Another thing to consider is that sometimes the way a monitor displays color really varies, so that icons that look really wonderful on one screen can look weird on another. So I wonder if that's an issue we have going on here!
Yeah. It can also be a matter of taste too. Occasionally when gifted with icons or banners I've had to tweak them a little myself (nothing that you've made for me though) to get them looking the way I like. Whether it's because they showed up differently on my monitor or because I preferred them a little brighter/sharper/etc I don't know. It definitely is interesting though.
I'm not sure it would work, but it's the way I instinctively want to play with the picture.
A little something like this maybe.
Though I'm not sure if I like these any better than the one I already had. (I also don't like them any worse, they're just different.)
As far as I can tell the icon works so well because the coloring focuses the attention in the correct places...that said, I have no idea what coloring this required!
That is a gorgeous icon. I did play with the colouring quite a bit in that icon but just couldn't get it to look exactly the way I wanted it to.
I originally intended for the icon with the glasses to be my 'first' icon, as it's one of the first images that appears in the opening titles, even if it did seem like an image that came 'after' rather than 'before'. I was so pleased with my second idea (the "Mrs. Peel. We're needed.") that I went with that one instead.
Also a couple more alternatives from those opening titles.
I'm so glad you like that 3rd 'colour' icon. It was easily my favourite icon (and possible the best) of the ones I made this time around, even if I didn't use it for the voting. I do love the way the shadowing worked out, but thought maybe it was a little too pink to fit in with the rest of my 'colours' set. I think I'll have to add it to my userpics. :D
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Date: 2010-07-10 06:19 pm (UTC)Yeah. It can also be a matter of taste too. Occasionally when gifted with icons or banners I've had to tweak them a little myself (nothing that you've made for me though) to get them looking the way I like. Whether it's because they showed up differently on my monitor or because I preferred them a little brighter/sharper/etc I don't know. It definitely is interesting though.
I'm not sure it would work, but it's the way I instinctively want to play with the picture.
A little something like this maybe.
Though I'm not sure if I like these any better than the one I already had. (I also don't like them any worse, they're just different.)
As far as I can tell the icon works so well because the coloring focuses the attention in the correct places...that said, I have no idea what coloring this required!
That is a gorgeous icon. I did play with the colouring quite a bit in that icon but just couldn't get it to look exactly the way I wanted it to.
I originally intended for the icon with the glasses to be my 'first' icon, as it's one of the first images that appears in the opening titles, even if it did seem like an image that came 'after' rather than 'before'. I was so pleased with my second idea (the "Mrs. Peel. We're needed.") that I went with that one instead.
Also a couple more alternatives from those opening titles.
I'm so glad you like that 3rd 'colour' icon. It was easily my favourite icon (and possible the best) of the ones I made this time around, even if I didn't use it for the voting. I do love the way the shadowing worked out, but thought maybe it was a little too pink to fit in with the rest of my 'colours' set. I think I'll have to add it to my userpics. :D