Martha Jones for 20insp + icon dump = 57 icons

[neonspider]

Fandoms:
[1-41] Doctor Who
[42-45] Farscape
[46-49] Harry Potter
[50-54] misc fandoms (Star Wars, Terra Nova, Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Big Bang Theory)
[55-57] music (My Chemical Romance, t.A.T.u., Anna Abreu)

Ok, so I made some Martha icons for the 22nd round of 20inspirations. The theme of the round was mood ring, meaning the colorings had to go with the mood of the image. There's an explanation of the moods behind a spoiler cut.
Um, I don't have much to say about this set, the challenge itself was awesome but major RL stress has been eating away my inspiration and the result doesn't feel like 'me' at all save for a few icons. Then again it was kinda fun too to make some simpler and more lighting-y icons for a change, I think that also helped me highlight the moods better, but at the same time I don't think I'll continue in this direction, and while I think they're nice enough, I don't think it's the best I could have done. So yeah, not sure what to think of this set, but I hope someone will like some of these :D


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[6-10]
[11-15]
[16-20]

Moods:
1 - pleasantly surprised, thrilled, can't believe her eyes; really vibrant neon color explosions.
2 - joy; yellow
3 - attraction; pink
4 - sense of togetherness, hope; earthy, warm browns
5 - 'blank', neutral, casual; muted, light browns
6 - appreciation of the past, respect, subdued sadness. wow, what a weird description, it makes more sense when you know the scene (from the end of Family of Blood). Anyway I chose a toned down vintage coloring with a bit of muted turquoise (which reminds me of the 'subdued sadness' part).
7 - confused; a conflict of colors, a weird combination of dark green and pale orange.
8 - worried; also turquoise but deeper and darker than in the vintage icon.
9-11 - defiance; (darkish) orange. Martha is at her best with this emotion imo, which is why I made three for it. In 9 it even looks like she's eyerolling at The Master :D 10 and 11 are from the same episode too, she's really defiant and determined against The Master and as much as I love the guy, Martha is really awesome and HBIC in those scenes.
12 - anger; red
13 - anger, action/fight. Reds and oranges.
14 - mysterious; purple
15 - surreal, weirded out; a really weird, unnatural neon color combination.
16 - scared, distressed; black
17 - quiet sadness; really pale blue
18 - melancholy, loneliness; deeper blue
19 - indescribable sort of melancholy, a bit surreal - they're looking at the ruins of a past civilization. I associate that with really muted and dark blue/purple tones.
20 - desperation, deep sadness; darkness, blue tones, pale/colorless

Then there's a dump of stuff I've been posting to various comms, mostly the7days. Most of these I'm actually really happy with and proud of; they were for the most part made in a burst of inspiration, which I really really hope will return soon :p


[21-25]
[26-30]
[31-35]
[36-40]
[41]

[42-45]
[46-49]
[50-54]
[55-57]


I'd love any and all comments of course! :>

Comments

[vintagic.livejournal.com]

Look at all of this wonderfulness!
I would love the give you a more technical comment, but I'm so bad at giving this kind of comments ;_; anyway what can I say? I love your coloring and your text use, and I totally envy your creativity! ♥

[bizarra.livejournal.com]

Very nicely done! I like the simplicity of the Martha icons. Really really like the coloring of the 3rd one.

Interesting texture use on the other icons as well. love the farscape ones of course. Te coloring on 46 is fabulous. :)

Really like the two Donna ones, especially the Agatha Christie one. :)

Nice Work!

[hauntes.livejournal.com]

Wow, these are all so creative. I love them!

[setentpet.livejournal.com]

Geez, I am so jealous of your coloring. I am currently in the middle of an icon, since the weekend, trying to be inspired by your coloring/old feel and it looks like crap. lol.

[schryosel.livejournal.com]

The whole of this post is just...gorgeous. The things you do with solid shapes, colours, text and that vintage effect is fabulous - got massive feelings for 15, 28 and 31 in particular. <3

[juanxyo.livejournal.com]

omg; These are gorgeous!!! <333
My favorites are: #03, 06, 15, 25, 29 & 38 :DD

[rosy-nic.livejournal.com]

lovely icons :)

[jokermary.livejournal.com]

These are gorgeous *_* I really love the 2nd one, the text on 7, the light on 18 and the composition on 21, 32 and 32. Amazing!

[incandescent.livejournal.com]

Oh your colorings are so rich! I love 12 and 20 especially, because the crops are just brilliant. :)

[scoobyatemysnax.livejournal.com]

Ugh I saw this post last night, but I decided to wait out until I'm done with my 20insp, because I knew the second I came here I'll be all "SCREW THIS, SCREW PHOTOSHOP SCREW EVERYTHING" and thank god I did, because these are so damn pretty I would've been discouraged to go on lol

Let me just say WOW O: How do you icon DW? Especially the older seasons with Rose and Martha where the caps are an absolute nightmare to work with. You deserve some sort of award for just being so brave to do that, and then x10000 awards for making beautiful icons.

1 is so qt, I love it. I'm a sucker for borders and boxed/blocking icons, so it's totally up my alley C: And the colour explosion is wonderful. The colour scheme of 3 is brilliant. I absolutely adore your pink use. And ofc the ~patented vintage look that just slays me, because Idek how you manage to achieve it?! I'm 100% certain there's magic involved :P Like in 6 and 7 omg. Especially 7. I love the composition and the colouring of it. It's perfect. Also 9 is so awesome, because I love funny text on icons. The world needs more of those :D 12 is a beautiful monochrome and I'm digging the lighting. 15 though. 15 just woiehweiogherlng. That is surely done with magic. Ugh I think it's my fav from the entire batch! I'm in awe of the composition and colouring and just everything. It's so unique! And the rich blues on 18 are awesome. Aaaand the crop on 20.

32 is the other favourite of mine from this post, because composition and colours?? Ugh you just always make such amazing colour combinations I just owuihgiuergegeh

Everything in this post is beautiful and nothing hurts.

[lalonde.livejournal.com]

Great icons <3

[neonspider]

Thank you so much!! :) and this is a fantastic comment so don't worry about it ♥

[neonspider]

Thank you so much!! :)
I loved making that agatha christie one, cause it was for an episode-based challenge and I wanted to make the icon really literally related to the ep so... that happened, lol.

[neonspider]

Aw, thank you!! ♥

[neonspider]

Omg, that's just absurd, there is no reason for you to be jealous of my coloring cause yours are aaaawesome :O but wow, I'm so flattered you're making something inspirideb by me and can't wait to see it. I'm sure it's awesome like everything you make and you're just selling yourself short :)

[neonspider]

If I can have yours!! :D

aw, thank you so much for the lovely words :>

[neonspider]

sdasddsfsdf thank you so much, I'm thrilled to hear all this cause you pretty much summed up everything I love to do in icons particularly much. Reeeeally awesome if it works for you :>

[neonspider]

Wow, thank you so much!! I'm so glad you like them :>

[neonspider]

Thank you! :)

[neonspider]

Thanks, I'm glad you like them! :)

[neonspider]

Aw, thanks!!! Colorings and crops are definitely what i tried to focus on in the Martha ones so it's awesome that you like those aspects :>

[bizarra.livejournal.com]

It's very fun. :) Love the bee. :)

I'm almost done with my FS icons. Just have two left. woot! I overachieved and did 25 :)

[neonspider]

Ooh, I love your comments, they're the best ♥ thank you so much for taking the time and effort to write all this! I'm glad you found so much to like, even in the Martha set which I wasn't really feeling myself. And I'm thrilled that you love 15 so much cause it's the one icon in that set that I'm really really happy with so yay, thanks! :>

Ugh, you're so right about the caps though ;__; I struggled with that so much. (Then again I struggled with everything cause inspiration, where are youuu.) I almost never watch anything new enough to be in super extra HQ caps, actually DW was an improvement from my previous obsession Farscape (the caps are not only MQ, but also horribly dark - DW at least has some light! :D). Anyway I'd rather make bad icons for something I'm passionate about than awesome ones for something I don't care for, so it's not really bravery, just the only option as long as my DW (and esp. Ten era) obsession continues :>

[neonspider]

Aw, thank you :>

[neonspider]

Yay, that sounds awesome! Can't wait to see them :)

Ugh, I have to admit I haven't made anything at all this far. Which sucks cause I'd like to complete at least 10 or 15, but I might have to be the underachiever who posts just one little set :p welll I'll try to be optimistic and aim for at least 10 but we'll see...