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 ♥
 
 
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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
apologizeg: Lost // Jack[personal profile] apologizeg on February 21st, 2016 02:03 pm (UTC)
Well, I disagree about 4, I think works well! May I ask what fonts you uses in it? And in 4? ^_^
neonspider: sq blend that makes us special[personal profile] neonspider on February 21st, 2016 02:09 pm (UTC)
Thanks again, it's always a lovely surprise when people like something I hated myself :) I just hope absolutelybatty won't mind it, she has always been one of my faves so I think my subconscious was somehow channeling her despite my best efforts to never take too much influence from other makers!

The fonts in 4 are Versitia (big words) and Lemon/Milk (tiny text). Not sure what other icon you meant to ask about? :)

Edited 2016-02-21 02:09 pm (UTC)
apologizeg: Orphan Black // Alison[personal profile] apologizeg on February 21st, 2016 02:11 pm (UTC)
Whoops, that was supposed to be 14, sorry.
Thank you!
neonspider: isaac painty[personal profile] neonspider on February 21st, 2016 02:19 pm (UTC)
Ooh, 14 has a really fun font in use for the word 'easy' - it's called yorkwhiteletter and it actually created the frame around the word in itself, it's not a texture or added shape! The tiny text is in Sitka Heading.
apologizeg: Lost // Jack[personal profile] apologizeg on February 21st, 2016 05:18 pm (UTC)
Oh, that's neat! Thanks :)