My first “Battlestar galactica” icons

[alexandral]

Kara/Lee is my obsession and the reason I have joined LJ (that and queenofthorns Leecaps), I love them together and separately, but will never forgive Ron Moore if they don’t become one.
*writes a letter to Ron Moore*

I LOVE the way they always stand SO close when they speak and look into each other’s eyes. It makes my knees week every time..

Thank you very much, ginger001 , your icons are so lovely, really inspiring. Credits for brushes : magicalicons and twinklebyte.

Icons form season 2 below, they are not particular spoilerish; if you would like to take any, please leave a comment.

I would appreciate comments very much, good and critical..
* If you think they are no good, just tell me* ;)

Examples:
1-2-3


4-5-6

7-8-9

Comments

[koalathebear.livejournal.com]

Mmm very nice, I like #6 the most.

... but you know where my sentiments lie ;)

Thanks for sharing!

[fried-flamingo.livejournal.com]

Your icons are very pretty. Thank you for posting them

[ancarett]

I really like #6. I think the best icons are where the flourishes don't overwhelm or contrast too sharply with the softness of the image (i.e. 1 and 4 are more to my liking than 2 and 5).

[rebellious-love.livejournal.com]

I love number 9. It's a great picture and the text is placed really well.

[gobi-rex.livejournal.com]

I like no.3 and 6. I agree with ancarett that it's better when the flourishes don't contrast too much with the main image. And I really like the coloring.

[ginger001]

Very, very nice icons!!!! Great job!

[raedances.livejournal.com]

I like your muted color schemes, but I agree with those who said that sometimes the flourishes are competing with the image. The primary thing I noticed, however, is the over sharpening in 1-3. Kara's eyes look kind of creepy due to how white the highlight is in her eye. There's a more subtle artifact on her upper lip, likely from the same processing that produced the look in her eyes. You can see a similar effect in 2-6, on the outline of Kara's face. Playing with the contrast and levels is HARD, especially when you're starting from screencaps! These are a good start, though!

[run-atreyu.livejournal.com]

I really like them. I've swiped several, and will credit if I use them. Thank you!

[trinnifer.livejournal.com]

Those are pretty! Nice job.

I was wondering, would it be too much to ask you if I could maybe have the bases you used for those? They're wonderfully cropped! I'm not so good at cropping icons.

[nancy777ca.livejournal.com]

These are beautiful!