rpanons | I'm bad at this

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I don't get paid accounts, so I try for expressions that can be interpreted multiple ways and could be used for a variety of tags. I also try to make sure my icons aren't all headshots and have varying compositions, so that the set isn't same-y. I do get dissatisfied with some icons, when I realize it looks more pixelated on a larger computer than my laptop or if I feel like I don't have an icon that can properly express a certain mood my character regularly conveys in canon, so I'll redo some of them over the weekend.

I am usually satisfied with using google for stills and sometimes gifs (sometimes, because they can look weird when made into stills), but, if I absolutely want an expression from a scene that doesn't have stills or gifs, I'll go on youtube, make the video window as small as possible, and prep to hit printscrn at the right time. It's tedious, but the results are worth it.

If I really dislike the color-scheme or contrasts of an icon, I'll toggle with its color balance and levels on gimp (a free image editing program).

I don't get paid accounts, so I try for expressions that can be interpreted multiple ways and could be used for a variety of tags. I also try to make sure my icons aren't all headshots and have varying compositions

This is pretty much how I try to do it. Not having paid accounts forces to be creative. I often have one very close crop and one far crop, and also one where the character's face is not shown. Sometimes I sacrifice an image with a better expression just to have an icon with different clothing.

I'm bad at this

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