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NOTE: I won't post every single of my early icons in this thread, only the ones which actually are important.
Well, i came to the Hive in November 2007, i got my internet access around 3 months before.
You may imagine, i searched for icons, in fact for the map i started to create in this time.
And i was really surprised by the amount of available resources here.
In December, finally, i decided to register at THW, to share my "work" (without reading the rules. Everyone should check them btw: Icon Rules)
It's nothing to be proud of lil' kids, so never submit a CnP icon to the section or anything else which breaks the established rules!
After having a rest and thinking over my icon career, i started in the early days of 2008 with my first freehanded icons.
I have never heard the word Photoshop or Gimp in that time.
I still was proud of my very first tries, and i decided to post them here. They are still available. They are neither of much quality nor of extreme expression but my try to retrieve my mistakes were honoured and Werewulf and General Frank inspired me to improve my work, to actually learn something about it.
6 months later, i came up with new, better icons. But i had a problem, they were blurred and full of misplaced pixels.
I wondered how to fix that until i found out that .jpg reduces the general quality of icons.
I was used to save pictures in .jpg before.
Having a rest again, i investigated and practiced and came up with something...good. Finally.
I'd like to thank Hawkwing at this point, he gave me my first HR rating and further supported me with tips and constructive criticism.
Encouraged by this support and the general success, i decided to crash my project and turned to the icon creation.
And hey, i got feedback.
A user named Shanghai, who is still around here, requested an icon.
A fitting icon for a skin, whos creator is and was inactive.
The result, you can imagine who is represented:
I started giving feedback to other icons as well. I saw users with similar problems which i had before and helped out, started giving the tips i've received in my early days.
Now i am Icon Moderator, and got a few days ago my new fellow in the section, zombie2279.
He allowed me to enter the current Phoenix Trial, the Icon Contest, by managing the section with me now.
Well, i came to the Hive in November 2007, i got my internet access around 3 months before.
You may imagine, i searched for icons, in fact for the map i started to create in this time.
And i was really surprised by the amount of available resources here.
In December, finally, i decided to register at THW, to share my "work" (without reading the rules. Everyone should check them btw: Icon Rules)
It's nothing to be proud of lil' kids, so never submit a CnP icon to the section or anything else which breaks the established rules!
After having a rest and thinking over my icon career, i started in the early days of 2008 with my first freehanded icons.
I have never heard the word Photoshop or Gimp in that time.
I still was proud of my very first tries, and i decided to post them here. They are still available. They are neither of much quality nor of extreme expression but my try to retrieve my mistakes were honoured and Werewulf and General Frank inspired me to improve my work, to actually learn something about it.
6 months later, i came up with new, better icons. But i had a problem, they were blurred and full of misplaced pixels.
I wondered how to fix that until i found out that .jpg reduces the general quality of icons.
I was used to save pictures in .jpg before.
Having a rest again, i investigated and practiced and came up with something...good. Finally.
I'd like to thank Hawkwing at this point, he gave me my first HR rating and further supported me with tips and constructive criticism.
Encouraged by this support and the general success, i decided to crash my project and turned to the icon creation.
And hey, i got feedback.
A user named Shanghai, who is still around here, requested an icon.
A fitting icon for a skin, whos creator is and was inactive.
The result, you can imagine who is represented:
I started giving feedback to other icons as well. I saw users with similar problems which i had before and helped out, started giving the tips i've received in my early days.
Now i am Icon Moderator, and got a few days ago my new fellow in the section, zombie2279.
He allowed me to enter the current Phoenix Trial, the Icon Contest, by managing the section with me now.
In this thread, i am planning to present pieces of my earlier work and future projects, mainly 2D related.
If you have feedback, suggestions, comments, notes or questions, feel free to post them.
You can also ask me general questions about icon creation or other kind of help.
I hope this thread may inspire some users, as you can read in the story above, i started somewhere too.
Today, i submitted a new icon to the section, actually created for the Phoenix Trial:
A replacement for the "Animate Dead" icon.
