21 February 2016 @ 12:31 pm
20 TW + BTVS icons for 20muses  


Fandoms:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer [10]
Teen Wolf [10]


This is my [livejournal.com profile] 20muses round 2 entry! More info about the icon themes under the spoiler cut. LOOOVED this challenge. I chose two very different episodes for my claim: Teen Wolf 3.18 Riddled (a very dramatic episode) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer 6.07 Once More with Feeling (very funny ep, though with serious undertones).
Due to the nature of the round and me torturing myself with the hard mode, it's not a surprise that the styles in this post are ALL OVER THE PLACE and this set is faaaar from looking cohesive, but well, hopefully that means there's something for everyone here? :)

Hope you'll enjoy these! I definitely enjoyed making them.

[01-05]
[06-10]
[11-15]
[16-20]
Here are my inspirations:


TEEN WOLF
1 - Box1 technical: stock + silhouette
2 - Box2 art: all_malocks (far crop + close crop) + queen_bartonia (unnatural coloring)
3 - Box4 color: dark blueish grey + dark red
4 - Box4 song: Former Vandel - I was So Sure (this was almost too easy, pretty sure this song IS about this episode! o.O) + 30 Seconds to Mars - Hurricane (lyrics). I hate this icon it looks like a crappy absolutelybatty ripoff, sorry .___. i'd remake it if I had the time!
5 - Box1 art: poisonfield (surrounded by text pieces) + starkwars (completely obscured subject). in case the concept isn't clear, the... thingy... is meant to symbolize the Void that has taken over Stiles. Part of the thing is actually the painting from Stiles' room which some people took as foreshadowing!
6 - Box3 technical: text + blocking
7 - Box3 song: Paramore - Brick by Boring brick (butterfly wings!) + PVRIS - My House (bw + color)
8 - Box4 technical: close crop + scenery
9 - Box4 texture: mrs_padfoot + lookslikerain (idk if you can tell i used this one, it's pretty subtle)
10 - Box2 art: longerthanwedo (coloring style, crop) + queen_bartonia again (big text)

BTVS
11 - Box4 song: Jona Selle - Applause (it's a song about performing -> took a cap from Buffy's final song) + The Weeknd - In the Night (visuals: neon, blurred vision effect)
12 - Box2 song: Anna Clendening - Who You Are (lyrics) + Sia - Alive (visuals: muted icon, full body crop)
13 - Box6 texture: 12feethigh (veeery subtly used for lighting) + loseanhour
14 - Box1 word: easy + old (->vintage look)
15 - Box5 texture: stewark + mrs_padfoot
16 - Box4 technical: profile + closecrop
17 - Box5 word: sunshine + nature
18 - Box6 song: Lana del Rey - Dark Paradise (darkness. lol i'm so imaginative with interpretations) + Sam Tsui - Let It Go/Let Her Go (the theme of letting someone go)
19 - Box6 word: futuristic + amusing (never let me use this theme combo ever again cause this is what happens i try to make a demon look like a scifi show alien because WHY NOT :D)
20 - Box6 texture: 12feethigh again for lighting + accio-glow




Snag all you want, credit if you want to, but don't hotlink and please don't use my icons as bases or resources
Feel free to watch the comm :)
Comments would make me super happy ♥
 
 
Current Music: Kerli - Walking on Air | Powered by Last.fm
 
 
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(no subject) - (Anonymous) on March 30th, 2022 03:09 pm (UTC)
neonspider: ben for the island[personal profile] neonspider on February 21st, 2016 10:50 am (UTC)
Thank you so much for the lovely comment ♥
I can't live without text anymore, idk why, so I'm sooo happy you like that aspect of them *__* I usually have some trouble deciding on what to write, but not in this set; the episode claims and song inspirations helped with that a lot! :>
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[identity profile] second-love.livejournal.com on February 21st, 2016 11:19 am (UTC)
Wow, so amazing colors!
I don't have any fors for youe composition and neson colors in 19.Absolutely adore this icon.
Also sanging Lydia's icon #7 like butterfly wings and b&w composition with color and Stiles in 10 is awesome snaging this one too.
Love soft pink in 13 and crazy colors in 20♥
neonspider: helena vintage[personal profile] neonspider on February 21st, 2016 11:25 am (UTC)
Aww thank you so much for the wonderful feedback ♥ so glad you like them!!! :)
[identity profile] damsiedam.livejournal.com on February 21st, 2016 11:24 am (UTC)
This set! STUNNING! *____* Such creativity, such colors, such beauty! If I had to pick a favorite, I'd say 5, 9 or 15, both because of the coloring and composition. But really, I like almost all of those :D
neonspider: sorry i made your life so miserable[personal profile] neonspider on February 21st, 2016 11:30 am (UTC)
eeeks I'm so glad someone appreciates the craziness that is 5 since I'm pretty sure most people will just think 'wtf' and I'd completely understand that reaction xD and 15 is one of those accidents that didn't happen at ALL like I had planned but the result was probably better than the original plan so it's ok. Thank you so much for the lovely words!! ♥
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neonspider: helena pure[personal profile] neonspider on February 21st, 2016 11:44 am (UTC)
Thank you so much for the lovely comment :) 19 took waaayyy longer than anything else here so I'm super happy you like it!
apologizeg: Lost // Ben[personal profile] apologizeg on February 21st, 2016 01:48 pm (UTC)
Geez, I love the explosion of styles here!
1 is so unusual, but it works. 4 reminds my of [livejournal.com profile] absolutelybatty, but with your spin on it! 7 is so gorgeous with the butterfly effect (ahah), totally saving this. 13 is my favorite of the bunch, love the feminine look and gorgeous pastel colors. I'm in love with the text on 14, is so simple yet so creative. The colors in 15 are everything, just simply stunning.

Great job overall! <3
neonspider: ben frozen wheel[personal profile] neonspider on February 21st, 2016 01:58 pm (UTC)
aww thank you for the super lovely comment ♥ so glad you like them, even the explosion of styles :') i kinda laughed at the set thinking that it will look like I hired 20 different makers to do these for me :p

Thanks for the lovely feedback on 13 - I quite loved where I was going with it, but in the end result I was worried about Willow blending into the texture too much, but couldn't fix it cause I didn't want to change the color of her dress, so idk... it's definitely lovely to hear you like it that much :3
ahaha if you click on the inspirations spoiler cut you'll see that 4 reminded me of batty too but not in a good way, i wish i had had the time to remake it as something more originally my style :p
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violateraindrop: The X-Files[personal profile] violateraindrop on February 21st, 2016 02:00 pm (UTC)
I love the composition and text use on this batch, but somehow 3 ended up being my favorite. I think it's the awesome color scheme. I also really like the coloring of 13, 14 and 20 :)
neonspider: ben leslie blocks[personal profile] neonspider on February 21st, 2016 02:02 pm (UTC)
Thanks so much, I had a lot of fun coloring all of the ones you listed :)
[identity profile] loka-bones.livejournal.com on February 21st, 2016 02:31 pm (UTC)
Your icons have a lot of coloring!!! I really like the coloring and feelings of #4, compositions of #6 and #7 very original, and #10,# 17 and #20 with fantastic coloring
neonspider: andy womanly roar[personal profile] neonspider on February 21st, 2016 02:32 pm (UTC)
Thank you so much for the lovely comment :) coloring is my favorite part of iconing, I'm super glad you like them!
[identity profile] bangel-4e.livejournal.com on February 21st, 2016 02:50 pm (UTC)
Awww, Buffy icons from you!!! That's like..THE BEST THING EVER! I really love the colors and the grungy texture you used. I also love the light in 4 and 6. The composition of 2, 6 and 8 is spectacular. Seriously, all of these are pretty much incredible, I don't even know what to say.
Btw, I'm definitely snagging 13, 14, 18 and 20 and will credit when used.

Edited 2016-02-21 02:52 pm (UTC)
neonspider: neon faith[personal profile] neonspider on February 21st, 2016 02:55 pm (UTC)
I wish I could icon Buffy more often! Usually I just give up because of the cap quality :c but for this challenge I really wanted to try. Thank you so much for the lovely comment, I'm extra happy that you found something to save too!! ♥
(no subject) - [identity profile] bangel-4e.livejournal.com on February 21st, 2016 02:59 pm (UTC)
[identity profile] kitamikeita.livejournal.com on February 21st, 2016 03:59 pm (UTC)
Amazing set! Really love how you manage to combine different colors with stunning results, I try sometimes but more often than not I end up with rather monochromatic icons. My favorites are 3 (simple yet captivating at the same time), 13 (love the soft coloring and composition), 15 (simply gorgeous in every way, especially the colors) and 19 (extreme but in a good way) :D
neonspider: not an easy person to trust[personal profile] neonspider on February 21st, 2016 04:07 pm (UTC)
Omg, thank you so much for the wonderful feedback!! ;__; ♥ This part made me particularly happy:

Really love how you manage to combine different colors with stunning results, I try sometimes but more often than not I end up with rather monochromatic icons.

Now that you mention this, I'm gonna be totally honest: the way I do it is to simply force multiple colors into caps where none exist. Idk where others find these colorful caps that have tons of colors waiting to be drawn out, when I can only find caps that have browns and greys. So comments about how superior icons where the maker used colors that already exist in the image are make me despair because wtf, there are no such colors in my caps, like, at all, so it's either added colors or no colors and I prefer the former tbh :D so yeah, that's the way I do it, buuuut it's a style that definitely splits opinions, so not sure I'd recommend it xD besides, your colorings are absolutely amazing, so I'd say you're totally fine even if they have one main color! ♥
(no subject) - [identity profile] kitamikeita.livejournal.com on February 21st, 2016 09:15 pm (UTC)
[identity profile] aeriiths.livejournal.com on February 21st, 2016 04:29 pm (UTC)
oh these are amazing! your creative compositions are awesome as always, and I'm really digging the use of text in your set. My favourites are 4, 6, 8, 11, 14, 16 and 19.
neonspider: ben leslie nerds[personal profile] neonspider on February 21st, 2016 07:10 pm (UTC)
Aw, thank you so much for the wonderful comment ♥ you listed some that I was very unsure of, so thank you for liking them :>
[identity profile] margerydaw-s2.livejournal.com on February 21st, 2016 04:32 pm (UTC)
Let me start by saying what I love in general about your icons! Your creativity blows my mind, and you always do beautiful things with coloring and texture use.

I have never watched either of these shows, but I HAD to come here and check out the icons because the things you do with them always make me smile. I really look up to you.

5 has REALLY great texture use, definitely a favorite from this set. The coloring in 6 is so clear and gorgeous (though I may be biased because purple is my favorite color ever and red is the second). 8 is just such a complete icon, coloring, texture use and composition all come together to create a beautiful and emotional piece. 13 is another favorite of mine with the soft, peaceful look. It also feels very romantic (but as I'm not familiar with the fandom I have no idea if it's meant to be), which I like a lot 15 is just stunning, texture use on point and beautiful colors. I LOVE the painting in 19 and 20 is just --- what a fantastic explosion of colors, I want to bask in it.

Amazing job as usual! ♥

neonspider: literally[personal profile] neonspider on February 22nd, 2016 12:06 pm (UTC)
Omg, this comment ;__; ♥ Thank you so freaking much, I'm beyond honored that you think so highly of my icons, but please don't look up to me, look... idk, sideways? No, that would be side eyeing, no one wants that :p
I'm so surprised at the positive comments on 5! I usually don't use super obscured subjects, I'm not that creative, but this time I actually had a concept in mind for one and the starkwars icon was a great excuse, so why not :D and yes, 13 is definitely meant to be romantic, the two girls are a couple and that song is one of their most romantic moments even though there are already big problems and dark undertones in the relationship. Also you liking the painting in 19 means sooo much, I always admire the way you can work with caps, things like painting and shading, so thank youuu ♥
[identity profile] julie-izumi.livejournal.com on February 21st, 2016 05:33 pm (UTC)
Such a great set!
I especialy love 3, 5 (the composition and idea behind it are amazing!), 6 (this one gives me feels!), 8, 13, 14 (clever use of the themes!), 16, 19 (the colors!) and 20!
I'm always amazed by what you manage to do with BtVS caps!
neonspider: helena vintage[personal profile] neonspider on February 22nd, 2016 12:09 pm (UTC)
Aw, thank you so much for the lovely words ♥ Yep, btvs caps are the WORST, so if these are even half decent I'm super happy! :D
[identity profile] starkwars.livejournal.com on February 21st, 2016 05:55 pm (UTC)
Oh myy there's so many great icons here! I love 1, great use of textures, 5 is great a really unique use of that cap that's been used so often. 6 is great, I like the use of multiple images and text and it's not overly cluttered, 7 is perfect *__*, love the colors in 9 and the texture use in 10. 13, 17 and 20 are great love the colors and textures (Tara and Anya, gone too soon! T__T). 15 is flawless ;__; !! everything just flows together so well! Great set!
neonspider: allison down the rabbit hole[personal profile] neonspider on February 22nd, 2016 12:12 pm (UTC)
Ohh thank you this means so much coming from one of the best makers out there, THANK YOU SO MUCH ♥ especially for liking the one inspired by your icon, I probably wouldn't have dared to do anything that extreme with the composition/textures if without that inspiration graphic :D
[identity profile] twisted-slinky.livejournal.com on February 21st, 2016 06:04 pm (UTC)
OH, HOLY COLOR, BATMAN! I'm loving every one of these. I started to list favorites, but it was getting pointless--just assume I loved them all. I might have to save several of these :D
neonspider: tw broken glass[personal profile] neonspider on February 22nd, 2016 12:12 pm (UTC)
Awww thank you so much!! Super happy if you even found something to save! Love your Teal'c icon btw :D
[identity profile] teaotter.livejournal.com on February 21st, 2016 07:04 pm (UTC)
These are so gorgeous! I love the dark grungy look of #12, and the frame and texture in #5, and the brilliant colors of #20!
neonspider: peter wolfsbane[personal profile] neonspider on February 22nd, 2016 12:14 pm (UTC)
Thank you so much for the lovely comment! So glad you like them! ♥
[identity profile] tturners.livejournal.com on February 21st, 2016 07:17 pm (UTC)
These are so gorgeous, oh my. I don't know where to start because ALL OF THESE ARE SUPER FAVOURITES.
The compositions in #1, #2, #5, #7, #8, #15 and #20 are brilliant. I also adore the text placement, especially in #4,
#10, #12, #16 and #17. Your colourings are beynd gorgeous, and you work excellently with both muted & vibrant tones.
The paint effect in #17 and #19 is stunning. I also adore the use of textures in #13 very very much.♡
neonspider: sciles terrors[personal profile] neonspider on February 22nd, 2016 12:17 pm (UTC)
Your comments are always so lovely, thank you so much for the detailed feedback and for liking so many of these *___* ♥
[identity profile] wretched.livejournal.com on February 21st, 2016 07:25 pm (UTC)
wowow I am always blown away by your coloring and compositions! These are all so beautiful and vibrant and ahhh ♥
snagging a few with credit! :)
neonspider: ben as locke's prisoner :>[personal profile] neonspider on February 22nd, 2016 12:19 pm (UTC)
omg thank you so much for the super lovely comment!! :) glad you found something to snag, enjoy! :>
[identity profile] angelamaria.livejournal.com on February 22nd, 2016 04:48 am (UTC)
I am just always blown away by how daring and amazing your icons are! :O I abso-so-so-solutely love 6 and 12 and 13 and 15 and 20, 15 i particular is just uh-may-zing, I love how gritty and vibrant it is at the same time ♥♥♥
neonspider: jack first scene[personal profile] neonspider on February 22nd, 2016 12:20 pm (UTC)
Heee, I love this comment, thank you so much!!! :D 15 was aallll about those textures I got for the prompt, they basically told me what to do there so idk it just kinda happened, so glad you like the result!
(no subject) - [identity profile] angelamaria.livejournal.com on February 22nd, 2016 01:01 pm (UTC)
[identity profile] thyla87.livejournal.com on February 22nd, 2016 10:44 am (UTC)
Let me just say; WOW!!! ♥♥You are so talented, I don't know where do you always find your idea but these are STUNNING!! Your coloring is breathtaking and the composition wonderful! This set is so powerful and fantastic ☻ Can I have your talent, please :D :p

It's really hard to pick favorite, but I will try;

1 - I love the idea! It's creative and funny! Silhouette and the bg is cool and the box is awesome! :D
4 - Stunning colors and text!
5 - Wow! I love text and how dramatic this icon is! I love how you are cover Stiles face!
7 - AMAZING!! The butterfly wings are super pretty and unique style, I adore the bg/texture work and the colors!
9 - Spectacular! :) Electricity in the air :D
11 - Amazing!! It's spooky, fantastic and looks so good with painted!!
13 - So pretty ♥♥ I love texture work and the colors so much!!
15 - Fantastic!! ♥ Texture work is incredibly wonderful and the COLORS ♥!!! I love composition here!
17 - The COLORS!!! Again :D
20 - LOL! SO funny and awesome!! Text, bg, the lighting; everything here works!

Thank you for these! I will take some, will credit when I use =)
neonspider: done with teenage boys[personal profile] neonspider on February 22nd, 2016 12:26 pm (UTC)
Aw, thank you for this extra lovely comment, especially for listing so many faves and why you liked them :>
I mostly just found ideas from the prompts, going with the hard mode was probably a good call cause otherwise I would have just used my signature techniques on everything.

So glad you like 1, I struggled with it the most tbh, I couldn't think of a good way to combine stock and a silhouette. I'm honestly pretty proud of 5 cause it's faaarr out of my comfort zone and getting that painting from Stiles' room to work as a texture was a major struggle, so thanks for liking it too!

Very glad you found something to save :)Thanks again for the super flattering comment!
[identity profile] kateheightmeyer.livejournal.com on February 22nd, 2016 04:34 pm (UTC)
Amazing set!

My favs are #1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, 15 and 20!

I love how you work with textures! In every new set I'm speechless!

Saving and will credit!
neonspider: werefolf teen wolf[personal profile] neonspider on February 22nd, 2016 04:38 pm (UTC)
Omg, thank you so much for the lovely comment - so many favorites :) I absolutely love working with textures so it really makes me happy that you like that aspect of them!
Lady Turner: Yvaine[personal profile] lady_turner on February 23rd, 2016 12:46 am (UTC)
Wow, your composition is so on point!
Love 3, 4, 7, 13 and 15!
neonspider: ben for the island[personal profile] neonspider on February 25th, 2016 10:16 am (UTC)
Thank you so much for the lovely comment!! ♥
[identity profile] dixon.livejournal.com on February 23rd, 2016 12:38 pm (UTC)
WOW. Just wow. I can't even tell you how much I love this set. I love Buffy (well, who doesn't?), but I hate with all my soul those screencaps. They're the worst to work with! And you managed to make such HQ icons of them! These are IMPRESSIVE. Saving a whole lot!
Your Teen Wolf icons are gorgeous as well, as always! <33
neonspider: bocke pins and needles :3[personal profile] neonspider on February 25th, 2016 10:18 am (UTC)
Omg, but your BTVS icons are always so perfect, so I'm super flattered that you find mine any good *___* Thank youuu ♥
[identity profile] paintedtarget.livejournal.com on February 23rd, 2016 03:42 pm (UTC)
these are so creative and you can really see where your inspiration has come for each one, I knew exactly what your inspiration was for #7 before I looked :P

Also, 2, 6 and 8 have such wonderful compositions and I love how vibrant but muted the coloring is on #3 ♥️
neonspider: nogitsune composition[personal profile] neonspider on February 25th, 2016 10:21 am (UTC)
Thank you so much for the lovely words :)

and you can really see where your inspiration has come for each one

Lol that's because I'm kinda literal with my interpretations sometimes :D Glad you like it though!!
the coloring on 3 was basically just dictated by the color palette in that box so I feel like I didn't really need to come up with it on my own at all, so idk how much credit I can take for it, but I'm still happy you like that coloring! ♥
[identity profile] bizarra.livejournal.com on February 23rd, 2016 04:23 pm (UTC)
I really really like #8. Of all of the set, this was the one that really drew my eye. The composition and the coloring is just fantastic. I also really like 1 for the same reason. The muted colors are generally what I'm drawn to. Great set over all! :)
neonspider: rinharu destined pair[personal profile] neonspider on February 25th, 2016 10:22 am (UTC)
Thank, I had a lot of fun with the composition on that one! Muted really isn't my thing (except for vintagey muted), but if the composition is crazy enough it can make up for the lack of colors for me and that's what happened in 8.
[identity profile] library-of-sex.livejournal.com on February 25th, 2016 05:58 am (UTC)
COHESION IS OVERRATED. WHO NEEDS IT?! :P

Where do I even start??? Hmmm, let's go with 3, and the gorgeous red and orange of her figure that just make the most gorgeous contrast and color splash against the matte teal backdrop. That is so beautiful and clean yet powerful! Then there's 8, which has a million things I love, including a phenomenal close crop, incredible contrast and lighting, perfect sharpening, subtle tiny text, and flawless texturing. WHAT A STUNNER! What is 12? Why is it so dark and grungy and moody? WHY? Just curious. Looove the use of the loseanhour texture in 13. The soft, gentle pinks are amazing, and the figures almost blending in with the petals is a lovely effect! 14 is a killer. The coloring is 100% YOU, and I love how clean it is and sharp the figures are. The text is absolutely perfect and so funny, too!

What are the colors in 15 doing to my eyes? Why has that not been made illegal? Hair should not be that exquisitely blonde and buttery and flowy. Pinks and purples and blues should not come together so seamlessly. THE BLENDING AND TEXT PLACEMENT IN 18. WHYYYYYYYYYYY??????????????? I LOVE THE GRUNGE ON THE LEFT, AND THE FONT COMBO AND HER TINY FIGURE CONTRASTING AGAINST HIS MORE DOMINANT ONE. STOOOOOOOOOOOOOP IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
neonspider: sayid silhouette blend[personal profile] neonspider on February 25th, 2016 10:27 am (UTC)
lol IKR. what is cohesion? I don't think it has ever existed in anywhere near my icon sets :o

I really like where the color palette I used for 3 took me but I feel like I can't take a lot of credit for the coloring since it was all about those colors I was given :D
I'm terrible with close crops, I always struggle with adding that something extra to them, but I'm pretty happy with the two I did in this set. So happy you like 8!
Not a lot of people picked 12 or 18 as faves and I'm not sure I like them that much myself, so it's good to hear you like both! ♥
Hahaha you gotta stop being so wonderful with your comments, I grinned like crazy at your enthusiastic (dis)approval of 15 :DD

A thousand thanks for this super wonderful comment!!! ♥ *__*
(no subject) - [identity profile] library-of-sex.livejournal.com on February 26th, 2016 07:18 pm (UTC)