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Another set for 20inspirations! And AVENGERS!!! This round was art (a very broad spectrum, I know), and even though I tried to make hover text work, here goes a bunch of explanations!
01. The main inspiration for this icon was Caravaggio (one of my favorite Master painters). He was part of the Baroque movement, which was generally characterized by specific light sources and the portrayal of human emotion. Who better for this than Tony Stark, I mean lbr.
02. Rauschenberg! The beauty of paint, photo, and collage combining to form one piece.
03. Hawkeye and Höch, a perfect combo? I was mostly inspired by her palette and unique edges.
04. Here we have a prime example of "Carina really liked this crop even though it didn't really fit into any of the actual themes", so I am deeming it "Negative Space." A huge principle to live by.
05. Okay, this one I kind of loved doing. It's Suprematism. Which... okay if you don't know what that is, it's a design movement that began in Russia right after the futurist movement (which in turn was born from cubism but let's not get nuts). It focuses a lot on geometric form and bold colors, and being that Black Widow is both Russian and bold, I thought it was appropriate.
06. Fury got collaged the hell out of.
07. This one I really enjoyed as well, because for me, I was drawing parallels between the characters' occupations (genius scientists) - and what do genius scientists do? They read (and sometimes write) books and articles in their field. Essentially I was pulling from basic editorial design concepts for them. Science bros!
08. Okay I just kind of loved the cropping and lighting on this one? So I kind of assumed that cropping would be the main point here, and considering it's another basic principle, figured that would be a-okay.
09. I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with processes in illustration, but one of my favorite things to watch friends do in school was oil rubs & washes over sketches in order to prepare them for painting. They had this sort of scratchy, misty quality I loved, and that's what I tried to emulate here.
10. This was kind of out of the box for me. I was going for Fauvism (something I've had to write essays on and don't wish to do now), but it ended up swerving into the late expressionist period. I'm pretty okay with that.
11. For some reason Hawkeye was just super "torn" for me, and I caught myself replicating it over and over. I thought the frayed edges and the texture it gave suited his character. I decided to roll with it.
12. Science bros!!! This was actually, strangely, inspired by one of my favorite design aesthetics to come out of Switzerland, when they were ramping up for tourism a few decades ago and used muted, blue/cool palettes and popped it with bright reds and whites.
13. Here we go with the whole torn thing. I focused mainly on the lighting - what he's doing seems almost ambiguous, and I thought it was a great way to focus on what Hawkeye does - he stays in the shadows, above where others see, and takes people out.
14. With this I was inspired by collaging and the idea that two ripped pieces from different places often complement each other better than the original photo. omg was that ~symbolism~ idk
15. For this I was focused mainly on keeping the colors vibrant which is totally the lamest explanation thus far but I do what I want, Thor.
16. Speak of the devil, here we go. I felt like there are so many dark icons with villains and I didn't want to fall into that cliché, so I tried to make this icon as light as possible, inspired mainly by the marble behind him, and the lines in greco-roman columns.
17. This one was all about John Singer Sargent. I adore his colors, his lighting and obvious brushstrokes. I tried to mimic this with tiny paint dabs, muted colors, and painting over the foreground a little.
18. For Natasha, instead of her bold overture above, I wanted this to be softer, I wanted to pay homage to her duplicitousness by leaving her only half the composition.
19. Ol' Captain America, what better way to feature than to give him the design from his home era? (Relatively speaking?) It's meant to reflect the new modern styles appearing in the 60s (not Pop Art let's make that clear) but using red/white/blue to mimic propaganda posters before the war.
20. Loki c'mon man what are you doing in shadows lurking all the time. Get outta there. Actually that was the whole point of this icon. After showering him in light, I tried to keep him bathed in shadows. How did all these washing metaphors get in here?
You've reached the end!!!!
TL;DR: These icons were inspired by art.
01-20: The Avengers