eighteen

[emiels.livejournal.com]

26 x The Lord of the Rings






for somein30 round 1
01-05
06-10
11-15
16-20

alts/rejects
21-27

Some of these look like I went back to 2012 to make them but idk, I like them, so.


1. MAIN - Textures #6: Borders
HARD - Coloring #5: Color explosion (*)
EXTRA HARD - Contrast/lighting #7: Dramatic

2. MAIN - Contrast/lighting #4: High contrast
HARD - Composition #10: Silhouette
EXTRA HARD - Textures #6: Borders

3. MAIN - Contrast/lighting #10: Ray(s) of light
HARD - Textures #6: Borders
EXTRA HARD - Coloring #9: Complementary colors

4. MAIN - Coloring #7: Black and white + color
HARD - Textures #1: Painty
EXTRA HARD - Contrast/lighting #9: Blob(s) of light

5. MAIN - Coloring #7: Black and white + color
HARD - Contrast/lighting #5: Matte
EXTRA HARD - Composition #1: Negative space

6. MAIN - Coloring #10: Unnatural
HARD - Cropping #2: Full body
EXTRA HARD - Textures #5: Decorative accent

7. MAIN - Textures #3: Light
HARD - Contrast/lighting #9: Blob(s) of light
EXTRA HARD - Composition #6: Minimalism

8. MAIN - Contrast/lighting #7: Dramatic
HARD - Textures #10: Text, tiny text or numbers
EXTRA HARD - Cropping #2: Full body

9. MAIN - Cropping #2: Full body
HARD - Contrast/lighting #1: Dark
EXTRA HARD - Textures #10: Text, tiny text or numbers

10. MAIN - Composition #7: Text
HARD - Cropping #10: Focus on top
EXTRA HARD - Coloring #3: Monochrome

11. MAIN - Cropping #7: Side crop
HARD - Composition #4: Levels
EXTRA HARD - Contrast/lighting #6: Shiny

12. MAIN - Textures #8: Grunge
HARD - Coloring #1: Muted
EXTRA HARD - Composition #5: Blocking

13. MAIN - Composition #6: Minimalism
HARD - Coloring #2: Vibrant
EXTRA HARD - Textures #5: Decorative accent

14. MAIN - Cropping #7: Side crop
HARD - Coloring #1: Muted
EXTRA HARD - Textures #4: Stock

15. MAIN - Textures #10: Text, tiny text or numbers
HARD - Cropping #4: Far away
EXTRA HARD - Contrast/lighting #1: Dark

16. MAIN - Contrast/lighting #4: High contrast
HARD - Coloring #10: Unnatural
EXTRA HARD - Textures #6: Borders

17. MAIN - Textures #5: Decorative accent
HARD - Composition #10: Silhouette
EXTRA HARD - Cropping #10: Focus on top

18. AC

19. AC

20. AC

I went for the normal difficulty since some of the hard/extra hard combos were... unappealing. But that's RNG for you I guess. Very fun challenge overall, I hated some of the themes I got so it was doubly hard to work with them - which is exactly how I like it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Comments

[sietepecados]

These are beautiful! (I always fond LotR caps so hard to wotk with, so cudos to you)
Light on 7 and 8, coloring on 6, 19, 20, crop on 12 and composition on 10 are my faves <3

[violateraindrop]

The composition of 4 is just gorgeous! I also love the grungy look and crop of 12 :)

[haebin.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, your Icons are gorgeous!
*___*

[emiels.livejournal.com]

Thanks :D
I still remember working with crappy DVD caps back in the day, so these were a joy tbh.

[emiels.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[emiels.livejournal.com]

Thank you :D

[neonspider]

YAY FIRST ENTRY!! <3 These are incredible! And you managed a full set of 20, which I definitely don't think most participants will, so kudos for that too!

Hard to pick favorites cause they all look great, but some things I particular love are the neon coloring in 6, the composition in 4, the coloring and text use in 10, the lighting in 8... oh and 9 is just super pretty overall, gorgeous extreme far crop and the slightly foggy look, not sure if it's the cap or textures but it looks so pretty. 12 is perfection, this is the main icon where I see the 2012 look you mentioned, and I'm definitely a fan (omg that texture used to be so popular. It still looks great!). Awesome crop and muted coloring too.
And then there's 17 which is just beyond gorgeous with perfect use of a color splash and textures! All your ACs are spectacular, love the colors and painted details, and also the lighting on 18. I also adore the first and 4th extras.

Thanks so much for entering! :D Sorry that the randomizer gave you some bad combos, you did fantastic with the challenge still!

[alexia_drake]

Lovely work, my faves are: 2, 4, 7, 10, 11, 14, 17, 18 and 19.

[emiels.livejournal.com]

Thanks :D I had some free time and a lot of motivation so this got done faster than I expected.

Tbh I love it when themes are not exactly up my alley, since then I have to actually get creative to make icons that are my style and still fit the theme.... but some of the combos were just unworkable unfortunately ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Maybe another time I'll get a hard set done!

[emiels.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[sixphanel.livejournal.com]

Oh, so beautiful! Thank you for sharing <3 I'm snagging a few, for sure :D

[littlemissnovel.livejournal.com]

1 is so stunning and beautiful! I love the texture in 5, and the lighting in 8. the natural coloring in 9, the composition in 10, the cropping in 11, the composition in 13, the coloring in 14, and the muted coloring in 15.

Great set!

[thyla87.livejournal.com]

Amazing!! FIRST ENTRY ♥♥ I am so excited! This set is beyond gorgeous and so colorful and stunning!! I love the composition this set; they all fit together so well ♥

Really hard to pick favorites cause they all look stunning! ♥ But I will try :D
1. I'm in love with these colors; they pop-out and are so stunning! The painting effects is magnificent
2. Love,love, love the background and how character just fit. I love the contrast and the lighting!
4. The composition is amazing. :) I love the b&w+color effect and texture work is amazing!!
6. The colors ♥♥ I love the vibrant colors and how blue pop-out!
10 Lovely balance!
8 and 16 I love the lighting so much! they dramatic
12 Love!! The crop is spectacular and I love the contrast
19 and 20 - So beautiful!! ♥ Love the coloring both of them and the hair are amazing of 20! :D

Thanks so much for entering! :D

[abyss-valkyrie.livejournal.com]

That 3rd icon is so cool!The colours in 6,18 and 20 are lovely,especially the hair painting in 20! 11-15 looks amazing as a set.The crop in 11 and the way you did the half face of Arwen in 13 & used the colours to bring out the minimalism-prettttyyy!

[laxirya.livejournal.com]

This set is super pretty ♥
I especially love the composition in 2 and 4 and the rainbow coloring in 20

[magicrubbish.livejournal.com]

This is such an amazing set . Also , LOTR ! <33

Wonderful composition on icon 1, 2, 4, 5 , 24 with amazing color balance and texture use. Also , the coloring and crop of icons 3, 5, 6, 7, 15 and 19 , along with the contrast and lighting effects are on point and end result utterly satisfactory. <3

[luppiters.livejournal.com]

What a stunning set and what a wonderful first entry ♥ And a set of 20! Incredible.
The composition is stunning (4, 5, 15), the lighting in all!!! (but 8 is so gorgeous with the b/w divide, also 7, 22/23), the coloring (1, 20), the CROPS! (I'm in love with 12)... so many great icons.
Wonderful job, especially considering you didn't love your prompts :D

[under-thefloor.livejournal.com]

#13 and #15 are my favorites!
Great batch, I really like them all!

[tinny]

I love how intricate they look and the bucolic feel of LoTR really comes across!

My faves are 15, 6, 17, 19, and 20. The hair painting is especially cool.

[valeyvo.livejournal.com]

Awesome set! My faves are 2, 5, 8, 12, 13 ♥

[debris4spike]

Read the books years ago, but never seen the film, yet. My favourites are 2, 12, 15 & 16

[luminousdaze]

Totally beautiful set, I love all the ones of Hobbits!