11. [misc] monthlyinspo round 29 + December icons
Looking at everyone's stunning entries and then mine make me feel so... inadequate. But my muse was on vacation while I wasn't, and it took all the ideas I could've initially had with it. (Have I said how wonderful everyone's sets are? They are, I'm serious. I'll be catching up with comments soon now that I am free from work.)
Working with the mystery bag was... an experience. It's so difficult to have such Christmasy inspiration when I wasn't really feeling the season yet, so that means two icons aren't really festive. Is this set complex? Nope. Did I want it to be? Sure. I do like its simplicity in a way and sticking to a few palettes was difficult, even if some might be a stretch. It's also not the most cohesive set but I like it enough.
I got so caught up in trying to remake them that the deadline almost passed by. It took me a while to write up the post between work and the holidays.
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year, everyone! <3
cut 1: 10 + 5 · round 29 @ monthlyinspo
cut 2: 3, 3+2 · quick battles @ itsabattlefield, challenge 257 @ elitesimplicity
cut 3: 5 + 1 · icon remakes @ bestof-icons
fandoms: misc (as usual) [including] incl. bones, tww, marvelverse, the crown, thirtysomething, heartstrings, superstore, marvelous mrs. maisel, schitt's creek, passenger, cardcaptor sakura, elementary, madam secretary
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monthlyinspo · Mystery Bag
[resources used in the set]Top row: Each is a color from the Dear Santa palette + merry and bright (3) + mistletoe (4) + green texture (5).
Bottom row: First snowfall (6, 8, 10) + merry and bright (7, 9) + peppermint mocha(-ish; 7) + blizzard (8, 10) + snowflake and blue textures (8)
[MY BAG!]
Themes
(Click on them to go to their respective colourlovers page and see their licenses, etc.)
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Dear Santa by bianka · First Snowfall by sherrydee846 · Peppermint Mocha by belledecam
Textures (click on them for full size)
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hallyumi @ da · mixsources @ da · breathless @ da · adriftingsea @ lj · icon_dreams @ da · rainbows_stock @ da
Alternates
(hover for fandom and resources used)
/end of monthlyinspo bag (aka this lj cut)
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December icons
itsabattlefield
[ramblings]First icon is for favorite band/artist; the other two were for 'far away'; (I entered the latter since it was more ~~festive).
I love, love, love Passenger. I can't choose favorites but he is the one with cool photos from all these places and his music gets to me.
Far Away, I actually loved thinking of caps where everything was far but you could still distinguish the subjects, kinda. Even if the Crown one was hard to color and a prime candidate for a future remake, heh.
elitesimplicity
[and a few more thoughts]Fun theme! I kinda made these icons really quickly because it looked like a fun challenge. I dig kinda working with backgrounds, trying to highlight them without losing sight of the subjects :) I tried to make it clear
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Icon remaking · my thread
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[read more]Quite proud of these two/three. I actually liked the original bones icon a lot (I thought the light textures were nice) but trying to come up with something new was a challenge. Would've gone for a closer crop but it didn't look as good. So I zoomed out even more and gave it some text. The CJ icon had never convinced me and I actually like the new recolored/repainted version a lot.
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[read more]These three were more difficult because I either liked them a lot (I think that Elizabeth icon is my favorite from that set!) or was just... uninspired as to where to take them. I reserve the right to remake all of them but especially the last one.
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Working with the mystery bag was... an experience. It's so difficult to have such Christmasy inspiration when I wasn't really feeling the season yet, so that means two icons aren't really festive. Is this set complex? Nope. Did I want it to be? Sure. I do like its simplicity in a way and sticking to a few palettes was difficult, even if some might be a stretch. It's also not the most cohesive set but I like it enough.
I got so caught up in trying to remake them that the deadline almost passed by. It took me a while to write up the post between work and the holidays.
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year, everyone! <3
cut 1: 10 + 5 · round 29 @ monthlyinspo
cut 2: 3, 3+2 · quick battles @ itsabattlefield, challenge 257 @ elitesimplicity
cut 3: 5 + 1 · icon remakes @ bestof-icons
fandoms: misc (as usual) [including] incl. bones, tww, marvelverse, the crown, thirtysomething, heartstrings, superstore, marvelous mrs. maisel, schitt's creek, passenger, cardcaptor sakura, elementary, madam secretary
*****
monthlyinspo · Mystery Bag
[resources used in the set]Top row: Each is a color from the Dear Santa palette + merry and bright (3) + mistletoe (4) + green texture (5).
Bottom row: First snowfall (6, 8, 10) + merry and bright (7, 9) + peppermint mocha(-ish; 7) + blizzard (8, 10) + snowflake and blue textures (8)
[MY BAG!]
Themes
- Merry and Bright
- Blizzard
- Hot Chocolate
- Mistletoe
- Gumdrop
- Ribbon
(Click on them to go to their respective colourlovers page and see their licenses, etc.)
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Dear Santa by bianka · First Snowfall by sherrydee846 · Peppermint Mocha by belledecam
Textures (click on them for full size)
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hallyumi @ da · mixsources @ da · breathless @ da · adriftingsea @ lj · icon_dreams @ da · rainbows_stock @ da
Alternates
(hover for fandom and resources used)
/end of monthlyinspo bag (aka this lj cut)
*****
December icons
itsabattlefield
[ramblings]First icon is for favorite band/artist; the other two were for 'far away'; (I entered the latter since it was more ~~festive).
I love, love, love Passenger. I can't choose favorites but he is the one with cool photos from all these places and his music gets to me.
Far Away, I actually loved thinking of caps where everything was far but you could still distinguish the subjects, kinda. Even if the Crown one was hard to color and a prime candidate for a future remake, heh.
elitesimplicity
[and a few more thoughts]Fun theme! I kinda made these icons really quickly because it looked like a fun challenge. I dig kinda working with backgrounds, trying to highlight them without losing sight of the subjects :) I tried to make it clear
*****
Icon remaking · my thread
>
--->
--->
[read more]Quite proud of these two/three. I actually liked the original bones icon a lot (I thought the light textures were nice) but trying to come up with something new was a challenge. Would've gone for a closer crop but it didn't look as good. So I zoomed out even more and gave it some text. The CJ icon had never convinced me and I actually like the new recolored/repainted version a lot.
--->
--->
--->
[read more]These three were more difficult because I either liked them a lot (I think that Elizabeth icon is my favorite from that set!) or was just... uninspired as to where to take them. I reserve the right to remake all of them but especially the last one.
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- Comments are ♥♥♥
- Credit if you use them is also very much appreciated (luppiters, holyinterruptus or claudiajcregg @ tumblr).
- Do not use these icons as bases or repost anywhere without permission.
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