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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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[candidlily.livejournal.com]

I haven't made icons in ages, but back when I did all the time, I was in the same place you're in. I applied to goodhplotricons 3 or 4 times and finally gave up. It's not exactly fair because they look for a specific kind of style, and that was obvious with the comments I received on the icons. I wouldn't advise changing your style if you like it, because I think your icons are great. But if you really wanna get in, that's probably what you'd have to do. Anyway, my point is, your style is great as is; being rejected from an elite community doesn't mean your icons are bad. It's like the SAT, doing bad on it doesn't mean you're stupid, just that you don't do well on their narrow criteria.

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Yeah that's the conclusion I came to - they're really looking for a specific style. I've gotten two responses this time so far - one was a No, and she actually said nothing negative but just pointed out the things she liked. Which, while, okay, nice, whatever, but then why the hell was she saying no? On the other hand, the other response was a Yes (the same mod who said yes last time) and she even went to the trouble of going to my journal and linking to some of her favorite icons of mine,it was so sweet of her. So basically, it's all ridiculously subjective and I'm not sure why I submit myself to it! :P

Thanks for the support hon *hugs*