So, it's probably only impressive to me...

[silverthorne]

Once again self-teaching myself on Paint Shop Pro X. Wanted to make a rooster icon for my LJ, but it's a little too something to shrink it, I think. Still, kinda a cool banner thing, and it gave me more practice in making clean layer work.

Three layers--the granite background and the Kanjii I created myself. The rooster was taken from a random picture off of Yahoo.

Comments

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

No, it's nice work.

The rooster is a little colorful to shrink down reliably. You may want to try a different bird.

Are you a year of the rooster baby?

[ebonbird.livejournal.com]

I like.

Rooster seems more pixel-y than the other elements, though.

[elysepatrice.livejournal.com]

What does the kanjii say? Do you use a pen and tablet for that kind of work? This looks cool overall--I guess you just need a simpler rooster design, something with fewer colors and details. More graphic. :D

I love my Paintshop Pro. Just upgraded to v. 11, which has some really cool new effects.

[skyshark.livejournal.com]

Yes, as mentioned the rooster's kinda wonky--but also as mentioned, that looks like a hard picture to deal with. Maybe a stylized black-and-white rooster, although I agree it'd be more helpful if I'd STFU and find you one.

The kanji are very effective, and I like the textural change in backgrounds.

It's not Derek's insane little beady eyes peering from right at the edge of my monitor. I ♥ it.

[takhys]

Hmm. You said you had rooster troubles.

one, two, three.