35 multifandom icons

[neonspider]

Fandoms:

LOST [19]
Doctor Who [6 (+1 alt)]
Supernatural [5 (+1 alt)]
Pitch Perfect [1]
Defiance [1]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer [1]


I can't believe the last 20in20 I completed was in June. Since then it has been all icon dumps. But this time, I have actually new stuff to post thanks to technique20in20!

I seem to have moved from the 'icon all the Sayid' phase to 'icon all the Ben'. (OH AND ABOUT ALL THE BOCKE - DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT, I'VE SHIPPED WORSE :P)

The category set was about using styles you've been known for. I'm a horrible judge of what my icons might be assiociated with, so I just went with what I guess could be some of my signature things? In this case - vibrant monochromes, bw+color, pseudo vintage, complexity, geometry, vibrant grunge, something along those lines. I kinda failed the challenge too considering it was about our  ~past styles and I still abuse the hell out of all these things but you'll have to excuse me cause I didn't really have a style before these elements :S

Anyway, hope you'll like something in this set, I must say I had so much fun with these - it's like all of a sudden iconing stopped being stressful and started being fun again, so yeah whether anyone enjoys these or not I'm just thrilled I got them done and can't wait to use this newly found enthusiasm to icon some more in the near future!! :>

Usually nobody can tell wtf is going on in my icons, so hover for fandom :D


10 THEMES

Surrounded by darkness	Sky is above us	Silhouette blending	As simple as it can get	Overwhelming text
Sightless	White decoration	Your heart's desire	Mood coloring	Neon lights

5 CATEGORY – RECREATE YOUR STYLE

#1	#2	#3	#4	#5

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

#1	#2	#3	#4	#5

Alts/extras/rejects (hover for number&fandom):






* Comments give me life
* Take any you want, crediting is optional
* Don't hotlink
* Watch the comm if you like :>


p.s. I just remembered that I still had lots of tutorials to make for the Ask the Maker that happened many months ago, so clearly I can never estimate how much time the writing takes. I'm really sorry about this but I don't think I'll be able to write them in the near future either, so as compensation I'm willing to give out any PSDs anyone might want, just ask (this includes all of my posts obvs, not just this one)!

Comments

[neonspider]

Aw, thank you so much! tbh I was a bit scared of the 'as simple as it can get' prompt cause I rarely make minimal icons, but in the end I really enjoyed making it so I'm glad to hear the result works for you!! :>

[neonspider]

Wow, I never know what to reply to your comments cause there's no way I deserve all this ;__; ♥ just thank you so much, this is seriously wonderful to read especially now that I've been so disconnected from the whole iconing hobby for such a long time (on my scale anyway). I really need to take a round at some of my favorite communities to give some appreciation to some of the gorgeous posts I've missed. So, I hope you don't find random late comments too awkward :D

But OMG. Now that you and naginis both have been so wonderful about 35, I kinda wish I had had the guts to use it in the actual set. I'm seriously thrilled that it's so well received, I never would have seen that coming, I mean it's so pink and weird and the moodiness of the cap totally clashes with the coloring and I thought the yellow light could easily look just random so it's particularly fantastic to hear you say it actually ties things together! :O
also grinning like crazy about your comments on the lighting in 'Mood coloring', cause you're definitely my #1 lighting idol and the whole lighting business is such a mystery to me so whoa, it's seriously fantastic that you think I somehow managed to pull it off there!

Thanks again for the incredibly awesome comment! ♥

[neonspider]

Thank you so much for the lovely comment, I'm really flattered you like the set that much :> I have a thing for really vibrant colorings so I'm super happy you like the ac set and the colorings in general! Thanks again!!

[neonspider]

Eeks, thank you so much for this awesome comment! I'm kind of really flattered that it's so easy for you to recognize my icons, though that could also mean that I'm really repetitive and predictable and should maybe try vary it up sometime soon :D but awww 'white decoration' took so freaking long, from finding the right texture to executing the composition and everything, so I'm really glad it works that well for you :3 and the same goes for Neon lights too, and yay it's awesome to hear that you like the first alt, I was tempted to use it but decided the texture work miiight have too much. Still, super glad you like it like that! :>

[neonspider]

Omgwow, thank you so much for the lovely words!! ♥ Especially for 'white decoration', it was definitely one of the most time consuming and difficult to make.

AND YES ALL THE BEN ICONS BEN ICONS ARE GOOD :D

YES, YOU CLEARLY HAVE FLAWLESS TASTE :3 he needs more icon love though, it's so difficult to find icons of him :c

[neonspider]

Aw, thanks!! :>

[neonspider]

Omg this comment is all kinds of amazing, thank you so much for letting me know which ones you liked and why, that's so helpful and awesome :> I'm super extra happy the text in 'Overwhelming text' works for you cause I was pretty sure it would be waaayy too much and messy for anyone else to like, but I'm quite proud of it myself, if only cause I managed to squeeze in such a squee-worthy quote xD and I'm also thrilled that you like 'white decoration' cause it was one of those cases where I find a texture and think of a concept yet fear I'll never be able to actually execute it. So really thanks again for the lovely words and I'm happy you even found things to snag!!

[afeastforme.livejournal.com]

These are fantastic! I absolutely adore how you worked your colours for #4, that's the kind of pale I love but never able to achieve! #5 is AMAZING for the text work which (I think) must've been massive.
#7 is a joy to look at, those greens and cyans literally sings (this monitor pushes out cyans in a way I want to cry of joy). And Obviously I LOVE #9 with all my heart, the purple-ish details over the right eyesocket and nose give the icon a very nice depth.
The Category is totally totally you and it's very well put together, it feels like an "escalation", which ends with one of my favourite icons from this batch!
AC#2 is also one I saved in my inspiration folder because it's both light and high-contrast.

I like the alts/rejects too, especially #31 and #32

[sucksucksmile.livejournal.com]

i love your composition on silhouette!
and surrounded by darkness is gorgeous, the grungyness and colouring is fantastic.
love your colouring on neon lights and your composition of overwhelming text is amazing, all the different fonts and sizes and its still readable and clean.

your category set is stunning as well! gonna snag cat1 and surrounded by darkness.

[fouroux.livejournal.com]

lost icons :')

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

These are so pretty and creative!

[bloemche.livejournal.com]

Snagging no 2 - but all are great!

[youcallitwinter.livejournal.com]

LOVE the coloring, so bright and gorgeous, thanks!

[geckoholic]

Great job! The colors in the Lost icons are especially fantastic.

[rosy-nic.livejournal.com]

Oh goodness me how I have missed your icons!!! another great batch :) :)

[nymeria-55.livejournal.com]

Great work, as usual! I love the effect that blur colors into one another (if I'm making any sense here, because I don't know the technical terms for that... *sigh*).

The ones I find most interesting are the icons portraying Michael Emerson (I guess they are from Lost, aren't they? I'm not familiar with that show). I keep seeing "Finch" and yet he looks so different from the person in P.o.I.
Intriguing....

[applepips]

KIND SIR, PLS TEACH ME YOUR COLOURING WAYS. *_*

On another note, it is so awesome to see a post from you! I was just thinking I hadnt seen a post from you for a while! :D

NOW BACK TO BUSINESS.

I am just loving all of the bright colours okay? :') They just look so beautiful and perfect! Your entire AC set is perfection and in particular, AC #2. JESUS. *_*

Also love sky above us, which manages to be both colourful and muted and as simple as it gets which is just starkly beautiful!

And I am loving the lighting in 27, 29 and 34.

*cries at all the loveliness* :')

Fantastic job you! :D

[ashooles.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous colouring :) I am snagging #5 of AC. Will credit!

[raiindust.livejournal.com]

Tommi, this post. ITS MAGIC! How divine are these icons? I absolutely love everything here, you have such a strong, unique style and this post is like another step in the Tommi-icon-style evolution. It's all vibrant and bold but still retro and fantastic, and just so wonderful.

Silhouette blending & it's alt are just, wow. I really, really love the composition - the blending is absolutely perfect, and the subtle texture work in the one you picked is absolutely magical. The neon colouring in the alt is divine as well, it's so bold and brave and individual. The composition of White Decoration is seriously stunning. The colour palette between the greens and the blues and the yellows is amazing, and the multiple images are framed perfectly. I really, really love everything about the texture(?) work, it's so creative and thematic and beautiful.

The whole category set is like looking at your style in a set of icons, everything has been perfectly chosen. I love the classic, vintage palette of the first icon, the black and white with sepia is magic, and the boxed texture work is amazing. I love the really, really vibrant colours of the second icon, and the slightly sharper, grungier texture feel is wonderful. The two texture choices in the third icon are just so you, but the slightly more contrasted and white feel is just such a lovely stylistic addition. The fourth is probably my favourite, I love the colouring, it's vintage and beautiful, and the ornamental texture work is perfect. And I loooooove the fifth icon because just, yessss. Amy & Rory. But also b&w with colour gradient and blocks of colour? Absolutely beautiful.

I also really love the vibrant colouring of your AC set, it's so, so bright and fun, and the lighting on the fifth is just gorgeous. Also, #32 is absolutely lovely, because of the more muted, gentle colouring, and the stunning crop, and I looooove the contrast and composition of #33, it has some truly stunning texture work happening too.

Seriously, this post is incredible ♥

[neonspider]

Oh wow, this comment!! *__* ♥ Thank you so much for your awesomely kind words! Heee, yes, the text in 5 took really long so I'm super happy to hear it works for you! (omg I need a cyan-pushing monitor too. I love cyans, obviously.) Also I think you're the first to mention/like cat5 which makes me really happy too cause it was the one I was the least confident with so I didn't expect it to get any love. Thanks again for the wonderful comment!!!

[neonspider]

Aw, thank you so much!! I'm super happy to hear you found something to snag! :>

[neonspider]

Aw, thank you so much!! :>

[neonspider]

Hee, yep, I have a huge Lost phase rn. I always seem to find all good shows years after they've ended :D

[neonspider]

Aw, thanks!! Glad you found something to snag :D

[neonspider]

Thank you so much for the lovely comment! I'm glad you like the colorings :>