2012 - icon post #06
30 icons for Round 20 of 20inspirations
Featuring: Danneel Harris, Community, Clueless, Daria, Doctor Who, Stock, Harry Potter, Pan Am, The Emperors New Groove, Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan (2003), Glee, Roswell, Sailor Moon, SYTYCD, Tomorrow When the War Began and Wild Child.
Firstly it must be noted that these are alphabetized, and there is no symbolic order in which they are placed.
Secondly I ramble, so my comments and reasoning are hidden behind a cut. I sincerely hope they aren't too intense or too personal.
Thirdly as far as dedications go, this set wouldn't even have started if it weren't for absolutelybatty. She is without a doubt the best iconing making friend a gal could have. And so here it is. A little bit about me.
01-05
[01]
01: Amara Summers, bitch. This is the visual representation of a character I developed through role-play about 4 years ago? She is sort of a third an alter-ego of someone I wish I could have been in High School, a third a representation of Danneel Harris character Rachel from One Tree Hill - though pushed to the extreme - and a third my basic desire to explore a character who wasn't satisfied in life, or with life. She was so strongly formed in my head that I knew everything about her - and almost knew how she'd react to just about every situation. Though with all good characters, she still managed to surprise me.
[02]
02: Head Chang in Charge. I've always had a soft spot for Chang. He could be a little bit evil, a little bit lost or a large bit douche and I still kind of enjoy his scenes. I think his desperate arc in Season 2 to become one of the study group struck the biggest chord with me though, because sometimes I feel a little try-hardish when trying to fit in.
[03]
03: Mess, Mess, Mess. I am no Cher, though I will admit full to moments of huge ignorance - but what represents me here is the mess of a room she's standing in. I'm a ridiculously messy person. I loathe cleaning with a passion, and it's probably going to be the one reform that desperately needs to occur in my life before I can actually view myself as a fully functioning adult. And I dread the day when it does.
[04]
04: Daria Morgendorffer, now entering hell. featuring one of the bigger text faux pas, covering the face with text. Truer words have never been spoken. At least, that's how I look back on my teen years as. I hated high school because of the socialising, and loved it for the studies. Unfortunately my classrooms were packed with peers and I just, had to cope. I may come off sounding like a bitch for this, but my teenage years were not the least bit enjoyable. So I side with Daria on this one. When you're a teenager, life sucks.
[05]
05: Find Your Rory. Quote shamelessly borrowed from this stunning icon by mancalahour, and provided for my viewing pleasure by the flawless absolutelybatty. All you need to know is this: I had a crush on a boy over a year ago, and I told absolutelybatty all about it, and showed her a picture of him. She mentioned he looked like Rory, I laughed because his last name is Williams, and I found my Rory ♥ Consequently, he knows this entire story, and we often joke about naming our son (or daughter, as I am a Gilmore Girls fan) Rory.
06-10
[06]06: Gymnast for life. Period. I have loved it for a long as I can remember, and even though I stopped competing a good 10 years ago now, have continued to love it to this day. Currently it's my source of income, but it will forever be more than that. The children I've met through coaching (some I've known for over 10 years now, others I've watched grow from 4 yr olds to almost highschoolers), the experiences I've had with competitions, displays - everything about it, it's an extension of who I am. And when I have to leave it behind, I think I'm going to struggle a huge deal because it will be like forgetting the biggest part of me.
[07]07: Bookworm with a lions heart. Look out, this is going to be me identifying parts of myself with a character. AVOID IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THIS. Seriously - Hermione could be me, only she's probably much neater than I am, and I imagine didn't grow into procrastination methods as she got older. But at the core of it, she's a bookworm (overachiever) with a lions heart, ready to protect those she loves in any way she can. And part of that is true of me. If you even dare utter a syllable against the people I care about, well - once upon a time I would have torn you down with words - now I think about it though, and are a little more careful (which is also kinda Hermione, I definitely wasn't as careful when I was growing up as she would have been), but basically - I am an overachieving nerd (and geek) but will attack as soon as someone I love is close to being harmed.
[08]08: Laura & Kate, the eternal sister quarrel. I have two sisters, one of which is my identical twin. And I think I saw a lot of my relationships with both my sisters in the relationship between Laura and Kate. I was always the Laura in some ways, but the Kate in others. And there was (not so much any more, but still - it does appear) an eternal struggle for balance and reassurance, because I was good at studying, but my sister was good at socialising (she was a regular social butterfly to my Daria misfit) and so I'd view her positives as my weaknesses, and she would do the same, and subconsciously we were always comparing ourselves even though we were individuals. Which was made harder by the fact we were just naturally close, and always wanted to protect each other. And all these things I saw through my own fractured representation in Kate and Laura's relationship.
[09]09: absolutelybatty because of reasons no.1.
Disney brought us together. She loves The Emperors New Groove, especially one Kuzco. And every time I think back to influences in who I am as a person, well - Disney plays a huge card, I grew up on Disney movies, but absolutelybatty has played a pretty big role as well. She's one of the greatest friends I have in life, the person I tell all my secrets to, one of the very few people who know both sides of me, the graphics making side and the other, rl side... even though we haven't met irl, she baked me snickerdoodles which is a life-long friendship forming thing, so I think it's important that some part of her be represented in this post about me.
[10]10: Maleficent the majestic. As noted above, Disney played a huge role in my growing up, much to my detriment, as it probably explains why I can be such a drama queen at times. But Maleficent is by far my favourite villain (followed closely by Hades and Scar) because I think she's just so classy while being unforgiving. Sleeping Beauty also takes the prize for being my favourite Disney movie, lord knows why - probably because fairies and magic and middle ages always suck me in. But that is the simple reason why Maleficent was featured here and now.
11-15
[11]11: When I was 9(ish), I happened to have the unfortunate luck to watch Nightmare on Elm Street. I didn't sleep that night, and have been terrified of anything that happens in the dark ever since. It's all ironic though, because I rarely (if ever) remember my dreams. However the point of this icon is to show how ridiculous my fear of fear and horror, psycho movies is - in The Princess Bride, when Wesley and Buttercup are in the fire swamp? Talking about how the R.O.U.S's won't be a problem? And one jumps across the screen. Screamed in fear, when I was about 14. For years after (because I love that movie to death) I had to prepare myself for that moment to come, otherwise I would still jump in fright. That is legitimately how big of a wimp I am.
[12]12: In a nutshell, sometimes I feel as though I'm going through an error. A mood will set in, unexplainable, and I'll just, be. IDK. It's a weird thing to try and explain, but as I was trying to think of something to inspire my last icon for this batch (I literally had 19 and then went blank), my computer was being a douche all day, and it just made me think error. It also made me think #firstworldproblems, but I only had one icon space left, and my melancholy mood won out.
[13]13: Floating on a cloud in Never Never Land. a) Who doesn't dream of being a child forever? b) Who doesn't love experiencing the amazing things growing up can give you? c) absolutelybatty made a comment about my font choices reflecting my childlike nature, because I basically don't want to grow up - so this is it. I'm going to be my own version of Peter Pan, and grow up to teach children about the magic of literature and imagination and all the places it can take you.
[14 and 15]14 & 15: Are my contributions to representing myself as an icon maker. I can be a dark, grainy, overly textures and weird use of text kind of person, I can be a sort of bright, yellow, cleaner and simpler kind of person. I'd like to think I am brave to go outside my comfort zones (something I've always had major issues with irl) even if the result isn't spectacular, because in the end, I owe no one anything except myself - and I think I owe it to myself to at least try. You never know how you can succeed until you try. In the end, this is something I love, and something I'll keep doing until time or a lack of love stops me.
16-20
[16]16: My patronus is apparently a Rabbit (so says a test I took online, very official), but it fitted nicely with it's description of the personality (shy, an observer, sometimes have trouble summoning it because you'll be fighting with your head), and because my Chinese sign is a Rabbit as well. And it features Maria de Luca from Roswell, who is some of those things, but mostly she's other parts of me, like a lot dramatic, a little over the top and has a thing for troubled boys.
[17]17: You know how I was terrified from a young age? My over-active imagination didn't help. I blame my mother for my absolute disinterest in world news, because until we were about 11, she made sure we were upstairs out of the way before the 7 o'clock news started because the minute I saw something horrible or frightening happening in the world, I would automatically assume it was going to happen to me. So when Thredbo had the terrible landslide in 1997, the only reason I knew is because Sailor Moon was interrupted in the mornings. I kid you not, it's the one main thing I can remember happening in my childhood all because it interrupted my morning cartoons. First world problems, I had them. Sailor Mars was also picked because even though I loved Sailor Venus, the temper that Mars had? I shared a little of that as well.
[18]18: absolutelybatty because of reasons no.2.
Santana. She is fierce and magic with her words. She is strong and independent, but loveable, and I bet she's a cat person. She lights up the world with her fun-nature, is clever enough to get a scholarship but is brave enough to follow her dreams wherever they may take her. This is how I view some of the many, many amazing qualities absolutelybatty has.
[19]19: Dancing was always something that I liked and enjoyed, but watching dancing, that's something I love. I will pretty much sit down to watch movies about any form of dancing, and SYTYCD was just about the most flawless thing to ever come into my life. I remember adoring Season 2 & Season 3 of the American show, and then being given our slightly less impressive Aussie version, which I still loved. Season 3 was the greatest ever, and I am still bitter it was cancelled. But back to dancing, it just - is such a beautiful thing to watch, and I'm especially fond of contemporary or lyrical anything. The dance this icon is from is one of my all time faves from SYTYCD US. Really just, stunning.
[20]20: This icon represents another childlike aspect of me. Comfort movies. There are some movies I will just always go back to when I'm feeling particularly meh. Wild Child is one of those movies. Its ridiculous and lame but it's fabulous and brilliant all at once.
Textless/Alts
21-25
26-30
PIMPS
theiconquest
turbo_rumble Round 8: Icon Powers Activate!
#myiconsenseistingling
Comments are love; constructive criticism is welcome || Credit is nice but not necessary || Textless icons are not bases || Please do not repost || Enjoy.
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Featuring: Danneel Harris, Community, Clueless, Daria, Doctor Who, Stock, Harry Potter, Pan Am, The Emperors New Groove, Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan (2003), Glee, Roswell, Sailor Moon, SYTYCD, Tomorrow When the War Began and Wild Child.
Firstly it must be noted that these are alphabetized, and there is no symbolic order in which they are placed.
Secondly I ramble, so my comments and reasoning are hidden behind a cut. I sincerely hope they aren't too intense or too personal.
Thirdly as far as dedications go, this set wouldn't even have started if it weren't for absolutelybatty. She is without a doubt the best iconing making friend a gal could have. And so here it is. A little bit about me.
01-05
[01]
01: Amara Summers, bitch. This is the visual representation of a character I developed through role-play about 4 years ago? She is sort of a third an alter-ego of someone I wish I could have been in High School, a third a representation of Danneel Harris character Rachel from One Tree Hill - though pushed to the extreme - and a third my basic desire to explore a character who wasn't satisfied in life, or with life. She was so strongly formed in my head that I knew everything about her - and almost knew how she'd react to just about every situation. Though with all good characters, she still managed to surprise me.
[02]
02: Head Chang in Charge. I've always had a soft spot for Chang. He could be a little bit evil, a little bit lost or a large bit douche and I still kind of enjoy his scenes. I think his desperate arc in Season 2 to become one of the study group struck the biggest chord with me though, because sometimes I feel a little try-hardish when trying to fit in.
[03]
03: Mess, Mess, Mess. I am no Cher, though I will admit full to moments of huge ignorance - but what represents me here is the mess of a room she's standing in. I'm a ridiculously messy person. I loathe cleaning with a passion, and it's probably going to be the one reform that desperately needs to occur in my life before I can actually view myself as a fully functioning adult. And I dread the day when it does.
[04]
04: Daria Morgendorffer, now entering hell. featuring one of the bigger text faux pas, covering the face with text. Truer words have never been spoken. At least, that's how I look back on my teen years as. I hated high school because of the socialising, and loved it for the studies. Unfortunately my classrooms were packed with peers and I just, had to cope. I may come off sounding like a bitch for this, but my teenage years were not the least bit enjoyable. So I side with Daria on this one. When you're a teenager, life sucks.
[05]
05: Find Your Rory. Quote shamelessly borrowed from this stunning icon by mancalahour, and provided for my viewing pleasure by the flawless absolutelybatty. All you need to know is this: I had a crush on a boy over a year ago, and I told absolutelybatty all about it, and showed her a picture of him. She mentioned he looked like Rory, I laughed because his last name is Williams, and I found my Rory ♥ Consequently, he knows this entire story, and we often joke about naming our son (or daughter, as I am a Gilmore Girls fan) Rory.
06-10
[06]06: Gymnast for life. Period. I have loved it for a long as I can remember, and even though I stopped competing a good 10 years ago now, have continued to love it to this day. Currently it's my source of income, but it will forever be more than that. The children I've met through coaching (some I've known for over 10 years now, others I've watched grow from 4 yr olds to almost highschoolers), the experiences I've had with competitions, displays - everything about it, it's an extension of who I am. And when I have to leave it behind, I think I'm going to struggle a huge deal because it will be like forgetting the biggest part of me.
[07]07: Bookworm with a lions heart. Look out, this is going to be me identifying parts of myself with a character. AVOID IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THIS. Seriously - Hermione could be me, only she's probably much neater than I am, and I imagine didn't grow into procrastination methods as she got older. But at the core of it, she's a bookworm (overachiever) with a lions heart, ready to protect those she loves in any way she can. And part of that is true of me. If you even dare utter a syllable against the people I care about, well - once upon a time I would have torn you down with words - now I think about it though, and are a little more careful (which is also kinda Hermione, I definitely wasn't as careful when I was growing up as she would have been), but basically - I am an overachieving nerd (and geek) but will attack as soon as someone I love is close to being harmed.
[08]08: Laura & Kate, the eternal sister quarrel. I have two sisters, one of which is my identical twin. And I think I saw a lot of my relationships with both my sisters in the relationship between Laura and Kate. I was always the Laura in some ways, but the Kate in others. And there was (not so much any more, but still - it does appear) an eternal struggle for balance and reassurance, because I was good at studying, but my sister was good at socialising (she was a regular social butterfly to my Daria misfit) and so I'd view her positives as my weaknesses, and she would do the same, and subconsciously we were always comparing ourselves even though we were individuals. Which was made harder by the fact we were just naturally close, and always wanted to protect each other. And all these things I saw through my own fractured representation in Kate and Laura's relationship.
[09]09: absolutelybatty because of reasons no.1.
Disney brought us together. She loves The Emperors New Groove, especially one Kuzco. And every time I think back to influences in who I am as a person, well - Disney plays a huge card, I grew up on Disney movies, but absolutelybatty has played a pretty big role as well. She's one of the greatest friends I have in life, the person I tell all my secrets to, one of the very few people who know both sides of me, the graphics making side and the other, rl side... even though we haven't met irl, she baked me snickerdoodles which is a life-long friendship forming thing, so I think it's important that some part of her be represented in this post about me.
[10]10: Maleficent the majestic. As noted above, Disney played a huge role in my growing up, much to my detriment, as it probably explains why I can be such a drama queen at times. But Maleficent is by far my favourite villain (followed closely by Hades and Scar) because I think she's just so classy while being unforgiving. Sleeping Beauty also takes the prize for being my favourite Disney movie, lord knows why - probably because fairies and magic and middle ages always suck me in. But that is the simple reason why Maleficent was featured here and now.
11-15
[11]11: When I was 9(ish), I happened to have the unfortunate luck to watch Nightmare on Elm Street. I didn't sleep that night, and have been terrified of anything that happens in the dark ever since. It's all ironic though, because I rarely (if ever) remember my dreams. However the point of this icon is to show how ridiculous my fear of fear and horror, psycho movies is - in The Princess Bride, when Wesley and Buttercup are in the fire swamp? Talking about how the R.O.U.S's won't be a problem? And one jumps across the screen. Screamed in fear, when I was about 14. For years after (because I love that movie to death) I had to prepare myself for that moment to come, otherwise I would still jump in fright. That is legitimately how big of a wimp I am.
[12]12: In a nutshell, sometimes I feel as though I'm going through an error. A mood will set in, unexplainable, and I'll just, be. IDK. It's a weird thing to try and explain, but as I was trying to think of something to inspire my last icon for this batch (I literally had 19 and then went blank), my computer was being a douche all day, and it just made me think error. It also made me think #firstworldproblems, but I only had one icon space left, and my melancholy mood won out.
[13]13: Floating on a cloud in Never Never Land. a) Who doesn't dream of being a child forever? b) Who doesn't love experiencing the amazing things growing up can give you? c) absolutelybatty made a comment about my font choices reflecting my childlike nature, because I basically don't want to grow up - so this is it. I'm going to be my own version of Peter Pan, and grow up to teach children about the magic of literature and imagination and all the places it can take you.
[14 and 15]14 & 15: Are my contributions to representing myself as an icon maker. I can be a dark, grainy, overly textures and weird use of text kind of person, I can be a sort of bright, yellow, cleaner and simpler kind of person. I'd like to think I am brave to go outside my comfort zones (something I've always had major issues with irl) even if the result isn't spectacular, because in the end, I owe no one anything except myself - and I think I owe it to myself to at least try. You never know how you can succeed until you try. In the end, this is something I love, and something I'll keep doing until time or a lack of love stops me.
16-20
[16]16: My patronus is apparently a Rabbit (so says a test I took online, very official), but it fitted nicely with it's description of the personality (shy, an observer, sometimes have trouble summoning it because you'll be fighting with your head), and because my Chinese sign is a Rabbit as well. And it features Maria de Luca from Roswell, who is some of those things, but mostly she's other parts of me, like a lot dramatic, a little over the top and has a thing for troubled boys.
[17]17: You know how I was terrified from a young age? My over-active imagination didn't help. I blame my mother for my absolute disinterest in world news, because until we were about 11, she made sure we were upstairs out of the way before the 7 o'clock news started because the minute I saw something horrible or frightening happening in the world, I would automatically assume it was going to happen to me. So when Thredbo had the terrible landslide in 1997, the only reason I knew is because Sailor Moon was interrupted in the mornings. I kid you not, it's the one main thing I can remember happening in my childhood all because it interrupted my morning cartoons. First world problems, I had them. Sailor Mars was also picked because even though I loved Sailor Venus, the temper that Mars had? I shared a little of that as well.
[18]18: absolutelybatty because of reasons no.2.
Santana. She is fierce and magic with her words. She is strong and independent, but loveable, and I bet she's a cat person. She lights up the world with her fun-nature, is clever enough to get a scholarship but is brave enough to follow her dreams wherever they may take her. This is how I view some of the many, many amazing qualities absolutelybatty has.
[19]19: Dancing was always something that I liked and enjoyed, but watching dancing, that's something I love. I will pretty much sit down to watch movies about any form of dancing, and SYTYCD was just about the most flawless thing to ever come into my life. I remember adoring Season 2 & Season 3 of the American show, and then being given our slightly less impressive Aussie version, which I still loved. Season 3 was the greatest ever, and I am still bitter it was cancelled. But back to dancing, it just - is such a beautiful thing to watch, and I'm especially fond of contemporary or lyrical anything. The dance this icon is from is one of my all time faves from SYTYCD US. Really just, stunning.
[20]20: This icon represents another childlike aspect of me. Comfort movies. There are some movies I will just always go back to when I'm feeling particularly meh. Wild Child is one of those movies. Its ridiculous and lame but it's fabulous and brilliant all at once.
Textless/Alts
21-25
26-30
PIMPS
theiconquest
turbo_rumble Round 8: Icon Powers Activate!
#myiconsenseistingling
Comments are love; constructive criticism is welcome || Credit is nice but not necessary || Textless icons are not bases || Please do not repost || Enjoy.
Like what you see? Feel free to watch the community.
Ask the Maker - My Thread: requests are always open.
Pimping: trope_overdosed - An Icon Challenge community based on the website TV Tropes
turbo-rumble - An Icon Challenge community bringing together the best Turbo & Rumble challenges have to offer!