I used to make icons, too. I wasn't half bad, but yeah... it gets frustrating when no one comments. But anyway, I guess as someone who both has been an icon maker and is a fanfic author, I can compare? I think it's just been drummed into fandom more that it's the polite thing to do with fic...leave a comment if you enjoyed it. Whereas I think people might think that if they're taking the icons and crediting them, then you'll obviously be able to tell they enjoyed them, so why bother commenting? Or... maybe because the effort in saving/uploading new icons is such a pain in the ass, they don't want to bother with leaving a comment, too? I'm not really sure... Or maybe in the process of all that, they just forget. Who knows... when I was an icon maker, I counted myself lucky if someone at least credited me, ya know?
Graphic work is so often thankless and it's also really hard. Much harder than writing, anyway. At least with writing, yeah, there's always room for improvement, but once you've established your own writing style, there's really no need to switch it up too much. Whereas as an icon maker, you're constantly having to evolve with the new trends and styles and techniques, try to come up with your own, too... it's just a big headache.
Okay, so.. now that I've rambled, I'll be going now. Also, I think you do wonderful graphic work.
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Date: 2007-10-25 03:41 pm (UTC)Graphic work is so often thankless and it's also really hard. Much harder than writing, anyway. At least with writing, yeah, there's always room for improvement, but once you've established your own writing style, there's really no need to switch it up too much. Whereas as an icon maker, you're constantly having to evolve with the new trends and styles and techniques, try to come up with your own, too... it's just a big headache.
Okay, so.. now that I've rambled, I'll be going now. Also, I think you do wonderful graphic work.