008 | Alice & Wonderland, Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible, Stock, Supernatural, etc.

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5 Alice in Wonderland, 2 Dollhouse, 2 Doctor Horrible, 20 Supernatural, 2 Sweeney Todd, 2 The Dark Knight, 10 stock

Notes;
Happy end of 2011, everyone!  This post has a variety of icons I made this year but never posted, so some of them are still of ~dubious quality.  These are mostly things I've made for random challenges—landofart, supernatu_elite, therainbowtree, and welovestock among them. 
Later today I'll be posting an icon progression post for 2011, so keep an eye out for that if you're interested.  Thanks to all of you who joined me here this year! :)



( here they are! )

009 | Icon Progression: 2011

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Notes;
I remember back at the beginning of 2011, I told myself I would make 200 icons this year. Back then, that was a huge number for me; I participated in assorted 20in20s, but it wasn't really a big thing.  However, I achieved that original goal and then some.
2011 was a big year for me, icon-wise: it was the year in which I started to take iconning seriously.  I had made icons before, but I wasn't much concerned with getting better. I mean, I didn't want to be bad, but I was comfortably okay. Or so I thought. Thanks to some really great challenges (be_obsessive, before it went on hiatus/morphed into inspired20in20; turbo_rumble, and supernatu_elite), the battles hosted by magicmachine and wonderous_stuff, and the openness of the icon community, I really started to improve and find my style this year.
My goals for next year are a bit different than what I hoped for at this time in 2010, but hopefully they will help me continue to improve in 2012.


( 2011 in icons and rambles )

This year, I found myself greatly influenced by the work of longerthanwedo and sarisafari; though my icons look nothing like theirs, both are amazing makers who inspire me.  I gained a great friend in deternot, who is always super supportive and will tell me what's working and what's not. enriana, for the short time she was on LJ, also had a huge impact, as she was the one who got me started with inspired20in20.  Then, of course, there are makers that are not on my f-list but deserve a mention: library_of_sex, for always being so encouraging, and absolutelybatty and raiindust for giving me some phenomenal concrit and support.

Thanks to all of you for spending 2011 with me, and Happy New Year!