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My entry for scifi20in20 - 20 multifandom icons
Fandoms:
Doctor Who - 9
Farscape - 3
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - 3
Star Wars - 2
Harry Potter - 1
Star Trek - 1
StarGate SG1 - 1
They're in random order but hover for fandom!
This is my entry for the 30th round of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
scifi20in20. I had to participate this time cause there was a really cool twist - we claimed a technique instead of a usual claim. I picked text. I used to be decent at it at a time, but lately I've just made fewer and fewer text icons in each set and even those haven't come easily at all. I was feeling very very rusty so I *had* to do something about this, which is why I claimed it. And you know what, now I LOVE doing text again, all thanks to this awesome round! :D
I also challenged myself in many other ways, such as not only using my usual vibrant colorings but also trying some really muted, pale and/or grungy stuff. (The ac set shows a very literal transition, lol.) Also I hadn't made that much blocking in ages either so that too had to be fixed.
Uh, this is quite shippy a batch. In the ac set I just completely indulged myself and iconned some of my favorite scifi/fantasy show ships, and even the themes have 2 or 3 Doctor/Master icons. Hope it doesn't bother you too much, that's just what 90% of my brain activity consists of these days (the remaining 10% is icons, so shippy icons = 100% happy john_scorpy! ^^)
About Music Shuffle - this was an amazing prompt that more comms should use btw! - I got so lucky. I listen to so much perky pop with not much in the way of lyrics that I feared I wouldn't get anything inspiring, but when I hit play, what I got was a song from one of the few heavy metal bands I listen to.
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The song tells about a werewolf who accidentally kills his lover in his wolf form. I didn't want to do it the obvious way and icon Lupin or some other werewolf. Instead I made a Doctor/Master interpretation of it. I'm thinking of the scene in the End of Time where the Doctor meets the Master at the wasteland in the night - the Master shoots him with his new superpower life energy thing, and the Doctor doesn't try to escape or defend himself, he just keeps on walking until he falls. At which point the Master hurries to catch him, clearly caring and worried, until he again drops the Doctor, disgusted with himself. So the story in my icon version is that the Master indeed kills the Doctor then, and does so because he's driven insane by the drums in his head, much like the moon drives a werewolf insane. And the Doctor plays the role of the lover who just can't stay away even when knowing how dangerous the situation is, he loves the Master even when he's insane, which is what the lyrics I chose are supposed to represent here. And this is officially way too much babbling about one freaking icon, lol. I do recommend playing the song anyway, cause it's freaking amazing!
Oh and a few words of explanation are probably needed about my category set! The prompt was 'dream team' where we pick characters from different scifi/fantasy shows and give them roles in a 'dream cast'. Well, me being the twisted-minded weirdo that I am I just couldn't use a proper hero cause they're boring. Actually none of my five characters are very 'decent' at all. Nope, my dream multicrossover cast goes like this:
The Hero is the Master from Doctor Who, because the hero gets all the screen time so why not have the hottest character in that spot? :p He'd still be his adorable evil self, but my justification for him being in the 'hero' role is that he has conquered the Scarran empire (from Farscape) and now needs to defend it against Scorpius (also from Farscape) who still wants to wipe the empire from existence. YES THAT MAKES THE MASTER VERY VERY HEROIC :P I'm sure this is valid logic in some parts of the universe.
The Master's sidekick is the lovely Vala from StarGate SG1. I'd imagine they'd have a lot of fun together. Faith from BtVS serves as the fighter, cause who doesn't enjoy her fighting scenes ;) and of course a show just isn't all that interesting without some slashiness, so the Master's love interest is Anakin Skywalker. I chose him mainly because he's fine with calling people his 'master' and this is very relevant to my hero's interests :p also because his initial moral leanings would cause nice angst and tension in the beginning, but they'd probably have a happy ending cause poor Ani has proven it's not that impossible to steer him away from the light side of the Force...
THEMES
CATEGORY - DREAM TEAM
ARTIST'S CHOICE
As always, I'd be super grateful for any comments :)
Doctor Who - 9
Farscape - 3
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - 3
Star Wars - 2
Harry Potter - 1
Star Trek - 1
StarGate SG1 - 1
They're in random order but hover for fandom!
This is my entry for the 30th round of
scifi20in20. I had to participate this time cause there was a really cool twist - we claimed a technique instead of a usual claim. I picked text. I used to be decent at it at a time, but lately I've just made fewer and fewer text icons in each set and even those haven't come easily at all. I was feeling very very rusty so I *had* to do something about this, which is why I claimed it. And you know what, now I LOVE doing text again, all thanks to this awesome round! :DI also challenged myself in many other ways, such as not only using my usual vibrant colorings but also trying some really muted, pale and/or grungy stuff. (The ac set shows a very literal transition, lol.) Also I hadn't made that much blocking in ages either so that too had to be fixed.
Uh, this is quite shippy a batch. In the ac set I just completely indulged myself and iconned some of my favorite scifi/fantasy show ships, and even the themes have 2 or 3 Doctor/Master icons. Hope it doesn't bother you too much, that's just what 90% of my brain activity consists of these days (the remaining 10% is icons, so shippy icons = 100% happy john_scorpy! ^^)
About Music Shuffle - this was an amazing prompt that more comms should use btw! - I got so lucky. I listen to so much perky pop with not much in the way of lyrics that I feared I wouldn't get anything inspiring, but when I hit play, what I got was a song from one of the few heavy metal bands I listen to.
The song tells about a werewolf who accidentally kills his lover in his wolf form. I didn't want to do it the obvious way and icon Lupin or some other werewolf. Instead I made a Doctor/Master interpretation of it. I'm thinking of the scene in the End of Time where the Doctor meets the Master at the wasteland in the night - the Master shoots him with his new superpower life energy thing, and the Doctor doesn't try to escape or defend himself, he just keeps on walking until he falls. At which point the Master hurries to catch him, clearly caring and worried, until he again drops the Doctor, disgusted with himself. So the story in my icon version is that the Master indeed kills the Doctor then, and does so because he's driven insane by the drums in his head, much like the moon drives a werewolf insane. And the Doctor plays the role of the lover who just can't stay away even when knowing how dangerous the situation is, he loves the Master even when he's insane, which is what the lyrics I chose are supposed to represent here. And this is officially way too much babbling about one freaking icon, lol. I do recommend playing the song anyway, cause it's freaking amazing!
Oh and a few words of explanation are probably needed about my category set! The prompt was 'dream team' where we pick characters from different scifi/fantasy shows and give them roles in a 'dream cast'. Well, me being the twisted-minded weirdo that I am I just couldn't use a proper hero cause they're boring. Actually none of my five characters are very 'decent' at all. Nope, my dream multicrossover cast goes like this:
The Hero is the Master from Doctor Who, because the hero gets all the screen time so why not have the hottest character in that spot? :p He'd still be his adorable evil self, but my justification for him being in the 'hero' role is that he has conquered the Scarran empire (from Farscape) and now needs to defend it against Scorpius (also from Farscape) who still wants to wipe the empire from existence. YES THAT MAKES THE MASTER VERY VERY HEROIC :P I'm sure this is valid logic in some parts of the universe.
The Master's sidekick is the lovely Vala from StarGate SG1. I'd imagine they'd have a lot of fun together. Faith from BtVS serves as the fighter, cause who doesn't enjoy her fighting scenes ;) and of course a show just isn't all that interesting without some slashiness, so the Master's love interest is Anakin Skywalker. I chose him mainly because he's fine with calling people his 'master' and this is very relevant to my hero's interests :p also because his initial moral leanings would cause nice angst and tension in the beginning, but they'd probably have a happy ending cause poor Ani has proven it's not that impossible to steer him away from the light side of the Force...
| first | wicked | comedy | past & future | pivotal moment |
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| the picture pool | tears | weird science | music shuffle | current passion |
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| Hero ;) | Sidekick | Villain | Love interest | Fighter |
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| one | two | three | four | five |
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As always, I'd be super grateful for any comments :)
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That Vala icon wins. I'm so snurching it. :)
Poor Mickey the idiot. I miss him. Rose was such a bitch to him.. :/
Love the K/S icon. :) (Kirk/Spock is one of the very few male slash pairings I like. Mostly because by now it's canon. LOL)
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But thank you, I'm thrilled to hear all that :') I initially had the plan to use text as the next personal challenge for farscape_20in20, but when i saw there was a whole technical challenge going on at another comm I like, I decided to go for it! :D (besides it would have been super hard to make 20 text icons of just one and the same character in each!)
I always felt bad for Mickey. he was such a sweet and funny guy, but nope, Rose has to run off with a random leather-clad stranger... ok, I would have done the same in this case, but still!
I now realize I need a K/S icon. The ship might be really vanilla by my standards, but I always have a soft spot for it :) it's too difficult to find icons of the older shows... :(
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Not sure yet what I'm going to do for the icons... I'm still playing with coloring... some good, some not so good. Still playing with the underlying paint colors. :)
I rather dislike Rose. A lot. She was really selfish and Mickey deserved much better. I love that he ultimately ended up with Martha. :)
I've got a couple K/S icons. I tend to go for slash pairings that are believable and easily seen in canon. Both male and female. Though I tend to prefer female slash pairings.
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Can't wait to see more of your color experiments! ^^ with the text idea now used I don't really have an idea what to do this round at fs20in20. Haven't made one icon for it yet and I feel dumb now having claimed Chiana since
I kinda love Rose as a character, but at times she could be quite dismissive of everyone who wasn't the Doctor. Even in her grand finale, where she expresses no joy of getting to live with her family (even the dead father!), but instead equates that with death. Oh well. But then again she has such a good heart and excitable nature that it's impossible for me not to like her :) but yeah, Martha was definitely a bit more grown-up and selfless than her.
I think everyone truly 'sees' the ships they ship; that's why we ship them in the first place :) so I think we should leave it at that.
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I have yet to start on mine either.. and since I claimed Aeryn, I know one thing I want to do is make it a set you haven't seen yet. I've been trying to use different caps and different images, so while the subject is not a new one.. the icons will hopefully be fresh.
I liked Rose until she became so obsessed with the Doctor that she was blind to everything else. She became a tacky one note badly written female stereotype then and I was over her. But then, Rusty does that to female characters. Starts them out strong and awesome and then bleeds them into simpering stereotypes. I'm so glad he's gone. LOL
That's what I meant.. LOL That's the only way I can ship something actively is if I can see it actually happening. I wasn't generalizing, was speaking more for me. :)
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I especially love First, Comedy (because Mickey Smith is made of 100% win. Only Rory really comes close. #Really wants to write a fic or something about Mickey and Rory fighting crime or something. :), past and future (*wishes she'd thought of that*), pivotal moment (I'm sadly not one of those who've watched BTVS yet -- I know), the Picture Pool, Tears (that scene gets me every time! Seriously, ow. ;.;), Weird Science, Music Shuffle (and very nice story to go along with it!), Current Passion (again, that quote. ;.;), your Category set (I'd watch the *heck* out of that show, I must say! :D), and your AC set, especially 2 and 5. Wonderful job! :D
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I really like pivotal moment, music shuffle and current passion. :)
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BTVS is awesome. You don't even need to like fantasy to love it - I was sceptical at first cause I usually prefer scifi - but it grew on me so fast because of the lovely characters and the lively, humorous vibe it has!
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And thanks for thinking I've improved with text, that means a lot coming from you cause your text icons are always fantastic!
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And don't worry -- it was very interesting! :D
I can definitely imagine! :D *Makes note to check out sometime*
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There's absolutely no denying that your text is getting better. I defy anyone to say otherwise! <3
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I'd say you're more than just decent!! It's really hard for me to pick a favourite because they're all so gorgeous. I have to say though that the text in AC2 is particularly inspired. Also the composition of AC2, music shuffle and comedy is really great. I haven't been commenting as much as I should lately but I also have to say that your colouring this batch is a lot more toned down than I remember while still being very, very awesome. AC1, 2 and 5 and the picture pool stand out particularly :)
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And I'm thrilled cause your favorites are pretty much the same as mine :D hee, I was going for a full muted set but being me I just couldn't resist some vibrancy too. Glad the combination worked for you :)
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That being said, there's still plenty of room for experimentation while still being true to yourself as this set of yours amply shows :)
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I particulary love ac#4. and wicked just works for me on all levels, composition, colouring subject. Brillo!
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I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THIS. I have not seen a disastrous set from you :P what you say makes sense, I just always want to try something new, sometimes it's about the technique that I use (I recently made a whole set without textures and that was so weird for me :O), and sometimes about the style like going for simpler/more complex/vibrant/muted etc. Possibly because I have an obsessive need to be good at *everything*, lol. In the end it probably only leads to me being ok at everything instead of really good at one thing, and I don't know if that's any better (probably not), but I keep hoping!!! :D
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Also, I get what you mean about wanting to be good at everything. I'm like that as well, I want to be able to blend, and block, and do all the different variations of colouring and just be good at it all (and usually only halfway succeed :P). It's this competitive streak in me that I get with writing as well.