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):






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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

[absolutelybatty.livejournal.com]

That last alternate (#35) though, wow. That is a seriously stunning icon. I am flabbergasted over here because, honestly, that is some hard hitting pretty right there. I love, first of all, the creative use of silhouette you've chosen in this one. And it is so smooth and well extracted too! So that's gorgeous. And the image you used inside the silhouette is really wonderful as well. So, in terms of giving your icon a very meaningful punch, you've definitely knocked it out! And then there's the coloring which is neon perfection. I love how the bright pinks play off of the browns and the greens so incredibly well! Such a brilliant color combination, honestly. So that aspect is also perfect. And then to top it all off, there's this beautiful yellow light to tie it all together? Be still my beating heart, I think I'm in love. I'll let you know when I manage to pick my jaw up off the floor, okay?

WHICH ISN'T TO SAY THAT THERE AREN'T SEVERAL OTHER BRILLIANT ICONS WITHIN THIS POST BECAUSE THERE ARE INDEED! In particular, I love 'as simple as it can get', 'your heart's desire', 'mood coloring', and also the fourth artist's choice icon. 'As simple as it can get' is just stunning. It is so wonderful that you can balance ridiculously clean and minimal compositions with ridiculously complicated and complex compositions. You rule both ends of the spectrum. Anyway, this one is just so lovely in its lack of neon colors and textures and everything. There's something about the really pulled back browns and blues that make it pop regardless of how little there is going on within it. Totally stunning! And then 'your heart's desire'--running to the other end of the spectrum here, haha; we could get really fit running back and forth, I think--is just such a cute, creative way of utilizing blocking, I think. And it is still somehow rather minimal? I don't know how you do that, but I like it!! 'Mood coloring' should be renamed to 'mood lighting' because it hits all the right points for incredible lighting for me, to be honest. Just incredible balance between light and shadow there, and I love how it looks ethereal and also gritty at the same time. AC #4 is just a coloring win. I mean there's a lot of fabulous coloring in this post (neon lights and ac #3, to name a couple), but I think AC #4 just takes the cake? Something about the detailed nature of it just makes it extra amazing to me, I think.

And, um, I think you did really well picking out things for your style in the category section! I think those are all things people would definitely identify with you!

So wonderful job overall, and it was super awesome seeing an icon post from 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! ♥