icon makers rant

[saitaina]

STOP PICKING APART MY BLOODY TEXT! I KNOW it sucks, that's WHY I'm working on it, but Every. Damn. Round. of this competition, you have picked and poked at my text, almost eliminating me EVERY FUCKING ROUND just because of the text.

I HAVE to put the text on it because our mod is apparently allergic to textless icons (which I obviously prefer as...I SUCK AT TEXT!). But you don't give me a bloody chance and pick on everything from the colour, to the font, to the placement, to the words, and even the fucking colour BEHIND the text that makes the text show up!

Yes I use bland, normal fonts, because I LIKE MY TEXT READABLE! And often I have a LOT of text to cram onto an icon, and in order to do so, my text can't be fancy or un-readable, because then it serves no point! Just be happy I left my pixel fonted phase and found Centaur, which is readable, small yet pretty.

Try looking at the icon as a whole next time, instead of just bitching over the damned text!

/rant

ETA: Icons removed because I'm an idiot

Note on icon three: The text excluding "Protect" is not supposed to be readable, it's just space filler, though it DOES make sense, in case someone can read it).

Comments

[bean-bunny.livejournal.com]

That's silly. I like what you did in the first one.

[ryutsuki.livejournal.com]

Then work on your text to the point where it's up to your satisfaction, and then when you think the icon is ready, submit it to whatever challenge is going on at the time.

I know I'm one of the ones who picked apart your text, but I always remember giving you suggestions on how to fix it (instead of those bullshit critiques that don't offer improvement), and I do also remember complimenting you on other aspects of the icon.

So there's good critique and then there's bad critique (which zelda_lims is full of sometimes). Pick and choose what you want to go with based on your own style and personal preference no matter what anyone else thinks. Besides, I think the majority of the voters have no taste XD;

That said, I really did like #2 a lot!