Really Bad Icons - The Return

[casett]

Since it is the new year and time to clean house I am coming clean. I realize every icon I make is not a work of art. In fact, maybe only 10% could be considered "good" plus another 10% are funny if not "good". (Insert your own measurements depending on how you feel today!) However, these icons are in the What was I thinking? category. Normally I stop myself before I finish something really revolting, but sometimes, I just lose all sense of perspective and actually embellish and finish little pieces of garbage. For your New Year viewing.

Warning - Your eyes may burn and your sensibilities may be offended.

Christmas Icon Disaster

I found a web utility that would turn any image into a reflecting sphere. So, I picked some images and gave it a go. Not only that, I finished them off with a sprig of evergreen that looks even more fake. You'd think I had more sense. Not to say I don't make tacky icons but that is on purpose (mostly ;)

Supposed to be Funny

Not - plus overexposed on the first two and bad text on the third one. The last one hits too close to home - how many times have I not gotten the comfy chair? Emotional scars.

I Love Him Too Much to Toss

Blurry, bad use of texture, bad color, overexposed. Oh - and fear of blank space. How could I do this to these lovely faces?

You don't know Jack

Look what I did to my poor Jack. And twice from my favorite episode, Abyss.

I didn't post these until now. Why did I save them? To humble myself and if you got this far, to amuse you!

If any of you make icons, I challenge you to post your own failures. Love to see them.


No promises - I will continue to make bad icons. Sorry!

Comments

[star-climber.livejournal.com]

lol,we all have our bad days^^
it's nothing that horrible or bad!

[fififolle]

Aw! It's nice to know you can be amused by these. I don't even know how to do some of those effects!! I kinda like the globe effect! *giggle*
Most of my icons are technically failures so far, LOL, so you won't catch me posting them, but it's all good learning, right? *hopes*

[zats-clear.livejournal.com]

i love Earth's Last Hope!

you could use that caption with the pic from...nevermind, just go to my journal!

[lil-jei.livejournal.com]

All my icons are mostly failures that I like to much to get rid of lol. The one w/my name is an example of my craftsmanship :)