#3

[tiptoetwirl]

5 x Buffy the Vampire Slayer
5 x Ms Marvel
5 x The Untamed
5 x The Witcher

all for somein30






These are for the Summer Rewind 2 round at somein30. For this batch I chose to redo Round 3: Vibrant vs Muted. I chose hard mode which means each icon needed to draw from the inspirations in the challenge post. Hover over the icons to see which inspiration was used.

Muted colouring is a weak spot of mine which is one reason I wanted I picked this round. The first 10 are (obviously IMO) inspired the vibrant inspirations in the challenge post and I had a lot of fun with them. The second ten were inspired from the muted section and I also had fun but also found it tricky. I kept defaulting to techniques that I usually used and then had to "rescue" the icons 🙈. Towards the end though I think I had managed to rewire my brain a little and was able to deliberately work towards a more muted outcome (even if they still seem a bit on the vibrant side to me).

If any of you have any concrit or favourite tips and tricks for muted colouring, please do share them! (If you want to 😁).




1 - 5

6 - 10

12 - 15

16 - 20

Comments

[violateraindrop]

The set is great! I love the different tones of blue on 8! The compositions of 9, 15, 16 and 20 are amazing. I also really like the crop of 17 :)

My problem is usually making more vibrant icons, so I get your problem/frustration and can't really help...

[tiptoetwirl]

That's okay :) It's always nice to have something to learn/improve on. I'll hunt down some Ask the maker threads or tutorials. I'm sure there's plenty of advice on muted colouring out there somewhere on the internet (in the deep dark depths of LJ), I was just rushing to complete this set in time for the deadline and didn't really have the opportunity to hunt them down before.

And thank you so much for the kind words, I'm glad there's so many icons you like. 8 is a personal favourite of mine as well ^^

[magicrubbish]

Amazing set . All the icons are so pretty. And Yaay , my favs , WangXian and Yennefer ! :D *-* <3
I love the composition of 1, 2, 3, 12 and 14 and the crop of 13, 15 looks amazing. I also love the graceful framing and soft coloring of 14 and 20. And the mirror composition of 16 looks so cool !

[tiptoetwirl]

Thank you!

[aliensamba]

I love the muted colors in 19. It looks like a painting. Kudos!

[tiptoetwirl]

Thanks so much!

[bold_seer]

Your muted icons are standouts, IMO. I particularly love how more complex icons like 11 (your third row should say 11-15!) and 16 look next to more minimal icons like 12 and 17, and vice versa. All are beautiful!

[tiptoetwirl]

Ah, thank you so much! I'm really glad you like them ^^

[vaporveil]

Wow, love the colors on #19!

[tiptoetwirl]

Thank you so much!

[geckoholic]

Beautiful colors throughout, and I really like the composition in #9, #11, #12, #14, and #16!

[tiptoetwirl]

Thanks so much!

[tinny]

Oh, wow, working deliberately against your tried and true process! Congrats on the great result!

I especially like 5 (awesome crop and coloring), 6 and 7 (great text placement), 9 (I love the borders and the zooming in in the levels), 12 (great daring composition), and 19 (amazing coloring!).

My own process usually tends towards pastel coloring, and I've written a tutorial on muted skin tones last year that might provide some inspiration? https://tinny.dreamwidth.org/651350.html

[tiptoetwirl]

Lol, yes I like to challenge myself sometimes :)

Thank you so much for the amazing feedback. I'm really glad you like so many of them!