monthlyinspo round 19

[neonspider]

Fandoms:
OUAT [7]
The Carmilla Movie (2017) [6]
Doctor Who [2]
Outlander [2]
Misfits, Sense8, Teen Wolf [1 each]

Here's my last minute entry for monthlyinspo, round 19! Trying to get back to iconing after a few months off, but boy it just takes so much time.

So the theme was seasons, and I wanted to do this a bit differently. This is not an x number of summer, x winter etc set. Instead I chose to focus on only two seasons, this set represents a progression from winter to spring the way it is here in Finland. Winter starts dark. Then the snow falls and it's all white/bright and very cold. Then the snow start slooowly melting and revealing all these other colours, but this process continues well into the spring. So that's what I was trying to do, but if I have to divide these cleanly into seasons, let's say the first half is winter, the bottom half is spring. In terms of technique, I was really feeling textures this month so these are texture clusterfucks and I have no regrets x)

Hover for fandom!

MONTHLYINSPO ROUND 19

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

Use any you want, I don't care about credit but I do care about comments so please share your thoughts! ♥

Comments

[sietepecados]

Beautiful set! I love the colors. Composition on these also looks amazing, and I love the rop on 4 and 20 <3

[neonspider]

Thank you so much!! ♥

[violateraindrop]

That is a cool interpretation of the theme! And I love the texture use ;)
The composition of 2, 11, and 17 is awesome. I'm also a big fan of 7.

[neonspider]

Thanks so much for the lovely feedback! ♥ Glad you like the interpretation, I'm always surprised when someone reads these ramblings! :D

[violateraindrop]

Of course, I do! I tend to add some rambling to my own entries, so it's interesting to read what others put in theirs :)

[vanessa-lj.livejournal.com]

Great set! The atmosphere of these colors is really fabulous!

[neonspider]

Thanks so much!! :)

[apologizeg]

You made icons! Yay!

Fantastic use of textures and colors <33
My faves are 2, 6, 7, 16 and 18 :D

[neonspider]

Yeah I made a few, but just barely! Having the challenge end just before weekend was the worst case scenario, since I pretty much only have time to icon on weekends...

Glad you like these, I feel a bit rusty but hopefully it's not permanent! Thanks so much for the lovely comment ♥

[thesleepingbeauty]

Gorgeous coloring on all of these. I especially love the compositions of 3, 4, 7 & 9. Great work :)

[neonspider]

Thank you so much, I'm glad you like them!! :)

[nightbulbs]

Oh wow, this set!! I love that you chose to work with blue and pink/purpleish for the whole set, it gives a cold but also space-y/scifi-y vibe. I also just love that these first two rows "feel" cold and wintery, if you know what I mean.
And what you call "texture clusterfuck" I call brilliant, super inspiring painty compositions. I love everything in the second and third rows (+ 16 and 17, and 3 because I love that cap and the lighting looks so good).

Basically, I'm so happy to see a set from you, and everything looks amazing! ♥

[neonspider]

Thanks so much for this wonderful comment!! ♥ I'm super happy you like the texture abuse, and rows 2 and 3 were definitely the main focus in these so I'm glad you mentioned them!

I can't believe my last set is from August o.O Time flies by so freaking fast, how is it almost the end of the year already? I need to take a look at your posts, I've missed so much!

[magicrubbish.livejournal.com]

What an amazingly gorgeous icon set. Loved how you interpreted the concept . Love the color palette used , especially the transition icons. My favs are icons 7 and all the icons from 9-15. Amazing pink - blue- white- purple combinations. The details and texture uses are neat .

[neonspider]

Aw, thank you so much for the wonderful comment!! :)

[novindalf]

Oh my goodness, this post is incredible! I am always in awe of your skill, especially when it comes to composition, but you've really excelled yourself here!

[neonspider]

Thank you so much!! ♥ I'm super happy you like them!

[lady_turner]

Wow, I love your concept behind this set: you really managed to bring life to your idea!
I'm always in awe of your compositions and these ones make no exception! Favourites are 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 14, 19 and 20!

[neonspider]

Omg thanks so much, I'm super happy you like the concept and compositions! And that's a lot of favorites, thank you!! :D

[narnialover7.livejournal.com]

All these icons are really pretty! I love the OUaT and Outlander ones. I might steal some. :)

[neonspider]

Aw, thank you so much! ♥

[tinny]

OMG this is a gorgeous interpretation of the theme! I am a total texture freak, and I can honestly say I love every single f-ing one of these!

I think the faintly grungy ones are my faves - the whole first and second rows (except 2 which doesn't look all that textured, but it is awesome in its composition!). And wow those close crops are great.

I didn't know you watched Outlander. :D I love the silhouette effect in 11, and 13 is amazing as well! I think if I had to pick a single fave from the set, it's probably 11 - very complex and great textures and composition and coloring and everything.

I love how Rose just pops out of the textured background in 14. I just want to take this icon and use it as an example for myself. I kinda forgot how to do impressive textures and I see here that I really want to get back into it. This set is so gorgeous!

[neonspider]

Wow, thanks so much for this lovely and detailed feedback! I'm so happy you liked the concept and execution. Also glad I'm not alone in being a texture freak! Tbh I don't use them that much normally. It takes so much time to find the right one, and usually the payoff is pretty low cause an icon can work perfectly without any textures. The texture stuff here took so much time that I basically chose not to do colorings this time... One day (on a holiday maybe) it would be great to try to make a set where I try to do everything right, but usually that's not an option so there needs to be some sort of compromise :p

11 is my personal fave too, I'm super glad you like it!! :> I got very lucky with 14, the textures just fit right, but I wouldn't go as far as to call it exemplary xD super flattered though, thanks!

Yeah I've watched a few eps of Outlander, I really like period stuff and I found the show very promising, but watching more shows is pretty low on my priorities list atm. Maybe one day, though! All the scenery in it was gorgeous and I liked the atmosphere.

[tinny]

It takes so much time to find the right one, and usually the payoff is pretty low cause an icon can work perfectly without any textures.

Ah, right, but I love them anyway. :D I often tend to overlook how a texture can make an icon worse, too, by slightly changing the shades/angles, especially on faces. It takes some extra work, definitely.

One day (on a holiday maybe) it would be great to try to make a set where I try to do everything right

Haha, me, too. I can't wait for Christmas vacation!

I got very lucky with 14, the textures just fit right, but I wouldn't go as far as to call it exemplary xD super flattered though, thanks!


Haha, well maybe not exemplary for you - your thing is complex compositions I could never hope to match - but exemplary for what I can achieve.

Yeah I've watched a few eps of Outlander, I really like period stuff and I found the show very promising, but watching more shows is pretty low on my priorities list atm. Maybe one day, though! All the scenery in it was gorgeous and I liked the atmosphere.

I hated the books, but I got drawn into the first season by the extremely well done female-gaze wedding night episode. I never got back into it after season one, though. My tumblr dash is still full of it, but somehow it never made me start up again.

And then of course I am so deep into cdrama right now that I don't even want to watch anything else at all. I dropped all my shows, let's not even talk about starting new ones (that are not Chinese /o\).

[kidcrochet.livejournal.com]

These are so great! I love the cropping on 1, 4 and 20. The colours on 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19. The composition of 6 and 7 , 13, 14, 16, 17 and 18.
Especially love the winter set, the cool colours and low saturation work so, so well!

[neonspider]

Aw, thanks so much for the lovely feedback!! :) I'm glad you like the winter set, I really loved using those colors!

[thyla87.livejournal.com]

OMG!!! This set ♥♥ The way you use texture is unbelievable and the colors are stunning! The composition here is incredible; all fix together so well! Fantastic ♥Are these textures or something brush? so wonderful.


2 - Fantastic blending job and the flower ♥
4 - Stunning crop! And the colors are so beautiful!
5 - STUNNING!! The composition, the colors ♥ I love the background!!
8 - Amazing colors, again! I love her hair :D And wonderful use of texture!
10 - Those COLORS!! ♥♥ Don´t know what to say :D ♥ The colors so pop-up and text is amazing!! I love that you use different color to text
11 and 13 - So powerful blending job and I love texture job here, too!
16 - So vibrant colors ♥♥ Love the bg and the character vibrant color
19&20 - I love love the colors! Text of 19 is spectacular and the bg ♥ I love the crop of both of them and the monocrome!

This set is so marvelous!!! ♥♥ Thank you for shareing!

[neonspider]

Thanks so much for this wonderful comment and sorry for the late reply! I appreciate all the thought you put into this and am glad you liked so many :)

[luminousdaze]

Wow those look soo amazing!

[neonspider]

Thank you so much!! ♥

[cozy-coffee.livejournal.com]

very pretty colors!!!

[neonspider]

Thanks so much!! :)