Icon Post No. 1

[outou]

These were made over the course of four months, so the icons span a range of quality and styles (i.e., some look as though I've ripped off CLAMP, others look as though I've ripped off scape, and still others look as though they were tossed into the pop blender of peril). If there are any that you think can and should be improved, please tell me! I'll try to fix them for you.

On to the icons!

[04] Angelic Layer
[20] Card Captor Sakura
[06] Clover
[11] Kobato.
[48] TSUBASA RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
[43] xxxHOLiC
[06] Miscellaneous CLAMP works

Preview:



Angelic Layer

1	2	3
4

Card Captor Sakura

1	2	3
4	5	6
7	8	9
10	11	12
13	14	15
16	17	18*
19*	20*

Clover

1	2	3
4	5	6

Kobato.

1	2	3
4	5	6
7	8	9
10	11

TSUBASA RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE

1	2	3
4	5	6
7	8	9
10	11	12
13	14	15
16	17	18
19	20	21
22	23	24
25	26	27
28	29	30
31	32	33
34	35	36
37	38	39
40	41	42
43	44	45
46	47	48

xxxHOLiC

1	2	3
4	5	6
7	8	9
10	11	12
13	14	15
16	17	18
19	20	21
22	23	24
25	26	27
28	29	30
31	32	33
34	35	36
37	38	39
40	41	42
43

Miscellaneous (Chobits, Gate 7, Holitsuba Gakuen)

1	2	3*
4	5	6

01. All artwork and character designs are by CLAMP; for information concerning bases, textures, and patterns, please see the resource post.
02. All icons are colored (and, in some cases, partially redrawn) by me, save for the four which are marked by asterisks.
03. All grassy plains, cumulus clouds, nimbostratus clouds, cirrus clouds, flying flower petals, poppy-filled parks in the suburbs of Tokyo, snow, rain, looming cherry blossom trees, sunsets, sunrises, and miscellaneous curlicues issuing from Sakura's mouth were drawn by me.
04. Textless icons are not bases.
05. Please credit outou if you use any of these.
06. Comments and criticism are greatly appreciated!

Comments

[outou.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, yours are definitely better than mine! One of the reasons I started making icons was because of your icon journal.

[herinia.livejournal.com]

sdlkfj lsdf I don't even think I'm half as good as you;;; Would you mind if I ask if you are a professional artist, studying art or anything like that? The way you colour really looks like what a real artist would do! ♥

[outou.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I still think you're better than I am.
As regards my studies, I'm actually planning on majoring in Russian Language and Literature and Japanese Philology. :)
But, I have taken one art course (I've only been in college for a year, so I haven't had much of an opportunity to take varied classes), and I've been practicing on Photoshop and PaintShop Pro for about four years now.

[herinia.livejournal.com]

Nah, you are too modest =w=;
So you basically self-taught yourself? Wow, that's really impressive! *A* Your colouring is so amazing that I doubt I can tell which ones are coloured by one and which ones are coloured by the original mangaka had I not seen the images. I hope you will colour some bigger panels in the future too ♥