42 icons (Parks and Rec set for 20muses + multifandom icon dump)

[neonspider]

Fandoms:
Parks and Recreation [20]
Sense8 [6]
MCU [2]
Teen Wolf [2]
Arrow, Doctor Who, Dorian Gray (2009), Farscape, Free!, LOST, Merlin, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Sherlock, Star Wars, Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries [1 each]

So first, my set for the 4th round at 20muses! The randomizer gave me Parks and Recreation season 5 for a subject, but lbr most of these aren't very season-specific (still from s5 caps tho). I love Parks and Rec, so this was a lot of fun!
For this challenge we were prompted to make simple icons. I wanted to make this set somewhat cohesive, so out of all the lovely techniques presented in the inspiration post, I chose to focus only on one thing: coloring. Vibrant coloring, to be specific, but the last row got a bit more pastelly :>
I don't think this is the best set from me, I think these are a bit... basic even for simple icons, but I made these really fast so this is the extent of my creativity atm :p Despite of that I think I did an alright job bringing my style into these even without some of my usual elements (text and complex compositions).
HOPE YOU LIKE SOLID BACKGROUNDS AND CENTER CROPS CAUSE THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OF THOSE HERE :3

[01-05]
[06-10]
[11-15]
[16-20]

And here's a small icon dump of stuff I've made for 100x100mystery, the7days, theiconthrone, and iconsomething...

Doctor Who, Dorian Gray (2009), Farscape, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Sherlock
[21-25]
Supernatural, Teen Wolf x2, Iron Man 2, Captain America: The Winter Soldier
[26-30]
Sense8
[31-35]
Sense8, The Vampire Diaries, Merlin, Arrow, Star Wars
[36-40]
LOST, Free!
[41-42]

Feedback is always appreciated! ♥ Take any you want, credit if you want to, hotlinking is ok IF the icon is stored on LJ or imgur, like all of these are. (some of my older icons are at Photobucket so please don't hotlink to those)

Comments

[delacours.livejournal.com]

LOL BASIC! There's nothing basic about these icons, they're absolutely stunning, as always! <3
I'm amazed how you come up with these colors, when I try this in photoshop I always end up scraping them (I made something very similar to your #13 here and ended up deleting it, I don't know why I always absolutely love when other people use bright, bold colors but I hate it when I do it, lmao).

Your entire 20muses set is gorgeous, I really love the coloring and the lighting is stunning! I saved all the ones from your the7days set, I forgot to comment when I saw them but these are just really amazing and I wholeheartedly approve of the Braca/Scorpius one! :D

[esgeee.livejournal.com]

These are so great! Your icons are not basic at all - they are al beautiful, even if they lack text and fun textures :) I really like the lighting on #1 and love #6 and #17!

[neonspider]

Oh wow, thank you so much! I'm glad you think these are ~me even without the usual composition stuff :D
Haha, that Master cap/promo image(??? idk where I found it) was just too good for that set :D glad you like the icon! ♥

[neonspider]

first of all, YAY someone who not only recognizes but also approves of Scorpy/Braca! \o/ :D I'm super happy you liked that set, it was so much fun to make!
And thanks for the super lovely comment, I'm really happy you don't think these are basic :3
aw I'm sure your icon would have been gorgeous and that you can rock bold colors better than you think you can! but at the same time yeah I hear you cause I have a similar relationship with muted colors... I definitely envy makers who can make them eye-catching!

[neonspider]

Thank you so much for the super lovely comment!! ♥

[delacours.livejournal.com]

I approve a lot, and now I kinda want to make more Farscape icons, lol. Scorpius <3
I don't think anything you make can be basic, lol. You're one of my favorite icon makers and you have all the things I love in your icons, there's color and text and textures and they're just amazing all around. If you did nothing but color the character and put it in center crop/negative space, I'd still think it was perfect. So yeah, these were just amazing, once again! :D
I actually thought a bit about it and decided to go and do that icon I was talking about anyway. Now that I've posted it, it looks kinda okay, but totally different while I was making it, lmao. I have no idea why it's like that. :P
I know what you mean, I'm always amazed when people work a certain style/coloring and make it look so gorgeous. :)

[bronze.livejournal.com]

holy moly, those colours! i don't think i could ever feel sad looking at colours so vibrant.

#5, #7, #8 (those contrasting shades!!), #11, #13, #29, & #33 are my favourites!

[defectivesmile.livejournal.com]

These are truly wonderful, I adore your pastel yet vibrant coloring very much, and I love all the elements in the icons fit together.
My favorites are 2, 3, 4, 10, 14, 16, 22, 23, 31, 33 and 40.
The text on the text icons is incredible, I'm stunned. Also, your compositions are very pretty! :D

[neonspider]

Ooh, thank you so much for the lovely comment!! :3 and yay you picked a lot of faves that nobody else had picked, makes me happy to see some love for those icons as well! :>

[neonspider]

Thank you very much for the lovely feedback!! very glad you liked them :)

[neonspider]

Scorpius indeed <3 and yesss please do make FS icons! I wish I could icon it more often but the cap situation is unfortunate o.O I used to use them all the time but now that I've been spoiled by all the HQ caps for newer shows, it's like... how did I ever manage to use these lol
YAY I'm glad you decided to continue that icon! It's weird how things sometimes look different when they're posted. Maybe it's the background? I totally changed my PS default background from the usual grey to white so it would look the same as it will in these posts. But still I've noticed that sometimes how I see an icon depends on the lighting in my room, if it's morning or night and what angle I'm looking at my screen at... it's frustrating! not to mention that all the icons look more saturated in my file explorer and when I open them in PS they're way more muted.

and aww you're way too nice to me, thank you ;__;

[oviedo.livejournal.com]

wow the colours - so gorgeous! 15 and 18 are my favourite, the vibrancy coupled with the softness, so so pretty.

[delacours.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I would love to do it more often but working with those caps is a pain. I mean, I'm greatful they even exist, I'd about cry if they were no more, lol. And there are a ton of shows I'd love to icon but the caps are really lq and grainy, and then it takes me more time to fix it then it does to make an icon, haha. Like, I want to icon Stargate a lot, and I just saw that some caps are better than before, but like Atlantis has blu ray caps and it's like a miracle and then there's SG1. And if I do manage to come across more quality caps, there are no galleries, only download links. Which is like, thanks but no thanks.

I tried doing it to white but switched back to grey because I just couldn't work like that, I don't know why. Oh yes, totally! Depending on the time of the day and how I postion my laptop, icons look totally different. And it's always weird how it's never the same. Like, sometimes they looks really vibrant in photoshop but muted in my folders and then the next time, they look muted in photoshop but really bright in my folders. I have no idea, lol.

Also, I'm honestly just curious how icons look to different people. I would honestly make 'print your screen' thread or something so I can see it, haha. You know when someone will say that the icon looks really blurry or sharp, saturated or washed out, but to you it looks normal? Recently my cousin bought a new laptop so I decided to check it out and then he asked me to see my recent icons and graphics, and I was all 'aaaah my eyes'. Like, everything on his laptop looks super bright and shiny, I couldn't do absolutely anything working like that. Sorry, this was random, lmao.

Aw, you are too! <333

[applepips]

Solid backgrounds + centre crops are my FAVES. :D

Your 20muses set is beyond gorgeous. The colours look like candy! I know text and complex composition is your jam but your simple icons look equally great! :)

My favourites are 3, 5 an 15. The colours on these three icons are absolutely fabulous!! I also really love 22, 23 and 25. The text composition is fantastic! And finally, I really like 39 and 40. The colours are so pretty!

Great job! ♥

[second-love.livejournal.com]

Always GORGEOUS coloring and AWESOME compositions♥
I'm in love with 5 this green-yellow coloring is wonderful and love the simplicity and minimalism in 6.
And colors of 10 are out standing this icons is just make me smile when i look at it. Love monotone subjects in 13.
Soft and at the same time vibrant pink in 18 and 20 is astonishing.

Love you text compositions in the7d icons esp. Crowley is the King of this set♥

[watchpoint.livejournal.com]

Your bright style works so well for Parks and Rec! 13 is perfect basically. I also really like 27 (PETER ♥) and the blending in 33.

[neonspider]

Thank you so much!! I'm super pleased you like those two especially. 15 took a lot of effort even though it looks like I didn't do much, and 18 was one of the first I made so it kinda gave the direction to the last row's colorings :)

[neonspider]

Heee, I'm definitely not surprised to hear you like solid bg + centre crops, you've made a lot of stunners in that style so I'm super flattered if you like my take on that technique! :>
And awww thank you so much, candy colors was basically what I was going for so YAY this made my day! :D also 3 is probably the weirdest of my otherwise normal-ish 20muses set, at least my process for it was super odd, so I definitely didn't expect anyone to pick it as a fave! Thanks again for the super lovely comment ♥

[neonspider]

Aw thank you so much for the wonderful detailed feedback *__* ♥
I'm extra happy you like 13 - it wouldn't be my set if there wasn't at least one icon with gradient map coloring, I'm surprised there wasn't more tbh :D
and I spent so much effort on those the7days icons that I'm also super happy that you liked them! ♥

[neonspider]

Thank you so much for the lovely comment!! :) and YAY for Peter appreciation! \o/

[neonspider]

Haha yesss don't even mention SG1, those caps were completely unusuable at least when I tried my hand at them last time (it was a few years ago though so maybe there are better ones now...?).

Print your screen thread wouldn't work because you'd still be viewing other people's print screens through your monitor so even that image would look different to everyone o.O screens are so complicated! When I switched screens about a year ago I guess the new screen shows things a bit differently cause all my older icons look too muted and darkish to me now, so maybe my older screen gave them more vibrance automatically. But at the same time I know that anyone with a similar screen to my old one would see my current stuff as oversaturated and too bright. Argh! :s I just try not to think about it...

[icequeen3101.livejournal.com]

SUCH COLOURS, UNF!
I really like the coloring/crop of 5. It's probs my fave from the whole set :D

[neonspider]

Thank you very much!! :3

[fly-meaway.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, I'm just in love with 5. The colouring in that icon is absolutely gorgeous- the right contrast, the right colouring for her skin and the whole icon just shines thanks to the lighting. Incredibly beautiful! Also, great lighting in 4 and 8. Great use of text in 28 as well as the bright vibrant colouring. And I adore the texture/background use in 33 as well as the cropping in 32 and 33. Beautiful colouring in 36 as well. Just such pretty icons!

[neonspider]

Omg thank you so much for the wonderfully detailed comment! ♥ I'm super happy you like 5 that much, and picked so many of my 100x100mystery icons which I wasn't particularly happy with initially, so huge thanks!!!