Icons etc.

[thisbluespirit]

I've come up with a make-icons plan! (Why do I always need a plan/excuse for things I like doing?) Anyway, one of the joys of LJ is there's a comm for everything, even if it's been defunct for five or more years, so... I have themes stolen from icons200, which are alphabetical and in sets of 10, so I just decide on a show/character/pairing for that set, make the 10 icons, and am allowed up to 10 artist's choice on the same subject, and once I get a set, make a post! Simple. (Those are my rules that I made up, btw.)

Not simple - getting used to a new graphics programme. Why is this one superior to the other in nearly all the ways, but it won't do a simple thing like rotate a layer rather than the whole image? (I had to do text on a new image, rotate that and copy it in. Well, I moved the image over actually, it doesn't seem to want to copy, or not to paste it anyway. But I have brushes, so you know... Software being software, basically. Especially, as ever, with me, free/outdated/cheap software being software.)

Anyway, first set will be Poldark, as threatened, but Ross & Demelza only this time. (But I have 19 more sets to go, and I'll definitely do the other characters. I need to screencap some more yet, too.)

Comments

[swordznsorcery.livejournal.com]

Argh, graphics programs. I used the same one for years. I got it free with a printer ages ago, but it was brilliant - so well designed, and it did everything I needed. Then I upgraded to Windows 7, and it ceased to function. I have a different one now, but even though it's a lot more modern, it's just not as good. It's also unnecessarily complicated! Gah.

Good luck with your iconsing, anyway! It's quite fun, isn't it.

[thisbluespirit]

My other one is fine for most things, but it won't do a few things I wanted to, hence me downloading an equally outdated Photoshop. So far, Photoshop is winning, but there are some bits where it's just more fiddly or doesn't seem to do a simple thing the other did. But I can simply go back to using the other, or just keep both, so it's not too bad - losing your nice one must have been very annoying!

Yes, I do love icon-making, and I just don't seem to have done any properly for ages.