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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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[identity profile] burntheflaws.livejournal.com on February 25th, 2016 08:32 pm (UTC)
Gorgeous as always! I was looking forward to seeing your entry, and it definitely lived up to my expectations. 1 is such a creatively awesome icon, and I love the muted colors and that small framing of fox!Stiles. Love the text work in 5. 7 is full of such explosive colors and stock use. 8 is another beauty with those muted colors and the fantastic texture and text use. I really like how there's a bit of his skin separated into a box on the side, and it looks like a stock add-on (tape or something), but it's really just a cool shape created by the texture. Nice vibrant colors in 9, pastel coloring in 13 (the floral stock texture also fits so well), CRAZY painted and futuristic look in 19 (he looks like he's a part of Avatar, but the vibrant red version), and combo of that fun texture and text use in 20 in combination with the bright, vibrant colors.

My favorites, though, are 14 and 15. Daaamn they're amazing. There's something so simple yet so wonderful about 14. I love the little decorated banner behind the text, which, by the way, is flawlessly executed. And the figures have the most beautiful vintage coloring. It all fits together so splendidly. And 15. Wow. Your texture use is always on point, and this is one of the best examples. The textures just work so cohesively together, and the way you framed and colored her to pop out while still blending in to the background is just expertly handled. I could stare at this icon for days.
neonspider: helena borders[personal profile] neonspider on February 27th, 2016 09:40 am (UTC)
Oh my god, this comment!! Thank you so much! ♥
1 was one of the most difficult ones because I first chose the styles I wanted (stock + silhouette) but then I didn't want it to be the most obvious way to combine those (aka. silhouette filled with stock). I kiiiinda still did use that but I also tried to make it a bit different by using another tiny cap and also fill the bg with different stock. It's still not quite as creative as I wanted it to be (there should be so many options with a theme like stock!) but I'm very glad you think it works!
Yeah, I got really lucky with the texture I found for 8! :>
That's pretty much exactly the look I was goign for in 19, so I'm super happy you got that vibe from it.
And yay 14 and 15 were some of my own faves too, and possibly the most representative of my style(s) sooo of course I'm extra happy that you chose them as faves :)