19 February 2013 @ 08:42 pm
Martha Jones for 20insp + icon dump = 57 icons  



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 [livejournal.com profile] 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 [livejournal.com profile] 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


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[31-35]
[36-40]
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[55-57]


I'd love any and all comments of course! :>
 
 
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[identity profile] neatmonster.livejournal.com on February 21st, 2013 02:20 pm (UTC)
Love your compositions overall, but I also love how well you can pull out your icons out of Martha caps, I find her extreamly difficult to icon.
From the 20inspirations set I really like 3, 4, 6, 8 and 11.
As for the rest, as I said before, man, your compositions are outstanding, saving several for inspiration :)
neonspider: amy forest[personal profile] neonspider on February 21st, 2013 09:04 pm (UTC)
Thank you so much for the lovely comment! :) I don't normally find her that difficult to icon, except for the questionable cap quality, but this time was pretty difficult so I'm really glad you found so many to like. And even more thrilled and flattered that you even saved some from this post, thank you so much!! ♥