seven

[emiels.livejournal.com]

10 x Dragon Age
10 x Mass Effect





01-05
06-10
11-15
16-20


Rolls: 1, 1, 3, 6, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 6, 2, 5, 2, 5, 4, 6, 4, 2, 3, 3

I didn't want to just take the first 10 rolls and use them for ME icons, and the next 10 for DA, or go down the path of least resistance and use each roll for the fandom it fits more, so I went with the theme of the challenge and used a d20 die to assign the rolls to fandoms.

I ended up with no texture themes, which is sad, and with what feels like ALL the song themes, which is even sadder, because none of the songs actually fit my chosen subjects. Or they did fit, but I hated the song, and therefore refused to use it. And I wanted to icon 20 different characters, 10 faves from each fandom, so I had to engage in some inspiration gymnastics to make it all work... But somehow it all turned out well in the end, I think ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

My goal here was to experiment a bit, don't just go cut out/solid bg/subtle texture on top for every icon, and while they're not as creative as they could be, I think I didn't fail.... completely. I even tried that gradient map coloring that's popular these days, and it was surprisingly fun :U (next goal: try it on real people) (next next goal: try a crop that's not center)

1. (1) Box #1 technical theme - stock
2. (5) Box #6 song - Bebe Rexha - Gone
3. (12) Box #4 song - Thirty Seconds to Mars - Hurricane
4. (16) Box #2 song - Sia - Alive
5. (17) Box #5 color - the first one
6. (21) Box #6 technical theme - paint
7. (30) Box #4 technical theme - close crop
8. (46) Box #4 song - The Weeknd - In The Night
9. (52) Box #5 color - the second one
10. (60) Box #3 song - PVRIS - My House

11. (2) Box #5 word - lust
12. (11) Box #3 art - icons by adriftingsea & vai_rin
13. (22) Box #1 word - breakdown
14. (28) Box #3 color - the entire palette
15. (35) Box #5 art - icon by jsfunction
16. (37) Box #6 song - Let It Go/Let Her Go (Frozen/Passenger MASHUP) - Sam Tsui
17. (42) Box #2 art - icon by queen_bartonia
18. (58) Box #4 art - icon by barstr7
19. (63/1) Box #1 technical theme - frame
20 (66/4) Box #2 art - icon by sietepecados

Comments

[emmatheslayer.livejournal.com]

love 14 and 5 love it

[margerydaw-s2.livejournal.com]

I'm not used to seeing your work with games and wow, I want more of it! Love the composition and text work in 3. Number 5 is simply gorgeous. 15 and the last 5 are seriously fantastic, too.

[xafirah.livejournal.com]

*HEAVY BREATHING*
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Kawał świetnej roboty! :) Od razu przykuła moją uwagę ikonka Andersa - piękna! Reszta też bardzo mi się podoba, ale może nie będę wymieniać wszystkich numerków po kolei :P Będę miała problem dopiero przy głosowaniu...

[apologizeg]

These are so colorful and creative!

[violateraindrop]

The coloring and composition of this whole set is fabulous! My favorites are 2, 3 and 6 :)

[emiels.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[emiels.livejournal.com]

You'll definitely see more of game icons from me, since games & animation are the only things that inspire me lately... fandoms with real people are so 2015.
Thank you ♥

[emiels.livejournal.com]

Hyhy c: ♥
Ta z Andersem to moja wielka porażka - dla niego planowałam coś z tęczami, kotami i martwymi templarami, bo mój fav zasługuje na wszystko co najlepsze, ale zobaczyłam że trafił mi się box z 'breakdown', i musiałam... :c

[emiels.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[emiels.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much c:

[uglybusiness.livejournal.com]

I've no idea what this fandom is but I had to comment, because wow, the colors! :) So bold and stylish and artistic! Amazing set.

[thyla87.livejournal.com]

Unbelievable set!! ♥♥ Your style is super cool and creative! The way you use texture of 2, 3, 9, 13(animation is awesome!!) and 17 is just so stunning!! Also text 4 and 10 are amazing. I love the blue colors 11, 12, 14 and 15 :D The composition and the colors are wonderful and powerful of 5 and 6 =) I love the blending of 16 and the red colors of 18-20; also the contrast is awesome! 1 is very interesting; I love the contrast and powerful color! The crop is perfect of 7 :)! Also the colors are stunning beautiful of 8!! ♥

[starkwars.livejournal.com]

I love the strong colors in this set and the variety of compositions! Favorites; 5 -7, 9, 11-13, 16 and 18. :D

[tturners.livejournal.com]

OH. This set is mesmerising. I seriously am in love with your style, you're an artist♡!
I adore the vibrant colours, especially in #6, #13, #17, #18 and #20. Compositions in #2, #3, #9, and #16
are exceptional. I also love your use of text, #4 and #10 are my absolute favourite icons. The distant
crop in #1 is simply stunning. And the use of stock textures in #5, #11 and #12 absolutely impressive.
This is such a splendid post I really don't know what to say! *O*

[xafirah.livejournal.com]

Anders to zdecydowanie moja ulubiona postać z DA2.
Ta ikonka jest naprawdę świetna, nawet jeśli wyszło nie tak jak planowałaś.
Z tęczami i kotami też mogłoby być ciekawie... ;)

[second-love.livejournal.com]

COLORS!
So many amazing colors here. Like 6,10,11,12,13,15,16 and 18 the composition in them are outstanding.

[aeriiths.livejournal.com]

omg, these are so awesome! you work wonders w/ dragon age and mass effect images tbh :O

your colouring and compositions are stunning as always! my faves are 1, 4, 6, 11, 12, 18 and 19.

[damsiedam.livejournal.com]

Such an awesome set! So colorful! I love how smooth your icons are and your composition and coloring is perfect, flawless! I don't think I can choose faves, I love them all! *^*

[teaotter.livejournal.com]

These are amazing! I love the creativity here -- that crop and background for #5, the coloring and animation in #13, and the use of the portrait frame in #19. So good!

[library-of-sex.livejournal.com]

6 is fucking incredible and looks like an album cover. The colors are phenomenal! 5 managed to take an elegant floral texture and make it look funky and sassy! I love that piece! The sharpening in 16 is EVERYTHING. The laser blue waves look so awesome! 15 is utter perfection. Loving the combo of matte red subject on that cool blue backdrop and the little halo effect surrounding his head. There is some truly amazing and brilliant stuff here! ;D

[haebin.livejournal.com]

Snagged a lot of the Icons, thank you very much! :)

[neonspider]

WHAT A SPECTACULAR SET, SRSLY.
ahaha, omg, you're the only one this far who has used my icon for inspiration so thanks, I'm flattered :3 and I see that you used it for 'that gradient map coloring', so... welcome to the dark side I guess?? :DD IT IS FUN and i really love that icon, the reb+blue+white combo is great and it has the perfect matte look and sharpness and everything so yeah, totally rocking that style :>

secondly, I love that tyou went for some inspiration gymnastics, and that seems to have produced some really cool creative icons! The text use in 4 is awesome, love the placement and fonts. 13 is my fave probably just W O W loving the bright cyan animated tears and that that was your interpretation of a 'breakdown' :D 8 is super amazing too, looove the dark vibrancy and the painted details! 10 is perfect like your far crop + negative space icons always are - love the fun text use here, I can never make circular text work so i am in awe of this. 11 and 16 both have incredible rich colorings, and I love 18 cause the character stands out so nicely against the background.

Incredible work as always *___*

[bangel-4e.livejournal.com]

I really, really like 13 (such a cool effect!), 3,4 (beautiful use of text here), 10, 16 and 18.

[emiels.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[emiels.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much ♥