Personal Entry No.1

[outou]

The personal bit is behind the cut, so you don't have to read it.



First, here are some interesting advertisements I found when looking through the classified pages in the local newspaper:

Decontamination Plant
Operator: Rotating shifts, week-
ends/holidays. Journey-person level,
mechanical experience/plumbing
(steam 10-125#). General mainte-
nance of sewage decontamination
plant/related equipment (pumps,
holding tanks, heat exchangers, re-
tention tube units, steam heaters, in-
strument panels). Ability to obtain
government security clearance. Com-
petitive wages/benefits. ...

Driver: To share driving across
country. Leaving ASAP. Non-smok-
er, clean driver's license. ...

Needless to say, I've put in my application for the decontamination plant.

More honestly: I think I've got employment for the summer! In a respectable establishment! That sells all kinds of fascinating things, such as insect-like robots and square parasols!

The lady at the store said that she would have me work from 12 to 3 both tomorrow and Sunday, to see how well I can deal with customers; if everything works out, I'll have myself a part-time job. The owners of two other stores in the area seemed to like my resumé, and both promised to get back to me within a week, so I may very well be able to get two jobs within walking distance of each other. It's something of a stretch, but I'm hoping for it.

Finally, I'm at a loss as to what to do with these two icons. The one with Clow and Yuuko just looks...unfinished, and Sakura's eyes look like something out of a ridiculously sappy shoujo manga. Also, do the flower petals look like flower petals, or something else entirely?

Any help would be appreciated!

Comments

[timidity.livejournal.com]

Good luck with your jobs! :Db

Your icons. Nnghfjdksdfg♥ /totally helpful

I think they both look great, imo.

[mikayukixx.livejournal.com]

good luck with your jobs!
oh god Jesus I can't wait till your next icon batch!

[mairenn-k.livejournal.com]

The Clow/Yuuko icon is gorgeous. ♥ I don't really have any suggestions on how to improve it, it looks great as it is to me. The Sakura icon is pretty too, but perhaps the flower petals dominate the pic a little bit too much? They are so bright, and make Sakura look slightly faded. That's probably just a matter of personal preference though, it's still very nice as it is.

Good luck with the job! :)

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

D-did you apply for the operator job at the plant or the driver job?

And what I would do with the first icon would be to put on a clody texture on multiply and erase Yuuko's side to darken up Clow a bit.
Emphasising Sakura's eyes always works for me when they look too washed out and sappy. (And the flower petals look like petals when you mentioned they were petals, otherwsie they look like weird sections where the colour 'resisted' as if you were working with masking fluid on a water colour.)