Paddies! *hugs* I dearly love your comments but I don't want you to feel compelled. I know these aren't your fandoms. I am greedy enough to treasure it when you do. I just don't want you to feel obligated, hon. :)

Awww...no problem! If I have time, I always leave feedback on icons posted on my f-list, even if they aren't from my fandoms... and I know that you really appreciate and treasure feedback, so I do it with pleasure. ;-)

I'm actually surprised so many icons with text on them made it to the "honorable mention" portion of the competition. I still hate my text but I figure I'll never get better if I don't practice, so...the world is burdened with my texty icons anyway! Mwahahaha!

*grins*

Text is hard! But sometimes some icons or caps just scream for it...and the only thing you can do is add it and hope for the best... ;))

you do know that for every icon I end up with there are usually at least four other versions I threw away, don't you?

I KNOW. and I have lots of admiration for you, since you're actually capable of choosing just ONE version...I usually end out posting 348168503457 different versions from the same cap. How sad. :|

They were really hard to work with what with having color shifts and being middling quality scans. It was a challenge I enjoyed (after all, I chose to do it) but to have succeeded in turning them into acceptable icons? That's a victory to me.

You really did an excellent job with them! They're definitely some of my favorite ones..not just acceptable, they're good. :-)

I've been playing around with a bunch of different methods for messing with coloring. I suppose I'm playing around with everything, aren't I?

Eehee...that's the way to go. ;-)
And.. isn't the constant learning process totally fun? I think (besides working with pretty people/pictures) the neverending learning process and experimenting is the thing I really love about making icons. :-)

I attribute it in huge part to your taking the time to critique, suggest improvements, and give advice. I'm still trying to put all the stuff you taught me to use. I can't ever repay that debt of gratitude.

Awwwwwwwwwww...it was a pleasure, really. :-) And if you ever have I don't know...questions or you just want to ramble about icons...you know where to find me. :-)

*smooches*

you're actually capable of choosing just ONE version
It's not so hard when you're talking about my icons. There's normally only one version that's publishable.

different versions from the same cap. How sad
I disagree. I've seen sad posts by some icon makers where it's obviously the same crop of the same cap but done a little bluer and then a little redder...and so on. Or even using the same texture over and over and over and...You, madame, are no such iconner.

Instead, what I see in your posts is an inspiring scene and endless creativity in finding another cool approach. Your variations make *sense* to me. A different texture changes the entire mood, or a colorful and a b/w version, and so on. You don't offer 3 versions of an icon. You offer three excellent icons that happen to have the same original cap.

And.. isn't the constant learning process totally fun?
Absolutely! I prefer to be on the steep part of the learning curve, honestly. If I felt like I really knew what I was doing and there were no more surprise discoveries to be made, I'd probably never make another icon.

And if you ever have I don't know...questions or you just want to ramble about icons...you know where to find me
Very cool. I almost certainly will. Talking icons is fun.

*smooches*

It's not so hard when you're talking about my icons. There's normally only one version that's publishable.

Pfffft. I *so* don't believe you. ;-)

Instead, what I see in your posts is an inspiring scene and endless creativity in finding another cool approach. Your variations make *sense* to me. A different texture changes the entire mood, or a colorful and a b/w version, and so on. You don't offer 3 versions of an icon. You offer three excellent icons that happen to have the same original cap.

Awwwwwwwwww....OMG ego-stroke. :D:D:D Seriously though, you're way too nice...*loves*

If I felt like I really knew what I was doing and there were no more surprise discoveries to be made, I'd probably never make another icon.

Very true. It's kind of a strange thing for me... sometimes I feel like I actually know what I'm doing and sometimes I feel like I'm a total mess in need of serious training. Meh.

Very cool. I almost certainly will. Talking icons is fun.

It is! :-)

OMG ego-stroke. :D:D:D Seriously though, you're way too nice...*loves*
Pfft! I'm calling it the way I see it. *shrug*

sometimes I feel like I actually know what I'm doing and sometimes I feel like I'm a total mess in need of serious training
I'll try to take comfort that even the masters feel lost at times but I gotta say, you hide the "need of serious training" awfully well...

*hugs*