Round 23: Inspirations
For this round, your sets must adhere to the tradition invoked and include elements from each section of the inspiration post below.
Finished sets should have five icons that showcase each technical theme and are based on the related inspirations.
negative space | close crop | center crop | side crop | faceless crop
classic | not square | angle | half | obscuring
biliki | vampire_sessah | wickdshy | schryosel | kasiopeia
goreplz | appleindecay | imaginary_lives | everybody__lies | spittingfish
Click to viewDreams Old Men Dream - Cold War Kids [video link / lyrics]
contrast | timeline | repeated | masks | framed
burymyregret | naushika | appleindecay | bloodstream | lessrest
lutherwest | apologizeg
New Favorite - Alison Krauss [video link / lyrics]
playedtilmyfingersbled > like & download
overlap | screen | background | decorated | surround
oxoniensis | tuperting | juanxyo | angelamaria | mouthfullofdust
Borrowed Time - A Fine Frenzy [video link / lyrics]
wolfatmidnight > comment & download | light_ofmy_life > comment & download
warm | complementary | emotional | light | similar
scoobyatemysnax | messdestruction | raiindust | lemonzter | hauntes
skymagenta | orangelusik | naive_astronaut | backoutatime | vampire_sessah
Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Eiffel 65 [video link / lyrics]
by ohgollygeedamn > comment & download
Round 23: Collections will showcase your skills as an iconmaker by asking you to focus on four main techniques in your set. Just as superstition asks a bride to collect specific tokens before a wedding, your icons must take time to show off your cropping, composition, texture/text use, and coloring. After all, as icon makers, it is with the marriage of all these skills that our work can really shine.
+ All icons must be made specifically for this challenge, and by you.
+ Icons must be inspired by this post and its contents, and fit the theme laid out in this post.
+ Icons must be within LiveJournal standards (100x100 pixels, .png, .gif, or .jpg format; 40kb or less).
+ When you post your entry to the community, provide 3 examples and a cut (real or fake) leading to a public post.
+ Please take the time to look at other people's entries and leave feedback.
+ The extra inspiration post cannot be used as inspiration for icons. It is simply an extra place for you to develop an understanding of the theme.
+ Please remember to thank and credit the makers of any resources you find through this community.
+ Tagging guidelines are as follows: entries: yourusername, round: 23, claim: subject. Example: entries: rocketgirl2, round: 23, claim: Revolution
+ Your subject should be: Round 23: Subject Example: Round 23: Revolution
+ A list of participants and their claims can be found here. Sign-ups will be open until the end of the round.
+ Your icons are due the 20th of June at 11:59 pm EDT. [Countdown]