Ha! I couldn't praise my own work... much. I can often feel that compared to others (i.e. the icontests), my icons are more *logical* and pleasing to one's sense of perspective and centering--but that's largely a matter of taste. I don't get it, but a lot of other people are nuts about icons that show someone from the chin down. As far as the technical level, I use such an old program (by choice) that I'm not sure there's much comparison.
I have always had a pretty good eye for composition and the framing of shots in photography. I think that's helped me in the cropping of my icons. Lately I have tried to do a bit of the slightly more off-center focus that's in vogue, but I never could do those icons that are just an eye or a mouth. :Þ
I could go on a lot about the thought processes that go into my icons, if not the techniques. I think you said something once about my icons being very specific in their meanings, and this is true. I take what I want the text and/or the image itself to express, and I build the icon on that, from coloring to font style. The choice of an underlying mood goes into every icon I make, and everything I add to it must contribute to that. Nothing is random.
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Ha! I couldn't praise my own work... much. I can often feel that compared to others (i.e. the icontests), my icons are more *logical* and pleasing to one's sense of perspective and centering--but that's largely a matter of taste. I don't get it, but a lot of other people are nuts about icons that show someone from the chin down. As far as the technical level, I use such an old program (by choice) that I'm not sure there's much comparison.
I have always had a pretty good eye for composition and the framing of shots in photography. I think that's helped me in the cropping of my icons. Lately I have tried to do a bit of the slightly more off-center focus that's in vogue, but I never could do those icons that are just an eye or a mouth. :Þ
I could go on a lot about the thought processes that go into my icons, if not the techniques. I think you said something once about my icons being very specific in their meanings, and this is true. I take what I want the text and/or the image itself to express, and I build the icon on that, from coloring to font style. The choice of an underlying mood goes into every icon I make, and everything I add to it must contribute to that. Nothing is random.