Round 07: Inspirations

[rocketgirl2]

Rules & Info:

+ All icons must be made specifically for this challenge, and by you.

+ Icons must be inspired by this post and its contents, and fit the theme laid out in this post.

+ Icons must be within LiveJournal standards (.png, .gif, or .jpg format; 40kb or less).

+ When you post your entry to the community, provide 3 examples and a cut (real or fake) leading to a public post.

+ Please take the time to look at other people's entries and leave feedback.

+ Please remember to thank and credit the makers of any resources you find through this community.

+ Tagging guidelines are as follows: entries: yourusername, claim: yourclaim, round: 07. Example: entries: rocketgirl2, claim: Sherlock, round: 07

+ Your subject should be: Round 07: Claim. Example: Round 07: Sherlock

+ A list of participants and their claims can be found here. Sign-ups will be open until the end of the round.

+ Your icons are due Monday, the 20th of February at 11:59 pm EST. [Countdown clock]

Attraction

To attract, or feel a draw, pull, or other crazy sensation towards something. Be it a person, an object, or simply a feeling - attraction can be welcomed or hidden. It can be intense or subtle, obvious or hidden. Most importantly, it can creep up on you every so slightly until you are too far under to realise it has happened.

For this round, we want you to focus on Attraction. Towards a character, between characters, towards the fandom; towards the colors you find insatiable, shapes that draw you in, compositions that woo you. Consider everything attraction is, the good and the bad, go forth and become lost in the murky haze that will take over your soul.

Words:

enticement
subtle
allure
seduction
mystery

fire
fascination
lust
chemistry
sexy

fatal
unforgiving
complicated
flawed
unexpected

opposites
charm
sweet
crush
interest

character
colour
shape
moment
emotion

Images:



christinaa88







beatsagain | kateliciously | badelirifeel | v_allery | lumsx







ellaangelus | miss_hale | before_water | hauntes | ancientwhispers







justonebeat | mdreamelis | born_butterfly | summer_skin | zoicite







sarcasm_attack | orangelusik | syrensymphony | firsttimelady | tuuute







fulminant8 | invicta | stardust78 | sitepecados | library_of_sex

Music:

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One Crowded Hour, by Augie March [lyrics]

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Love and Some Verses, by Iron and Wine [lyrics]

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Stray Italian Greyhound, by Vienna Teng [lyrics]

Textures:



by twinstrike > download



by byall > download



by kassieland > download



by pearlredlights @ tumblr > download

Quotes:

“The only way to get rid of temptation is the yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.” - Oscar Wilde.

“And it came to me then. That we were wonderful traveling companions but in the end no more than lonely lumps of metal in their own separate orbits. From far off they look like beautiful shooting stars, but in reality they're nothing more than prisons, where each of us is locked up alone, going nowhere. When the orbits of these two satellites of ours happened to cross paths, we could be together. Maybe even open our hearts to each other. But that was only for the briefest moment. In the next instant we'd be in absolute solitude. Until we burned up and became nothing.” - Sputnik Sweetheart, Haruki Murakami

Theme:

The overall theme for this round is attraction, and you are free to interpret that any way you wish.  Last round, you maybe had to work with those things you didn't find wonderful and lovely; this round, you have an excuse to make your whole set with the techniques you love if you so desire.  There are no guidelines for how your icons must be split between the inspirations, so long as all of them convey the idea of attraction.

Countdown to the end of Round 07