[#17] 10_lyricons: Hinoto (X/1999)

Artist: lullabyte
Subject: X/1999
Character: Hinoto
# of icons: 10/10 (+15 alternatives)
Credits: Here
Lyrics: "The Seer" by Tarja Turonen
Critiques: Feel free~
Set: Yuuko (Elements Set)

Notes: This was a tough challenge, which is why it took me a month (with one extension), from the time I put my claim in until now. CLAMP's manga artwork can be so intricate, meaning it can be so difficult to colour at times. I originally wanted this to be all coloured manga panels, but the process proved to be too much for me, so I went with half and half - half colour manga images, half manga panels. And I still have issues with text. It's probably the part of icon making that I routinelly struggle with. If anyone has any good text tutorials (such as good fonts, placement, effects etc), that would be wonderful.

Hinoto truly deserves more icons, it's very rare to find ones around, apart from ones made from colour manga images (so I'm kind of guilty of doing that, heh), she's not my favourite character, but she has a lot of depth and her character grew on me after a little while. The song title was what made me think of her in the first place, and it's a damn good song as well. <3 Tarja. :)

Please enjoy.