Enlarging....

[greerwatson]

Here are some more enlargements for icons that I've posted. All have been done to the 350px size, which makes it possible to see more of the detail. (Previous enlargements can be found here and here.)

I'm going to start off with the three main Knighties icons. All three have had to be tweaked a little so that they look good at the full 350px size. They share a lot of common motifs, but used of course to quite different effect, as you can see.










The remaining icons represent four major character-based and three couple factions whose "enlargements" have not already been posted. .

Comments

[foxy11814.livejournal.com]

I love all of these enlargements. I don't know if I've said this before, but thank you for taking the time to make all of these wonderful graphics. I know how difficult and time-consuming making icons, signatures, and banners can be. =)

[greerwatson.livejournal.com]

It's surprising, really, how different the length of time can be. There are a few that take only an hour or so. Admittedly, they tend to be the simpler designs; but there are others—seemingly simple!—that drive me nuts because some element just isn't working.

Sometimes the answer is to swap out the screen capture, or use a different font, or something like that. Sometimes, though, the solution is to start over from scratch. And that, of course, means dreaming up a completely different design. You know the trouble I had with the Ravenettes' icon! I worked for ages on each of the first two versions and just couldn't get things to go right. The third one actually took far less time; but, of course, cumulatively, getting an acceptable final design got spread out over far too many hours and weeks.

But then there are the ones where I have a clear vision, and it's just a question of fitting the pieces together: getting the best size for each element, the right shade of background: small tweaks. The See-Through Knighties' icon was very quick; and I just did one for the B.R.I.C.K. that was almost as fast.

It all depends.

[nat-1228.livejournal.com]

Thanks for doing these enlargements, Greer! I really do love the icons, but it's nice to be able to see all the detail, especially since you put so much thought and work into each one. They are all little pieces of art. :-)

[greerwatson.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you. "Little pieces of art" is how I like to think of them, too—probably because of the "thought and work". I want each one to be as perfect as possible.

[(Anonymous)]

You are succeeding.
These are beautiful and really capture the various factions as I understand them.
Tim

[greerwatson.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I do try to capture the "feel" of the faction as well as depicting its subject.