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[aesc]

Mmmmph grrrr, I have been trying to icon this particular image:




... for the past hour and it is not working :/ I've been having horrible, horrible luck with icons since some time last year (um, October, omg)--larger projects have been going okay, but they're starting to seem kind of rote to me, like I'm doing the same thing over and over again. For inspiration I've been looking through tutorials and icons done by people much more talented than I am, but nothing seems to be working. It's incredibly frustrating to open up Photoshop and think, "oh, I finally have an idea for something" and then be utterly unable to do something as simple as color-correcting and think "Fucking hell, I'm regressing." Soon I'll be over-sharpening and abusing the Soft Light function. Fellow graphics people, what do you do in a situation like this? Give up and do something else? CRIES.

On the bright side, my new icon by tardis80 cheers me up :">

Also on the bright side, check out pollanesque. It is a cool place. It's about good food and lots of other things.

Comments

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Is something bothering you in particular?

I think it's the coloring, for one--even coloring large things like screencaps... nothing seems to come out right, and hasn't been coming out right for a while. And another thing I guess is feeling like my stuff is becoming repetitive, like I'm using the same techniques over and over again and not really branching out or doing anything different. I've been trying to figure out what new things I could be doing, but that requires creativity :D

[tardis80.livejournal.com]

And another thing I guess is feeling like my stuff is becoming repetitive, like I'm using the same techniques over and over again and not really branching out or doing anything different. I've been trying to figure out what new things I could be doing, but that requires creativity.
Ahhh. Though to me, the things you're doing now are beautiful and unique, and I really really like them... *commiserates with you*

Some websites?
-Computer Arts (http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/2d__and__photoshop) has some interesting tutorials.
-Design Encyclopedia (http://www.thedesignencyclopedia.org/) for some inspiration.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

*huggles you and John in his stripy boxers* :"> :">

Thank you so much for the links!!! I'm looking around them now, and will post them on my resource page if they can help me get over my lameness :D