when the base image is excellent quality you only need to focus on cropping.
Exactly. I was saying something similar to Spikesredqueen about her wonderful fanvids from 10 years ago that she's posting on her journal; that when you get the right shots and can match the edits to the music and build a story you don't need fancy effects.
It's too easy to fall back on effects as a crutch; when I'm not satisfied with a batch of icons i'm making that is often what happened.
#10 is a perfect example of happiness and fun times.
I do have more "fun" icons than I let on. I need to let those out to play.
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Exactly. I was saying something similar to Spikesredqueen about her wonderful fanvids from 10 years ago that she's posting on her journal; that when you get the right shots and can match the edits to the music and build a story you don't need fancy effects.
It's too easy to fall back on effects as a crutch; when I'm not satisfied with a batch of icons i'm making that is often what happened.
#10 is a perfect example of happiness and fun times.
I do have more "fun" icons than I let on. I need to let those out to play.