majorminus | 2015 icon progression (Reply)

I didn't make many icons this year, I went for 'less is more' but ended up making less altogether. lol I was pretty uninspired most of the time.

I noticed while getting this set up that I did a lot of close crops this year. I think my coloring has definitely improved in some way. I don't use much textures anymore for coloring, I use mainly gradient maps and adjustment layers.

From last year, I got one thing I wanted to do last year completely done; icon animated movies & tv. I watched more anime this year so that got me more inspired to work on it. I think I've made a definite improvement there. Though I did work on text a bit but I'm not any where near where I want to be though, so I'll continue working on that next year.

I don't really have any other plans for next year. So we'll see how it goes!

Happy New Year everyone! ♥

AUGUST

I haven't iconned TWD that much so I decided to do it for this round. It was soo hard for me to do, I really struggled with the coloring of this show which you can see. But by the end I had a better grasp of it so I know better what to do with it now. :P

My best icon from this year came from this set (#9 in the post and #4 above) and I'm still so happy when I see it. I really love how it turned out. I spent a stupid amount of time on it, I really wanted it to work and it did!

OCTOBER PT. I

First half of all my icons up to this point. I don't know why I don't just make smaller posts but whatever lol

Most of these are pretty 'meh' as I said above, I was reallyyy uninspired so it shows here. I'll pick my best/favorites from the lot and kinda talk about them.

2 from SHIELD; this is my best coloring this year. Ugh, I love it, the colors and contrast turned out awesome!

3 & 6 from X-Files; This was a set for the7days, I had an idea going in on how I wanted this to look but the main thing that changed was the colors. At the time I didn't plan on using a palette but I saw this video and had to use the colors somewhere in my icons. I think it turned out pretty cool, I tried to reflect 'space' in the set. But only shows in 3 and 5 really.

I like those two simply just because. No particular reason really!

3 & 12 from Buffy; 3 - annd this is where my foray into blank backgrounds begins. I don't know why, I'm just really digging it. I think tumblr is probably to blame. :P
12 - I feel the cropping and lighting turned out really well here.

2 & 3 from SPN; 2 - ha, this was so much fun! I thought at the time that most people would use dark colors with that cap so I went the opposite and used as bright colors as I could!
3 - I was inspired by this post on tumblr. I thought it was hilariously awesome and had to try something similar.

2 & 5 from Constantine; 2 - For some reason this make me think of a movie poster?? idek but I like the coloring and the crop is different.
5 - I like how the coloring turned out on this.

1 from Agent Carter; This turned out so great! I'm really happy with it. :D

1, 13 & 16 from GoT; 1 - I don't know why I don't use blocking more often, it's a lot of fun to mess around with.
13 - I love how the coloring turned out on this.
16 - This is a remake I did of this icon from 2013. At the time I was really proud of the original icon and I thought it was amazing. lol I've made massive improvements since then. I love how the colors turned out on the new one. And again, blocking is fun!

1 from DW; I actually made this sometime last year but it got lost in my photobucket. lol I like how the colors really pop on this.

3 from misc.; I like how the combination of shapes turned out and the coloring as well.

OCTOBER PT. II

I learned a lot by making all of these. I feel like I have a better grasp on how to edit colors and lighting in animation much better than before.

DECEMBER

Last challenge icon dump. And my favorites again,

5 from Teen Wolf; The colors came out SO GREAT here, I love how it turned out! I was messing around with mixing layer settings by using several layers of textures then bringing out the colors I wanted with adjustment layers.

1 from Doctor Who; After I made this icon in 2014, I've loved repeating the process on other icons when I find the 'perfect cap' for it. It's just so much fun!

1 & 2 from Star Wars; 1 - This took foreverrr but it turned out great!
2 - This only took long because I couldn't settle on what color combinations I liked best. I think I had 5 at the end? I settled on that one and the alt. It's just..so great ;A;

3 from Supernatural; This set was soo much fun to do but this one is my favorite. Trying to color it though was ridiculous but I got it to work~

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