I didn't think I'll finish this entry for somein30, but thankfully I made 10 icons, trying to show me being here, and making icons. I went with a EXTRA HARD MODE (crazy, right?).
Oh wow, extra hard?! I'm so glad that some are actually doing that!! This set is incredible, and it was super interesting to learn more about your style and fandom history!
1 is suuuper pretty, ngl the style you're describing doesn't sound good at all yet this icon is amazing! The toned down contrast and matte coloring works so well in a way that looks inspired by old trends, but completely new. So, perfect for the challnge :) 3 is gorgeous and Intro is great for this type of text! I love the text use here and the purples look so good. The coloring and lighting in 4 are perfection, and I love the heavy shadows and dark vibrancy in 7! Omg I totally hear you on 8, that was definitely a style I also wanted to try but never really got anywhere with it! (and you're right that tturners was the master of it for sure) Fwiw I think you nailed it in this icon, GORGEOUS crop and just the right amount of contrast. The last icon is great too, I love a good grunge icon and the crop is awesome.
Thanks so much for entering, and yeah I really hope the best for your inspiration as well! I've started collecting a mega icon archive of sorts, going through old icons to save the ones I like in advance so that there's a collection of good icons to choose from for inspirations posts in the future, anyway, one thing I noticed during this is that you've been such a consistently active presence in the iconing comunity for all these years and it's awesome. Thanks so much for sharing your journey! <3
Thank you so much for this amazing comment :) I truly enjoyed this challenge, it was fun (and a bit cringy) to look at my super old, and old icons! I'm so happy that you like them :)
It's always been a great getaway from real life (especially for the last few years), so I'm just happy being around, and seeing that LJ is still alive after all these years.
1 is suuuper pretty, ngl the style you're describing doesn't sound good at all yet this icon is amazing! The toned down contrast and matte coloring works so well in a way that looks inspired by old trends, but completely new. So, perfect for the challnge :)
3 is gorgeous and Intro is great for this type of text! I love the text use here and the purples look so good. The coloring and lighting in 4 are perfection, and I love the heavy shadows and dark vibrancy in 7!
Omg I totally hear you on 8, that was definitely a style I also wanted to try but never really got anywhere with it! (and you're right that tturners was the master of it for sure) Fwiw I think you nailed it in this icon, GORGEOUS crop and just the right amount of contrast.
The last icon is great too, I love a good grunge icon and the crop is awesome.
Thanks so much for entering, and yeah I really hope the best for your inspiration as well! I've started collecting a mega icon archive of sorts, going through old icons to save the ones I like in advance so that there's a collection of good icons to choose from for inspirations posts in the future, anyway, one thing I noticed during this is that you've been such a consistently active presence in the iconing comunity for all these years and it's awesome. Thanks so much for sharing your journey! <3
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It's always been a great getaway from real life (especially for the last few years), so I'm just happy being around, and seeing that LJ is still alive after all these years.
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