Finally, I found some time to make some new Narnian graphics.

Comments:

flambeau, I love the way you did them with two pictures. Especially the two Lucy ones.

tps, I love the Ed ones. They're so pretty with the blurring at the edges and coming through the window.

wunderking_lucy (first post), I like them all! You have such lovely coloring especially on 2, 5, 8, and 14.

lizzyhenley, I love the blue-purple coloring and the cropping on all of them. One little bit of constructive-criticism: some of them look like they were stretched a bit vertically. Maybe fix that? Other than that, they're lovely.

wunderkind_lucy (second post), beautiful ones again! I love number 1!

lover of narnia, I love your coloring! I love the way you did 2 with the light streak in the middle and at the bottom corners.

(In case no has noticed yet, I am obsessed with coloring!)

Textures by hyaline12, wunderkind_lucy, and Aravis_Autarkeia.

Tutorials (very loosely) on 1, 2, and 5 by Wunderkind_Lucy. By very loosely, I mean that I follow the tutorial for the first 1 - 10 steps or so and then I think "HEY, I love the way that looks! How about if I do this now?" and then I go my own way with it. Or, I try to remember how I kind of followed the tutorial the last time and do what I can remember and mess around with it a bit. So I never actually finish a tutorial.

C and CC appreciated. No permission necessary but please credit if you use!

Comments:
narnian_at_heart: Very pretty! My favorites are 5, which has lovely coloring (the dark edge is a nice touch as well), 7, 8, and 10 (nice texture choice).
lover of narnia: #1 is adorable - dear Susan. Great job with the text! #2 is splendid. Stunning coloring and blending!
Wunderkind_Lucy: 1st Post: I like 7 and 8 - texture backgrounds are very neat, and you do a great job with them. But my favorites are the VDT Lucy ones. 12 so pretty! 19 also stands out, unique and very well done. 2nd Post: Great job blending on 1, and 3 is so pretty. You nailed the coloring on that one!
lizzyhenley009: I like your coloring on this batch - it works best on the Aslan and Reep avis. My favorite is #5 - nice cropping!
theprincessspy: I like 4 - great job matching textures and text to fit the image! #12 is my other favorite - lots of fun!
flambeau: beautiful job with the VDT avis! I like those a lot. Especially 1-3!

Avis:
Please note that I did not make these avis! I requested them on LJ and will label who made what. I just thought that others might like to see these lovely text avis, especially the MN ones, considering we may be getting a movie soon...

These three LB text avatars were made by kauniimpiminua on LiveJournal. (My favorite is #3)

These eight MN text avatars were made by nnyleinahpets on LiveJournal.

I like that last one best of this batch.

The two avi makers are fine with anyone using, as long as they get credit.

Thank you all for the comments!

tps, good work on those! My favorites are #4, 6, 7, and 10!
WunderLu, first post: great batch! My favorites are #3, 7, 9, 10, 15, and the coloring on #20! Second post: wonderful coloring on #2!
lizzy, what cute coloring! My favorites are #2, 4, 5, and 8!
Becca, #2 is stunning! Wonderful coloring and background! I also love #6!
Julie, excellent coloring on #3! I also really like #4 and 5!
Adeona, awesome quote icons! They both did a great job!

Here's some work from me. They aren't exactly new, but whatever.

Anyone can use with credit. C&CC welcome.

--- flambeau

Marvelous work, everyone!
Wunderkind_lucy: All of yours are so beautiful and creative, that its really hard to choose a favorite! I really like 2 and 3, and 4, of course, made me think of Libby . . Great job!!
flambeau: Wow - as soon as I looked at your batch, that first one caught my eye - it's so beautiful! All of your colorings are great, I have to like 1, 2 and 4 the best.
narnian_at_heart: I really like all of yours - you did a great job capturing some facial expressions that are sometimes un-noticed. 1, 4 and 5 are my favorites, I think, but it's hard to choose!
Adeona - LOVE all of yours!
flambeau again . . : I love the first four really, really much - it really captures Edmund's feelings and stuff - but they're all excellent. Great coloring!

Wow, great work everyone!

WunderLu - My faves (from your first post) are 2, 6, 7, 9, 12, and especially 14.

Flam - My faves are 3 and 6.

Here's some VDT ones from me:

Anyone can use with credit. C&CC appreciated.

~Riella

Those are lovely Ithilwen! My favorite is the Caspian 'search' one.
Gael is so cute.
(By the way, do you go by Ithilwen or Riella?)

Here are some Lucy avvies. Again, many variations on one because I'm indecisive.

Kira: Very nice texture use and coloring on #4! I hope you don't mind me saying that the first three feel a little too "Busy" Your cropping is nice, though!
Ithilwen: Lovely coloring on these! Particularly #1. Do you think you could do a tutorial on that one? Also, the Gael avi is adorable! You did a great job cropping it.
Elanor: Thank you, but I just wanted to make sure you knew that those avis aren't by me - they were made by two different members on LiveJournal, kauniimpiminua and nnyleinahpets.
flambeau: Beautiful Ed avis! It's really hard to choose, but I would say 1 and 6 are the best.

Credit to quite a list of graphics artists, most notably to Aravis Autarkeia and flambeau for text brushes. Thank you!

Comments, criticism, and credit are ever welcomed!

Those are lovely Ithilwen! My favorite is the Caspian 'search' one.
Gael is so cute.
(By the way, do you go by Ithilwen or Riella?)

Thank you! And either is fine. Or Ithy or Izzy.

Ithilwen: Lovely coloring on these! Particularly #1. Do you think you could do a tutorial on that one? Also, the Gael avi is adorable! You did a great job cropping it.

Thank you so much! And I would love to do a tutorial. I'll try to get to work on that as soon as possible.

~Riella

Thank you all for the comments!

Reilla, oooh, #7 is great! I love the coloring on that one, and on #3!
Kira, I like the last one best! Really good textures on the other three as well!
Adeona, I love the cropping and text on #7!

Some more new ones from me...

Anyone can use with credit. C&CC welcome.

--- flambeau

Flam, I just came in here and saw those six at the top of the page and my breath got taken away. That coloring is absolutely beautiful. I love the negative space and the use of textures and lighting. Wonderful! Keep it up! Can you do a tutorial on number 6? Please?

Thanks for all the comments!

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HM, I love that picture, and all the different croppings you did!
Keia, Love the colorings! My favorites are #2, 3, 4, and 6.
flam, (first post) The blues are so pretty!! Fabulous job! (2nd post) Again, the blueness of these is just beautiful! My favorites are #1-4.
Lover, (first post) Thank you for the tutorial! Your avvies are stunning! And no, it has nothing to do with the subject... lol jk. My favorites are #1, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13!, 15, 17, 18, and 20. Great job! (2nd post) Beautiful! My favorites are #1, 3, and 6.
Shasta, nice work! My favorites are #1, 2, and 6!
Djaqqie, Those are lovely! My favorites are #1, 3, 7, 8, and 9.
Wunder, I love them! 1, 3, 4!, 6, and 7.

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flam, (first post) Lovely! My favorites are #1, 3, 5, and 6! You're awesome. (2nd post) Very nice! Favorites are #2, 3, 4, and 5. #4 is awesome!
tps, Nice! My favorites are #1, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12. (And those other two )
Wunder, (first post) wow!! Awesome! My favorites are #1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, and 18. (2nd post) Those are great. #2 is definitely my favorite!
lizzy, I love the coloring you chose!!
Lover, Beautiful coloring! I love #1 and 5!!
Julie, Love them! Favorites are #1, 3 5, 6, and 10.
Adeona, (first post) Wow, they are really good with quote stuff! I like the 3rd LB one and the first two MN ones. Thanks for sharing! (2nd post) Nice work! I like #6.
Ithilwen, I love the last 4!
Kira, that last one is beautiful!!

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flam, I'm soo in love with these!! They're gorgeous!!! I love the negative space!

Whew. Some from me...

C and CC are great! Feel free to use, credit would be nice if you do.

-- cg

Great work, everyone!
Page 83: Ithilwen: Wow - I really love all of yours, they're really creative and you picked beautiful pictures! I think my favorites are 6, 7 and 8, and I love the mistiness in 5 and 6. And of course, 3 is hilarious.
Kira: Great job - those first three are really unique and I don't think I've seen anything like them before. And I just love the 4th - so magical!
Adeona: Without exception, my favorite is 7 - but I really love 2-4 - that's such a cool picture - oh, and thanks for the heads ups about who made those ones.
Page 84, flambeau: I'm naturally attracted to your post, because of all that beautiful blue - you did an excellent job! The 5th is my favorite, it's so magical!
campgirl: Every.one.of.your.avatars.are.perfect. Seriously, I'm stunned. I don't know how it would be possible to pick a favorite, the 1st one has to be the most beautiful Lilliandil avatar I've ever seen, the 2 and 3 one's are so beautiful - Georgie looks stunning and really mature!! And of course all the Ben Barnes one's are amazing, 6, 7 and 8 are my favorite's! You did an amazing job!!

Flam, I like 4 & 5.

Adeona, I got that tutorial up for you now. -- viewtopic.php?f=11&t=140&start=272#p160826

~Riella

Thank you all for the comments on my previous batch of icons! I really appreciate them!

Can you do a tutorial on number 6? Please?

I'm honestly not sure if I can. I haven't attempted to recreate it yet because I'm really not certain of what coloring I used, but I'll give it a go and see if I can get it close.

Girly, *gazes in delight* #6 is gorgeous!!!!! I would really really really love a tutorial if you possibly could do one. #5 is awesome as well!

Okay... so I was bored one afternoon, and bemoaning the fact that I don't have a livejournal and can't enter 20in20 icontests, when Becca brilliantly suggested that I go ahead and make a set of graphics using the latest Narnia icontest themes for fun. So I took her up on it, chose Caspian as my subject since I rarely make graphics of him from PC, and here's what I came up with! I hope they look okay... I went a little out of my comfort zone with some of them, but I think I like them.

(Very Close Crop, Black & White, Layer, Looking Down, Tired)

(Day, Favorite Moment, Quote, Sinister, Smile)

(Category - Same Image)

(Artist's Choice)

Alternates and rejects coming in my next post.

Anyone can use with credit. C&CC welcome.

--- flambeau

Hey y'all! I think it's about time I returned to this thread. I've been absent for far to long; letting my icon piles build up. Thank you for all your comments on my last batch! They are much appreciated.

Brief comments for page 83:

NAH, Lovely! I'm finding myself adoring the coloring on #6. The cropping on the rest is well done.
Adeona (first post) I saw those on LJ! They are fantastic! The artists were very creative with their textures. (second post) These are quite nice! I like 1 and 7 best. 7 especially, though, with it's cropping.
flam, Gorgeous. As they never fail to be. The croppings are very nicely handled on these. I'm really, really liking them. Not to mention your ravishing coloring. My favorites are: 1, 2, 3, and 4. #4's coloring is especially vivid!
Ithy, Very nice. I like the soft feel to them all. I like 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 the best.
Kira Pretty! Indeed! 4 is especially nice. I love the coloring.

Comments for this page:

flam, (first post) It's so very nice to see you posting so often! Your icons in this batch are as fantastic as ever! I'm adoring the negative space! Definitely lovely! And your coloring is as always breath-taking. My favorites are: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. (second post) *sputters* You never cease to ever amaze me. And I think it's beyond awesome that you did the 20in20! I'm SO flattered, that you did the themes I posted. I get to see the themes I posted made into icons by the best! My favorites are: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20. They are fantastic; creative and wonderfully colored.

Icons to come!