I definitely know what you're talking about, with the overdone icons. But with this comm the problem's more of the opposite. People often submit icons that are basically cropped interestingly, sharpened and brightened, maybe given a touch of color and one line of tiny text - and that qualifies as BRILLIANT! These people are making batches of icons that all look the same. I try to make every icon I do completely unique, but I guess that's just not homogenized enough. :P
Of course, there's something to be said for minimal icons (as I just noticed that's what you said you do and am subsequently trying to extricate foot from mouth...) because, like you said, you can tell what the hell is going on. But I inhabit a space somewhere in the middle... and it's very lonely here! *tear*
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Date: 2006-01-03 07:14 pm (UTC)I definitely know what you're talking about, with the overdone icons. But with this comm the problem's more of the opposite. People often submit icons that are basically cropped interestingly, sharpened and brightened, maybe given a touch of color and one line of tiny text - and that qualifies as BRILLIANT! These people are making batches of icons that all look the same. I try to make every icon I do completely unique, but I guess that's just not homogenized enough. :P
Of course, there's something to be said for minimal icons (as I just noticed that's what you said you do and am subsequently trying to extricate foot from mouth...) because, like you said, you can tell what the hell is going on. But I inhabit a space somewhere in the middle... and it's very lonely here! *tear*