monthlyinspo + themeofthemonth + misc = 34 icons

[neonspider]

Fandoms:
Supernatural [12]
Doctor Who [4]
Parks and Recreation [4]
Survivor AU [2]
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Firefly, Hell on Wheels, The Hunger Games, LOST, Misfits, Once Upon a Time, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, Orphan Black, Sherlock, Teen Wolf, The Vampire Diaries [1 each]

Two entries this month: a chocolate-inspired multifandom set for monthlyinspo round 31, and an orange Supernatural set for themeofthemonth round 5!

After the text-focused set I made last time, I wanted to focus on simpler icons this time, and specifically on lighting as the main technique. I've never considered lighting to be one of my strengths, so this practise was definitely welcome and needed. Unfortunately I didn't have as much time as I usually like to take for iconing, because I was dumb and miscalculated that I could easily make two sets this month :p Well I'm not making that mistake again, and I think I'm gonna need to take a short leave from iconing until the current Ausvivor season is over and I have some of my working nights free of shows, so that I could watch the things I need to watch for iconing!

In the monthlyinspo set, hover for the chocolate flavor the icon was inspired by, I hope they fit the colors enough.
The SPN set for themeofthemonth was challenging cause I don't normally use a lot of orange in my icons, but that's why I chose this color, always up for a challenge. It's actually super hard to make shiny icons in full orange cause the lighter parts always turn yellow, but I think they have enough orange still to fit?

As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts, and feel free to use any you want :)

MONTHLYINSPO ROUND 31
					[01-05]
					[06-10]

THEMEOFTHEMONTH ROUND 5
					[11-15]
					[16-20]

ALTS + MISC
					[21-25]
					[26-30]
					[31-34]

Comments

[neonspider]

Aww thanks so much! Idk, I just feel like my signature style is more towards the matte side, so lighting is a bit out of my comfort zone, but that's what I like to do lately, to challenge myself to do something different for each set, so this was an interesting experiment.
I too took the themeofthemonth set as a chance to catch up on SPN a tiny bit. I like to watch an episode and make one icon for it, so I got ten episodes forward from where I was and was finally able to start S12 (I'm sooo behind), but idk when I can continue. It was decently good, but didn't compel me to take time to watch more, if that makes sense.

[shameless666.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I definitely need to experiment a bit too. Since I have been back I am pretty much focused on text and composition/textures. I really want to get a hold of these close crops, I usually find them appealing, just not on my icons :D
Ooof, if I tried the one icon per episode my posts would be even more all over the place fandom wise, I usually go with whatever fandom I'm into the moment + whatever I've watched recently. And I agree about SPN, it's not as good as seasons 1-4, but at least it's better than the mess that were seasons 7-9, which caused me to drop it in the first place.

[neonspider]

Oh yeah totally agreed that SPN got better after those seasons you mentioned! Tbh if I had more free time in general I'd gladly keep watching. It's a bummer that work and adulting takes so much time that whatever's left is pretty invaluable, so if I'm going to invest it on a show it needs to be spectacular, good is just not good enough :/