All things random!
20 random icons for the brilliant All things Random round @ somein30
Fandoms are all over the place, lots of alts, lots of fun
THIS WAS AMAZING. I had so much fun with this round and I love jsfunction for hosting it @ somein30. Brilliant idea, brilliant execution, thank you so so much for all the inspiring prompts and congrats on your brain, OUTSTANDING STUFF from your brain. \o/
I did some sort of hard mode? Meaning I used my randomizer to create a folder with 200 caps from my old fandoms and another with 200 caps from my new fandoms, and then I tried to stick to those 400 caps for all the icons. I failed, but not spectacularly, I ended up generating a couple more randomized folders and straight up cheating for a handful of icons because I needed a specific cap or I couldn't find a cap that fit what I had in mind.
But yeah, I love how this set turned out, all over the place in terms of fandoms and styles. I think it fits the random theme beautifully. :>
ALL THINGS RANDOM
01-05
[Ramblings]
01. Random character: Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
Since this prompt was for a specific character and I couldn't count on the randmizer to pick a cap of Arthur, I went looking for Merlin caps @ capspiration and I found this one.
02. Random icontest challenge: Challenge 222: High on Emotion @ elitesimplicity (The Umbrella Academy)
At first I made alt 21 from a randomized cap, but I wanted a close crop for this because I thought it fit the examples given for the callenge better, so I went through my Umbrella Academy caps and picked this cap instead.
Alts: 21
03. Random praise: "Very unique composition." (Enola Holmes)
This one I made from two randomized caps, and I don't know if the composition is very unique but hey, it's a composition? Two caps and text and stuff? I tried!
Alts: 22-25
04. Random screencap: The OA (The OA)
I know nothing of The OA, so I went looking for the character. There wasn't much about them, so I went with my idea of the show (something sci-fi? hence the constellation texture?) and a quote from The OA I liked and that seemed to fit the character? Again, I tried.
05. Random song: Eminem - Talkin' 2 Myself (The Umbrella Academy)
I don't listen to Eminem or rap in general much, but I think he's good and I liked the song. At first I made alts 27-28 because the lyrics Am I the one who's crazy? / Yeah / So why in the world do I feel so alone? / Nobody but me, I'm on my own fit one of the randomized caps I had of Rorschach.
But then I wasn't happy with either of them, and I thought the lyrics Is anybody out there? / It feels like I'm talkin' to myself could work with Five from The Umbrella Academy, because he spent 40 years in a post-apocalyptic world by himself, talking to a mannequin. So yeah, I cheated and handpicked the caps I used for this icon. Also it's icon 5! For Five!
Alts: 26-28
06-10
[Ramblings]
06. Random tutorial: Tutorial (2nd icon) by ionizable (Supernatural)
Ok, so this was hard. Like really hard, because the maker has a process that's totally different from mine and the textures they used for their icon are not the type of textures I would usually go for. SO HARD. I ended up scrapping the first icon I made for this prompt because I absolutely loathed it.
I ended up trying to use their blurring/sharpening technique, meaning I didn't sharpen my base as the first step of the process (as I would normally do) and I used a blurred copy-merged layer on soft light at some point. EVERYTHING WAS SO BLURRY I WAS CRYING WHILE MAKING THE ICON. But yeah, I think it turned out pretty well in the end, and I also used the blurred copy-merged layer thing in a couple of other icons. Also, no cheating here, I used a randomized cap.
07. Random movie poster: The Muppets (2011) (The Good Place)
I wanted to use two elements from this poster: a childlike theme, and a simple composition, with plain negative space and some clean text maybe.
So I picked a randomized cap and made 32.
I didn't like the harsh borders and it was also a bit washed out, so I made 31.
It was nice, but it was missing some details so I made 30 to bring back the beard.
It managed to be both better and worse.
So I went through my randomized caps and found that cap of The Good Place and I liked it, I wanted to make something vibrant and bright, and with a composition that would be more similar to movie poster, with the characters on the bottom and lots of negative space. So I made 29.
But something was still missing, so I went looking for a text texture that I could place toward the top of the icon. I found the one with the colorful strips instead.
Alts: 29-32
08. Random quote: "I believe in some blending of hope and sunshine sweetening the worst lots. I believe that this life is not all; neither the beginning nor the end. I believe while I tremble; I trust while I weep." - Charlotte Bronte, Villette (Sense8)
Among the randomized caps, I spotted this one of Riley and it made me think that despite her depression and despair she managed to go on with her life and music helped her, as it does for so many of us in times of trouble. So I used the composition to kind of tell her story? She's alone, and the icon is dark, but she's listening to music and that manages to brighten her mood (and the icon)
09. Random textures: this one by uncreativ (Misfits)
The other two textures weren't really my cup of tea, so I picked this one with the wolf and went looking for a lone wolf type of character among the randomized caps. I think Simon fits the bill. The unreadable text says If you kick me when I’m down, you better pray i don’t get up. It's a random quote I found looking for "lone wolf quotes" and I used also for the cut.
... yes. Of course I was tempted to make a Bad Wolf icon with Rose from Doctor Who. Of course. Mercifully, I had no randomized cap of Rose.
10. Random font: Grim Ghost (Supernatural)
I had a very specific icon in mind for this font, and it's the obvious one: Supernatural with a spooky/funny vibe.
Did it work? No, it didn't. I made 33 and I still don't know if I should have scrapped it altogether instead of including it in the alts.
So I made this one instead, and used the font is a very small / almost tiny text. That predictably says Saving people / Hunting things / The family business.
Alts: 33
11-15
[Ramblings]
11. Random trope: Proud Warrior Race (The 100)
I used a randomized cap of Lexa from The 100 because according to the wiki page, the Grounders fit the trope, but Lexa is an aversion of it. I made 34 first, but I wanted the style to match the trope as well as the subject, so I went for a white/red/black color scheme and added the famous quote from the show.
Alts: 34
12. Random remake: this icon (Kill Bill)
I usually avoid using a cap for more than one icon, but I made an exception for this because I absolutely hated the original icon. I mean, what was I thinking with all the cheery colors all over the place? She has a murderous expression, she deserves a murderous icon. So yeah, I went for something totally different and I like that she almost looks like a zombie about to eat someone's brain. :>
Alts: 35
13. Random song title: Life Is Like A Box Of Chocolates (The Good Place)
I tried to recreate the structure of a box of chocolates with the squares texture, and to represent the sweetness with the warm, vibrant coloring.
I cheated and handpicked the caps. :>
14. Random inspiration icon: this icon by linesfade (Good Omens)
Oh boy, did I stuggle with this one. I wanted to use two elements from this icon: the slightly off-centered, close-but-not-too-close crop, and green.
So at first I made 36 from a randomized cap of Eleanor. Crop? Check. Green? Eh. Not so much. xD
I wasn't happy with it, so I went looking for another cap in the randomized folder and found this one of Crowley. And I thought to myself: THIS ONE WILL BE GREEN.
Nope, not gonna happen, I ended up with a cold coloring, but no green whatsoever. Then I was like: HA, I WILL ADD A GREEN SERPENT! I'M SO CLEVER. Nope, I liked it better in almost every shade and color but green.
Oh and at some point I made 37 because the original cap was very green, but you can see how that turned out as well.
Alts: 36, 37
15. Random palette: Semi-Random (The Umbrella Academy)
I know it doesn't exactly match any color of the palette, but I think the color scheme fits? It's got reds, and oranges and greens! Cut me some slack, I can't work with greens. Also, I used a randomized cap!
16-20
[Ramblings]
16. Random art: Portrait of Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu (Simon Vouet, 1630s) (The Good Place)
I wanted to use three elements from this portrait: the negative space, the muted coloring, and some vibrant spots of colors. I think it worked? Negative space? Check. Muted coloring? Sort of check. Vibrant spots of colors? Check! I think I cheated and handpicked the cap though.
Alts: 38
17. Random album cover: Jimi Hendrix - Hendrix Live In Scandinavia Vol. 2 (The Umbrella Academy)
I liked two things about this cover: the red/magenta/purple/blue color scheme and the cables. I knew right away that I wanted to make an icon with the Handler and tentacles. At first I tried to paste the Handler's top half on Ursula's bottom half (from The Little Mermaid) but that didn't work so I went looking for some tentacles. I used the cap I handpicked anyway because it was exactly want I wanted.
Alts: 39, 40
18. Random book cover: Cookbooks: Cooking For One & Your Hun: 90 Classic, Delicious One Dish Meals Made in a Snap For You & You Lover! by Victoria Love (The Good Place)
This was sooooo easy because the cover had shrimps in it and shrimps made me think of The Good Place right away. It's also super saturated because - in the words of jsfunction - it's "possibly the corniest book title I've ever seen". I'm not 100% happy with it.
19. Random word: gun
This one is pretty straight-forward.
20. Random screencap pool: Merlin (caps from kissthemgoodbye.net)
I liked that cap of Morgana and that's all. :>
ALTS
21 The Old Guard
22-25 Enola Holmes
26 The Umbrella Academy
27-28 Watchmen
29 The Good Place
30-32 The Sword in the Stone
33 Supernatural
34 The 100
35 Kill Bill
36 The Good Place
37 Enola Holmes
38 The Good Place
39-40 The Umbrella Academy
21-25
26-30
31-35
36-40
Fandoms are all over the place, lots of alts, lots of fun
THIS WAS AMAZING. I had so much fun with this round and I love jsfunction for hosting it @ somein30. Brilliant idea, brilliant execution, thank you so so much for all the inspiring prompts and congrats on your brain, OUTSTANDING STUFF from your brain. \o/
I did some sort of hard mode? Meaning I used my randomizer to create a folder with 200 caps from my old fandoms and another with 200 caps from my new fandoms, and then I tried to stick to those 400 caps for all the icons. I failed, but not spectacularly, I ended up generating a couple more randomized folders and straight up cheating for a handful of icons because I needed a specific cap or I couldn't find a cap that fit what I had in mind.
But yeah, I love how this set turned out, all over the place in terms of fandoms and styles. I think it fits the random theme beautifully. :>
ALL THINGS RANDOM
01-05
[Ramblings]
01. Random character: Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
Since this prompt was for a specific character and I couldn't count on the randmizer to pick a cap of Arthur, I went looking for Merlin caps @ capspiration and I found this one.
02. Random icontest challenge: Challenge 222: High on Emotion @ elitesimplicity (The Umbrella Academy)
At first I made alt 21 from a randomized cap, but I wanted a close crop for this because I thought it fit the examples given for the callenge better, so I went through my Umbrella Academy caps and picked this cap instead.
Alts: 21
03. Random praise: "Very unique composition." (Enola Holmes)
This one I made from two randomized caps, and I don't know if the composition is very unique but hey, it's a composition? Two caps and text and stuff? I tried!
Alts: 22-25
04. Random screencap: The OA (The OA)
I know nothing of The OA, so I went looking for the character. There wasn't much about them, so I went with my idea of the show (something sci-fi? hence the constellation texture?) and a quote from The OA I liked and that seemed to fit the character? Again, I tried.
05. Random song: Eminem - Talkin' 2 Myself (The Umbrella Academy)
I don't listen to Eminem or rap in general much, but I think he's good and I liked the song. At first I made alts 27-28 because the lyrics Am I the one who's crazy? / Yeah / So why in the world do I feel so alone? / Nobody but me, I'm on my own fit one of the randomized caps I had of Rorschach.
But then I wasn't happy with either of them, and I thought the lyrics Is anybody out there? / It feels like I'm talkin' to myself could work with Five from The Umbrella Academy, because he spent 40 years in a post-apocalyptic world by himself, talking to a mannequin. So yeah, I cheated and handpicked the caps I used for this icon. Also it's icon 5! For Five!
Alts: 26-28
06-10
[Ramblings]
06. Random tutorial: Tutorial (2nd icon) by ionizable (Supernatural)
Ok, so this was hard. Like really hard, because the maker has a process that's totally different from mine and the textures they used for their icon are not the type of textures I would usually go for. SO HARD. I ended up scrapping the first icon I made for this prompt because I absolutely loathed it.
I ended up trying to use their blurring/sharpening technique, meaning I didn't sharpen my base as the first step of the process (as I would normally do) and I used a blurred copy-merged layer on soft light at some point. EVERYTHING WAS SO BLURRY I WAS CRYING WHILE MAKING THE ICON. But yeah, I think it turned out pretty well in the end, and I also used the blurred copy-merged layer thing in a couple of other icons. Also, no cheating here, I used a randomized cap.
07. Random movie poster: The Muppets (2011) (The Good Place)
I wanted to use two elements from this poster: a childlike theme, and a simple composition, with plain negative space and some clean text maybe.
So I picked a randomized cap and made 32.
I didn't like the harsh borders and it was also a bit washed out, so I made 31.
It was nice, but it was missing some details so I made 30 to bring back the beard.
It managed to be both better and worse.
So I went through my randomized caps and found that cap of The Good Place and I liked it, I wanted to make something vibrant and bright, and with a composition that would be more similar to movie poster, with the characters on the bottom and lots of negative space. So I made 29.
But something was still missing, so I went looking for a text texture that I could place toward the top of the icon. I found the one with the colorful strips instead.
Alts: 29-32
08. Random quote: "I believe in some blending of hope and sunshine sweetening the worst lots. I believe that this life is not all; neither the beginning nor the end. I believe while I tremble; I trust while I weep." - Charlotte Bronte, Villette (Sense8)
Among the randomized caps, I spotted this one of Riley and it made me think that despite her depression and despair she managed to go on with her life and music helped her, as it does for so many of us in times of trouble. So I used the composition to kind of tell her story? She's alone, and the icon is dark, but she's listening to music and that manages to brighten her mood (and the icon)
09. Random textures: this one by uncreativ (Misfits)
The other two textures weren't really my cup of tea, so I picked this one with the wolf and went looking for a lone wolf type of character among the randomized caps. I think Simon fits the bill. The unreadable text says If you kick me when I’m down, you better pray i don’t get up. It's a random quote I found looking for "lone wolf quotes" and I used also for the cut.
... yes. Of course I was tempted to make a Bad Wolf icon with Rose from Doctor Who. Of course. Mercifully, I had no randomized cap of Rose.
10. Random font: Grim Ghost (Supernatural)
I had a very specific icon in mind for this font, and it's the obvious one: Supernatural with a spooky/funny vibe.
Did it work? No, it didn't. I made 33 and I still don't know if I should have scrapped it altogether instead of including it in the alts.
So I made this one instead, and used the font is a very small / almost tiny text. That predictably says Saving people / Hunting things / The family business.
Alts: 33
11-15
[Ramblings]
11. Random trope: Proud Warrior Race (The 100)
I used a randomized cap of Lexa from The 100 because according to the wiki page, the Grounders fit the trope, but Lexa is an aversion of it. I made 34 first, but I wanted the style to match the trope as well as the subject, so I went for a white/red/black color scheme and added the famous quote from the show.
Alts: 34
12. Random remake: this icon (Kill Bill)
I usually avoid using a cap for more than one icon, but I made an exception for this because I absolutely hated the original icon. I mean, what was I thinking with all the cheery colors all over the place? She has a murderous expression, she deserves a murderous icon. So yeah, I went for something totally different and I like that she almost looks like a zombie about to eat someone's brain. :>
Alts: 35
13. Random song title: Life Is Like A Box Of Chocolates (The Good Place)
I tried to recreate the structure of a box of chocolates with the squares texture, and to represent the sweetness with the warm, vibrant coloring.
I cheated and handpicked the caps. :>
14. Random inspiration icon: this icon by linesfade (Good Omens)
Oh boy, did I stuggle with this one. I wanted to use two elements from this icon: the slightly off-centered, close-but-not-too-close crop, and green.
So at first I made 36 from a randomized cap of Eleanor. Crop? Check. Green? Eh. Not so much. xD
I wasn't happy with it, so I went looking for another cap in the randomized folder and found this one of Crowley. And I thought to myself: THIS ONE WILL BE GREEN.
Nope, not gonna happen, I ended up with a cold coloring, but no green whatsoever. Then I was like: HA, I WILL ADD A GREEN SERPENT! I'M SO CLEVER. Nope, I liked it better in almost every shade and color but green.
Oh and at some point I made 37 because the original cap was very green, but you can see how that turned out as well.
Alts: 36, 37
15. Random palette: Semi-Random (The Umbrella Academy)
I know it doesn't exactly match any color of the palette, but I think the color scheme fits? It's got reds, and oranges and greens! Cut me some slack, I can't work with greens. Also, I used a randomized cap!
16-20
[Ramblings]
16. Random art: Portrait of Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu (Simon Vouet, 1630s) (The Good Place)
I wanted to use three elements from this portrait: the negative space, the muted coloring, and some vibrant spots of colors. I think it worked? Negative space? Check. Muted coloring? Sort of check. Vibrant spots of colors? Check! I think I cheated and handpicked the cap though.
Alts: 38
17. Random album cover: Jimi Hendrix - Hendrix Live In Scandinavia Vol. 2 (The Umbrella Academy)
I liked two things about this cover: the red/magenta/purple/blue color scheme and the cables. I knew right away that I wanted to make an icon with the Handler and tentacles. At first I tried to paste the Handler's top half on Ursula's bottom half (from The Little Mermaid) but that didn't work so I went looking for some tentacles. I used the cap I handpicked anyway because it was exactly want I wanted.
Alts: 39, 40
18. Random book cover: Cookbooks: Cooking For One & Your Hun: 90 Classic, Delicious One Dish Meals Made in a Snap For You & You Lover! by Victoria Love (The Good Place)
This was sooooo easy because the cover had shrimps in it and shrimps made me think of The Good Place right away. It's also super saturated because - in the words of jsfunction - it's "possibly the corniest book title I've ever seen". I'm not 100% happy with it.
19. Random word: gun
This one is pretty straight-forward.
20. Random screencap pool: Merlin (caps from kissthemgoodbye.net)
I liked that cap of Morgana and that's all. :>
ALTS
21 The Old Guard
22-25 Enola Holmes
26 The Umbrella Academy
27-28 Watchmen
29 The Good Place
30-32 The Sword in the Stone
33 Supernatural
34 The 100
35 Kill Bill
36 The Good Place
37 Enola Holmes
38 The Good Place
39-40 The Umbrella Academy
21-25
26-30
31-35
36-40