours are wonderfully intense and bright and eyecatching. you've got a really definite style. :3b /hides in a corner

[blacklullaby.livejournal.com]

Yeah, people have already pointed it out to me (about the sharpness) and I try to correct that as I can xD"

Thanks ♥

[rosegilmore.livejournal.com]

THese are really beautiful, and you have a gorgeous and unique style. You shouldn't change a thing!! Great icons!! I especially love the 'friends' and 'till the day i die'.

[kotae.livejournal.com]

Your manga coloring is absolutely gorgeous and unique. I also love the brightness of your icons.. Keep up the great work ♥

[pamkips.livejournal.com]

I luv your manga colorings to death, they're ridiculously amazing :D

[herinia.livejournal.com]

I seriously think you are one of the best iconmakers in LJ because of the fact that you can master in so many different styles (like from simple crop & colour to busy with texture and text...you get what I mean). Not to mention your manga colouring is at the toppest level - I can seriously write an essay on how good it is, but since this is not a colouring crit, let's just say I love your usage of (blue) backlights. Not too many people are comfortable to add such a different hue of shades to their colouring, yet you pull it off really nicely and naturally.

As for real critiques...people have pointed it out already, that your icons are sometimes overly sharpened (such as the third to fifth samples)? This is more like a suggestion, but I think you can also experience with some blurs for variety :D

UH. I hope I make sense. BUT I STILL ADMIRE YOUR SKILLS ♥ The sixth icon is so gorgeous *A*

[strawberrydrunk.livejournal.com]

I usually don't care much for textures in icons, but your use of them is exceptional~! I love how you placed the text and the lights djsjfhfhf

[misako-chan.livejournal.com]

I absolutely LOVE your manga coloring~♥
I also like the way you use textures and light textures! Keep up the good work~