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[exsequar]

Hmmm. I think the positive comments I receive on my icons give me a false sense of pride. I mean, it's great that people love my icons, and I am so thankful to those people who take the time to look at them and tell me what they think, but at the same time I'm really not that great as icon makers go. I could be SO much better, but I just don't understand how. I'm getting very close to being eliminated in the fandom lims contests I'm in, and I never make it into good_fanicons when I apply. It's like... my style just doesn't jibe with the general perception of what good icons are. At the same time, I sometimes look at icons that are supposedly "amazing" and think they're crap. It's like I'm on a different wavelength from everyone else and I don't know how I ended up here.

Bah.

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[grrliz.livejournal.com]

I like the elite communities as a user because it filters out the good from bad, but applying to them is no fun because you're at the mercy of the mods. Yeah, they try to make it more objective by requiring multiple mods to vote on letting you in, but from the perspective of someone applying that doesn't give much comfort.

There are two options here, I suppose, if you don't get in. The first is to apply a fourth time, using icons that are similar in style or content to the ones that seem to be getting in. I'm wary of this because it feels sort of like padding your resume — you're showing them stuff that works for what they want but may not be representative of your work in general, rather than showing them your best stuff regardless of whether or not it fits in. The other option is to search out communities that seem to better fit your style of icons, because you know that what you do is already appreciated in other forms by the people at that community.

I'm often tempted to start my own 1337 icon community because I hate all the wank, but I'm too lazy, it's too much work, and I already run too many other communities. :D

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, as a watcher it's definitely very nice to have them, because you can just scroll through the comm and everything's beautiful. But at the same time, it's not objective in any way - definitely biased towards a certain style.

I don't think I'll apply again, because it's a) too disheartening, and b) it really shouldn't matter that much to me. I can just keep posting in fandom specific communities, that works fine for me. It would have been nice, but I really knew the result before I applied. I suppose I'm just a masochist :P

Too lazy my foot... you do so much, silly.

[soulful-demon.livejournal.com]

maaann...I really like that icon ..

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Haha, thank you! It's hypnotizing, aint it? ^_^