lullabycharmed | Jan. 4th, 2017

Jan. 4th, 2017

littlemissnovella

Icon

to be used for background in layouts and things:

http://i44.tinypic.com/2j3qk3t.png

Originally posted on November 30, 2013 at here on livejournal.

littlemissnovella

Color Palettes:

Graphics/Banners/friends only

Please read this: - Always credit

littlemissnovel or

lullabycharmed
- Don't hotlink, don't alter, don't claim as yours
-Please do leave comments!
-Let me know which icons you are using if you are taking!

Originally posted on August 29, 2014 at here on livejournal

littlemissnovella

I really came a long way...
[46] new icons
[03] banners
[26] old icons
Please read this: - Always credit littlemissnovel.dreamwidth.org or/and lullabycharmed.dreamwidth.org
- Don't hotlink, don't alter, don't claim as yours
-Please do leave comments!
-Let me know which icons you are using if you are taking!

Icons that can be used for background images:

Graphics/Banners/Friends Only:

Something old: probably 2010ish when I first started creating icons...

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all these icons were posted on august 24, 25, and 28 found here.

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5 icons submitted to the challenge + 3 alternatives + 1 graphic :)

reignstills

created for getting to know meme on tumblr

Prior icons for entry:

For round 2 at

reignstills.
Also: I ship Mary+Happiness XD (I ship both Frary and Mash :3)

10 THEMES

Summer	Abstract	More Than One Picture	Faceless	Fake Background


Text	OTP	Close Crop	Red	Sitting Down

5 CATEGORY - Emotional

Category #1 Worried/Searching	Category #2 Frustration	Category #3 Duty/Unnoticed	Category #4 Amused	Category #5 Protective

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

Artist's Choice #1	Artist's Choice #2	Artist's Choice #3	Artist's Choice #4	Artist's Choice #5

ALTERNATES

#1	#2

#3	#4

Extra icons:

Total icons: 41 icons + 1 graphic

Please read this: - Always credit

littlemissnovel or

lullabycharmed
- Don't hotlink, don't alter, don't claim as yours
-Please do leave comments!
-Let me know which icons you are using if you are taking!

My submission for Round 63 at

free20in20
[20]-icons (stock, animal, nature)

THEMES

animal	blue	country (Indonesia-Bali)	future	hands


love	odd crop	outfit	supernatural	trees

SPECIAL - Black & White

#1	#2	#3	#4	#5

ARTIST'S CHOICE

#1	#2	#3	#4	#5

credit as always:

littlemissnovel /

lullabycharmed
littlemissnovel <3

submitted at

s1icontest

Submission: s1icontest at lj

Alternative:

Sophia Bush:

Alternatives:

Note: too many alternatives cause I wasn't sure what should be picked/used for artistic choices, etc.

Alternatives:

Note: too many alternatives cause I wasn't sure what should be picked/used for artistic choices, etc.

As seen in this contest here:

iconsomething. As always I made more than required for the challenge :D

Submission: iconsomething at lj

Alternatives:

My notes: I was experimenting/playing around with textures and fake backgrounds.
First icon was made cause I read this amazing Adam/Samandriel fanficiton series at a03 [it's called Sanctuary verse by Try2CatchMe] :D

For round 2 at reignstills at livejournal.
Also: I ship Mary+Happiness XD (I ship both Frary and Mash :3)

10 THEMES

Summer	Abstract	More Than One Picture	Faceless	Fake Background


Text	OTP	Close Crop	Red	Sitting Down

5 CATEGORY - Emotional

Category #1 Worried/Searching	Category #2 Frustration	Category #3 Duty/Unnoticed	Category #4 Amused	Category #5 Protective

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

Artist's Choice #1	Artist's Choice #2	Artist's Choice #3	Artist's Choice #4	Artist's Choice #5

ALTERNATES

#1	#2

#3	#4

Extra icons:

various old entries found here.

littlemissnovella

I created these textures and posted on deviantart
To download get them here: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/m4lxilnek37nq/Textures

Credit to: littlemissnovella

summereque or lullabycharmed

littlemissnovel

Originally posted at summereque.livejournal.com and here.

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The challenge was found at sparkyourmuse at lj (about emptiness)

Reasons why:
1. Dean is empty/demon.
2. Eliza is going through rejection and feels like here whole worth of self doesn't exist, i.e no one sees me part is applicable
3. Dean finds out that his little brother Sam is dead
4. Sam is dead, i.e. death is a form of emptiness
5. Park benches empty, showcases loneliness. Some words when I think of what's emptiness would be loneliness.
6. Lydia has empty eyes and showcases someone who feels empty on the inside.

Alternatives:

This is for challenge 24 at reignstills at lj
Note alternatives can be seen at this post here.

Alternatives:

This is for challenge 25 at reignstills @ lj
Note alternatives can be seen at this post here.

Alternatives

Reignstills round 3
THEMES

Inside	Odd Crop	Villain	Frame	Touch


Negative Space	Quote	Blue	Christmas	Outside

CATEGORY - Favorite Scene

#1	#2	#3	#4	#5

ARTIST'S CHOICE

#1	#2	#3	#4	#5

Alternatives:
Artist Choice 1 Artist Choice 2 Blue Frame

challenge 22:
spring3

Alternatives:

queen4

Free20in20: Round 66 Holiday Challenge
THEMES

gold	holiday film	holiday food	lights	ornament


peppermint	thankful	tree	warm	winter wonderland

SPECIAL - Holiday Cheer

#1	#2	#3	#4	#5

ARTIST'S CHOICE

#1	#2	#3	#4	#5

Alternatives:

reignstills at lj:
Red:

Happy:

Alternatives:

Others:

Tumblr graphics by me:

As always: reignstills at lj
Challenge 26 : And the Oscar Goes To....

Best Dress	Best Queen	Best Spy

Best Seductress	Best Forger	Best Smart One

An alternative for Best Seductress:

Other icons:

As always inspired by thehuntergames at lj challenge 6 inspired by art challenge and I ended up creating more than I wanted to use :)
Total: 11 icons

Submission: {3/3}

Religious	Abstract	Expressionism

Alternatives: {8/8}

Picassco	Religious	Expressionism

Religious	Abstract	Expressionism

Purple
		Obscure

I real

I admit I am a big fan of abstract art. Also religious really implies the heavy art work created on religious subject matters in the church in the middle ages and then combined it with abstract art.
Icons 1 to 7 for moviefilmstills mini challenge.
Icons 8 to 15 is for the Spock tribute at moviefilmstills at lj. 16-18 are just alternatives
Icons 21-58 got inspired from the icontalking at lj harry potter battle.

Fandoms:
[1, 5]: The Hunger Games
[2,4]: Avengers
[3]: Harry Potter
[6,7]: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
[8-18]: Star Trek
[19-20]: Veronica Mars the Movie
[21-58]: Harry Potter

#1	#2	#3

#4	#5	#6

#7	#8	#9

#10	#11	#12

#13	#14	#15

#16	#17	#18

#19	#20	#21

#22	#23	#24

#25	#26	#27

#28	#29	#30

#31	#32	#33

#34	#35	#36

#37	#38	#39

#40	#41	#42

#43	#44	#45

I am exhausted so the rest of the icons are below this cut and not in a nice format:

Created this signature banner for gameofcards at lj
Hopefully this signature fits the parameter requirements.

Fandoms: The Originals (8/8), Teen Wolf {4/4}, Pretty Little Liars {1/1}, Vampire Diaries {7/7}, Ravenswood {1/1}. Reign {4/4}, Faking It {2/2}, and Supernatural {4/4}
Total: {31/31} icons
Icons created originally for this banner:

Submitted these icons for reignstills:

Submitted these icons for thehuntergame:

Alternatives:

originally posted here.

littlemissnovella

I created these textures and posted on deviantart.

To download get them here: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1rtu3u8jqbuu6/Wood_Texture

littlemissnovella

Alternatives Warm for draw_cards at lj :

Signature banner to use:

Trying something new/// selfie submitted for tvshowsic at lj:

posted this at iconsomething at lj :

Alternatives:

Disney Battle Icons @ icontalking at lj

Sleepy Hollow Battle @ cardwars at lj

1x01 | 1x02 | 1x03 | 1x04

1x05 | 1x06 | 1x07 | 1x08

1x09 | 1x10 | 1x11 | 1x12

1x13

Alternates/Rejects

iZombie Icon Battle @ cardwars

Alternatives/Rejects:

May Rumble @ calendarsquares at lj

icons:

Alternatives:

for the Character Spotlight challenge at avland at lj

12 icons for Lady Sif:

1	2	3

4	5	6

7	8	9

10	11	12

Icons were created for bohemiancontest at lj:

Challenge 02:

nature/flowers camera/phtography chocolate quotes

Challenge 03:

CHALLENGE 46: FIVE ICON PROMPTS for gameofcards at lj

CLOSE CROP MID CROP FAR CROP

PROFILE OBSCURE

CHALLENGE 18: SCREENCAP PASS IT ON for thehuntergames at lj

DOWNTIME BATTLE for gameofcards
12 icons:

originally posted here at lj

littlemissnovella

Icons for historamedy365 at lj:
*with Criminal Minds

001	002	003	004	005

006	007	008	009	010

011	012	013	014	015

016*	017	018	019	020

021	022	023	024	025

026	027	028	029	030

031	032	033	034	035

036	037	038	039	040

041	042	043	044	045

046	047	048	049	050

Alternatives:

created for gameofcards at lj:

001	002	003	004	005

006	007	008	009	010

011	012	013	014	015

016	017	018	019	020

Alternatives:

individial icons here:

Q: Which character do you think you are most like?

I created two collages for this answer.

Individual screencaps:

Individual icons:

Season 6 episodes 6-10

Alternatives:

10 stock icons for iconsomething at lj:

10 supernatural icons for thehuntergames at lj

Round 74: character 20 in 20: Spencer Hastings for character20n20 at lj:

10 THEMES

B&W + Neg. Space	Close Profile	Fake Background	Friends	Light & Dark


Provided Texture	Purple	Second Choice	Sexy	Water

CATEGORY (One Cap + Magnifying Glass)

Cap used for this can be seen here:

one	two	three	four	five

ARTIST'S CHOICE

artist's choice 1	artist's choice 2	artist's choice 3	artist's choice 4	artist's choice 5

ALTERNATIVES/EXTRAS

Extras:

black & white | yellow & orange | blue & yellow | pink & white

Screencaps here: *originally 500x500

Examples of how Screencaps can be used:

Splash of Orange | Pretty In Pink | Brighten | Soft

Unnatural Coloring | Vibrant | Half-Body | Full Body

Rejected icons from battles and other icons *that need improvement on:

Animanga battle at icontalking:

Halloween battle at calendarsqaures:

skeleton | ghost | frakenstein | werewolf |

Others/need to improve on:

Round 60: Free For All at tvcharacter20 at lj

10 THEMES

book adaptation	canceled	dream OTP	family	good vs. evil

PLL \| Selfie \| Hawaii 5-0 (2x) \| The Flash
no face	orange/black	recent	spooky	under-appreciated

Reign| Doctor Who | The Flash | iZombie | Reign
Category - RIP

#1	#2	#3	#4	#5

Reign (3x) | Teen Wolf
5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

#1	#2	#3	#4	#5

Reign (4x) | iZombie | Reign

ALTERNATIVES/EXTRA ICONS:

Icons created for bohemiancontest:

This is for the Autumn Battle at cardwars:

#1	#2	#3	#4	#5

#6	#7	#8	#9	#10

#11	#12	#13	#14	#15

#16	#17	#18	#19	#20

as seen posted here.

littlemissnovella

Reign Icons

01	02	03	04	05

06	07	08	09	10

11	12	13	14	15

16	17	18	19	20

Alternatives:

created for merlinstills at lj | Challenge 168: Trick or Treat found here.

Trick or Treat 1: ~~Green~~ or Purple
Trick or Treat 2: ~~Big Text~~ or Tiny Text
Trick or Treat 3: ~~Color Pop~~ or Grunge
Trick or Treat 4: Hair or ~~Hands~~
Trick or Treat 5: ~~Arthur~~ or Morgana

Alternative

For Round 1 at episode20in20 at lj:

10 THEMES
visible texture	black & white + text	negative space	close crop	quote

2 boxes	yellow	last scene	partner in crime	looking up/down

Cat 1	Cat 2	Cat 3	Cat 4	Cat 5

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE
AC 1	AC 2	AC 3	AC 4	AC 5

Alternates:

The quote in the middle states: "Adversity is the first path to truth" - Lord Byron
turbo_rumble at lj:

1-complex 2-romance 3-layers

4- dark/tone 5-lost 6-bold statement

Alternatives:

So I signed up but I couldn't finish in time =/.

capicontest at lj:

Challenge 3-techniques: black and white with a hint of color

Alternatives:
fake background alternative-negative space negative space

muted with fake background color

01	02	03	04	05

06	07	08	09	10

11	12	13	14	15

16	17	18	19	20

For Round 2 at episode20in20 at lj:

10 THEMES
first scene	hair	b&w on color	far away	fake background

shadows	weapon	fave character	muted	one word

5 CATEGORY / SAME PICTURE
01	01	03	04	05

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE
01	02	03	04	05

extras/alternatives:

for the 5 category/same picture the screencap that was picked was this one:

5 shows to watch for gameofcards:

5 movies to watch

icons:

Also some alternatives for these gifts:

Full quote that I love: Elton Pope: "When you're a kid, they tell you it's all... grow up. Get a job. Get married. Get a house. Have a kid, and that's it. But the truth is, the world is so much stranger than that. It's so much darker. And so much madder. And so much better.

Originally posted here on livejournal.

littlemissnovella

If you are here to see the set for

heroics20in20 it's the first set in this post. If you are here to see the set for

episodes20in20 it's the second set in this post. If you are here to see the set for

20muses it's the third set in this post. If you are here to see the set for

10in30 it's the fourth set in this post. Anything after these sets are just icons for other icontests or created icons for fun/other reasons.

Total icons:
25 Barry Allen/The Flash icons
31 Reign Icons
38 Pretty Little Liars Icons
Various categories:
2 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Icons
2 Game of Thrones
2 Lord of the Rings
2 Orphan Black
2 Breakfest at Tiffany's
2 Harry Potter
2 Teen Wolf
2 Merlin
1 Clueless icon
1 flower stock
1 Pushing Daisies + banner
(Total of 115)

Inspiration: Quote: "Look at your hero. This man is no god. He is nothing!"
heroics20in20
10 THEMES

lazy	poignant	touch	old	recycle

shadows	seeing double	new	citrus	active

5 CATEGORY; GUESS WHO

category #01	category #02	category #03	category #04	category #05

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

artist's choice #01	artist's choice #02	artist's choice #03	artist's choice #04	artist's choice #05

Alternatives/Extras: Inspiration: Quote: " Don't be so dramatic, Ali. They're not dead. Yet." - Cece CeceFor episodes20in20: 10 THEMES
faceless	friends	outdoors	main character	mini picspam

large text	neon	provided texture	sideways	guest star

5 CATEGORY / LEVEL UP!
01	02	03	04	05

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE
01	02	03	04	05

Alternatives:

Emotional|S3 Sorrow|S3 Passion|S1 Magical|S1

Bold|S1 Intense|S3 Negative Space|S1 Black & White |S3

Red|S3 Unnatural Colors or Green | S3

Passion|S1 Base|S1 Base|S1

For 10in30:

[Close Crops]
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
[Far Crops]

Alternatives:

Other icons:
Originally for moviefilmstills but deleted the post cause it's not really close crop:

Originally for calendarsquares:

Icons/picspam/banners made for

gameofcards:

Alternatives for game of cards:

Icons created in 2016 for historamedy365:

littlemissnovella

Challenge 8: Movie pick and yeah I decided to do something stupid and look up movies from 1954 with low quality images. Screencaps listed below from my notes and stuff.

Year: 1954

Movies: Rear Window, Dial M for Murder, The Caine Mutiny, A Star is Born, and Godzilla
(+20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and On The Waterfront)

Screencaps from:
Rear window: http://the.hitchcock.zone/wiki/1000_Frames_of_Rear_Window_%281954%29#
Dial M for Murder: http://the.hitchcock.zone/wiki/1000_Frames_of_Dial_M_for_Murder_%281954%29
The Caine Mutiny: http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/177/1178145347_1.gif
https://padresteve.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/caine-mutiny-johnson-francis-macmurray.jpg
http://img.rp.vhd.me/3651263_l3.jpg
http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/54/5490/UQDWG00Z/posters/the-caine-mutiny-1954.jpg
A Star is Born: http://www.dvdizzy.com/astarisborn.html
Godzilla: http://www.examiner.com/slideshow/godzilla-1954-1
20,000 Legues Under the Sea: http://disneyscreencaps.com/20000-leagues-under-the-sea-1954/
On The Waterfront: http://annyas.com/screenshots/updates/on-the-waterfront-1954-elia-kazan/

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gameofcards challenge 9: movie meme

1. A movie that makes you cry? Lion King (especially that scene)
2. A movie you’ve seen too many times to count? Sleepy Hollow
3. A movie you wish more people had seen? A Tale of Love and Darkness
4. Your current movie obsession? Kingsman: The Secret Service
5. A movie with interesting characters? Tie between: Psycho (1960) and Schindler's List (1993)
6. Name three movies you enjoy from three different genres? Harry Potter, A Gentleman's Agreement, and Easy A
7. A movie you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving? Argo
8. A movie you’ve seen too many times to count? Harry Potter series

Random icons/experimental:

(trying to improve textwork)

These icons were created towards the end of 2015 for team spades battle for

gameofcards:

I took this definition of zoom: "a camera shot that changes smoothly from a long shot to a close-up or vice versa." instead of the definition that everyone uses as a verb (travel quicker...)

4 elements: fire for iris west, earth for lisa snart, air for barry allen, and water for caitlin snow

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for females20in20
Themes

transformation	favourite role	4 squares	colour pop	lace


kiss	winter	quote	happy	black and white

Category Set: Emotions running wild!

1-ecstatic/jjoy	2-contemplating	3-serious	4-sadness/worried	5-relief

AC Set

1	2	3	4	5

Alts

*Quote:

Malfoy: Ah, come to see the show?

Hermione: [shouts] You! You foul, loathsome, evil little cockroach!

[Hermione raises her wand at Malfoy. He backs against the wall, whimpering]

Ron: Hermione, no! He's not worth it.

[Hermione lowers her wand and turns away. Malfoy starts laughing, she spins around and socks him in the nose]

Vincent Crabbe: Malfoy! Are you okay? Come on, let's go!

Malfoy: [running away] Quick! Not a word to anyone! Understood?

Hermione: That felt good.

Ron: Not good, brilliant!

Notes:
Used this photoshoot for transformation: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/8e/03/13/8e03133527feddc7e9dd0133f791ce2b.jpg
Used this photoshoot for black and white: http://7colorz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/emma.jpg
Used this photoshoot for lace: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/22/d1/bc/22d1bce90328de07870795d63bdfb050.jpg
Used this photoshoot for happy: https://emmawatsonupdates.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/emma-watson-photo-shoot.png
Used the following photoshoots for 4 squares:
http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/7600000/Sean-Cook-Photoshoot-emma-watson-7682366-1707-2560.jpg
http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/16900000/Emma-Watson-Photoshoot-047-Sean-Cook-2009-anichu90-16944134-1481-2222.jpg
http://hq-pictures.com/albums/userpics/10004/normal_hqp-e-watson_28129.jpg
http://www.dazzlingwallpapers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/emma-watson-hq-photoshoot_bbh3ksbehzn-819x1024.jpg
Used for the artistic choice set:
http://hq-pictures.com/albums/userpics/10001/normal_EmmaWatson_PhotoshootsHQ_2853829.jpg
http://hq-pictures.com/albums/userpics/10001/normal_EmmaWatson_PhotoshootsHQ_283529.jpg
http://hq-pictures.com/albums/userpics/10004/normal_hq-pictures-emma-shoot_28829.jpg
http://hq-pictures.com/albums/userpics/10004/normal_hqp-e-watson_28329.jpg
http://hq-pictures.com/albums/userpics/10004/e_watson_hqpictures_28729.jpg

moviefilmstills:

littlemissnovella

This is for

heroics20in20 challenge 5: Blue Card

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER

capt america #01	capt america #02	capt america #03	capt america #04	capt america #05

BATMAN & ROBIN

bat & rob #01	bat & rob #02	bat & rob #03	bat & rob #04	bat & rob #05

MAN OF STEEL

man of steel #01	man of steel #02	man of steel #03	man of steel #04	man of steel #05

x2 #01	x2 #02	x2 #03	x2 #04	x2 #05

Posted via m.livejournal.com.

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Doctor Who Iconbattle at

icontalking:

Color Theory battle and speed battle#3 at

gameofcards:

Icons entered for week 1 at

dailyinspired:

Icons ~~forgotten to enter~~ for week 2 at

dailyinspired:

Random icons:

Icons created in 2016 for

historamedy365:

littlemissnovella

For

10in30 and I picked the mystery box (option 3)!

( You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” â Albert Camus )

littlemissnovella

Ok it's time to let go of my 100x100mystery alias names!

These can be found at

100x100mystery

( Pablo Picasso )

littlemissnovella

Entry for

gameofcards challenge 12-femme fatale:

( in order to improve your work" - Bette Davis )

littlemissnovella

for

gameofcards

( and not from the brain."- Leonardo da Vinci )

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Preview: 20 multi-fandom icons for

20muses challenge 5.

( for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” -Plato )

littlemissnovella

For

theiconthrone challenge 15: perfect pairs

Idea E: Complete Idea A-D making sure at least one icon is created for each idea.

12 icons + 7 alternative icons = 19 icons total.

( is the universal language of kindness."-William Arthur Ward )

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these textures were created for

gameofcards challenge 24

10 200x200 textures

Preview:

( the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. )

littlemissnovella

for

gameofcards challenge 16, found here.

( - they must be felt with the heart. - Helen Keller )

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This is for

theiconthrone challenge 19: Razzle Dazzle
12 stock icons
Preview:

( -Audrey Hepburn )

littlemissnovella

This is submission for

character20n20 Round 82: Amy Raudenfeld (Faking It)
Preview:

( If I'm having these feelings for Karma )

littlemissnovella

This is my entry for challenge 6 at

20muses and decided on 3rd. option: focus on all the 5 options below and make 2 icons for each theme.

Preview

( to catch you )

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This combined two challenges found at

theiconthrone which is the chosen ones & I'm kind of a big deal themes.

Total icons: 12 icons + 7 extra icons.

( understand everything better. - Albert Einstein )

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6 stock icons created for

iconsomething challenge 100 mysterybox!

( But I am holding you closer than most cause you are my heaven )

littlemissnovella

This is for

theiconthrone challenge found here.

( I think of what I do! That is character! -Theodore Roosevelt )

littlemissnovella

This is for

10in30 round 7: it's good to be bad

( And one cannot exist without the other. - Eric Burdon )

littlemissnovella

for

theiconthrone challenge 12 (found here).
Inspiration posts used: Scenery, Period Drama, Be Obscure, Loss, Good vs. Evil, Beaches, and Text.
Fandoms used: Endeavour (1-4), The Flash (5), Scream (6-7), Jessica Jones (8), Once Upon a Time (9-11) and Stock (12)

( The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.-Norman Cousins )

littlemissnovella

This is for

10in30 round 8: scenery

( It’s not the time that matters, it's the person. )

littlemissnovella

( Confucius )

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( our awareness.- Lao Tzu )

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for

theiconthrone challenge 19: [spell it out]

( Dalai Lama )

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Preview:

Note: individual textures will be posted if someone comments below.

This post is for Challenge 24: Theme Challenge (bigger is better) as seen here for theiconthrone

( abstract forms that will enlighten my own mystery. - Eric Cantona )

littlemissnovella

This is for

10in30 round 9: tropes

10in30: tropes found here.

( it's bringing me out the dark )

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This is for

theiconthrone fall theme challenge,

iconsomething challenge 113, and

actress_ic challenge 127

( Albert Camus )

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30 icons (12 for

theiconthrone halloween post, 8 alternative/random icons, and 10 icons for

10in30):

( -Judy Gold )

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19 icons (10 for

theiconthrone time challenge: past - Victorian Times + 9 Alternative/reject icons):

films/tv shows used: Queen Victoria, The Young Victoria, The Phantom of the Opera, and Atonement.

( Henry James, The Turn of the Scew )

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20 icons for

gameofcards &

iconsomething
Following the challenges found: challenge 4: school daze, challenge 18: icon set, challenge 22: new to you, challenge 26: numbers, challenge 115: that's for emphasis.

( they do by following their hearts - Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train )

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Team Spades Rainbow Battle at

gameofcards as seen here.

8 stock icons for the battle + 1 random icon.

( - Maya Angelou )

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this is for

theiconthrone challenge 10 theme (technical gradient)-I picked magnifying glass, from far crop to close crop.

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this is for

theiconthrone challenge 15 [take one screencap and make two icons]

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this is for

theiconthrone challenge 12: casting call

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This is for

females20in20 round 16

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sexy	negative space	quote	orange	favorite hairstyle

plus one	grunge	unique crop	faceless	smile

5 CATEGORY - FAVORITE OUTFITS

#1	#2	#3	#4	#5

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

#1	#2	#3	#4	#5

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icons 1-12 are for

10in30 (10 icons + 2 alternatives).
icons 13-18 are originally for

episodes20in20 challenge 11 (but I can't finish this round).
icons 19-30 are some alternatives for the episodes20in20 & extra icons.
icons 31-40 are for

theiconthrone challenge 17 theme challenge [my life in icons]
icons 41-45 are for

teenwolfstills challenge 6: close crop

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This is for

theiconthrone challenge 19 icon chain.

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icons 1-6 for:

capicontest (challenge 19: au natural)
icons 7-8, 15 for:

moviefilmstills (challenge 114: movies in space)
icons 9-14 for:

oddlyspecificon (challenge 3, 4 and 6)
icons 16-19 for:

capchallenge (challenge 144: Sense8)
icons 20-22 for:

iconsomething (challenge 121: sweater weather)

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for

theiconthrone challenge 21

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icons 1-10 are for

theiconthrone challenge 27
icons 11-20 are just extra icons.

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This is for

theiconthrone challenge 24 for the winter wonderland

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icons 1-10 are for

gameofcards challenge 36 entry here.
icons 11-15 are for

theiconthrone challenge 28 entry here.
icons 16-18 are for

oddlyspecificon challenge 8 entry here.
icon 19 are for

moviefilmstills challenge 115 found here.

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In which I talked way too much about my icon making and what I loved but I may have written way too much!

2016 Icon Progression

( The giving of love is an education in itself. -Eleanor Roosevelt. )

February

04 | 05 | 06

For February, I created icons for

females20in20,

heroics20in20, Doctor Who Iconbattle at

icontalking,

gameofcards,

moviefilmstills,

dailyinspired, and my last eight icons for my set at

historamedy365. For females20in20, I wanted to be creative with the coloring and felt that I accomplished that. I also decided to stick to my strengths for moviefilmstills and icontalking battle by creating icons with negative space. I created 88 icons for this month.

March

07 | 08
March was that month where I didn't create a lot of icons (27 icons). I competed in

10in30 and

100x100mystery. I had fun being creative and out of the box for the 10in30 challenge since I got to use different textures. I think that it worked out in the end. For 100x100mystery, I admit to iconning different fandoms and apparently had fun watching people guess my icons incorrectly. I am not sure what it was about my icons in the first round for people to never guessed it was me. And then someone partially guessed my icon correctly for the second round but not guess all my icons for it (like the whole set)! I was actually never planning on revealing my alias or my icons but then I told myself to actually do it and not to regret it. ~~still not 100% sure about that.~~

April

You would think that by having one post that I didn't make so many icons, but I made 197 icons (pretty sure I stopped counting awhile and guessed 200 icons for it). Only made so many icons because I was pretty stressed out in real life and iconning is a great way to takae some time from the day and just to de-stress and relax. I participated in

theiconthrone,

redheads20in20,

free20in20,

10in30,

20muses,

dailyinspired,

flarrow_stills,

iconsomething, and

gameofcards. I probably ended up creating so many stock icons for theiconthrone (probably a last minute thing and I decided to complete the challenges). Always noticed that when I don't have enough time to finish a challenge I resort to using stock. I had to compete in the last round of free20in20, and won second place for mod's favorite theme (blue). I decided to compete in redheads20in20 (reminds myself to actually go back and compete in this challenge for next year) and won best close crop. I am happy with how my close crop icons has great softness and coloring quality that gives it a little extra to stand out (besides for the cropping). 10in30 was all about muted coloring vs. vibrant coloring, while my vibrant coloring isn't too vibrant, I didn't want my subjects to become completely oversaturated. I tend to be happier doing muted coloring anyway. 20muses was all about creating simple icons. I don't think I understand why simple icons get a "bad rap" on here, but maybe it something about how the lj icon community used to have competition over simple vs complex icons (?) someone explain to me why "simple" icons get a bad rap? Because that's the feeling that I get on here (which is awful) but I could be wrong about that. I decided to create simple icons as well as follow extra theme of my own (creating words to go follow certain icon techniques: chiaroscuro, close crop, far crop, black and white, muted, vibrant, softness, hair porn and negative space). I miss competing in dailyinspired because I was able to go out of the box or work on my text work on icons and felt really proud to compete in that community.

May

10 | 11 | 12 | 13
May was that extremely stressful month and I am somehow manage to create 90 icons while also surviving on less than 3 hours of sleep as post 12 states (I am loling at my own edit note, and also cause of how much of a dork I am). I participated in

theiconthrone,

gameofcards,

merlinstills and

20muses. For 20muses, I decided to create 20 icons by using the screencaps provided as well as following the required them and at least one of the optional themes. While some icons turned out great, other icons not so much (I am looking at out of the box for this one). But I am proud of how much of a risk I took and how it turned out. Also, ended up focusing on creating vibrant icons. I wanted to teach myself that I can do vibrant coloring just as how well I can do muted coloring. Also, I realized and never added before that I created one icon for merlinstills during this time period (it was a landscape icon but a different one than the one created for 20muses).

June

15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20
For June, I created 126 icons in total. I participated in

character20n20,

theiconthrone,

gameofcards,

20muses,

moviefilmstills, and

iconsomething. This looking back on my icon progressions remind me of how I also skipped some numbers in the post (like #14, 21, 29) and this reminds me how for next year to keep track of the post numbers. Anyway, gameofcards had me focusing on 10 favorite shows (and I picked the following fandoms: Agent Carter, Criminal Minds, Doctor Who, Eye Candy, Faking It, Pretty Little Liars, Reign, Revenge, Supernatural, and The Originals). This got me thinking that for next year I should icon other fandoms like these as well as doing my stock posts. Anyway, theiconthrone had me focus on stock icon, where I created this beautiful focus on a flower with a waterbubble on it. Character20n20, I decided to focus on my fake backgrounds in the guess who and artistic choice section. Not really sure if I liked the technique that I used. 20muses was all about doing opposite themes, and I decided to do the third option for the challenge and focus on all the 5 options below (for opposite themes) and make 2 icons for each theme. My favorite challenge was the iconsomething mystery box where I had to complete two technical themes (grunge texture and fake background), font: pacifico, two interpretive themes (soft and ocean) and one free choice. I really liked how my fake background turned out.

July

22 | 23
For July, I created 30 icons. I participated in

theiconthrone and

10in30. July was that month where I didn't want to create too many icons. theiconthrone challenge was picking the following themes: painted or far/wide crop, fake background or warm colors, floral decoration or light, alone or vibrant, black and white or close crop, negative space or faceless, cool colors or chiaroscuro, and simple or full body. Some of the themes I picked because I wanted to challenge myself, and others I picked because I really wanted to do that theme. I do wish I worked more on the full body icon. 10in30 challenge was all about the villains and because I wanted to work more on my text work, I did that. I do admit that my last icon for the set was created when I was so ready to pass out due to exhaustion and ended up creating a very lazy icon. I do love how some of the text worked out on the icons, but I do need to practice more with creating text icons.

August

24 |25 | 26 | 27
For August, I created 109 icons in total. I participated in

theiconthrone,

10in30,

iconsomething, and

merlinstills. So I was really happy and excited to icon Endeavour (I really love that show) and I really love how this nature + negative space (Endeavour) icon turned out. 10in30 challenge was all about scenery and I had fun searching and looking for screencaps of doctor who with different and beautiful scenery screencaps. I ended up creating more icons with scenery for Doctor Who because of how fun it was. Merlinstills got me using provided textures and I had fun creating a lost Merlin exploring the end of the Earth for Arthur using the screencap provided. I really liked how I used a fire texture with Morgana (and her eyes highlighted yellow) to showcase her using her magic for evil.

September

28 | 30
In September, I created 38 icons. I participated in

theiconthrone,

moviefilmstills,

10in30, and

iconsomething. theiconthrone challenge was to spell out your username (littlemissnovel) and I had fun exploring different stock images to spell out my username. My favorite icon has to be the e for exhausted and using two cute kitties that look sleepy/exhausted. 10in30 was all about tropes of a certain show (and I had fun looking up different tropes for Doctor Who). My two favorite icons in this set are eternal hero and alternative universe (the screencap for eternal hero is a screencap that I always wanted to use to create an icon and finally paid off) and how cold/muted pale coloring it has. I was worried that the crop wouldn't be perfect, but I pulled off a great far cropping icon. Love how in alternative universe Donna's hair is bright and her dress (purple) is stands out.

October

31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36
In October, I created 102 icons. I participated in

theiconthrone,

iconsomething,

10in30,

gameofcards, and

actress_ic. actress_ic challenge was to focus on green eyes of different actress (I won second place for my actress_ic 3 icon). I really loved this screencap of Emma Stone and had fun coloring her red hair and lips and emphasizing her green eyes. theiconthrone was all about going through a haunted house. I really love the icons I created for it (especially: front door, hall, and 3rd door). 10in30 was all about free choice theme and I had fun playing around with different fandoms (multifandom for the win!) I really love how free for all 6 turned out (muted background color but the hair popping out) and free for all 8 (the softness in Clara's face). iconsomething challenge was all that emphasize where I emphasized the face eye's color. I really like how I used the mirror texture to make the eyes stand out even more against the black and white coloring. theiconthrone challenge was using a technical gradient (far to close crop) and I really love how Caroline's cropping turned out and how the lighting and coloring of her dress.

November

37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41

In November, I created 114 icons. I participated in

theiconthrone,

10in30,

females20in20, and

teenwolfstills. theiconthrone had amazing challenges like take one screencap and make two different icons (that challenge is always fun to do because I liked to explore how different cropping and coloring turn out when using the same screencap). Another challenge from theiconthrone was screencasting actors for different roles, I really loved iconning Claire Holt hair caught in the wind moment (and making sure her hair stands out). I screened casted Clair Holt as Supergirl, which is perfect because Supergirl's hair is always being blown away when she's lifting herself up the ground. females20in20 was all focusing on Emma Stone (her outfits for the 5 category set). I had fun exploring different screencaps for Emma Stone, especially different outfits (and how at one point I remember finishing this set and getting confused thinking that the set was for redhead20in20 and getting worried that not all the icons featured Emma with her red hair). Looking back, I think it's funny how I confused the two different icon communities (0_0). Anyway, I really loved how negative space, favorite hairstyle, plus one, grunge, unique crop, favorite outfit 3 turned out! I admit I was worried that my grunge icon wasn't grunge enough. I won for plus one, smile, third place for favorite outfits. At one point, I wanted to compete in episodes20in20 and focus on the vampire diaries 3. 14 Dangerous Liaisons (espcecially to focus on the ballgowns in that episode), however, real life was getting in my way, so I couldn't finish the challenge in time. I ended up creating 6 icons for that challenge (and 9 alternatives because I was debating about which screencaps to use). One of the theme for the challenge for episodes20in20 was guess who, and I really love how the soft coloring and negative space that makes the icon standout. 10in30 was all about mythology so I had fun creating different icons to symbolize different Greek mythology for Doctor Who.

December

42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46
In December, I created 106 icons. I participated in

capicontest,

moviefilmstills,

oddlyspecificon,

capchallenge,

iconsomething,

theiconthrone, and

gameofcards. moviefilmstills had a challenge to do movies in space and I won first place for it (I used a screencap for Guardian of the Galaxy) and made sure to use soft coloring to get the moon and planet to pop out. theiconthrone had a challenge to icon why you love the fandoms you love and I decided to icon game of thrones to do a hair porn (emphasis on the hair) and color it with soft coloring to get Daenerys to pop out. I really love how the coloring and lighting makes the icon look almost like a painting (or maybe that's how I see it). theiconthrone had a black and white theme challenge and this icon stands out because of the gray scale effect and how Clara's face looks soft and her hair stands out as well.

Total number of icons created this year: 1, 185 icons (damn!) (Also note: created icons for gifts at

calendarsquares and at

iconsomething, but the icons will probably be revealed in 2017?)

last year (2015): ~ 1,056

(Went up about 129 icons from last year).

Overall this year was so much of me being productive and allowing myself to grow as an icon maker and to destress myself in real life. It does help that theiconthrone and gameofcards left me being productive and creating icons in every month instead of just creating icons in only a few months.

What to work on next year: I really want to work on for next year focusing on some issues I had in my icons (work on text icons) and trying for other coloring (vibrant colors) and not to go to my safety net (I love stock but I need to get comfortable with fandom icons as well)! Also, try chatting with people because I notice this year how little I updated in my personal journal and I really should do that! Create an icon praise post (I always have been meaning to do one, I started one in November but never finished organizing it!) Go back to several communities like redhead20in20, females20in20, episodes20in20, etc. Keep better track of post numbers!

Also, thank you to everyone who commented on my posts, even if I didn't respond back. I cherish every comment I recieved (literally bookmark these comments in my inbox)!

Sorry that this post is so long, anyway and I hope everyone has a great 2017!