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20+7 Lydia Martin (Teen Wolf) icons for character20n20

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Sooo I participated in

character20n20 again! It has been a while, because I needed to focus on my uni work and 20in20s take so much time and effort from me.
After finishing my thesis, I've been making a slow return to iconing, with some icontests and the7days sets, but now I was finally ready to make a full 20in20 set again and damn was it awesome! I'm honestly happy with most of these. I used many of my go-to techniques so I guess it's nothing ~new from me. I've already signed up for

20inspirations and that set will probably me more experimental, but here I just wanted to make fun icons with all my favorite techniques :)

also. there's a lot of Pydia here because ships inspire me. No judging ok? :p I don't even know when I started liking het this much but yeah. I know it's creepy and terrible, my ships always are, that's why I ship them basically.

Crossover OTP is with Giles from BTVS. I don't really get crossover shipping tbh because I need to see the chemistry in some actual scenes for the ship to be fueled, but if I have to pick someone, I could totally see her having a crush on the hot school librarian who seems to know something about the supernatural things in Beacon Hills. Of course, Giles is a decent person so he'd never actually return her affection, but I'd still count that as a 'ship'. :>

I hope 'Outer space' is space-y enough; it has a lot of stars mostly, I used these space-themed textures by daynawashere :)

ok I'll stop rambling, I really hope someone will like something in here but just having finished these makes me happy. ♥

10 THEMES

Crossover OTP	Flames	Hands Close Up	Joyful	Monochrome


Orange	Outer Space	Pale	Plants	Relaxed

CATEGORY (Linked Together) *

cat 1	cat 2	cat 3	cat 4	cat 5

ARTIST'S CHOICE

ac 1	ac 2	ac 3	ac 4	ac 5

EXTRAS

1	2	3	4	5

6	7

* In the category set, I used the following themes:
cat1: gritty texture
cat2: gritty texture + multiple caps
cat3: multiple caps + stock textures
cat4: stock textures + text
cat5: text

Take any you want, credit is optional, comments would be lovely, watch the comm for future icons :)

AND, if you like icons and Teen Wolf, here's a Teen Wolf battle going on, the characters and themes have already been decided but it's totally possible to still sign up and participate!

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These are great! Your coloring and composition is always so outstanding, the way you get things so vibrant and prettyyyy *____*
I really love 'outer space', 'flames', cat 1 and ac 1 & 5 :)
snagging a few with credit!

aww thank you so much! I was so nervous posting this set cause it's the first 'real' set i've made since forever, so thanks a lot for the sweet words! ♥

There are two things in this post: awesome coloring and, there's no other word for it, composition porn. The whole category set is just WOW! The composition of 3 is so stunning and I love how you used the same color scheme for all icons. The coloring of the whole artist's choice set is also amazing :D

omg, thank you this comment is super flattering, I'm just so happy you like the category set that much, those are probaby my own faves here as well and took a crazy amount of work (which is probably hard to believe since they're barely even colored, lol) so it's absolutely wonderful to hear that someone likes them! :)

I don't watch this show, but I need to say that the thing you did in CAT set is so incredible! Esp 2-5, I'd die to have the composition and such good combining with textures and coloring like these icons! Teach me master, please! :)

awwww thank you so much for the lovely words!! your icons are incredible though so I really doubt there's anything for me to teach but thank youuuu ♥ ;__;

omg you category icons have me like *O* I'm just sitting here staring at them they're all so cool?? especially 3 - 5? ♥o♥ Monochrome, plants, AC 1, 4, and 5 are all pretty rad too :3

wow this comment is so lovely, thank you!! ♥ *___* so glad you like the cat set especially, I put a lot of thought and work into it so I was totally hoping someone would like it :')

*jaw drops* Your composition skills are unbelievable and I especially like the way your icons are about Lydia as a character. They do a great job of capturing who she is and some of what's interesting about her. I agree with you on being confused by crossover pairing and yet your choice of Giles feels solid. I'm especially loving the intricate collages you've made and the way your Linked Together icons hang together as a set. Soooooooo beautiful together.

I'm snagging 5 icons: Monochrome, Cat 3, Cat 4, Cat 5, and AC5. Gorgeous, gorgeous icons!

oh my god THANK YOU SO MUCH this comment is wonderful ;__; ♥ I'm super flattered especially about your comments on capturing her character, it's difficult for me to come up with icon ideas without context so usually I try to draw inspiration directly from my subjects so I'm really happy if that shows!
and just, thanks so much for all the other lovely feedback as well! :)

what the helllllll??!! *___* seriously, how do you even make such creative, amazing icons??!
first, can we talk about the coloring kills you put on these bad boyss!!? crossover otp, monochrome (how do you even make a monochrome icon look this incredible??),relaxed, ac1, ac3, and ac5 are just phucking spectacular!!
secondly, the darn textures in your icons!! teach mee! the whole category set is just so inspiring! same goes for 1,2,3,5 on the extra set!
lastly, the blending you've done on flames, ac2, and ac4 are just so asldkjfljf (i've ran out of words to explain it lol)
sorry to make this comment so long, i just really love your icons!! ;__;

♥♥♥ wow, how do I even reply to this amazing comment, just THANK YOU SO MUCH for all the lovely feedback! *__* I'm so glad you like them!

ZOMG IF GILES CAME TO BEACON HILLS AND LYDIA WAS TOTALLY IN LOVE AND OF COURSE GILES IS GILES AND YES THIS IS WORTHY OF CAPSLOCK! Okay, I love that idea. I honestly don't think Lydia has truly loved a guy since Jackson, although she does have the bond/attraction thing with Peter. Saving a bunch of the icons and will credit when used. Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with for the TW battle!

*ahem* Okay, got most of the squee out in my first comment. I always love your bright colors of course, but I am loving the subtle colors/monochrome as well. My favorites are the category and artist's choice ones ♥

Haha, I'm thrilled you like the crossover idea that much!! That was seriously super difficult to come up with, I'm honestly so bad at thinking of crossovers but now I kinda want to see this one, lol.

and thank you so much, I always love your comments!! :DD

Hm okay these are insane??? Like, wow??? What's with the composition what is your secret did you sacrifice a goat or sell a kidney idk just??? What is your secret???
I don't even //watch// Teen Wolf and I want to snag most of these, but especially Monochrome. I just???

lmao I love the amount of question marks in this comment! THANK YOU SO MUCH THOUGH all of this is super wonderful to hear ;__; ♥ (no goats or kidneys were harmed during in the process I swear)

Glad you like monochrome so much, though mostly I can just thank this awesome background texture I found, it makes like... 90% of that icon (it's by slayground on tumblr) :D

These are jaw-dropping awesome! I seriously...I'm in love with the set, and when I have more time, I'm going to come back and save a few (with credit, obviously). Your Category line is just so well composed...The colors are fantastic...Yeah, I'm in love with these.

Omg, thank you so much for the wonderful comment ♥ I'm super flattered to hear you even found something to potentially save, and that you like the category, which I had a lot of fun with. Thanks so much :)

Love these to death! My favs are: Hands Close Up, Monochrome (love the retro look), Pale, Cat #2, Cat #3, Cat #5, and AC #5 (very creative).

Thank you so much for the lovely comment!! :) I'm so glad you like the set!

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bad-numbers.livejournal.com - 2015-07-27 08:59 (UTC) - Expand

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neonspider - 2015-07-27 09:12 (UTC) - Expand

Awesome set, especially the category icons. :D

Thank you so much!! :)

Wow! Wonderful icons.
The category and ac sets are absolutely amazing, and the rest of the icons are beautiful too. :)

aw, thanks so much for the lovely comment! Glad you like them! :)

HOLY WOW! These are fanfreakingtastic! I love your composition on your cat. set, especially the 4th one and love the coloring on them as well. Love your crossover choice and comp. And I love the crop on hands. Absolutely snagging them all. =)

whoa, thank you so much for the lovely comment ♥ :D the themes were great, I had a lot of fun iconing for this round!

really liked flames, joyful, outer space, cat #1, ac #5, extras #4, #6 & #7 :)

Thank you, glad to hear you liked those! :)

Wow your icons are stunning. You have an incredible style, I don't know how can you manage to came out with these colors, impressive job!
I liked all your icons, but especially: flames, monochrome (I'm not a big fan of yellow, but the way in which you did the icon... I liked it!!!) pale, cat 3/4/5 (I loved the way in which you used the stock texture *_*) and all the artist's choice icons because again... the style ♥
Fantastic job :D

♥__♥ thank you so much for the lovely words, I'm super glad you like them and the general style that I seem to use a lot. Annnd I'm super flattered you even liked a color you normally don't! :>

I can't stop watching them ! They are fabulous, marvelous, magnifcent ♥♥♥ I don't know how you do these! Everything here is AMAZING, so stunning!! Your coloring, texture use and composition are outstanding!

I don't know can I pick the favorite but let's try =) I will take a lot of these, will credit when I use them!

First of all; OTP is so AWESOME! I love that idea; yeah! :D Giles/Lydia would been.. Interesting ;D I also love, love your text skill of flames and texture work. I love how flames-texture is coming there and the composition/contrast between Lydia and Peter. Amazing. Joyful has so beuatiful and vibrant colors; so lovely ♥ And monocrhome!! I love the yellow tone and text is fabulous! (it's true; she is done taanage boys!)

The contrast of orange is interesting; in the good way!! I love how storng it is and I will get the powerfull feeling about that icon. Ouh, and pale ♥♥ It's amazing, beuatiful and texture really work. I ADORE the colors of plants :)!!

And your cat set ♥ omg.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can I just said that how happy I am that you did 20in20 set!?!?!?!?!? They are gorgeous. I love the muted/gritty/grunge style here and it works so well! The composition is wonderful. I can only imagine how long they are take your time.. Love everything there; tha bg, blenidng, multiple images, text. Just everything ♥

And you ac set is so beuatiful and colorfull! Love, love, love :) The charachters are very well cu-out of ac1, and I adore the colors of ac2! So lovely! And the flower texture is amazing! The crop is excellent of ac3 and texture and composition of ac4 is stunning! I love that they are all different color! And I love the idea of ac5; it's super!

Thank you for these!!!! I am super happy just now!
(and by the way, I just notice that I take everything :D)

LOL this comment though :DDD ♥ THANK YOUUUU. I'm very glad you like them that much, though I'm pretty sure this set doesn't really deserve all this praise haha

haha I'm glad you like the category set that much, I kinda wanted all of the 20 icons here to be vibrant so the set would look better as a whole but then I somehow made cat3 and liked it and then wanted the rest of the category set to be similar in style so... that's why the cat set doesn't really fit anything else :p and yep, each of them took hours to make (except cat1, that one was easy)

There's no flower texture on ac2 though! I couldn't find a wolfsbane texture and another flower didn't make that much sense (which is why I wasn't pleased with extra 2), so I used this actual screencap of the flower. Glad you think it worked :>

thanks again for the fantastic comment!!

i will always love your vibrant icons!
and your more complex compositions make me super jealous every time.

i snagged: pale, cat 3, ac1.
i totally agree with your thoughts on crossover otps in general but that giles/lydia icon is amazing.

and space textures! yaaaaaas. off to save them all.

omg, thank you so much! your muted coloring skills are to die for though. Idk why but I'm always surprised when someone with a superb muted style likes my vibrant stuff, it's just... unexpected, so thanks a lot, that comment put a big smile on my face!!! :>

and yess those textures are amazing! they don't quite fit my usual iconing techniques so I never used them before but the space prompt was a great excuse to finally try using them :)

Loved the OTP, really. And Outer Space. And I just adored ALL of the Category ones.

Thank you so much!! :)

I love how vibrant these are! Monochrome, relaxed, and ac2 are my favorites :)

Thank you so much! I love using vibrant colors, glad you like them :>

PYDIA! My perfect creepy ship! :D ♥

Also I really, really love your set! These are so stunning and creative and everything! ♥

My favs are Flames, Hands, Orange, Outer Space, Pale, Relaxed, Cat1, Cat3, Cat4, Cat5, AC1, AC2, AC3, AC4, AC5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.

But all of them are amazing! Saving them and will credit ♥ .

Over and out.

omg, so many faves :D thank you for the wonderful comment, and YAY awesome to hear that I'm not the only one shipping this. ♥

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kateheightmeyer.livejournal.com - 2015-07-23 15:30 (UTC) - Expand

amazing!! :) love # 5 the best

Thank you so much!! :)

Wow. I don't know where to start! They're all great. Your category set is so coherent and just in a league of its own. I love the coloring and the way they look so full and still so clean. They're hands down my favorites. But I really like pale and monochrome, too, as well as ac#4 and #5 with the hand-drawn textures.

Thanks for the link to the icontalking community, I hadn't seen it before. I might participate in something there in August (the underappreciated fandoms, maybe, if they'll still let me participate with it next week).

I tried signing up for 20inspirations, too, but they wouldn't let me. :/

Thank you so much for the detailed and wonderful feedback!! :) I'm so glad you like the cat set that much, it's my own favorite part of this set too.

icontalking is awesome, hope you joined and not just watched it cause the best part of the comm are the discussion posts, they're a great place to talk to other iconmakers but they're only visible to members. When you join it says that the membership needs to be accepted by a mod first but don't worry about that, everyone who tries to join is accepted, I guess this procedure is just something to keep out spam and those that aren't really iconers but only there to lurk? idk. I don't know how that other battle works, but if it hasn't ended yet I'm pretty sure you could still sign up, just ask the person hosting it. but even if it's too late, there are battles going on all the time there, and it's also possible to host your own battle there if you're interested :) like I said, icontalking is pretty awesome for iconers, I just wish I had more time to participate in everything...

20insp is only back for one round and goes back to hiatus after that, so it wouldn't make sense to open the applications for just one round. however inspired20in20 is basically the same thing and was originally made so that everyone could participate in this kind of inspiration style challenges, so there's always that :)

thanks again!

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tinny - 2015-08-03 07:04 (UTC) - Expand

D: D: This is the first time I've ever seen any of your icons (i'm pretty new to livejournal and don't get around much outside of 20in20's apparently!!) and you are without a doubt my favorite (and best) iconmaker I've ever come across. And i don't even watch teen wolf!! but this is the prettiest set of icons i've ever seen, and i can't even pick a favorite because they are ALL perfect. your style and skill makes me beyond envious, xo.

oh my god I don't know how to reply to this, I'm just beyond flattered and happy that you think so highly of my stuff *___* I assure you there are waaayyyyy better makers than me out there but this still put a huge smile on my face, THANK YOU SO MUCH!! ♥ ;__;

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