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50 MULTIFANDOM ICONS
20 Memory Lane for somein30 + 10 alternates
01 365: Repeat the Year
04 Flower of Evil
15 The King: Eternal Monarch
1-5. doctor who, pride and prejudice (2005), true blood, in the mood for love, north and south
6-10. merlin, dollhouse, game of thrones, the hour, downton abbey
11-15. buffy the vampire slayer, bright star, hannibal, the white queen, captain america: the winter soldier
16-20. daredevil, the terror, the lizzie bennet diaries, the king: eternal monarch, flower of evil
[explanations and inspirations]
2007-2008
I fell in love with Doctor Who and began making icons though barely. It was mostly monochromatic or unnatural coloring. (1) is inspired by this two-tone icon while (2) is based on my 2nd post which was black and white with splashes of pink.
2009
I began making icons "seriously" when I got into the True Blood fandom. I remember one of my first idols was zoicite-icons (3) is me trying to do their smudgy background thing but I just...can't. (4) Pink was a color I used A LOT. I also discovered blending modes and did a lot of (5) blending into silhouettes and (6) blending multiple caps together. I was also very random with the textures I used lol.
2010-2011
Still too fond of blending. I did a lot of (7) repetition but this time with more light blobs. (8) I really wanted to be takethewords when I grew up. A lot of my style is inspired by hers which was poetic and luminous though mine evolved into a more grunge version thanks to... (9) oviedo who's still the master of obscure cropping. see also: tilty for her vintage coloring if I remember correctly.
2012
By this time I found my style, which was basically (10) muted or brown coloring + poetic text using Modern No. 20. I also played with (11) film grain
2013
Probably my best year creatively speaking. Style evolved into a (12) muted painty grunge and I began using this pandavirus texture in everything. I mean everything. I tried to be a bit smarter about the textures I use, resulting in a lot of (13) symbol-heavy icons. I think this Hannibal set for 20inspirations is still the best set I've ever made. It was also the year of (14) Bombshell Pro.
2014-2016
I got obsessed with captain america: the winter soldier. tried out this (15) dull + pale coloring. I'm still obsessed with silhouettes, this time instead of blending caps, I was (16) blending in textures. I was also obsessed with making dark icons using (17) exclusion layers. I also had more bright (18) candy colored pastel icons.
2019-2020
And finally, I haven't made much icons the past few years but my love for kdramas has gotten me into graphics again. And I don't know how my style will change but I do think I'm heading to a (19) darker style and I've been playing with a lot of (20) flower textures? So we'll see where this goes haha.
ooh another icon post! I thought I'd finish this sooner but some styles were harder to revisit than others. I tried my best to keep things chronological both style wise and subject wise but some caps were just not working with the style I'd planned so...yeah. Also cap hunting now is waaaay harder than it was then and I hate it. Anyway, here are some alts:
21-25. alternates: pride and prejudice, in the mood for love, community, game of thrones
26-30. alternates: the hour, downton abbey, buffy the vampire slayer, hannibal, captain america: the winter soldier
And here are some more icons. Most of the TK:EM ones are cut from larger tumblr graphics.
31-35. 365: repeat the year, flower of evil
36-40. the king: eternal monarch
41-45. the king: eternal monarch
46-50. the king: eternal monarch
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20 Memory Lane for somein30 + 10 alternates
01 365: Repeat the Year
04 Flower of Evil
15 The King: Eternal Monarch
1-5. doctor who, pride and prejudice (2005), true blood, in the mood for love, north and south
6-10. merlin, dollhouse, game of thrones, the hour, downton abbey
11-15. buffy the vampire slayer, bright star, hannibal, the white queen, captain america: the winter soldier
16-20. daredevil, the terror, the lizzie bennet diaries, the king: eternal monarch, flower of evil
[explanations and inspirations]
2007-2008
I fell in love with Doctor Who and began making icons though barely. It was mostly monochromatic or unnatural coloring. (1) is inspired by this two-tone icon while (2) is based on my 2nd post which was black and white with splashes of pink.
2009
I began making icons "seriously" when I got into the True Blood fandom. I remember one of my first idols was zoicite-icons (3) is me trying to do their smudgy background thing but I just...can't. (4) Pink was a color I used A LOT. I also discovered blending modes and did a lot of (5) blending into silhouettes and (6) blending multiple caps together. I was also very random with the textures I used lol.
2010-2011
Still too fond of blending. I did a lot of (7) repetition but this time with more light blobs. (8) I really wanted to be takethewords when I grew up. A lot of my style is inspired by hers which was poetic and luminous though mine evolved into a more grunge version thanks to... (9) oviedo who's still the master of obscure cropping. see also: tilty for her vintage coloring if I remember correctly.
2012
By this time I found my style, which was basically (10) muted or brown coloring + poetic text using Modern No. 20. I also played with (11) film grain
2013
Probably my best year creatively speaking. Style evolved into a (12) muted painty grunge and I began using this pandavirus texture in everything. I mean everything. I tried to be a bit smarter about the textures I use, resulting in a lot of (13) symbol-heavy icons. I think this Hannibal set for 20inspirations is still the best set I've ever made. It was also the year of (14) Bombshell Pro.
2014-2016
I got obsessed with captain america: the winter soldier. tried out this (15) dull + pale coloring. I'm still obsessed with silhouettes, this time instead of blending caps, I was (16) blending in textures. I was also obsessed with making dark icons using (17) exclusion layers. I also had more bright (18) candy colored pastel icons.
2019-2020
And finally, I haven't made much icons the past few years but my love for kdramas has gotten me into graphics again. And I don't know how my style will change but I do think I'm heading to a (19) darker style and I've been playing with a lot of (20) flower textures? So we'll see where this goes haha.
ooh another icon post! I thought I'd finish this sooner but some styles were harder to revisit than others. I tried my best to keep things chronological both style wise and subject wise but some caps were just not working with the style I'd planned so...yeah. Also cap hunting now is waaaay harder than it was then and I hate it. Anyway, here are some alts:
21-25. alternates: pride and prejudice, in the mood for love, community, game of thrones
26-30. alternates: the hour, downton abbey, buffy the vampire slayer, hannibal, captain america: the winter soldier
And here are some more icons. Most of the TK:EM ones are cut from larger tumblr graphics.
31-35. 365: repeat the year, flower of evil
36-40. the king: eternal monarch
41-45. the king: eternal monarch
46-50. the king: eternal monarch
profile | resources | tags | old icons | watch | request