026; Take me to the water, Walk into the sea

[syrensymphony]

20 Fringe Poliva Season 3 icons for 20inspirations

I found making these icons quite difficult, especially at first. They're definitely not my usual style, and as I only made them a few hours ago I'm not sure how I feel about them. I enjoyed the chance to experiment with lighting, as I usually think of it as tool rather than a technique.

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Comments

[syrensymphony]

I think that icon owes everything to the screencap. I couldn't pass up a long sweeping corridor shot like that one.

It's interesting that you say 'bold and yet subtle,' as overall in these icons I really tried to tone down the texture use and not hide behind it like I'm often guilty of doing. Glad I got it right in that one!

Olivia in that image just breaks my heart. I was actuallly a bit worried the text might detract from the emotion as it's so bold.

I think I prefer the alternate too, tbh. The colours are very typically me though, which is why I tried something else with the all purple version.

#8 is so different for me, I don't even know how I managed to draw the orange/purple. But I think what I learnt most from this whole post was how to get a different sort of depth from icons, rather than vibrance, which I'm hoping I'll be able to blend with my more typical style. And I think there's also a bit of tumblr influence #9 too

And thank you a million times over for your wonderfully decriptive comments! It's always so helpful, and I'm still honoured you take the time to write such fantastic replies. I love how we basically analyse each others posts! =P

[library_of_sex]

The cap was great to begin with, but you certainly spruce it up, so you deserve the credit!

I don't think you hide behind textures at all. Like me, you just love to do really complex stuff, and it's so much fun to manipulate textures, so it's a tough thing to keep away from. Your subtle work is coming along nicely, but I'm always glad to see what you do with textures.

Ahhh, I see the logic behind using the purple icon! It's definitely good to push yourself outta the box even when you're leaning so much towards what you're used to and comfy with.

That's what I love about #8. It's a strange combo to have purple and orange together, but it works for that piece so beautifully! I definitely need to back away from vibrance, but I don't know how. It's like texture use. If I don't include it, something nags at me saying my icon is incomplete. very weird.

We're like each other's cheerleaders and art critics! I hope it'll always stay that way, Becky! :)

[syrensymphony]

I guess it's so hard to resist textures sometimes, that I often worry I rely on them too much. I just really love what they can do, but a post like this is a nice change and a good learning curve too.

I've got an absolute addiction to vibrance layers, I probably haven't made an icon without one for months. I'm always trying to slowly tone it down a bit, but I just love bright, colourful icons too much.

Haha, absolutely! I couldn't have picked a better team to cheer for hun =)