My First Icon!!

[exsequar]

I AM SO EXCITED RIGHT NOW.

I just found out that I actually have Paint Shop Pro 8 on my computer!! It came with it!! I have been mourning my lack of iconing capability, and then I find THIS. WHEE. So guess what I immediately did - I made an icon!!

Here it is:

Please please tell me what you think!
I used this tutorial to guide me: http://www.livejournal.com/community/neptunian_queen/1469.html
I still have so much to learn, like whoa, but YAY, now I can actually act on icon bunnies!!!

*dances around ecstatically*

ETA: I've been working on it, I know the text wasn't very legible. Two more versions:


I like the first of those two the best out of the set.

Comments

[paddies.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwwww...that's lovely! ♥

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

REALLY?
*promptly faints*
No honestly... really??? Gio, you have seriously made my day - no, my year - no, my life! You are basically my favorite icon maker ever and you just praised my icon... O.O

On a less fangirly note, do you use PSP or PS? If you use PSP I would really really love some advice, because I'm a little lost on things like brushes and making text look nice. Brushes especially.

Thank you!! <3

[paddies.livejournal.com]

Eeehee...my first icon wasn't even remotely as pretty as yours...you're very good! :D

On a less fangirly note, do you use PSP or PS? If you use PSP I would really really love some advice, because I'm a little lost on things like brushes and making text look nice. Brushes especially.

I use Photoshop, and I don't know PSP at all (even tho I don't think it's really different from PS...). You can check out a bunch of icon-links/tutorials I have saved in my memories...I'm sure you'll find everything you need to know about icon making... ;-)

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Aww thanks... you're so kind :)

I will continue my web-wide search! Of course I would prefer to have PS, but.... free (I really don't know how it got on my comp) vs hundreds of dollars. Hmmmmmmm. Let me think... :P

This is FUN! :D

PS I think I love you forever for making the icon I'm using... so hot.

[paddies.livejournal.com]

PS I think I love you forever for making the icon I'm using... so hot.

Awwwww...thank you so much! I LOVE that scene... :D

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

I do too! Breakin down the door... :D Kiss could have been longer though. I wanna see outtakes of that! *grins*

PS made a couple new versions of the icon