jehnt
reminder: i need to repaint my toenails. 
21st-Oct-2008 11:23 pm
Now since I'm dreadfully, terribly behind and late with icon battle icons (SORRY GUYS!), I have worked hours today on them. But now I must stop for I have another test tomorrow! And god hopefully that is IT for tests this week. But here is the non-ib icon I made today as a warm-up (is it dumb that I make warm-up icons? probably). It is Dean! With SONG LYRICS. That are SIDEWAYS because I suck at text! The words were originally the right way up but they looked really stupid and I tried approximately TEN THOUSAND variations until I found one I didn't totally hate. Now that I've done other stuff since I've made it though I think I'm pleased with the overall result. I tried to be trendy with it but totally failed at the trend I was going for and went for a different one instead. In conclusion, Dean Winchester is one attractive motherfucker, I suck at text, and I still remember how to use photoshop.

Just a handful of the ELEVENTY TRILLION rejected alternates to show the ~evolution~ of the text on this icon:





As you can see, once I figured out what I wanted it to say (lame cop-out by picking that song), I couldn't figure out where the fuck to put the words other than "sort of on the right somewhere." lol some of those are so motherfucking ugly, omg.
jehnt: (spn - dean - carry on)
Comments 
22nd-Oct-2008 04:43 am (UTC)
I love the text! It must have taken ages. Which font is it?
22nd-Oct-2008 05:03 am (UTC)
Thanks! It did take ages -- definitely the hardest part of the icon once I decided on how it should look. I edited the post with some of my zillions of alternates, lol, so I can go back and look at them when I'm feeling lame about how long it takes me to get text right.

The font is Clarendon (http://www.linotype.com/261/clarendonlt-family.html), which is one of my favorites. I was trying to use something blockier like Cairo but that was a nightmare, lol.
22nd-Oct-2008 01:18 pm (UTC)
They weren't bad, but I think you made the right decision in the end. It's a nice, free, font :)
22nd-Oct-2008 05:08 am (UTC)
They all look awesome!
24th-Oct-2008 04:34 am (UTC)
Thanks!
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