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20 misc icons (mostly MCU) for somein30
Fandoms:
Thor: Ragnarök (2017) [12]
Orphan Black [2]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Owari no Seraph, Suits, The Untamed, Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Captain Marvel (2019) [1 each]
Here's my set for Round 11 at somein30! The theme was cropping, which was a fun change for me, since it's not my biggest strength in icons. I think my problems with cropping come from at least four reasons:
- cap hunting is my least favorite part of iconing, cause I feel like I haven't really even started the icon yet I've already spent a ton of time; I usually try to make it as fast as possible by using random caps or whatever I find first, because I'd rather spend extra time managing difficult caps than browsing for better ones;
- the way I icon is that I have these projects that fix a character and a movie/episode that I need to icon, so that means I usually don't have a lot of choice in screencap anyway since the character might only be in one scene - yes, totally self made difficulty, but that's the only way I can pick fandoms or subjects, otherwise there's just too many options;
- a lot of my fandoms are older and don't have super HQ caps, so my way of going around that is by making most of my icons far cropped to make the quality issues less visible, so this limits at least my use of closer crops, and finally
- my interest in canon ships is zero so I don't feel inspired to use any kissing/cuddling etc scenes that would be perfect for some interesting crops, which kinda sucks ngl cause icons made from these types of caps tend to be among my favorites by other makers, the cropping possibilites would be so great!
But despite all this, of course I had to try! These may not be the most out there creative crops that exist, but they're not the usual style of center crop with negative space, and I also kept almost all original backgrounds since background management kind of goes with cropping imo, and makes cropping more fun and challenging. (20 is the exception since I reaaaally wanted that crop and the original bg wasn't big enough :D).
Tbh I'm still a bit burned out from pulling out ALL THE STOPS for this previous set, so I really wanted to go much much easier on this one. I kept the compositions super simple, but I did still put some effort into these, as I really focused on the cropping, coloring and lighting. Every once in a while I get this urge to try and be a lighting master like some of the really great makers out there, but time after time I discover I am no
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absolutelybatty. But, I still had a lot of fun drowning these in lights!The fandoms are a weird mix, I was supposed to watch/rewatch 20 random things and make one icon each, which would have been fun, but I just didn't have the time :( (I need a better iconing algorithm, any ideas..?) So during the last week I just went all in on Thor: Ragnarök for the rest of the icons, but it's a great film, so this kind of just made me enjoy the process more.
Inspired by the way
novindalf posts her icons, I decided to include the caps this time - I'm not sure I'll have the time/energy to do it every time, probably not, but especailly with simple icons like these it's not always obvious how much work goes into them so I figured I'd at least try to prove I've actually done something in these :D Anyway, hope you'll like some of these!| SOMEIN30 ROUND 11 | |||||
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Feel free to use any you like, credit is optional but a comment would be very much appreciated! ♥
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I have to save some, and I will of course credit when I'll use them :D
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cause I feel like I haven't really even started the icon yet I've already spent a ton of time
Same! I saved the caps for my set on October 5 and still need to finish my last icon.
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Good luck with the last one, I hope you'll make it! There's still time, and you can always ask for an extension if you need one. Picking all the caps in advance is a smart strategy, I tried that for the Ragnarök ones and it worked really well cause then it was super fast to just start a new icon. I need to do that more often if I'm ever able to narrow down my fandoms like this again.
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And same here with cap hunting, I just don't like it. Sometimes, when I spend a lot of times trying to find the perfect screencap, in the end I am not that sure that I want to make an icon anymore :D
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Haha cap hunting is the worst... :D that sometimes happens to me too, if I have a concept in mind and need a very specific angle or something, then I finally find a cap like that and start the icon only to realize the initial idea still just won't work.
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1 has a very firey coloring and the crop and the position of subject si very interesting . I just love the coloring of 4 so much and the crop is lovely.
Yayy ! You're making CQL icons ?? Yes ! Beautiful icon of their iconic 1st meet after rebirth , blending is flawless.
7 is really clean and shiny and the light and dark really comes off in blocking and bw combination.
8, 9, 10 — the vibrancy , the shine is top notch and the crops accentuate the best out of the subjects.
11, 12, — brings out a very quirky aspect of Thorki the way they're placed within the space and coloring is gorgeous.
14, 15 — the negative space and lights and the blocking and space divide in 16 — amazing.
19 — Ah , my favorite icon of the set, looks so poignant and her eyes look so expressive with the right amount of brownish tint.
20- The wide negative space and the placement of subject in a tiny little corner — amazing.
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Yayy ! You're making CQL icons ?? Yes ! Beautiful icon of their iconic 1st meet after rebirth , blending is flawless.
Hee, I've only seen that one episode this far (I like to randomize subjects sometimes — it's a great way of discovering new shows, I'm so stuck in my old ones that I really want to try something new), but it was very good and interesting, so I'm open to the idea of watching more when I have more time, but I also want to keep randomizing at least for the rest of the year, cause that's fun too.
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My favourites are 7-20 as I can't pick out 1!
I'm the same sometimes with choosing images, but if they just shine out to me then I know that is the one that I'm going to use :)
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The coloring is great as always, I'm sucker for anything that's vibrant and colorful. Great job on keeping the original backgrounds, in most of the icons I wouldn't have been able to tell if you didn't mention it. My favourites are 5, 6, 17 & 18! :)
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Haha yeah you watch waayyy more shows than I do, so picking a subject/cap must be even more difficult for you, and it's almost impossible for me without a randomizer! luckily I'm very good at coming up with different algorithms for that :p
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1 — I love the crop; it's unique and interesting!
3 — Fantastic close crop and the lighting super cool
6 — Love, love that blending!<3 Amazing blue coloring and the lighting is breathtaking
8&9 — So beautiful<3 Love that yellow coloring and glow
11&12 — Glorious green/blue coloring and the lighting is stunning:)
15 — Aww, that scene<3 Love that when he said Thor I'm here♥ magnificent green/yellow coloring and text!
18 — Gorgeous vibrant coloring and the crop is fantastic!
20 — Love that side crop!
Magnificent set, magnificent, hanks so much for entering!!
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There are a lot of crops here which is so cool!Love the monochrome look in 1,8,15 and 17! The lighting in this set turned out awesome!
3,4,6,11,12 are some of my faves!Especially the colours in 11 and 12! 20 is great!XD
Tbh I'm still a bit burned out from pulling out ALL THE STOPS for this previous set. Uhhhh, so glad I'm not the only one this happens to!XD
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Oh that happens SO MUCH. I try not to make two complex sets consecutively because they just take so much more time (esp. if text is involved) and I want to breathe a bit in between — I too am glad to hear I'm not the only one :D
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The bright colors in this set are overwhelming (in a good way). Every icon has "only" one color, (okay, except for 16) which feels unusual for you. But it makes the set look like a happy patchwork duvet. <3
My faves are 5, 6, 10, and 11.
p.s.: I never thought about how cropping and keeping the background goes together, that is an interesting aspect for me to consider in the future.
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