post 146: look back on 2023 progress

[littlemissnovella]

 

 Just like that 2023 is almost over! Some of my entries have been back-posted in a different date. Some months (like September and October) were back-dated and posted in November, but I labeled the icons that were created in the appropriate months. 

January 

    
+I started off the year by creating icons for monthlyinspo,  iconthat , and itsabattlefield. I focused on my compositions by focusing on coloring and textures.  I have two posts for January. 

February 

  
+I created icons for  monthlyinspo, icontalking   and perioddrama_ic . I focused on cropping, lighting, and compositions. I have one post for February. 

March

  
+I created icons for  monthlyinspo, and retro_icontest  . I focused on cropping, lighting, and compositions. I have one post for March. 

April
  
+I created icons for   retro_icontest, stocklove_ic iconthat. I focused on cropping, lighting, and compositions. I have one post for April. 

May

  
+I created icons for monthlyinspo. My personal favorite is the Selena Gomez icon.  I focused on cropping, lighting, and compositions. I have one post for May. 

 

June

   
+ I created icons for  iconthat, icontalking, stocklove_ic and monthlyinspo. I focused on lighting and darkness. I focused on compositions, textures, and coloring. There is one post for June. 

July

  
+ I created icons for retro_icontest, stocklove_ic and monthlyinspo. I focused on coloring, negative space, compositions, and textures. There is one post for July. 

August

   
+ I created icons for : monthlyinspo ,stocklove_ic , screen_icons , andyour_favourites. I focused on coloring, negative space, compositions, textures, and so many stock! There is one post for August. 

September
  
+I created icons for  monthlyinspo, retro_icontest, screen_icons, andstocklove_ic. I had so much fun focusing on coloring, composition, and textures for this post.  This post was back-dated since I created icons in September but forgot to post to my journal until November. There is one post for September. 

October
   
+I created icons for retro_icontest, screen_icons, iconthat, perioddrama_ic, and monthlyinspo and focused on the use of textures/composition. I created one post for October, but the icons were back-dated in November.  

 November
  
+I created icons for icontalking,retro_icontest,  screen_icons, perioddrama_ic, and monthlyinspo and focused on the use of textures/composition. I created two posts for November.

December

  
+I created icons monthlyinspo and icontalking.  I focused on coloring, lighting, textures, and geometric patterns. I created one post for December. 

Closing Thoughts: I feel like I've probably started out wanting to work on my goals that I usually have working on more complex compositions but due to time crunch I ended up doing my style (negative space I guess or even doing stock icons). So to work on my same goals - complex composition and text work especially when I have the time to do so. - note - same closing remarks as last year!

[edit 02/18/2024]: 
For 2023, my favorite icon for this year won, so I am incredibly happy! Thanks for everyone who participated & voted: 


2023

Prior best icons:  please do not recommend any prior bestof_icons as seen below. 


       
2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 

(2015 - can't post because of how weird the icon comes across here). 

Icon remake for 2023: (requested > remake) 

  
   
   




Icon remakes created in 2024:   


   

  

  

Explanations: 

These icons can also be nominated for bestof_icons since they were created in 2023 and remade in 2023. 

First icon - okay, I wanted to keep the theme of hair porn - so I just focused on her hair again and then decided to use a different background as the first icon. I wanted to do  closer cropping specifically on the face and hair area. 

Second icon - I just wanted to keep the same composition, but play around with the coloring. I created two icons, because I wasn't sure if to go with the more natural coloring or more vibrant coloring.  

Third icon - Same composition for the subject, but I wanted to use unnatural coloring and using a texture to help achieve that goal was there. It also gives a painty feel for the background for the stock. 
Fourth icon - Honestly, the original icon was too dark for my liking so I decided to add a lot more light texture and yet keep the hair coloring that vibrant red coloring, then decided to add star textures just to see how it would work and it did! :)   
Fifth icon - I   liked the subject looking up so I   wanted to do the same but add a different texture - circle texture and purple smokey texture to highlight this!


Sixth icon - So I used a different screencap on the same character and used a stock background and added text texture around it to make it stand out. 

Part of remake but didn't post above:  

    

Over-saturating the icon to give a more unnatural coloring effect.

Giving credit where it's due: the template for the icon progress was created by: rocketgirl2.livejournal.com