I caved and upped it to six. It was hard enough choosing just six.
I'll start us off...
I make no apologies that some of this icons are years old. That makes them even more amazing to me that they are so brilliant.
I was up at 4am staring at tiny pixels of joy to make my decision.
emily_reich@icon_reich | JEEBS83@cylonish | likegunfire@monorailed | pumahmistress@incestualicons | darlingbones@ohbambi
crazyvictoria@cylonish
is one of my favourite fans ever. Even though I have never seen 'Lie To Me' so she might punch me in the face... When crazyvictoria is in your fandom, you know you are in for a treat.
No one does pink quite like her, and for me that's a huge thing. The colouring is so soft and luxurious, yet at the same time you can have these intricately woven icons, instead of just a single screencap icon. I love her use of text, it always feels like it fits and it's always readable.
forensicirulan@on_your_shore
There's a weathered but soft look to the icons I have chosen, and I adore that. It's difficult to walk the middle, and here it just looks so simple; it's beautiful.
And the colouring? zomg, the colouring is perfect. Even though one colour seems to be picked out, it's never too much. It just highlights the icon and everything in it.
gigglemonster@lensflair_inc
I basically found gigglemonster the other day as I was looking for Community icons, and it was at 4am this morning that I first saw these BSG icons. It was love at first sight.
There is such depth to these icons, yet they're so soft and clean looking.
Every single piece seems to fit its' place, and I am in awe of the positioning and detail in every one.
intodelirium@fracturedshapes
One of my first favourite iconmakers ever. You can always tell an intodelirium icon. Not a ton of iconmakers can pull off being instantly recognisable.
Colouring is my absolute favourite thing here. It's always so sharp and bright, yet that doesn't detract from the icon, it just enhances it.
The use of textures is just phenomenal. Always quirky and bold, yet always perfect.
prettypinkdork@paper_spaceship
OMG the textures. It amazes me how there can be so many beautiful textures and such depth without losing any clarity. I'm going to be honest and say I hate black and white icons. I have always had this real vendetta against them, maybe because I can't do them well and generally just think 'what the frak is the point?' but look! Look at those motherfrakking icons there. I am in love.
There's just this perfect balance between depth and clarity, and text, colour, everything... and I feel like I'm writing Anders' speech from the bathtub but honestly, it's just so right.
spud66cat@big_blue_bin
The colouring! Look at it! Look at how everything just meshes perfectly into this soft but bright colouring.
These are meant to be this colour. They are meant to have that spiky but soft glow.
Let's talk about how I also don't like textless icons, shall we? Yet these are perfect. They're just so full-up already, but it's that well-fed comfortable and happy kind, not 'stuffed and guilty and uncomfortable' I don't know what I'm saying anymore, but I know that I mean it.
The cropping, positioning, fading edges and faces. Stunning.
I make no apologies that some of this icons are years old. That makes them even more amazing to me that they are so brilliant.
I was up at 4am staring at tiny pixels of joy to make my decision.
emily_reich@icon_reich | JEEBS83@cylonish | likegunfire@monorailed | pumahmistress@incestualicons | darlingbones@ohbambi
crazyvictoria@cylonish
is one of my favourite fans ever. Even though I have never seen 'Lie To Me' so she might punch me in the face... When crazyvictoria is in your fandom, you know you are in for a treat.
No one does pink quite like her, and for me that's a huge thing. The colouring is so soft and luxurious, yet at the same time you can have these intricately woven icons, instead of just a single screencap icon. I love her use of text, it always feels like it fits and it's always readable.
forensicirulan@on_your_shore
There's a weathered but soft look to the icons I have chosen, and I adore that. It's difficult to walk the middle, and here it just looks so simple; it's beautiful.
And the colouring? zomg, the colouring is perfect. Even though one colour seems to be picked out, it's never too much. It just highlights the icon and everything in it.
gigglemonster@lensflair_inc
I basically found gigglemonster the other day as I was looking for Community icons, and it was at 4am this morning that I first saw these BSG icons. It was love at first sight.
There is such depth to these icons, yet they're so soft and clean looking.
Every single piece seems to fit its' place, and I am in awe of the positioning and detail in every one.
intodelirium@fracturedshapes
One of my first favourite iconmakers ever. You can always tell an intodelirium icon. Not a ton of iconmakers can pull off being instantly recognisable.
Colouring is my absolute favourite thing here. It's always so sharp and bright, yet that doesn't detract from the icon, it just enhances it.
The use of textures is just phenomenal. Always quirky and bold, yet always perfect.
prettypinkdork@paper_spaceship
OMG the textures. It amazes me how there can be so many beautiful textures and such depth without losing any clarity. I'm going to be honest and say I hate black and white icons. I have always had this real vendetta against them, maybe because I can't do them well and generally just think 'what the frak is the point?' but look! Look at those motherfrakking icons there. I am in love.
There's just this perfect balance between depth and clarity, and text, colour, everything... and I feel like I'm writing Anders' speech from the bathtub but honestly, it's just so right.
spud66cat@big_blue_bin
The colouring! Look at it! Look at how everything just meshes perfectly into this soft but bright colouring.
These are meant to be this colour. They are meant to have that spiky but soft glow.
Let's talk about how I also don't like textless icons, shall we? Yet these are perfect. They're just so full-up already, but it's that well-fed comfortable and happy kind, not 'stuffed and guilty and uncomfortable' I don't know what I'm saying anymore, but I know that I mean it.
The cropping, positioning, fading edges and faces. Stunning.