Here's my set for the first round of somein30 - a new challenge comm that everyone should join :) The theme was a technical game, which you can read more about here.

I used extra hard mode, mostly because I happened to get a lot of ACs and I thought that would look bad unless I chose to make this super hard for myself anyway. I usually try to make my sets as cohesive as possible but this time it was a lot harder than usual since the themes were all over the place. So this isn't a cohesive set at all, I did try to do a lot of complex compositions (especially blocking) and gradient maps wherever possible but really here are all kinds of styles mixed in here. I went a bit crazy with some of these but hopefully you'll like some! Hover for fanfom, see the themes under the spoiler cut.

SOMEIN30 ROUND 1
					[01-05]
					[06-10]
					[11-15]
					[16-20]

OTHERS
					[21-25]
					[26-28]

1. MAIN - Composition #9: Collage
HARD - Textures #4: Stock
EXTRA HARD - Coloring #4: Duochrome

2. MAIN - Textures #10: Text, tiny text or numbers
HARD - Contrast/lighting #10: Rays(s) of light
EXTRA HARD - Cropping #5: Subjects from varying distances

3. MAIN - Contrast/lighting #3: Low contrast
HARD - Textures #7: Frame
EXTRA HARD - Coloring #6: Fully b&w

4. MAIN - Textures #4: Stock
HARD - Cropping #2: Full body
EXTRA HARD - Composition #2: Fake background

5. MAIN - Textures #6: Borders
HARD - Composition #8: Blending
EXTRA HARD - Coloring #3: Monochrome

6. MAIN - Contrast/lighting #1: Dark
HARD - Cropping #10: Focus on top
EXTRA HARD - Textures #10: Text, tiny text or numbers

7. MAIN - Composition #6: Minimalism
HARD - Textures #7: Frame
EXTRA HARD - Contrast/lighting #4: High contrast

8. MAIN - Contrast/lighting #7: Dramatic
HARD - Composition #10: Silhouette
EXTRA HARD - Coloring #8: Pastels

9. MAIN - Coloring #1: Muted
HARD - Composition #5: Blocking
EXTRA HARD - Contrast/lighting #3: Low contrast

10. MAIN - Textures #4: Stock
HARD - Cropping #2: Full body
EXTRA HARD - Coloring #4: Duochrome

11. MAIN - Coloring #2: Vibrant
HARD - Contrast/lighting #2: Bright
EXTRA HARD - Textures #4: Stock

12. MAIN - Coloring #5: Color explosion
HARD - Cropping #4: Far away
EXTRA HARD - Contrast/lighting #2: Bright

13. MAIN - Coloring #3: Monochrome
HARD - Composition #7: Text
EXTRA HARD - Cropping #6: Center crop

14. MAIN - Coloring #5: Color explosion
HARD - Textures #10: Text, tiny text or numbers
EXTRA HARD - Composition #5: Blocking

15. MAIN - Cropping #4: Far away
HARD - Contrast/lighting #9: Blob(s) of light
EXTRA HARD - Coloring #9: Complementary colors

16. AC

17. AC

18. AC

19. AC

20. AC


Oh, and if anyone wants to play this game just for fun, here's the python code. You only need to have python installed (this is for python 2 but it's super easy to get to work with python 3). Copy this code, save it as a .py file, then just call it from PowerShell or some other command line tool in the same directory like this: python ./filename.py and the code will generate your prompts for you :)

import os import random import math random.seed() coloring_themes = ["Muted", "Vibrant", "Monochrome", "Duochrome", "Color explosion (*)", "Fully black and white", "Black and white + color", "Pastels", "Complementary colors", "Unnatural"] contrast_lighting_themes = ["Dark", "Bright", "Low contrast", "High contrast", "Matte", "Shiny", "Dramatic", "Soft, dreamy lighting", "Blob(s) of light", "Ray(s) of light"] cropping_themes = ["No eyes", "Full body", "Close crop", "Far away", "Subjects from varying distances", "Center crop", "Side crop", "Both sides", "Low/bottom crop", "Focus on top"] composition_themes = ["Negative space", "Fake background", "Original background", "Levels", "Blocking", "Minimalism", "Text", "Blending (**)", "Collage (***)", "Silhouette"] texture_themes = ["Painty", "Geometric", "Light", "Stock", "Decorative accent", "Borders", "Frame", "Grunge", "Patterned", "Text, tiny text or numbers"] category_names = ["Coloring", "Contrast/lighting", "Cropping", "Composition", "Textures"] all_themes = [coloring_themes, contrast_lighting_themes, cropping_themes, composition_themes, texture_themes] squares = [ [1,2,3], [2,3,4], [3,4,5], [4,5,1], [5,1,2], [1,3,4], [2,4,5], [3,5,1], [4,1,2], [5,2,3], [1,4,5], [2,5,1], [3,1,2], [4,2,3], [5,3,4], [1,5,2], [2,1,3], [3,2,4], [4,3,5], [5,4,1], [1,2,4], [2,3,5], [3,4,1], [4,5,2], [5,1,3], [1,3,5], [2,4,1], [3,5,2], [4,1,3], [5,2,4], [1,4,2], [2,5,3], [3,1,4], [4,2,5], [5,3,1], [1,5,3], [2,1,4], [3,2,5], [4,3,1], [5,4,2], [1,2,5], [2,3,1], [3,4,2], [4,5,3], [5,1,4], [1,3,2], [2,4,3], [3,5,4], [4,1,5], [5,2,1], [1,4,3], [2,5,4], [3,1,5], [4,2,1], [5,3,2], [1,5,4], [2,1,5], [3,2,1], [4,3,2], [5,4,3] ] # generate 20 dice rolls current_place = -1 throws = [] for i in range(20): throws.append(random.randint(1,6)) tmp = map(lambda x: str(x), throws) print "Here are your dice throws: " print "" print ' '.join(tmp) print "" #print '<lj-spoiler text="your themes">' # NOTE: the images were made manually #print '<a href=""><img src="" width="400" height="400" /></a>' #print "" print "And the randomized prompts for these icons are:""" for i in range(20): # calculate where we are now by taking the current dice throw and adding it to the placement current_place = current_place + throws[i] print "" if current_place < 60: main_cat = squares[current_place][0]-1 # 0-4 hard_cat = squares[current_place][1]-1 extra_hard_cat = squares[current_place][2]-1 main_theme = random.randint(0, 9) hard_theme = random.randint(0, 9) extra_hard_theme = random.randint(0, 9) print str(i+1) + ". MAIN - " + category_names[main_cat] + " #" + str(main_theme+1) + ": " + all_themes[main_cat][main_theme] print "HARD - " + category_names[hard_cat] + " #" + str(hard_theme+1) + ": " + all_themes[hard_cat][hard_theme] print "EXTRA HARD - " + category_names[extra_hard_cat] + " #" + str(extra_hard_theme+1) + ": " + all_themes[extra_hard_cat][extra_hard_theme] else: print str(i+1) + ". AC" print "" #print "Remember, you can stop at any point after the fifth icon! Please ask if you need more examples or explanation for a theme." #print "</lj-spoiler>"



Anyway, take any icons you want, credit optional but comments mean a lot! ♥ And do join somein30 :)