40 Icons: Dark Angel & Cast, SPN Cast

[hsapiens]

Originally posted October 12, 2006

27 Dark Angel
13 Dark Angel/Supernatural Cast

Teasers:



DARK ANGEL

1	2	3*	4	5
6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25
26	27

DARK ANGEL CAST -- Jensen Ackles (includes icons from promo photos for Supernatural), Jessica Alba

28	29	30	31	32
33	34	35	36	37
38	39	40

*3: With apologies to Carl Sandburgh for messing with his verbiage.

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Comments

[heard_the_owl]

#28 is gorgeous! I love the coloring. It looks like a graphic novel. How did you do that (asks the newbie who's always looking for tips to improve)?

[hsapiens]

I've been looking for the *.psd file because it has been so many years since I made that; I've forgotten how I did it. Alas, it's one of the files I lost when I had a hard drive crash something like 3 years ago. I'm really sorry. If you can find something I made in the last couple of years that you want to know about, I'd be happy to share any tips or knowledge that I have.

I do know that it wasn't anything special. I hadn't been making icons for very long at that point so it would have been pretty straight forward: crop, sharpen, smooth, use a skin toned gradient by oxoniensis, and probably some selective coloring. Most of that gorgeous coloring is in the original promo pic, I think.

[heard_the_owl]

Thank you so much for the info! I really have no clue what I'm doing but everyone has to start somewhere, right? :P
(And thanks for the gradient link!) ^_~

[hsapiens]

Absolutely, we all start somewhere. If I can be of any help, please let me know because I"m happy to help any way that I can.

The gradient used as a "gradient map" and set to soft light was something I did on every icon for YEARS. It's a nice, easy way to get a little extra contrast and to sometimes correct coloring (a little).