01 March 2020 @ 09:59 pm
monthlyinspo + themeofthemonth + misc = 34 icons  


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 [livejournal.com profile] monthlyinspo round 31, and an orange Supernatural set for [livejournal.com profile] 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]



 
 
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violateraindrop: Hell on Wheels[personal profile] violateraindrop on February 29th, 2020 07:36 pm (UTC)
First of all: You made a Hell on Wheels icon! ♥

The lighting on this post is absolutely gorgeous. I do know what you mean though. I love making orange icons if it actually works lol
Sometimes it just gets too yellow or too red and then I'm not happy, but when it does work out, orange is one of my favorite colors for icons. Doesn't matter if I made it or someone else did ;)

Back to your pretty post! I love how the monthlyinspo clearly reflects the focus on lighting and still has great compositions, blending, and use of text. The themeofthemonth is awesome. In terms if color, 13 is probably my favorite since it has different shades of orange that work really well together with the crop and lighting. My favorite from the entire set is 19 due to the perfect lighting and crop.

The coloring of 31 is also fantastic. It's not orange, but I'm a fan. Lastly, the composition of 27 is very nice :)
neonspider: adore[personal profile] neonspider on March 1st, 2020 07:38 am (UTC)
Thanks so much for this wonderful comment! :) I don't think I've ever seen anyone else say that orange is among their favorite colors, in fact I think I read somewhere that it's the least popular color, so I definitely made a weird pick - glad you like it! :D