I'll get to why I'm pissed off in a moment. But first, the icons I was speaking of. I want to post them and get them out of the way before my rant.

My first one. I don't like it as well. The text is too blah. Too stark.

My second one. I like this one a lot better. It's softened. I used a cross-hatch brush on the image and a blur tool on the text to soften it some. I also like the angle I cropped it. It's supposed to be a camellia, Akito's flower symbol. I'm not going to use it or submit it at this time due to the fact I'm pissed off at her!
( &^(^%^%(^%(&^%(&^%^!!!!! )
So, I'm going to wait a looong while until I cool off enough to submit them to the Akito community. I mean, this whole thing upset me so much, I had to leave the computer room a few times and walk it off.

My first one. I don't like it as well. The text is too blah. Too stark.

My second one. I like this one a lot better. It's softened. I used a cross-hatch brush on the image and a blur tool on the text to soften it some. I also like the angle I cropped it. It's supposed to be a camellia, Akito's flower symbol. I'm not going to use it or submit it at this time due to the fact I'm pissed off at her!
( &^(^%^%(^%(&^%(&^%^!!!!! )
So, I'm going to wait a looong while until I cool off enough to submit them to the Akito community. I mean, this whole thing upset me so much, I had to leave the computer room a few times and walk it off.