#83 - the 100 for 20muses.

[shameless666.livejournal.com]

I'm not usually into 20in20 challenges, but the inspiration post at 20muses was so amazing that I had to sign up. My claims were The 100 and The Shannara Chronicles originally, but I couldn't make the Shannara caps bend to my will, so I changed it only to The 100. As a part of my new year resolutions, I focused on text and also tried some more complex compositions, so without further ado, here are the icons.

[30] The 100




Theme: Contemporary Art

[01-05]
[06-10]
[11-15]
[16-20]


01. Ian Francis - this was inspired by Ian's overall style, negative space and red & black combo, which is probably my favourite, because these are my favourite colors ♥ And they really work well with Octavia's black hair.
02. Ian Francis - again, inspiration by Ian with deep black and reds with high contrast and shadows to bring some focus on Raven's face.
03. Ian Francis - red works so well with Raven's caps, so I just had to make another one :D
04. David Shillinglaw - this icon was inspired by the complexity of his art and TEXT, I'm not usually good at multiple images composition, but I really liked how this one turned out.
05. Line Osmundsen - the icon was inspired by her vibrant colors and sharp geometric forms.
06. Alice X. Zhang - painting is not my strong suit, but I did my best to try something inspired by Alice style. I made it colorfull and vibrant and with subtle touch of painted hair.
07. Alonsa Guevara - this one was inspired by her exploration of the nature and female beauty. Again I used strong vibrant colors and added a nature texture to somewhat bring a fantasy feeling to the icon.
08. David Shillinglaw - not much though went to this one, maybe that's because it's one of my least favourites in the set. It was inspired by the word text.
09. Alonsa Guevara - again, nothing I can really say about this one, it was inspired by the words colorfull and nature, as this time I decided to keep the original forrest background.
10. Line Osmundsen - this one was inspired by her use of shapes, vibrant colors and the color green.
11. Xue Liang - the icon was inspired by his use of levels, mixed with stock nature textures and scenery.
12. Louise LeBourgeois - it was inspired by the icy blue colors and the simplicity of her work.
13. David Shillinglaw - again, this icon was inspired by the complexity of his art and text.
14. Alonsa Guevara - inspired by her overall work - a nature texture, strong female character and shadows/lighting which bring a magical/fantasy feel to the icon.
15. Line Osmundsen - inspired by her use of sharp geometric forms and female characters and the color blue.
16. Louise LeBourgeois - this one was inspired by the deep blue water colors and the word motion.
17. David Shillinglaw - inspired by the complexity of his art and text, also Octvia's character is a good fit for his general style to explore the human nature, because her character has grown so much through season 1 and 2.
18. Alice X. Zhang - another failed attempt at painting inspired by her art. At least I tried ...
19. Richard Whadcock - inspired by the overall feel of his work, with focus on muted colors and a balance between dark and light.
20. SIT - inspired by the words: dark, black and white and simple


alts/rejects
[21-25]
[26-30]

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Comments

[nemophilist.livejournal.com]

I LAFF THEM ALL

[violateraindrop]

I'm always amazed by how you can work so well with just one color, especially red and yellow. I really love the composition of 3, 4 and 19. The texture use on this batch is awesome, as well. My favorites are 4, 10 and 19 :)

[shameless666.livejournal.com]

thank you! =)

[shameless666.livejournal.com]

thank you so much! ♥

[loka-bones.livejournal.com]

Your icons has a lot of color!! it is fantastic!! I really like #5, #7, #11 and #18

[shameless666.livejournal.com]

thank you so much! ♥
I find it much easier to work with just one color (and it's shades of course), when I try to work with more colors it always ends up a mess :D

[shameless666.livejournal.com]

thank you! =)

[geckoholic]

Ahh, what an amazing set. :D

[shameless666.livejournal.com]

thank you! =)

[sietepecados]

These are awesome. I especially like the vibrant colors! Also the busy composition on 4 and 19 looks great! :)

[shameless666.livejournal.com]

thank you! =)

[second-love.livejournal.com]

These are AWESOME!
Love the colorings.
My favs are 4,7,14 and 17 esp. text on the last two are flawless.

[shameless666.livejournal.com]

thank you so much! ♥

[neonspider]

What a gorgeous rainbow set!! *___* I love how well you work with literally EVERY color. all the text work here is impressive tbh, I especially love it as a composition element on 13, and as the background in 8&10. Also the compositions on 11 and 17 are super amazing too.! Fantastic set ♥

[shameless666.livejournal.com]

thank you so much! ♥

[apologizeg]

Great compositions and use of contrast :)

[outoftime.livejournal.com]

These are amazing. I've snagged 17 and 24. Thanks so much!

[shameless666.livejournal.com]

thank you! :)

[shameless666.livejournal.com]

thanks, I'm glad you like them!
enjoy! =)

[fly-meaway.livejournal.com]

Such pretty icons! As always your colouring and use of text is amazing. I have to say that I really love the softness and lighting in 24 and 27 of the alts- just so incredibly stunning. And I also just love the whole feel to 29. It's so intense and the colouring gives the icon such a haunting and old look that just only adds to the emotion of the moment.

The colouring and lighting and use of brushes in 2 and 9 is stunning, I love those two icons so much and I cannot wait to use them. I also love 1 and 3. Great use of the text and just- the background use is so amazing without it ever distracting from that what you try to capture. Absolutealy beautiful.

[shameless666.livejournal.com]

oh, thank you so much! ♥
I actually thought to scrap 2 and 9, I wasn't completely satisfied with how they turned out, but I was too lazy to make new ones :D And I'm glad that I kept them in the end! :D

[paintedtarget.livejournal.com]

These icons are making me want to start watching the 100! They're all so colourful and I love the compositions of #4 and #11 :D

[shameless666.livejournal.com]

you should definitely watch it, the first 4-5 episodes are bad, but after that it gets better and better! :D
and thank you! =)

[thyla87.livejournal.com]

Yay, you also made The 100 icons! :D Your coloring, text and composition are flawless ♥♥ There is none Murphy icon? Sad :'D

I tried to pick favorites;

3 and 4: Perfect composition and colors! I love your text skill!
6: I love the way you painted her hair!
7: Stunning text again!
11: Very amazing levels idea and the contrast and the lighting are beautiful :)
13 and 17: I love the blending on the background and text! (AGAIN)
19: The mood of the icon is stunning and the composition, blending are fantastic!

I will take 3 and 4. (even thought my favorite ship is Bellamy&Murphy :p), 19 :) Will credit if I use them =)

[burntheflaws.livejournal.com]

These are fantastic! I think your David Shillinglaw icons are my favorite ones of all. You can really see how clearly his work inspired your icons. The composition in 4 is great coupled with that wild text use. I love the composition of 13 even more. The combo of natural coloring on her and monochromatic blue coloring on him works beautifully together, and I like how it's framed by the text. 17 also has beautiful purple hues and, again, the composition is fantastic.

But your other icons are also great. 3, in particular, is one of my favorites here. It's just really phenomenal with that interesting texture use, text use and all the deep reds. I also like the little yellow accents that bring out the text. Love the painted hair look in 6, the coloring and lighting in 9, as well as the composition and use of levels (especially in the top and middle ones) in 11.

As for the alts, I really like the blue coloring and stock use in 27, along with the gritty yet simplistic look of 30. And honestly I also really love 22. I think that's just a really well-conceived red icon all around.