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Those are absolutely cute, and i love #39, chibis Hikaru/Akira are too adorable *g*
Thanks :) Can't wait to see the rest of your icons.

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:D I hope I can dig up more chibix bc I love them too. XD

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I really like the coloring on these ^^; I haven't read this manga but i took "Tears".

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heehee not all of these are manga images. :X hence the shonen-ainess but i think the manga is more shonen-ai lulz. ;O you did not hear that from me. tears is from the manga, though. ♥

Concrit from u, plz?

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Hmm, i don't have any concrits for you. I really like these and they conserve your style ^^; Maybe a "No-icon" icon would be nice ~

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hehehe as soon as u spot something er...fugly or what, holler.

i made two of those no icons...but they were BAAAAD. BAAAAAAAAAD!!! t_t

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but i will attempt...again. lulz i'm a loser. ^_^"

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You're not ¬_¬. Your icons rule ^^

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Oh, #1 and #2... *dies of squee* I wish I could have more icons, these are lovely. <333

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i wish LJ would have like 100 icons for basic accts. t_t *dies of wanting*

♥ thank you!

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Trying to think of concrit...can't really, they're beautiful. ^^; *saves a whole bunch*

You mentioned a radioactive effect, though...I'm assuming that's in PSP, which isn't my program, but photographically, what does it do?

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♥ thank u!

I use PS7. Um, I used a bunch of saturation layers to spiff up the dull colors...but when u use too much er.. you get like laser-like eyes and all. it gets really freaky lol.

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Taking loads♥.

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♥ thanks!

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Awesome!!!! I love them all esp. #39 (chibiness = <3 ^o^)
*grabbing a couple* Thanks ^-^//

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^0^ thanks for appreciating!

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You're my hero for life. ♥ Hikaru no Go fandom needs to participate more in the graphics department. :) I snagged a bunch [and will be back for more once you update of course].

Ruined Hikaru no Go? Never. :) If anything it's even better now! (It can get better than super!awesome.) Uh, I can't think of much criticism other than that you should try to sharpen some of the icons a bit more, but that's a personal opinion. I have to say, I love your choice of images. Thanks for sharing and good luck on completing the challenge! :D

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uh hehe i was afraid i botched up hikago with this challenge XD (I know I'm kinda self absorbed when my own work so I need a 2nd, 3rd or nth to know if they turned out really ok. er...sharpen? I'll work on that. I actually blurred a lot of them *embarrassed*

thanks for your lovely compliments! ♥ ♥ ♥

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OMG these are brilliant! Taking all! ^0^ will credit when used ^^

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:D thank you v. much!!! ♥ ♥ ♥

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All I can say is: Wow, they're so beautiful! #29 is really cute ^^

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:D thanks to you scanlating peeps. 29 is from your doujin. ♥ hehehe it's one of my favorites in this batch. ♥

100mankai has a nice style. i'm always 2nd guessing myself how these should look like. D: I may not do justice. D:

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Oh, you're right! I didn't notice XD

But I really like your icons, they're so nice and pretty and the colours are just beautiful. I can't think of anything bad to say about them.

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Ohhh... These are lovely!! You did a great job, congratulations! And thank you for sharing them with us. ~^^~

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thanks for appreciating. ^0^ ♥ ♥

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Not taking any...but they're so awesome!!

Man, I suck at coloring manga and..you don't! Good job on these! These icon are really great! 39 is so cute =3

Woah, that's so cool! You're doing the iconfiend100 challenge thingy! Man, I can never accept that very long/hard challenge!

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gahahaha, i don't know why I did it. my fandom bug whispered these ebil things in my ear. D: (it's not that bad it's just 50 icons with the themes. the other 50, you get artist's choice so you can botch up the last 50. but really, no one will say anything if you don't capture the themes on the 1st 50 so....k i'll stop now.)

if you're into the relatively short challenges:

icon_roulette <-- the themes are a bit difficult (especially when you're anal.) Roulette style, 25 randomly selected themes. Although there are a couple of themes that will be in your set more often than the rest (ex: Natural Disaster, Blind, Icon Pair, etc) Well, you've already seen what I've done with one set.

sentient_icons <-- Fixed themes. Seriously way easier than Roulette.

Suck at coloring manga? do you color manga? most of your icons are anime caps. For me manga coloring is way easier than wrestling with the bloody screencap.

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XD, I hope my fandom would inspire me to do that. Lol, I guess I'm just lazy and everything. XD, you're fandom is so sneaky. Teehee~!!

Heard of sentient_icons but I never gave it a go. Ugh, I'll try that if I have the time. Nyahah~! So like how do I do it there? Just claim a fandom and that's it? Or something? Waahh, I'm good at these things, sorry.

Yup, I suck at it. Here's my attempt. And squashed some textures on them. Oh, here's (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c127/khq/avviecons/Kyoya9.png) another example. Gaaah, they suck. (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c127/khq/avviecons/Kyoya1.png)

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hmm... thinking...

Ok what exactly did you do with this? lots of color burn? adjustment layers? levels? god knows I'm not qualified to give advice but I'll give it a go, ok?

all coloring layers set to multiply?

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Actually, the color of that is in normal. While the manga scan is set to Linear Dodge. As in the colors then on top the manga scan. Then textures set in either Overlay, Burn, Soflight. Yeah.

Ugh, it's horrible ne? Oh yes pls, give advice~!!

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Hmm.. Ok Do you still have that .psd file? We can edit that :D If not, we can start anew. This is what I do:

1) Think Image. Don't think of the textures or the lights or effects. (So, yes at this point get rid of the textures.)
2) To deal with less complications: Set your Base to Normal. Multiply is fine if you plan on coloring below.
3) Now, Color. DON'T Color and THINK about the textures. Color and imagine how your image will look like.
3a) Do you believe in exclusion layers? If so put an exclusion layer first, then color. YOu need not be a exclusion hardcore and set it to 100%. Depending on the image and the color output, a 10% exclusion could work.
3b) Do you duplicate base and set it to softlight?

If you use any of these methods, adjust color opacity. If you're a fan of softlight, you may not need to adjust opacity. Colors are usually set to Multiply. I set them to Linear Burn to make them less dull.

On the headache of Textures:

4) OVERLAY is a slightly WILD layer type. So if you're gonna use it, experiment on different opacities. I only use overlay when I want to a) create a light effect b) experiment lulz

5) Be considerate when using COLOR BURN. You need not set it 100% all the time. For most icons above I used 50% or less (sometimes I don't burn) depending on how sharp the base and how dull the texture. If you think the Base image lines are too prominent already.. try that Saturation Adjustment Layer. :D

♥ I understand it's different when treating a screencap. Now you have to teach me how to cure teh screencaps lulz. ♥

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Thanks so much Timi~!! I will start with a new one this time. Ugh, I lost the orig pic..which is bigger.

I also saw the tutorial~! Yey~! XD, I will seriously try that today. Thanks so much!

As for screencaps. It's just a matter of Saturation Layers, Curves, Color Layers(either set to Softlight, Overlay, Multiply, and changed opcaities). And some stuff like that. Sorry, I suck at explaining things...

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:O lulz. ok np. I don't want to go near screencaps unless I have to. ^_^"

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Would love to take some, but haven't read enough of the manga yet...this pairing looks cute though ^^
I love the colouring you've done, it's all nice soft colours (which I love in manga icons). They're simple and nicely framed, good work!
And good luck with the rest <3

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^_^ ♥ thank you! I hope you get to finish the manga v. soon (it's made of passionate rivalry). XD

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Most welcome! And ooh, passionate rivalry.. I'll be there like shareware! 8D

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Aww~!! These are adorable! :3~ I love this couple. I snagged a few and will credit when used. I can't wait to see more. ^^

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♥ snag away! thanks for taking the time to comment! ♥ ^_^

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these are all just *beautiful*, really incredible, but i don't want to take any unless i know where the art comes from. do you happen to have credits for your art sources?

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of course ^_^ it's Here (http://tininess.livejournal.com/13130.html) Also listed above. ♥

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I nearly saved all of them, I like your style so much. The colouring is soft and lovely and I loved how you Hikaru and Akira are always together *is a dork* I will credit!

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awesome! thank you for the love! hehehe (it's kind of a requirement for the claim I made...so 100 icons with akira and hikaru together) @_@" oh boy...

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I snagged 17 and will credit. These are all gorgeous though and I will probably be back.

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^_____^ ♥ Thank you for appreciating!

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Gorgeous! It's so good to see beautiful Hikago icons around since it doesn't get enough love. Snagged a few, and I can't wait to see the rest of your icons. ♥

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Once I get the time (& the permission from the scanners), I'll finish the first fifty. :D Thanks for appreciating! ♥

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Those are so beautiful! I saved ots. A pic from #2, from where exactly is it from? I love it.

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It's from a criss cross doujin called Parallel the world. :> You can check the credits for the art Here (http://community.livejournal.com/timicons/1284.html#cutid1) :3 Thanks for commenting and enjoy!

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