You kids are all so talented, I need to lie down! Also, I find it suuuper interesting when two of us had the same-ish idea for how to work with the themes, haha.
I'm so into the dark colors and texture work of your entire set! The first icon I picked out is so neat, I love the composition and the lighting choices you've made! The blue coloring is really lovely. The second one is just text porn and I love how you've used red not just in this icon but in so many of the icons in this set! And that b/w icon, wooow, I love everything about the composition and the text, the b/w is perfection in it, too!
Your text use is so brave and well-done, I'm really in awe! Good job! In the first icon I picked out, I just love the way the dark background you've picked out makes her pop and the layered way you have the text interacting with the subject. It's really eyecatching! The second one I picked out is my favorite of your whole batch, I think, it's just so understatedly elegant. I love the black and white vs color and the soft lighting, and the text at the bottom makes the whole thing balanced! And the last one is just super cool, I love the strong lightning and the cap you chose is perfect because even in black and white against a busy background, the smile stands out!
You compositions always destroy me and this set is no different! I love the color palette you've created in the first icon, the yellows and greens are so rich and mysterious! And I love your work in the second, it can be really hard to make a RL background look like it fits with a drawn subject but you've managed it completely and I'm in awe! And I love the last icon, the warm lighting and duplication of the texture makes it really interesting to look at, I love how centered it is around the subject in a way that's busy but not chaotic.
I really love the delicate style you've been cultivating, it's so pretty and really suited to especially the more shoujo subjects you choose, though it looks great with all of them! I love the coloring in the first icon, that green-blue with a bit of mint in the middle is so pretty and I love how you've blended the two images together, really cool! And the second icon, wooow, the cropping is amazing, the text work is perfect, the coloring and lightning is completely dreamy… I adore this icon so much! I really love the bits of purple that seep in at the bottom. But my favorite icon of yours is definitely the third one, holy cow! The coloring, the composition, literally everything about it is perfection. It's so pretty and delicate!
I could live to be 100 and never get over how much I adore your coloring! That first icon is amazing, it's so inspiring to me! I love the black vs the color section, how bright it is and just everything about it, it's so amazingly creative! And the Pluto icon, wow, I love the color palette and the lighting so much, and the text is awesome! And the last icon, wooow. I swear, whenever you make an icon that is mainly all one color, you go all out and blow me away. I love the richness of the colors and how you've used the texture so much, it's so gorgeous!
I love how much depth you always manage to bring out in your animanga icons through shading, it's so impressive! That first icon is just perfect composition, I really like what you've done with the background especially because it is simple but has enough little things going on that it is never boring! And I'm super into the second icon, so creepy and awesome, I love how you have the purples at the top and the reds at the bottom, so good! The third icon is my favorite of yours, I love how dark it is with the lighting mainly to the side, it looks really cool, and I really love how you have the florals in the circle behind her instead of the whole thing, it just makes the icon stand out in a really neat way!
*write an entire book entitled Katy: How Do You Do the Thing* Seriously though, your icons amaze me, they are so unique and you cover so many different styles with ease. I love the first icon so much, the tans versus the yellow and the blending, its just so cool! And the second icon looks so simple but it is sooo stunning, I love how warm it is and the lighting is so nice. And the last icon is just so incredibly composed, I love how you've used the text as such a big part of the composition and the yellows~!
Your compositions are ridiculously perfect! I'm so glad you posted a bigger version of the blending icon the other day, I love getting to see behind the scenes of people who are so good at composition c: I lovelovelove the first icon here, the dark purple coloring is amazing and I adore how you've used the text and the upside-down subject! And the second icon *fans self* the b/w on the color background is amazing, I love how clean the b/w section is! And the last icon is just sooo pretty, I love the slight rotation and the colors look so nice together!
Well, first of all, how dare you with these amazing compositions and colorings! That first icon is just so gorgeous, I love whenever you work with white on red, and I love how I discover more and more about the composition the longer I look! The second icon is my favorite, I love how pale it is and the text work is so perfect, I just love it completely! And that third icon just blows me away, I love how complex it is and the different colors! I really love how you have the cap of her looking back in the middle, it stands out perfectly!
I love how cohesive every single one of your icons feels, with the coloring and lightning always perfectly attuned to the subject. The first icon I picked out is so cool, I love the curl of the text so that it fits the image and the reds vs purples with just little hints of orange/yellow! The second icon is my favorite, I love how you've used red in the text and the subject to create this complete mood, it is so cool! And that third icon is so pretty and happy, I love your texture work and how many different shades you've used!
I always look forward to the colors you choose, they are always so perfect for the caps in ways I would never think of! The first icon is a perfect example of that, I love the slightly-pale rainbow tones you've used for the text! I also really like how you've used the silhouettes! And the second icon, woooow, it's so completely perfect, I love the paleness in the background against the darkness of the subject non-face, so cool! And that last one is just so bright and gorgeous, I loove the blues and the clouds!
I love your takes on all the themes! All these icons are so perfect for all of them, I love seeing how you interpreted everything into these really intricate icons! That first icon is so pretty, I love how you let the color of the texture really guide the icon, it looks sooo pretty! And I'm going to skip to the third icon for a moment, and say that I love how cute it is, and how the lighting is completely soft and wonderful. Now I'll go back to that second icon because holy crap, holy crap!!! That is so amazing and cool!!! Literally everything about that icon is perfect, I love it so much, the composition and how creepy it is and just everything!!! I'm in awe!
Thanks for putting this all together, Katy!! This activity was so much fun ;-; And the post looks really pretty, so hush :P
Thank you so much, Danielle! ahh, I'm glad you like the knb one bc I was so lazy with the silhouettes LOL. Confession: I didn't even cut anything out, I just picked a shadowy cap and used a gradient + duplicated the layer to make it look like a silhouette.
omgomgomg thank you so much, so glad you like them! ♥ ngl that first icon you chose was the only one in the entire set where I had a plan laid out in my mind from the moment I looked at the theme post.
also: *write an entire book entitled Katy: How Do You Do the Thing*
can i get a read of that book after bc half the time i still don't know what i'm doing
awwww thank youuuu i make pretty much everything in 200x200 now and i always end up looking at the 100 vers and going WHY WHY CAN'T YOU SEE ANYTHING so yeah LOL MY COMPOSITION IS SHIT THO like all i do is centre crop slap some textures and text on and call it a day
Also I need to tell you (like always) ty for iconning Utena. Please keep iconning Utena forever and ever. I am enjoying every single one of these Utena icons and I'm greedy person who wants more. 80
What I have learned from this battle (other than the rest of you are amazing, but I already knew that so.): Icon Psycho Pass all the time and forget that I have other anime fandoms. Hah! Anyway, thank you so much! I am so happy you like my weird pastel icon! :D
Aw, thank you for the lovely comments, I'm a little giddy from happiness right now <33
I'm so glad you like that Kimi ni Todoke icon~ I was surprised at how well it came out myself, actually... one of those "wow, it looks like a real icon" moments XD
absolutelybatty
I'm so into the dark colors and texture work of your entire set! The first icon I picked out is so neat, I love the composition and the lighting choices you've made! The blue coloring is really lovely. The second one is just text porn and I love how you've used red not just in this icon but in so many of the icons in this set! And that b/w icon, wooow, I love everything about the composition and the text, the b/w is perfection in it, too!
adriftingsea
Your text use is so brave and well-done, I'm really in awe! Good job! In the first icon I picked out, I just love the way the dark background you've picked out makes her pop and the layered way you have the text interacting with the subject. It's really eyecatching! The second one I picked out is my favorite of your whole batch, I think, it's just so understatedly elegant. I love the black and white vs color and the soft lighting, and the text at the bottom makes the whole thing balanced! And the last one is just super cool, I love the strong lightning and the cap you chose is perfect because even in black and white against a busy background, the smile stands out!
alisea_dream
You compositions always destroy me and this set is no different! I love the color palette you've created in the first icon, the yellows and greens are so rich and mysterious! And I love your work in the second, it can be really hard to make a RL background look like it fits with a drawn subject but you've managed it completely and I'm in awe! And I love the last icon, the warm lighting and duplication of the texture makes it really interesting to look at, I love how centered it is around the subject in a way that's busy but not chaotic.
cool_spectrum
I really love the delicate style you've been cultivating, it's so pretty and really suited to especially the more shoujo subjects you choose, though it looks great with all of them! I love the coloring in the first icon, that green-blue with a bit of mint in the middle is so pretty and I love how you've blended the two images together, really cool! And the second icon, wooow, the cropping is amazing, the text work is perfect, the coloring and lightning is completely dreamy… I adore this icon so much! I really love the bits of purple that seep in at the bottom. But my favorite icon of yours is definitely the third one, holy cow! The coloring, the composition, literally everything about it is perfection. It's so pretty and delicate!
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dashberlin
I could live to be 100 and never get over how much I adore your coloring! That first icon is amazing, it's so inspiring to me! I love the black vs the color section, how bright it is and just everything about it, it's so amazingly creative! And the Pluto icon, wow, I love the color palette and the lighting so much, and the text is awesome! And the last icon, wooow. I swear, whenever you make an icon that is mainly all one color, you go all out and blow me away. I love the richness of the colors and how you've used the texture so much, it's so gorgeous!
emiels
I love how much depth you always manage to bring out in your animanga icons through shading, it's so impressive! That first icon is just perfect composition, I really like what you've done with the background especially because it is simple but has enough little things going on that it is never boring! And I'm super into the second icon, so creepy and awesome, I love how you have the purples at the top and the reds at the bottom, so good! The third icon is my favorite of yours, I love how dark it is with the lighting mainly to the side, it looks really cool, and I really love how you have the florals in the circle behind her instead of the whole thing, it just makes the icon stand out in a really neat way!
katy_111
*write an entire book entitled Katy: How Do You Do the Thing* Seriously though, your icons amaze me, they are so unique and you cover so many different styles with ease. I love the first icon so much, the tans versus the yellow and the blending, its just so cool! And the second icon looks so simple but it is sooo stunning, I love how warm it is and the lighting is so nice. And the last icon is just so incredibly composed, I love how you've used the text as such a big part of the composition and the yellows~!
kayable
Your compositions are ridiculously perfect! I'm so glad you posted a bigger version of the blending icon the other day, I love getting to see behind the scenes of people who are so good at composition c: I lovelovelove the first icon here, the dark purple coloring is amazing and I adore how you've used the text and the upside-down subject! And the second icon *fans self* the b/w on the color background is amazing, I love how clean the b/w section is! And the last icon is just sooo pretty, I love the slight rotation and the colors look so nice together!
pamkips
Well, first of all, how dare you with these amazing compositions and colorings! That first icon is just so gorgeous, I love whenever you work with white on red, and I love how I discover more and more about the composition the longer I look! The second icon is my favorite, I love how pale it is and the text work is so perfect, I just love it completely! And that third icon just blows me away, I love how complex it is and the different colors! I really love how you have the cap of her looking back in the middle, it stands out perfectly!
petite_tomate
I love how cohesive every single one of your icons feels, with the coloring and lightning always perfectly attuned to the subject. The first icon I picked out is so cool, I love the curl of the text so that it fits the image and the reds vs purples with just little hints of orange/yellow! The second icon is my favorite, I love how you've used red in the text and the subject to create this complete mood, it is so cool! And that third icon is so pretty and happy, I love your texture work and how many different shades you've used!
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I always look forward to the colors you choose, they are always so perfect for the caps in ways I would never think of! The first icon is a perfect example of that, I love the slightly-pale rainbow tones you've used for the text! I also really like how you've used the silhouettes! And the second icon, woooow, it's so completely perfect, I love the paleness in the background against the darkness of the subject non-face, so cool! And that last one is just so bright and gorgeous, I loove the blues and the clouds!
takonasu
I love your takes on all the themes! All these icons are so perfect for all of them, I love seeing how you interpreted everything into these really intricate icons! That first icon is so pretty, I love how you let the color of the texture really guide the icon, it looks sooo pretty! And I'm going to skip to the third icon for a moment, and say that I love how cute it is, and how the lighting is completely soft and wonderful. Now I'll go back to that second icon because holy crap, holy crap!!! That is so amazing and cool!!! Literally everything about that icon is perfect, I love it so much, the composition and how creepy it is and just everything!!! I'm in awe!
Thanks for putting this all together, Katy!! This activity was so much fun ;-; And the post looks really pretty, so hush :P
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also: *write an entire book entitled Katy: How Do You Do the Thing*
can i get a read of that book after bc half the time i still don't know what i'm doing
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Your composition and colors are again a spot-on, it's so inspiring!
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ty ty ty <3
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Also I need to tell you (like always) ty for iconning Utena. Please keep iconning Utena forever and ever. I am enjoying every single one of these Utena icons and I'm greedy person who wants more. 80
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I'm so glad you like that Kimi ni Todoke icon~ I was surprised at how well it came out myself, actually... one of those "wow, it looks like a real icon" moments XD
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