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Journal: emoico
Name: Nicola
Info: Specialise in film, tv and abstract icons including Roswell, Dark Angel, Lost and most thriller films. Interested in colour, composition and text. I also offer Iconpacks of brushes and images for your icon making.

Tell us a little about your background...
Well im 22 and im currently a freelance graphic designer. I am usually found huddled over a computer working on my own graphics as well as squeezing in a few icons and other resources now and then.

How did you get into icon making?
Well, I first started making 150x150 avatars for a roswell polar board, I have honestly made so many I couldnt count them all, then when I realised livejournal needed 100x100 icons to work I just started playing around with images I already had on my computer and caps I took from my favourite films, I made icons just for me, then progressed into stuff for others.

Can you remember the first and last icons youve made?
I remember my first being a set of 'se7en' icons taken from caps. They are actually still some of my favourite icons. The last icons I made were a set of personal icons of my goofy teddy, I got a new camera and took some amazing bright and colourful shots and just had to use them...

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ICONLIST JOURNAL FEATURE : MAY 2006 [28 Apr 2006|04:34pm]

Journal: [info]emoico
Name: Nicola
Info: Specialise in film, tv and abstract icons including Roswell, Dark Angel, Lost and most thriller films. Interested in colour, composition and text. I also offer Iconpacks of brushes and images for your icon making.


Tell us a little about your background...
Well im 22 and im currently a freelance graphic designer. I am usually found huddled over a computer working on my own graphics as well as squeezing in a few icons and other resources now and then.

How did you get into icon making?
Well, I first started making 150x150 avatars for a roswell polar board, I have honestly made so many I couldnt count them all, then when I realised livejournal needed 100x100 icons to work I just started playing around with images I already had on my computer and caps I took from my favourite films, I made icons just for me, then progressed into stuff for others.

Can you remember the first and last icons youve made?
I remember my first being a set of 'se7en' icons taken from caps. They are actually still some of my favourite icons. The last icons I made were a set of personal icons of my goofy teddy, I got a new camera and took some amazing bright and colourful shots and just had to use them...

What do you use to make your icons?
My head for starters, then possibly my 8.1samsung digi cam, photoshop 7 and illustrator 10. I sometimes use paint shop pro 7 for pixel work.

What are your favourite personal icons youve made? (showcase 6 icons)
1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.
1. This is from a set of gothika icons i did. I really love the image used and perspective of the elements. I used a pin light effect to get the image creamy.
2. This was done for a challenge and it came our pretty good, I use a filter system with a dark overtone, which is why the image looks lighter from the centre, I also have used brushes and a texture over the image.
3. This is from my tru davies set. I love the use of the brushes and the placement of the image, which is interesting in itself. The subject is placed in the center of the icon for a thirds effect.
4. This icon is taken from the sin city promo shots and has been recoloured and contrast to give a colourful and bright icon.
5. I love the colour overlay on this icon, and the type makes the icon all more elegant, thanks to some good brushes.
6. This icon, like the last uses a strong colour overlay to create a strong effect. I love how effective the white space on the left brings the focus over to the repeated image on the right.

Do you have any trademarks or special techniques that follow through on your creations?
I try not to make all my icons look the same. With my job consistency is the key and I want to stay far away from that with a such creative medium as icons. After all, if all my icons looked the same I wouldnt reach many people. I think that I make better icons if they are all to a good level and make you look twice. I suppose my use of type is usually a good sign that ive made them.

Do you create any other type of graphics?
Yup, I also create resoucre packs, wallpapers and any other type of graphic possible. Im usually quite fond of a graphical challenge.

Who do you admire, icon making wise?
wow... so may different users nowadays. There are so many talented designers. I suppose anyone who pushes the boundries admires me when it come to creating. Being an individual is so difficult to be in a vast of quality.

Whats your favourite tool in your editing program?
Definately the brush tool. To be completely honest, I couldnt create the icons i do without the amazing brushes I download from other creators, so thank you!

Share a tip for others...
If you are constantly doing a same technique with your icons, have a read up on actions if you use photoshop. Actions are basically a way to record what your doing to an image and then reply that action to any other image and get the same desired effect or outcome, its fantastic for cropping, resizing and sharpening images.
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ICON JOURNALS [23 Apr 2006|11:13am]


Journal: [info]emoico

Name: Nicola

Info: Specialise in film, tv and abstract icons including Roswell, Dark Angel, Lost and most thriller films. Interested in colour, composition and text. I also offer Iconpacks of brushes and images for your icon making.


Journal: [info]freja_irihs

Name: Sylwia

Info: Generally I made icons from Roswell and actors who played there but also Lost, Grey's anatomy and Veronica Mars. I don't have one style. My icons are different... That's what people say. I put here one of my icons with Jessica Alba. It won at [info]100x100_awards so I think it must be sth in it...


Journal: [info]thedustbox

Name: Anna

Info: I experiment a lot with different styles, making some that adhere to current iconing trends and some that are totally different. Right now I'm loving bright colours, boxes and minimalism... often all in the same icon!
Favourite subjects incluse Keira Knightley, Angelina Jolie, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Lord of the Rings.
I use PSP9 and Animation Shop 3.


Journal: [info]_cornflower

Name: Analyn

Info: My icons range from anime/videogame characters, celebrities, comic book characters and even photography. I can also do a little retro art in my icons. My favorites styles would be little-text icons, monochromatic, and geometric shapes. Cut-out icons are not my thing ^_^


Journal: [info]___fatalromance

Name: Ronie

Info: I love making graphics and I'm open to different ideas, I tend to make icons of things I like but occasionally ask my lj friends what they think I should make icons of. I love experimenting with different styles, most of my icons differ a lot, some examples may be seen in my info page.


Journal: [info]dimensicons

Name: Courtney

Info: Iconing is addicting! I love color and contrast, textures and tiny text, and immortalizing my favorite faces and fandoms in tiny little cubes. As my muse has an attention disorder, you'll find a bit of everything - music, movies, television... But I'm partial to Roswell, Rob Thomas, and anything in the Jossverse.


Journal: [info]micra77

Name: Micra

Info: Mostly of the icons are about tv shows such as Lost, Alias, Everwood, Gilmore Girls but sometimes I also make movies icons.


Journal: [info]freezeburn__

Name: Lauren

Info: Generally icons of male celebrities, including Orlando Bloom and Brad Pitt. Also do a lot of movie icons... love experimenting with text, colour, and different brushes.


Journal: [info]brasaremean

Name: Arijana

Info: I'm totally addicted to making icons!!! I watch something on tv and count the frames to see if i can make 100 icons of a TV commercial!!! My fandoms include Star Wars, Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Hayden Christensen, various movies and tv series..... I experiment a lot with styles and have a few of them.... :) and they're recognizable...


Journal: onesunset

Name: Agnes

Info: I make icons of almost anything. My fandom changes a lot, so I don't really stick to one subject. But I do have a few definite fandoms, such as Johnny Depp, HP, etc. :) I also don't have a definite style. Sometimes I try to make my icons clean and simple, and sometimes I try to make them colorful and creative. So yeah, you can definitely find a variety of icons at my journal. :)


Journal: [info]serenitynoire

Name: Gustaf

Info: My fandoms are majorly Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings; I try to make icons of different movies/TV series for every batch. I have a few styles I regularly use, but I try to have some variation in my batches.


Journal: [info]goaliegal_icons

Name: Sarah

Info: I make a lot of different icons and have a lot of different fandoms. It will be mostly tv shows like, One Tree Hill, Dark Angel, The Oc,Alias. I also do a lot of celebs or any movies I have been watching. I love experimenting with different styles and things so my icons usually have a lot of variety but I do have a few that I stick to most of the time.


Journal: [info]aquantic

Name: Victoria

Info:Celebrities, music bands, models & movies is what most of my icons revolve around. There's also backgrounds, LJ layouts, and other type of graphics.


Journal: [info]_pygmypuff_

Name: Sinem

Info: Pygmypuff is a Harry Potter Graphic Journal ft. mainly icons. I try new styles every other week but all my icons will have somewhat of a digital art featured, coloured in light colours with glimmer and white borders, etc... You could call my style pretty soft.


Journal: [info]weneedaroom

Name: Aubree

Info: I am pretty much addicted to making icons--it's not unusual for me to update several times a day. I mostly do celebrities, bands, movies, etc.--but I'll also do requests.


Journal: [info]sweetkarma

Name: karina

Info: i like to make icons of celebrities and fashion photography. i try to always innovate and come up with my own style, getting inspiration from other icon makers and making something completely different. some icons are very minimalistic, others use brushes and textures and light effects, readable text and tiny text, borders, etc.


Journal: [info]petticoatrow

Name: Soleil

Info: If you're looking for high quality, elegantly designed icons based on popular film / fandom / stock themes - you will find them here. Apart from HP and LOTR, I also make Disney themed icons. Featured here is a random icon made from stock images. I also occasionally post other graphics, brushes and textures.


Journal: [info]paper_planes_

Name: Ki-ki

Info: Fan icons ~ mostly Roswell since it's my main obsession. Sometimes i throw in others like Gilmore Girls, Harry Potter, Buffy, etc. I also do random icons when i'm in the mood. I'm going through a black and white with one dominant colour phase, but i generally just try out different things and try not to limit myself.


Journal: [info]zocat_icons

Name: Alex

Info: My main fandoms at the moment seem to be Harry Potter and Cowboy Bebop, although I'm branching out into other areas of film and general interest. I don't seem to have a set style yet, so if you like a variety, come visit!


Journal: [info]evita_icons

Name: Evita

Info: I make mostly Harry Potter icons but have recently branched off into other fandoms such as Firefly and Lost. I like to write basic tutorials as well. I founded/moderate [info]hp_tutorials also. My style may not be flashy but I am the queen of basic and simple.


Journal: [info]_twilightfades

Name: Kendra

Info: With each post I make I try and experiment a bit with the style as far as cropping, color and text. The bulk of my icons consist of images from classic films and classic film stars, I also do stock images of my favorite cites and other random photos such as fashion. I do have a link for requests on my journal and occasionally make headers and FO banners for people who ask.


Journal: [info]bellezzadiamore

Name: Joy

Info: I make mostly Harry Potter icons, but I also make a lot of film and actor icons, as well as text/quote icons. I like to make simple icons with lots of color.


Journal: ibite_rly

Name: Sarah

Info: Most of my icons are from the Series of Unfortunate Events, Harry Potter, Clockwork Orange and The Ring fandoms, however occationally I'll post something like Willard or Batman. I don't have a specific style or anything, I just go with whatever I feel like pretty much. I use Photoshop CS2 mostly.


Journal: [info]arcanghel

Name: Aci

Info: Main fandoms include Harry Potter (mostly Ron/Hermione) and Friends. I also create icons having recent movies as the subject. Don't have a specific style yet, but I post experimental styles of making icons.


Journal: [info]vintageous

Name: Sarah

Info: Specialize in retro, vintage, and old movie star icons. Mostly simplistic, a few animated and a few with text. Friends only banners posted frequently too. Everything listed in the memories.


Journal: [info]iconstage

Name: Kat

Info: I'm partial to making Harry Potter icons, but also make Lord of theRings, Wheel of Time, and Chronicles of Narnia as well as theoccasional Star Wars or Beatles icon :]
My style is really varied, and I experiment with new techniques almost constantly!


Journal: [info]toxiic_graphics

Name: Devon

Info: I do alot of FFX/2 icons/journal sets but love to do HP, Natalie Portman, Johnny Depp, Keira Knighley, Brand New and other various subjects. I'm open to requests and tend to post quite a bit. I use PS7.


Journal: [info]fading_coal

Name: atara

Info: My main fandoms right now are Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Xena Warrior Princess, and Battlestar Galactica, but you'll also find a variety of miscellaneous icons ranging from Patrick Stewart to The Sandman to my cats, as well as occasional icons in other fandoms. I don't have a particular style; either I get a brilliant inspiration or I work organically, trying out different effects and icon resources until the finished icon expresses the emotion or mood I want to get across. [info]fading_coal also includes icon resources I've created, but finished icons are by far the major content of the journal.

ICON RESOURCE JOURNALS [02 Jul 2005|11:13am]


Journal: [info]scarsonchest

Name: Olga

Info: I love abstract textures! I made a lot of abstract textures, and I will make more, someday... Also I sometimes make gradients and brushes. My resources haven’t got a main idea, because I like different styles and I always want to try something new. It’s difficult to speak about my resources in English… I have no words…

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