If Dayna were next to me, I'd fuckin' slap her cuz of 12, honestly. And I wouldn't hold myself acountable for it either cuz it would just be such a spontaneous reaction to the perfection of her icon.
No pressure, but I'd certainly recommend the show! I wasn't sure at first if I'd be into it, but I got obsessed very easily. I'd suggest trying the first episode and seeing what you think! imo the writing is really good, and it's got some really fabulous strong female characters :D
3 is sooooooooooo OHMYFUCK. Just look at the lighting and how it really makes Cary look like the "golden boy." Digging the darknes on the left vs. the whiteness on the right. This entire show is actually full of such morally gray characters that it's perfect for a batch focused on lighting techniques and B/W! 5 looove the shadow in Peter's face. Again, it's very appropriate for a man who has a very dark side to him when it omes to politics but also has a lighter side where his kids are involved cuz he's a respectable dad. I fuckin' DIE for the txt of 6. It actually looks straight out of a newspaper!!!!!!!!! I find 10 so intriguing cuz Kalinda's the darker personality yet she's got so much light in her face while Alicia's very shadowed even though she's the really forthright and more "innocent" of the two ladies. MY BRAIN CAN'T DEAL WITH 12. IF THE BLEND AND THE SILHOUETTE AND THE TEXT WERE MORE PERFECT, I'D DIE OF A HEART ATTACK. Also dying fo the text in 15. Just sensational, really. Adore the crop and contrast in 16, where she
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GOOD GRIEF, WHAT A COMMENT. I don't even know what to saaaaay. Thank you Kim!!! Your kind words mean a lot! (though I sadly can't take credit for the newspaper text, that's from a promo image xD) I always love how you interpret the meaning behind the icons, because I think a lot about that stuff and it's awesome to know that other people see it! Like #10, I consciously made Alicia the more shadowed one because that cap is from just after the opening press conference in the pilot, when she's in a very ~dark place~, and Kalinda supports her and helps her out of it. And I agree with your point about how B&W is suited to this show - as soon as I knew the theme, I couldn't imagine doing it with another fandom! IDK. I'm rambling. THANK YOU, is what I'm trying to say. You rock.
(Well, even if it's not your original text, you used it perfectly!) I don't often mean to read anything into icons, but since I know this specific series and it characters, it's tough not get ideas about why this or that person is lit a certain way. The Kalinda/Alicia one has a really story to it, and I love that!
Hee, I actually had a far more intense story worked out for that Alicia/Kalinda one - sort of a fantasy pre-series AU where Alicia suspects her husband is cheating on her and calls Kalinda-the-private-investigator to find out if it's true, and then Kalinda is there to support her from the beginning, but I couldn't exactly convey that in just one icon :P
I love the lighting in #005! Oh, I'm such a sucker for strong contrast. ♥ And the blending in #010 is flawless! I love the lighting in that one too. My favorite has to be #011! I LOVE THE COMPOSITION TO BITS! How did you think to blend those two images together like that?! My brain can't compute. It's such an awesome icon! :DDD #020 is another beauty -- minimal contrast, but you did an awesome job making sure the subjects didn't disappear into the background. ♥
Gosh, thank you so, so much! Knowing that you took the time to comment when you don't even watch the show is a huge compliment! :D (I'd definitely recommend trying the pilot episode and seeing if you like it, btw... xD) There's a good chance you're being rhetorical asking about the blending in #11, but in the off chance you're actually wondering, it wasn't too hard - the original cap had a relatively light background, so I just increased the contrast a lot until the background went almost white, and then set it to Multiply on top :)
I'm definitely tempted to watch it! I have a friend who's a huge fan of The Good Wife -- she keeps telling me that GoT can't hold a candle to TGW, which secretly annoys me 'cause I LOVE my GoT! XD Oh, and thanks for your little explanation regarding #011! I'm so inspired! I need to blend something, like, right now.
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No pressure, but I'd certainly recommend the show! I wasn't sure at first if I'd be into it, but I got obsessed very easily. I'd suggest trying the first episode and seeing what you think! imo the writing is really good, and it's got some really fabulous strong female characters :D
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It's such a pity I don't watch The Good Wife!
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