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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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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I'd love any and all comments of course! :>
 
 
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neonspider: doctor who tardis repetition[personal profile] neonspider on February 27th, 2013 12:03 pm (UTC)
Omg, I don't know how to respond to this most awesome comment ever :O you're just too kind and generous!! THANK YOU SO MUCH ♥

Aw, I'm so glad you found something to like about the 20insp set too. I have to admit the text in 6 came from a texture, I use text textures very seldom but this was one of those cases so I can't really take credit for its arrangement... but I'm really glad to hear you think that icon is somehow 'me' because it wasn't long ago when I was still stressing about not having any distinctive style. I think the past few months have been more about exploring possibilites there rather than making technical progress, so I'm reaaally flattered to hear that it seems to have worked in that at least someone thinks there is some 'Tommi' component in existence :D

And YAAY I'm so glad you approve of the the7days stuff, I've been so inspired by those challenges. Especially the shape one that almost nobody did, because without it weird icons like the bowtie one surely wouldn't have happened. I love technical challenges like that cause they always force me to come up with new ideas! (or die trying)

dadasdasdasdsad the best thing is to hear you think I've improved at text though, cause it was the thing I've usually seen as my weakness and swore to improve it a lot this year :> I still have a long way to go but it's great to hear that you think I'm on the right path!

And yes, I've been sooo much better now that we actually got that damn teamwork done and communicate much better as a group now. It still sucks a lot to know that me and my stubbornness and lacking social skills were the only real reasons for our problems, but hey the completed assignment is great so that's what matters in the end :>

THANK YOU AGAIN KIM FOR BEING WAY MORE SUPPORTIVE AND AWESOME THAN I COULD POSSIBLY DESERVE!!! ♥