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138. Icon Progression 2015

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2015 Resolutions |
Waay back 12 months ago, I made the following icon resolutions: 1) Make more text icons 2)Try something other than centre crop+gradient negative space 3) Generally be more adventurous 4) Icon stuff I haven’t iconned in a while, like Ashes to Ashes, Merlin and Robin Hood 5) Icon new stuff more, like Atlantis, The Hour and The Musketeers |
January |
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January featured some attempts at more creative negative space construction, as well as some close crops and text experimentation. I took part in the ![]() ![]() ![]() # of icons: 30 Icon posts: One |
February |
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Again with the negative space, close crops, and text for this month. I finished my entry for the OUaT battle, some of which I’m still happy with, and I still love the Belle icon. After iconning Game of Thrones a lot in 2014, I think the Sansa icon was actually the first time I iconned GoT in 2015, which was a bit weird. # of icons: 43 Icon posts: One |
March |
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Worked on my icons for the ![]() ![]() # of icons: 39 Icon posts: None |
April |
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Finished my set for the ![]() ![]() # of icons: 14 Icon posts: One |
May |
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Very pleased with a lot of the icons I made for the ‘7 Shows You’d Bring Back’ challenge at ![]() ![]() # of icons: 35 Icon posts: One |
June |
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More Outlander icons, and lots more muted colours in June. I worked a fair bit on cropping, particularly more obscure crops, and tried using textures I hadn’t used before, such as in the Iron Man icon. # of icons: 16 Icon posts: One & Two |
July |
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A very slow iconning month for me, although I have no idea why since I’d finished my degree at this point! I mostly produced pastel and/or negative space icons, although I did try to be more experimental with the negative space and use textures I hadn’t before. # of icons: 7 Icon posts: None |
August |
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The first of the two busiest months for me in terms of iconning! I entered a set of Outlander icons for ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() # of icons: 57 Icon posts: One & Two |
September |
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My September icons were basically all for the Game of Thrones Icon Tourney at ![]() # of icons: 31 Icon posts: One & Two |
October |
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I got massively addicted to Castle in September/October so this was the first time I ever iconned Castle! I also iconned Doctor Who for the first time in ages, which was a bit of a déjà vu moment for me. I admit I did get a little lazy this month and mostly did icons with light textures and/or colouring, but very happy with some of the other results like the crop on the Kate icon above. # of icons: 21 Icon posts: None |
November |
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December |
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My other joint-busiest icon-making month! Most of the icons in December were fills for the holiday requests I offered, but there were also some entries for ![]() # of icons: 57 Icon posts: One & Two & Three |
Overall |
# of icons: 386 # of icon posts: 14 Busiest month: August [57] & December [57] Quietest month: July [7], April [14], June [16] Most iconned: Once Upon a Time [103], Outlander [55] & Castle [39] Main new fandoms: Outlander & Castle Total number of icontests I placed in: 32/25! Biggest achievements/progress made/observations: More creative negative space/fake background icons? Maybe? I no longer run away screaming from text, but I don’t exactly use text in every icon so not sure if that counts as progress or not :P I was asked to make a text guide though, so I think that's progress! I tend to make vibrant coloured icons much more than I did before, but I still favour negative space icons over any other style. Also, I’m very pleased with how the two battles I ran turned out! My personal favourites: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2016 Resolutions |
1) Make more text icons 2) Be more creative with negative space 3) Be more confident with colouring - if I'm going for a vibrant icon, then actually go for it properly, and the same with muted 4) Experiment more with cropping (close crops, obscure/creative crops) - don't just resort to centre crops all the time! 5) No more lazy iconning! |