October
+I created icons for ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
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.
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littlemissnovella2024-04-28 05:15 pm
