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[certainthings]

Dear People Who Make Icons,

I just read this "It ususally doesn't take that long for me to make an icon ( 20 -30 minutes) unless I'm trying to get text on it" in a post.

Is this an average thing? Because if an icon isn't coming together for me in about a minute, I scrap it. I cannot imagine spending that kind of time on an icon.

Sincerely,
A person who sometimes makes icons

Comments

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Some days I think I was born under the wrong sign because I'm an Aries and we're supposed to all bold and foreward and a little RAWR and I am not despite some of the fronts I may put up online.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I have a hard time with text only icons, them bitches are hard. Or maybe they're hard because I am horrible with text, so I'm with you on the time consumption of them.

[mrbig1316.livejournal.com]

I'm supposed to be the life of the party. And although it may appear as I have no cares in this world when I'm out, I think alot of people finally get how lonely I feel at times and how I DO need someone there for me at all times. No matter the relationship.

But I'm pretty much a typical Gemini. ;)

[impala-chick.livejournal.com]

Wow, someone said that? Not like I make a ton of icons or anything, but I usually make stuff because I have an idea of what I wanna do with the pic so it doesn't take all that long... That would be super frustrating to just do one icon after all that time.

[ellipsisblack.livejournal.com]

I'm like you.

But then, I'm also about instant gratification, so. ;)

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Hopefully not.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I don't think so.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Yes, but more than one during those hours, right?

[fromyourashes.livejournal.com]

Between finding/making caps, deciding where to crop, coloring, etc.etc. and then the freaking OCD kicks in and I lose my eyesight and start squinting and leaning back and forth and...

Sometimes it can take that long.

But if I've got an awesomely clear cap, great quality, and I don't need to eff around with the coloring much? Less than 5 minutes.

Then again - I make pretty crappy icons. LMAO. And I use a pretty crappy program. *shrugs*

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I can see the manip taking awhile I don't really include that in the icon making time process.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

That is what I think.

[marishna.livejournal.com]

For me it depends on what kind of show I'm working on, how good the images are I'm working on, and if I'm in the mood. Lately I've been making a lot of icons and I've been working with caps of the same colouring and consistency so it's easier and faster. But I probably still spend anywhere from five to fifteen minutes on each, depending on what I'm doing. Sometimes longer if I decide I want to do something with a lot of textures.

This icon I'm using here was probably twenty to thirty minutes.

[goodnight.livejournal.com]

ahhaha shit son! An icon takes me like 10 minutes max, depending how much thought goes into it, but usually I dont make an icon until I know how/what I want to do with it...

[iamnotkris.livejournal.com]

I never really take longer than 10 minutes, unless I'm using the one icon to experiment a few different colouring techniques. I dunno, I get bored easily, and I figure if an icon doesn't come together within that time, then it's not worth making. I dunno. Maybe it's just me xDD

[bubbles83.livejournal.com]

It depends. If I'm just making icons for fun, it usually takes about 5-10 minutes. If I'm not happy with it after that, it's not worth it. If I'm making it for a challenge, those can take longer depending on if I'm doing anything fancy on them.

[miss-mandy.livejournal.com]

My icons only take about a minute. But then again I don't do much except crop it and mess around with the brightness/contrast.

I like simple icons.

[guest-age.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, it takes me longer than that. And I consider myself to still be a novice, so... Yeah. :-/

[vileseagulls.livejournal.com]

Whut? I have macros set up in Photoshop - I find a crop that looks nice, hit two buttons to run all my colouring, if it doesn't work, delete or reduce effects as necessary, and call it quits. One to two minutes tops, if it's being stubborn. If it really doesn't work, hit undo and run the OTHER set of colouring macros, repeat process.

What were they DOING that took so much time? I mean I don't use brushes, but I've played with them, and I can't by any means justify twenty minutes even with that.

[ongiara.livejournal.com]

Well, it depends. Usually, it takes me about 5 minutes to make one, sometimes less just because I like it simple and coloring's the only thing that I'm screwing around with. If it's supposed to be something special, I do take longer. The icon coming with this comment drove me nuts for 30 minutes probably and I found that more than frustrating *nods* I prefer things to go swift, yo.

[smeckles90.livejournal.com]

Think it all depends on how many layers you're adding to the icon and how much of a perfectionist you are. I don't spend too long on an icon, but I do have a friend who's willing to spend hours on just the one.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

*smooshes you hard*

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

So far it seems everyone takes more time when there's text involved, I know I do but I rarely use text because I am not good with it Al, not good at all. I wonder if there are any icon makers out there who are brilliant at the text and can make it look good in a matter of moments?

I don't know that I'd consider the screencapping process part of the icon making but I suppose that technically it is, eh?

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Yay us!

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I don't think your icons are crappy.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Oh, I hadn't thought about the show, and how the colouring of it might effect (affect? - you'd think I'd have learned which one to use by now, eh?) but okay, yeah. Some shows take a longer time to work with, I find Buffy a bitch a lot of the time.