This is such an amazing batch!! So many stellar icons, the coloring and lighting really shine here.
I really love the stark contrast and mysterious atmosphere on 'surrounded by darkness', and the image choice is perfect for the theme too. 'Sky us above us' is one of my very favorites in the post, because the really vibrant colors are so pretty and eye-catching and the contrast and lighting are spot on too. 'Your heart's desire' is great, I love the concept and execution of the theme, and I think it was a great choice to leave the framing into the decorative texture, it makes for a nicely blocked composition, definitely interesting to look at, and I dig how dark yet still recognizable Joffrey is. 'Mood coloring' has absolutely flawless lighting and coloring, the lighter contrast really works here cause it makes the purples really soft and light and pretty, and 'Neon lights' is definitely among my favorites too cause omg what a gorgeously vibrant coloring and STELLAR composition/texture use!! The background texture fits the main image so well because it has some of the same colors and also the painty shape underneath Shannon kinda reminds me of a beach towel, so that's fitting :D
The category set does a great job utilizing some of the styles you used to use a lot, I was always a fan of the grainy textured look of icons like cat4 and cat5, and they're my favorites from these as well! And the ac set is just spectacular with all its vibrant colors, I love how the cyans and orange/yellows tie the set together, and I absolutely adore the texture use and colorings in ac2 and ac3.
The icon dump part has so many wonderful icons as well! The candy coloring and minimalism in 28 look wonderful (superb cutout too), the lighting on Jool in 32 is really smooth and warm and gorgeous, the general vibrancy of the second the7days set is very pretty and I particularly dig the coloring in 35 and the composition of 38. Gorgeous cropping and lighting in 43 and 47! I really like the muted vintage coloring, contrast and the grungy texture use in 52, as well as the creative compositions/texture use in 54&55.
However my favorite sets in the icon dump section have to be the Vampire Diaries and Teen Wolf sections, they're both super gorgeous overall :> In the TVD set my favorites are 59 (I love the unusual crop, the muted coloring and somehow also the fact that it's really sharp and gritty in a good way!), 63 (the lighting is so smooth and the whole look has a lovely ethereal quality to it, it's just breathtaking!) and 67 (FANTASTIC lighting, it's dramatic yet not overwhelming at all. Seriously perfect, perfect job). As for Teen Wolf, I really love pretty much everything, but especially the pop arty style and the unusual red+brown combination in 72, the gorgeous cropping in 74&76, the texture use and mutedness of 77, absolutely everything about 80 (I love that it's very very vintage, yet still vibrant. The yellow of her hair stands out in a really amazing way against all the earthy greens and browns), and the last three b&w icons are all very well made and I especially love the cropping and lighting in the last one.
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Date: 2013-10-29 07:54 pm (UTC)I really love the stark contrast and mysterious atmosphere on 'surrounded by darkness', and the image choice is perfect for the theme too. 'Sky us above us' is one of my very favorites in the post, because the really vibrant colors are so pretty and eye-catching and the contrast and lighting are spot on too. 'Your heart's desire' is great, I love the concept and execution of the theme, and I think it was a great choice to leave the framing into the decorative texture, it makes for a nicely blocked composition, definitely interesting to look at, and I dig how dark yet still recognizable Joffrey is. 'Mood coloring' has absolutely flawless lighting and coloring, the lighter contrast really works here cause it makes the purples really soft and light and pretty, and 'Neon lights' is definitely among my favorites too cause omg what a gorgeously vibrant coloring and STELLAR composition/texture use!! The background texture fits the main image so well because it has some of the same colors and also the painty shape underneath Shannon kinda reminds me of a beach towel, so that's fitting :D
The category set does a great job utilizing some of the styles you used to use a lot, I was always a fan of the grainy textured look of icons like cat4 and cat5, and they're my favorites from these as well! And the ac set is just spectacular with all its vibrant colors, I love how the cyans and orange/yellows tie the set together, and I absolutely adore the texture use and colorings in ac2 and ac3.
The icon dump part has so many wonderful icons as well! The candy coloring and minimalism in 28 look wonderful (superb cutout too), the lighting on Jool in 32 is really smooth and warm and gorgeous, the general vibrancy of the second the7days set is very pretty and I particularly dig the coloring in 35 and the composition of 38. Gorgeous cropping and lighting in 43 and 47! I really like the muted vintage coloring, contrast and the grungy texture use in 52, as well as the creative compositions/texture use in 54&55.
However my favorite sets in the icon dump section have to be the Vampire Diaries and Teen Wolf sections, they're both super gorgeous overall :> In the TVD set my favorites are 59 (I love the unusual crop, the muted coloring and somehow also the fact that it's really sharp and gritty in a good way!), 63 (the lighting is so smooth and the whole look has a lovely ethereal quality to it, it's just breathtaking!) and 67 (FANTASTIC lighting, it's dramatic yet not overwhelming at all. Seriously perfect, perfect job). As for Teen Wolf, I really love pretty much everything, but especially the pop arty style and the unusual red+brown combination in 72, the gorgeous cropping in 74&76, the texture use and mutedness of 77, absolutely everything about 80 (I love that it's very very vintage, yet still vibrant. The yellow of her hair stands out in a really amazing way against all the earthy greens and browns), and the last three b&w icons are all very well made and I especially love the cropping and lighting in the last one.
Gorgeous, fantastic post!!! :>