22. [multi] icon remakes for fandom10in30

[luppiters]

These posts are getting more and more sporadic, are they? Not to blame my lack of inspiration for that but it's true. In this case, a huge factor was the broken charger for the old laptop I use to make icons. I can't simply control sharpening in my normal laptop (on top of having no resources and not being used to it) so I won't really try it. (But also work continues to kill my muse.)

Anyhoo, for the last few weeks, I've been working on the remake challenge over at
fandom10in30 - it was such a great idea because who hasn't wanted to remake their own older icons? It's definitely one of my favorite activities during bestof_icons. I quickly found more than 30 icons I would gladly remake.

Did I remake them for the better? That's for you to decide :P I quite like how the set came out, which is weird because once I work on something for a while.






[this update contains the following fandoms:]
TV: TWW (11), The Good Place (3), AWAE (3), Pose (2), Jane the Virgin (2), Star Trek: Discovery (2), Babylon Berlin (2), thirtysomething, Bones, B99, You're the Worst, Superstore, OUAT, Nailed It, For Life, Catastrophe, RuPaul's Drag Race,
Movies: The Notebook, Stardust



click on the icon to see the original and on the fandom to see the original post. More info in the wall of text under the spoiler cut.





[01-05]
The Good Place · thirtysomething · TGP · Anne with an E · Bones





[06-10]
The West Wing · Brooklyn Nine-Nine · TWW · Jane the Virgin · TWW
I was too productive during the summer of 2018, whew.

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[my own selection rules]

• I wouldn't classify all of the original ones as awful because I have much worse icons. Some of these are about what tickled me in that moment.
• (There were literally days I'd sit with Photoshop open, going through the different posts trying to find something to make. It was wonderful.)
• lbr, I've remade a bunch of these many times. I just picked the worst icon of them all because some were okay! Or the first one I just found.
• I didn't use any icons I made in my past LJ life; only the stuff I've made in the last three years or so. (Mostly because it'd be hard to find the original caps of those. The most recent posts from those are probably ten years old now.)
• If the icons were made for a specific prompt/challenge, I tried my best to respect it if I realized it in time. Only two cases kind of don't but would've fit somewhere else in the set.
• I ended up not remaking any (or very few) icons from challenge communities where you have to use specific caps. Mostly because I wasn't completely inspired and I'd rather go for stuff I was more likely to "know". Some of those icons were the worst offenders.
• The color palette was unintentional. Once I had like 7-8 icons I was sure of, I tried to mold the others to "fit" that. Kind of. (See the background of 8.) They all look very summery and I kind of dig it.
• Fun fact: the first five icons I made all made it in! (I tried to rig this so they would, ha.) Their apparent order was 10, 7, 5, 2, 1. They already had that ~vibe. (The rest would go alt!2, alt!1, alt!3, 6 and all its alts, 9, 4, 3, alts 4 and 5, and finally 8.)

[long thoughts on the process + additional info]
Info on the original icons!

1. Originally made for itsabattlefield in Feb 2019 ( x) - Quick Battle for Romance. I wanted to clean it up, especially that texture. What was I thinking back then?
2. Originally made for itsabattlefield - the first big battle (Nostalgia) in Summer 2018 ( x) -- around August, I'm sure. Can't remember what it was an alt for (close crop? not too vibrant, I guess). The texture fits the California-ish vibe I wanted to go for. I'd have added text if I remembered what they said to each other.
3. Originally made for your_favourites, in the last days of 2018. Theme: Favorite Curse Word ( x). I obviously love the actual curse words but I've always enjoyed the way TGP played with them, so that's what I used. For this icon, I didn't get to what I wanted (a million flashing arrows and flashing text) but I like it's cleaner now, with a subtle notebook page texture in the background. (Is there a theme in my remakes?!?!)
4. Originally made 'cause I wanted to in Feb 2020 ( x). I don't hate the original, mostly the text (too wordy) and the fact it comes off a bit dark on my screen. I wanted to do a closer crop. I also used a different quote I found that also fit the vibe: “Listen to the trees talking in their sleep,’ she whispered, as he lifted her to the ground. ‘What nice dreams they must have!”
5. Originally made for the same Nostalgia battle as n.2 at itsabattlefield! ( x) (Its theme was close crop.) The original was a "recolor" so the skin tone is off, probably because of the brightness/contrast balance and because that's what I struggle with when doing that. This one looks more natural and has a fun crop. I even respected the faux makeup!
6. Originally made for your_favourites' favorite kiss challenge in Nov 2018 ( x); also applies to an alt from historamedy365 (x). TWW can be hard to color because it's dark. This was an office scene at night and I don't even know how I pulled this one off. (I struggle removing the background in these caps.) The text is from Taylor Swift's 'invisible string' because it is stuck on my head and also I just associate this couple with the red thread of fate myth the most. (The actual text is bent in a way it kind of attempts to look like they're wrapped in the string. It says "one single thread of gold tied me to you.")
7. Originally made 'cause I wanted to sometime in 2017 ( x), back when I was just making icons again. I really liked that light texture, which can be seen in a bunch of icons in that post. It's possibly not the same exact cap but it's the same expression. My problem with the original was the brightness/contrast. I think Amy looks better overall now so I don't care if it's slightly dark.
8. Originally made for the C/D-named characters challenge at tvshowsic (x) but tbh, I could probably find some other alt. This icon wasn't even supposed to be in this set because I just couldn't figure out how to execute my vision. I still haven't (it was meant to reflect a conversation with a different character about 'picking something', which would've meant adding him in and other stuff) but I couldn't find good caps of him from that scene (don't ask me why I didn't go for any other). I think this does also make sense within the narrative of the show even if it's missing the Hollis option??? I don't know. I like how it worked out; can't wait to hate it in a few months :D I might've forgotten to keep to the "original" challenge... but it still has characters whose names start with C and D!
9. Originally made for a quick battle at itsabattlefield from last summer, July??? May 2019 ( x). It's not that I hate the icon but it felt overstuffed, somehow - like trying to hide the texture I had to use. So I tried to simplify it a but more. I respected the original texture with some manipulation (colors, placement) and went with a soft purple/lavender. My obsession with floating subjects continues.
10. Originally made for the historamedy365 claim I completed in 2018 (this icon is from June, I think?) for the "Animal" theme ( x). The alt (x) is a worse offender, tbh, but I just remember struggling with the original. I wanted to fix the fact Gail the Goldfish (the best character to ever exist) was not the main focus. (She still... isn't. Go, me!) This is the first icon I made for this challenge and I don't know what came over me while making it but I like it. Then I realized way too late I had chosen the wrong screencap (look at Gail in the bowl + the expression on his face) but whatever. I played with text and probably failed at it, as I did in the other four icons that use text. I also added a goldfish silhouette I found as the background. At the very least, it fits the theme better and it's more fun??? P.S. This scene 5ever.

Alts






[11-15]





[16-20]





[21-25]
[skippable thoughts on the first row]

1. I don't think the idea in the original (from April 2019 for a itsabattlefield set) is bad. I just don't like the background color. Obviously the inspo is the confused Math lady meme and I've tried to fit that here with sunnier colors. There is a loading bar png I found + some math formulae. All faint. Still a mess. Hopefully a better looking mess.
2. The original is a character20n20 ( May 2018) alt - the one I submitted is worse but I didn't want to think about that. This one spoke to me and still does. Theme was warped text and that one just simply has too much of it to work. This original just needed a better background (can you tell that's something I've always struggled with?) and perhaps this one's text isn't really warped - just the 'I Quit' part - but I like it better overall???
3. Originally made for a capicontest challenge this spring. I don't completely hate the original. It might be the only one from that comm (aka one with given caps) in this post but I love Superstore and I otherwise don't make that many icons. It's not bad but I wanted to make it simpler.
4. Original was for historamedy365 but it's farther down the table - so October 2018? I actually like the alt for this original icon (...which I'm now realizing... there are a lot of alternates from that time I didn't post, for a bunch of challenges, again: go, me!) but I probably felt I was overusing that flowery texture that I love. This one is simpler, a closer crop, and more pastel-like but respects the 'right corner' prompt. Sort of.
5. I like that original made for a itsabattlefield small battle (number 8, iirc) of the technical kind in November 2018 ( x) and this icon's theme was "center." I liked that one a lot but I just felt like remaking something Disco so. Instead of monochromatic/grayscale, it's a sand-like coloring.

And now, I'm adding the ten* icons I've made since the last update.
The aforementioned charger incident means they're off and not great. I also was so uninspired.
(* Not including the LIMS icons because we're still a week or so away from me being out again. The talent all around <3)
26-28 were entries for elitesimplicity's Pride challenge. 29-32 were for capicontest's Zoom and 34-37 were for tvshowsic's Never Iconed Before.




[26-29]
Pose x 2 · RuPaul's Drag Race S9 · Stardust




[30-33]
Star Trek: Discovery/Short Treks · The Notebook · Once Upon a Time · Nailed It




[34-37]
Catastrophe · For Life · Babylon Berlin x2
[brief comments]** Pose was my June binge and I absolutely loved it. I've been watching RPDR on-and-off for the past few months and I actually watched S3 and S9 in June, too. (Don't ask - my watching order has been slightly wild.) Both represent Pride well.
** The Zoom challenge was fun but the best part is how the tvshowsic entries ended up unintentionally having the same progression :D (And with a surprisingly cohesive coloring???) I kinda love the Notebook's coloring and its noir vibe and the bright colors in Disco's.
** Again, the cohesive coloring and the zoom-like effect was hilariously unintentional. We're just a couple (three, as of the writing of this paragraph) away from finishing the latest season of Babylon Berlin. What. a. show.

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