Icons: 18 Elemental Icons

[the_wiggins]

Title: Elemental Icons
Creator: the_wiggins

So, for this round of Seasonal Spuffy, I thought it would be fun to do a journey through Spuffy across the seasons, using the elements as a metaphor for the changing state of their relationship.

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Comments

[teragramm]

These are great! I love the concept, the coloring, the caps that you chose, and the artistic embellishment you did with each cap.

The first three (including the bonus earlier variants) are my favorites and also #11 and #12. Great job!!

[the_wiggins]

Thanks, so much! That's really nice to hear.

I'm glad you liked the first set, because those were the first ones I did when I was still kind of figuring the whole thing out. Like, I wasted a ridiculous amount of time dodging and burning the roots on the background image---separately for each of the three icons! But I liked the way the concept came out. I shared my less red variants of these because I like them pretty well, they just didn't quite fit with the aesthetic that developed in the other sets.

And 11 and 12 are my personal favorites of the whole project. <3

[kazzy_cee]

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Very cool! The coloring is fun and fitting

[the_wiggins]

Thank you so much for the very thoughtful comment!

Interesting point on the reds and pinks in s4. I'd never really noticed that, though Buffy does wear more than one cherry-print dress in that season. But I'm glad the yellow icons work for you. I had a lot of difficulty getting a shade that looked decent. And of course, yellow isn't exactly a flattering color for skin. Spike in particular wound up looking kind of like a Frankenstein's monster. But I was OK with that in this context.

And I like your read on s5 (which is also beloved to me). I saw the clouds as symbolizing dreams and imagination but also as potential for both good and bad to come out of this. So yeah, you were spot on! Also, the choice to make the icons pink was inspired mostly by the Buffybot, who's outfit Buffy's wearing in her icon.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

I guess it's more that "Something Blue" in particular has red and bright pink in Spike and Buffy's clothing; not quite sure where my sweeping statement about the season came from. :D Maybe Buffy wears a bit more red in s4, maybe she doesn't. But yeah, yellow was an inspired choice & it worked!

"Also, the choice to make the icons pink was inspired mostly by the Buffybot, who's outfit Buffy's wearing in her icon."
Oh, that makes sense!

[akersb]

[ston3y1]

I really like seeing sets of icons, and having such distinct colouring to group the varying elements as stages works really well. :D I like the idea of lightening bolts giving those little 'zing' moments in S4 especially. Great pic choices through the seasons.

[the_wiggins]

Thanks so much! I was nervous about the s4 ones, so I'm glad you liked them. :)