44. 147 Icons: SPN Cast, SPN, Fandom Grab Bag

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

22 Supernatural Cast
72 Supernatural
53 Grab Bag (Robin Hood & Sanctuary & The King's Speech & Back to the Future & Toy Story & Psych & Richard Ayoade & p!nk & Heart & Doctor Who & Casanova & Stock & Battlestar Galactica & SG-1 & Dirty Jobs & Kate Winslet & Daniel Dae Kim)
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147 icons, total





MISHA COLLINS, JENSEN ACKLES, JARED PADALECKI, and KATIE KENNEDY
1-5

6-10

11-15

16-20

21-22


SUPERNATURAL
26-30

31-35

36-40

41-45

46-50

51-55

56-60

61-65

66-70

71-75

76-80

81-85

86-90

91-95

96-98




Grab Bag - Mostly icons made for ic0nfest
101-105 - Robin Hood & Sanctuary

106-110 - The King's Speech, Back to the Future, & Toy Story

111-115 - Psych & Richard Ayoade

116-120 - p!nk & Heart & Doctor Who

121-125 - Doctor Who

126-130 - Casanova

131-135 - Stock (Holga Photography, intentionally fuzzy focus)

136-140 - Battlestar Galactice (Gaeta)

141-145- SG-1 & Dirty Jobs

146-150 - Kate Winslet

151-154 - Daniel Dae Kim



Self-indulgent note: This comm has hit 200 watchers! I'm reliably informed this means I've graduated from small potatoes: I'm now officially a medium named fan! *throws confetti* It's a parade! Thanks for watching, everyone.



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Comments

[xafirah.livejournal.com]

"Unattached Grifter's Christmas"? I'm so sorry, I don't think I understand. Valentine's Day? :>

But anyway, your icons look even better on my home monitor - the colors are so pretty and intense. What are your "tricks"? Hue/Saturation, Vibrance? Probably all combined :) I started using Photoshop again and my biggest problem is sharpening. Do you use Unsharp Mask or Smart Sharpen? In Gimp I had only one option so there was no such problem ;).

I'll have more time on Wednesday-Friday (free days) and I'll finaly reply about icon battle. Sorry it's taking me so long! :(

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

It's from "My Bloody Valentine" -- when Sam is taken aback that Dean isn't hitting the bars for women on Valentine's Day.

Welcome back to the Photoshop fold, bb!

My trick is to use Vibrance, my new best friend, and a brightness/contrast layer all settings on zero but set to soft light. (You could use any adjustment layer you wanted; I use the brightness/contrast layer because it doesn't add much to file size.) Not on every icon and rarely at 100% but it's amazing what that does for the color.

Mind you, I'd hate to see you lose that lovely, ethereal color that you do but you have such a good eye I'm sure I'd love whatever you do.

For sharpening, I do the following:
1. Convert layer to smart object (right click on the layer in the palette & choose "Convert to Smart Object"),
2. Smart Sharpen. I use either Gaussian Blur (essentially, it's unsharpen mask) or Lens Blur. I try each to see which one works better. Most of the time, I can't tell a difference but sometimes one is superior. Generally, I keep the settings 100%, 0.3 but I work at 200 dpi. I don't know if that would affect the radius you should choose for your work if you work at a different resolution.
3. Mask away the oversharpened bits Doing it this way gives a mask for the filter.

No apologies necessary. You're worth the wait. ♥ ♥

ETA: If you want me to send you a *.psd for something so you can see what I mean, just let me know.

[xafirah.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the tips! It really helped a lot because I was totally lost with Smart Sharpen settings. Now it'll be much easier to get the sharpness I want :).

No need to send psd, you explained everything perfectly :). Thank you for the offer, YOU-ARE-THE-BEST :D

"It's from "My Bloody Valentine" -- when Sam is taken aback that Dean isn't hitting the bars for women on Valentine's Day."
Ohh, I feel like Castiel now, "I don't understand the reference". Silly me :) I probably know all Crowley's quotes, most Castiel's and unfortunately not many Sam/Dean's ;)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Of course! I'm happy to help in any way that I can. :D

We're in the same boat there. I had a new-to-me friend on Twitter who greeted me with a SPN quote and was all, "???" and had to have it explained to me. I FAIL at memorization!fandom.