Thank you so much!! I'm glad you do! ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و
AHHHH KAIRII IT'S BEEEN SO LONG!!! I MISSED YOU!!!! <3
Love your new gallery layout! The font matches very well and the effects are very nice, as I expected haha. Do you remember what font you used btw? o_0 I've seen it around often but I never got around to figuring out what it is. Like, it can't be a default font, right?
Anyway, it's also cool to see your past works and compare them to your 2014 stuff to see how much you've improved (which is a lot)! Your style changes tell me that you've been trying out new stuff, which is great and shows how varied you can be.
ICONS. I LOVE THESE. I CAN TALK ALL DAY ABOUT ICONS.
So yeah, I really like what you did with cropping, especially in the first. Face cut-offs are A+ and super interesting, and the light effects on her hair really add to the whole piece ;-]
Also, I like the background you used in the second one (which is super fitting), and cropping is top notch as well, since you managed to fit in all of the important details haha.
I'd love to see more icons from you!! Iconing is like "my thing" so I like it when other people try it out more too c:
AHH THE PROFILEEE
"FT ONE PIECE" AAAAAAH SQUEE SQUEE
(it's funny that Brook looks like he's swinging forwards from the title haha)
huehuehue I notice everything! :> *mellorine scan activated*
(I totally have this "Mellorine! Mellorine!" sound in my head xD)
Oh I see... Renders that are cut off are sometimes hard to handle, yes yes... *tries to speak like a gfx pro*
but either way it looks great!!
omg I just typed mellorine into google and look at what I discovered!XD
THIS EXPLANATION AND THE IMAGES DON'T FIT AT ALL AHAHAHA
The new profile style is super clean and nice, I love what you did with it. WHERE DO YOU GET ALL THESE WACKY FONTS? Lol
But y'know, I think the main reason why people are having problems reading the text is that it's in a light color (white) and the font size is pretty small! The font itself (I don't remember what it's called exactly but I'm aware that it's the default userbar font, lol) is definitely not the problem. The giveaway profile does look good as is but changing the text color to black or something would make it stand out better, as the white text slightly blends in with the light gradient :-]
I like this latest icon! The cropping's great and the lighting/coloring is nice, with the monochrome purple color scheme going on. But I do have to ask, do you usually put borders on your icons (since most of the icon examples in the OP have a border)? I think borders are great on graphics like signatures but I would be cautious with using them in icons, since they can give an icon a bit of a closed look rather than an open one, especially since there's less canvas space. Also, there are overwhelming sharp lines in some parts, like her face and arm! You most likely left things that way to get some depth contrast with the right side but it's a good idea to tone down sharpen with icons, again because the canvas is smaller and it's more noticeable as a result.
(Here's my favorite smart sharpen setting, by the way: Amount- 30, Radius- 0.5px; and then after I sharpen, I use the eraser tool on a low opacity to get rid of anything that's too sharp.)
I use this setting a lot because the result often ends up sharpened just enough, though sometimes I change the amount up to 45 if the image is blurrier than normal and could use an extra boost. If you haven't already, you should experiment with some smart sharpen settings and see how you like it compared to regular Sharpen!
