28 November 2019 @ 08:51 pm
Atonement for themeofthemonth + misc = 62 icons  



Fandoms:
Atonement (2007) [15]
Breaking Bad [15]
LOST [5]
Survivor AU [4]
Teen Wolf [4]
Doctor Who [3]
Carmilla [2]
Fringe [2]
Once Upon a Time [2]
Survivor [2]
Arrow, Dorian Gray (2009), Farscape, Fate/Zero, Free!, Merlin, Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries [1 each]


Here's a set I made for [livejournal.com profile] themeofthemonth round 3, which was about period dramas. I chose Atonement. This month I wanted to go out of my comfort zone a bit and focus on muted or pastelly icons, cropping (esp close crops) and lighting, and minimalistic icons with no complex composition or text. I don't consider any of these styles my strengths, but I like varying it up a bit so that people don't always know what kind of set I'm going to post next. There's also an icon dump mostly consisting of misc icons with a similar style. I hope you'll find something to like, hover for fandom! Let me know your thoughts :)


THEMEOFTHEMONTH ROUND 3
[01-05]
[06-10]
[11-15]



MISC ICONS
[16-20]
[21-25]
[26-30]
[31-35]
[36-40]
[41-45]
[46-50]
[51-55]
[56-60]
[61-62]

 
 
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[identity profile] vanessa-lj.livejournal.com on November 28th, 2019 07:02 pm (UTC)
The feeling of harmony transmitted by these icons is simply magical: I love soft tones, special cuts and touches of light: Beautiful as always, I keep a lot of them!
neonspider: 12/clara for fear of losing you[personal profile] neonspider on November 29th, 2019 06:22 pm (UTC)
Wow, thanks so much for the wonderful feedback. I'm super glad you liked them :) ♥
Cristi-Ann[personal profile] thesleepingbeauty on November 28th, 2019 07:49 pm (UTC)

Love the soft pastel coloring on all the Atonement ones. I especially like the cropping on 1, 3, 7 and 11. Also, the compositions on 9 and 10 are simply beautiful. Great work ♥️

neonspider: 12/clara for fear of losing you[personal profile] neonspider on November 29th, 2019 06:23 pm (UTC)
Thanks so much for the lovely comment!! :)
[identity profile] blighted-star.livejournal.com on November 28th, 2019 08:58 pm (UTC)
I like the airiness of your icons.
neonspider: 12/clara for fear of losing you[personal profile] neonspider on November 29th, 2019 06:25 pm (UTC)
Thank you so much! ♥
[identity profile] magicrubbish.livejournal.com on November 28th, 2019 09:00 pm (UTC)
The coloring , clarity , crops , charm and consonance of these icons are just mind blowing.
neonspider: 12/clara for fear of losing you[personal profile] neonspider on November 29th, 2019 06:26 pm (UTC)
Thank you for the super lovely words!! ♥
violateraindrop: Preacher: Tulip[personal profile] violateraindrop on November 28th, 2019 09:02 pm (UTC)
I love all of the icons in this post fit so nicely together. It really "makes sense" as a coherent unit. The crops, soft colors and lighting are stunning on all of these :D
neonspider: 12/clara for fear of losing you[personal profile] neonspider on November 29th, 2019 06:33 pm (UTC)
Oh wow, thanks so much :) I always try to go for coherent sets these days, and I'm extra happy you like this one since you're super good at all of the things I was going for in this set, so your approval means a lot!
violateraindrop: Big Hero 6: Baymax[personal profile] violateraindrop on December 6th, 2019 04:37 pm (UTC)
This comment has been sitting in my inbox for a week and whenever I see it I go


It really made my day/week ;)
nightbulbs: TwelveClara[personal profile] nightbulbs on November 28th, 2019 10:52 pm (UTC)
I love this style!! The crops are great and the lighting is superb. And Atonement! ♥
neonspider: 12/clara for fear of losing you[personal profile] neonspider on November 29th, 2019 06:36 pm (UTC)
Aw, thanks so much!! :D I love Atonement, kind of. It's so bleak and gruesome that I wouldn't call it a pleasant film to watch in any way and that's why I don't rewatch it as much as my other favorites, but in terms of emotional impact it's almost incomparable.
nightbulbs: TwelveClara[personal profile] nightbulbs on November 29th, 2019 08:29 pm (UTC)
It's so bleak and gruesome that I wouldn't call it a pleasant film to watch in any way and that's why I don't rewatch it as much as my other favorites, but in terms of emotional impact it's almost incomparable.
This exactly, and I feel the same way about the book. I never re-read it even though I absolutely loved it. But all the pain!!
apologizeg: Westworld // The same but different[personal profile] apologizeg on November 29th, 2019 04:45 pm (UTC)
Loving the lighting and crops so much! And I love that you made BB icons :D
neonspider: 12/clara for fear of losing you[personal profile] neonspider on November 29th, 2019 06:38 pm (UTC)
Thank you so much for the lovely comment! :) I find Breaking Bad really difficult to icon, it was hard to find caps with interesting coloring or cropping possibilities, but I tried!
sietepecados: TV: The Crown[personal profile] sietepecados on November 30th, 2019 03:34 pm (UTC)
I love the pinks, and muted tones on the Atonement set! Also crop on 1, 5 and 15 looks awesome! I also really like the light on 28, 29, 35 and 40 :D
neonspider: 12/clara for fear of losing you[personal profile] neonspider on November 30th, 2019 05:45 pm (UTC)
Thank you so much!! :) I'm flattered you liked so many!
[identity profile] luppiters.livejournal.com on November 30th, 2019 05:55 pm (UTC)
Late as usual but my gosh, I love the harmony and coherence of the set as a whole and that's so hard to achieve with such a big batch!
Anyway, I'm preaching to the choir here but I love the crops, the lighting and the softer pastel colors throughout. My favorite part is how you combine the three to make them interesting (I keep coming back to Ben in 43 or even in 5) and how they all highlight something different. It's hard to pick other faves but I really, really like 27, 41, 53 and 60 (to pick a few). I should really get back to BB someday too, haha.

Atonement is one of those movies I've heard so many great things about but I've never watched it because I fear all the pain based on what I known. But I love that despite how dark it is, you have gorgeous colors in it. The shadows/lighting are also amazing. 5, 8, 10 are all fab (but I love them all).

Anyhow, gorgeous work as always ♥
neonspider: 12/clara for fear of losing you[personal profile] neonspider on December 3rd, 2019 07:15 pm (UTC)
Aw, you're the greatest, thank you so much for the super lovely comment! I'm totally obsessed with set coherence now, so I'm glad you think I achieved that here, I have so many old sets (esp icon dumps) that just are so all over the place that they actually make the icons look worse than they would individually look. So now I try to go for the opposite, that the set would make the icons look better even if they're not great individually :p You are right to fear the pain in Atonement, but it is worth a watch!
[identity profile] puntaprima.livejournal.com on November 30th, 2019 10:02 pm (UTC)
The coloring and cropping on your icons are really pretty ♥
My favs are 1, 5, 10, 35, 43 and 60.

Great job and thank you for entering :-)
neonspider: 12/clara for fear of losing you[personal profile] neonspider on December 3rd, 2019 07:15 pm (UTC)
Thank you so much for the lovely comment!! :)
tinny: goodplace_chidi roses[personal profile] tinny on December 2nd, 2019 06:57 am (UTC)
Wow, yes, these are indeed unusual for you! It's amazing how you can make so many, and consistently good ones, for a style that's not coming easy to you.

They're real studies in cropping and lighting. I especially like the scenes (i.e. the relatively far crops) and the very close crops. From the set, my faves are 5, 7, 10, 11 (great coloring!) and 14. I find your distinctive way of coloring is evident in 14, even though the colors are not vibrant as they usually are.


Of the others, I like 17-20 (the bright lighting is especially fitting on skyscapes, and 17 has a great tension), 21, 29 (the chiaroscuro indeed comes out best in b/w or monochrome), 37 (awesome crop), 43-45 (Emerson!), 46, 49, 53 (another great crop), 57 (an example of how it *does* work with more vibrant colors, too), and 61.

\o/
neonspider: 12/clara for fear of losing you[personal profile] neonspider on December 3rd, 2019 07:19 pm (UTC)
Thank you so much for the lovely feedback! I feel like I've been making icons forever, so it's really difficult to find any new styles to try, I guess that's why I'm trying to focus more on my weaknesses than strengths lately, cause there's just more new ground to explore. I'm glad you think it worked in these. LOL you got me on 14, I totally made it in my usual oversaturated style at first and then just turned it muted at the end :)
[identity profile] rosy-nic.livejournal.com on March 9th, 2021 09:23 pm (UTC)
lovely icons, saved a couple :)
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