GIP: LJ Iconing -- procrastination hobby to the stars!

[capri0mni]

For the first year of ScriptFrenzy!, success was measured in wordcounts, and to keep a steady pace of writing going, you had to strive for 667 words per day, which is almost, but not quite demonic....

So my first Skrenzy icon read: "667 a day: Devilish, like cake!" with a picture of devil's food cake, natch.

But last year, they switched over to page counts. So my favorite skrenzy icon became obsolete, and lost its reference point.

So, tonight, I decided that the first thing I needed to do to prepare for the next Skrenzy was to make a new icon (instead of, you know, deciding on a plot, or characters, or anything like that).

The trickiest part turned out to be deciding on the right background color; plain white was just awful. And making the background a contrasting gradation of colors (my second thought) was just too visually confusing.

I finally got to where I like it though. I like that the tragedy mask has the brighter, sunnier colors (I'm contrarian, that way). I may use it at other times of the year when I'm feeling all drama-queenish and emo, too... (like tonight)

Comments

[jekesta]

Love it!:) And I think a good icon is entirely a better starting point than characters. It would only distract you from writing if you didn't have an appropriate icon. ::nods firmly::

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Exactly my point! An icon is how I give a first impression of who I am to other people.

And no (I reapeat: no) one can be creative and write while distracted by wondering how other people are seeing you.