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#112 + hiatus

naive_astronaut — Fri, 20 May 2022 09:37:32 GMT

Hi everyone!
This is probably the smallest batch I've ever posted here, made at the very beginning of the year. And probably the last post here for quite a while, so the community is going to be put on indefinite hiatus.

[1] the witcher, [1] dune, [2] black widow

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#111

naive_astronaut — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 21:39:37 GMT

[2] the witcher, [1] dune, [1] hawkeye, [1] shang-chi and the legend of the ten rings

I've had really high hopes for my vacation this month to create a proper set for somein30 and ended up with the smallest set possible. On a positive side at least I've managed to finish it. On even more positive side season 2 screencaps of the Witcher seem to be a bit easier to work with comparing to season 1 so far :D
Anyway, happy New Year everyone!!!

[01-05]

ICON 1		ICON 2		NEW ICON

#110

naive_astronaut — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 22:00:23 GMT

[9] squid game, [7] shadow and bone

The first 8 icons are for the "Cropping" challenge @somein30. This challenge is waaaaay out of my comfort zone, since 95% of my icons are basically center crop, but that's exactly why it was so much fun to participate! (And I really hope this set more or less fits the theme...)The rest are from challenges back in May and "Coordinates of Style" challenge, which I've never managed to finish.

for somein30
[01-04]
[05-08]

alt + shadow and bone icons
[09-12]
[13-16]

#109

naive_astronaut — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 23:00:58 GMT

[4] the boys, [3] wandavision, [2] the uncanny counter, [2] the good place, [1] doctor who

Well, everything that could have gone wrong with me having free time to make proper set for somein30 went completely and utterly wrong. So I ended up with only 5 icons and some of them very questionably fit the theme. But the whole idea of this challenge is just absolutely fantastic <3

[01-05]

1 - Random character: Eleanor Shellstrop (The Good Place). I just really like Eleanor as a character and I really like making icons with her, so this theme was really easy and absolutely perfect.
2 - Random icontest challenge: Theme 672: Cosmic Love @ iconaday. You say 'cosmic' and there is probably me somewhere around the corner with dozens of starry and cloudy textures ready to throw them all at once into canvas and just hope for the best :D
3 - Random art: Girl Pointing (Sebastiano del Piombo, ~1508). I think here I was really inspired by the pose and slightly muted coloring.
4 - Random trope: They're Called "Personal Issues" for a Reason. When I read about this trope I just immediately thought of Wanda.
5 - Random word: article. I have the most ridiculous explanation for this one: I really wanted to make another "The Uncanny Counter" icon and that is basically it, but I swear there is somewhere in the background some sort of article/newspaper texture :D

[06-10]
[11-12]

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#108

naive_astronaut — Sun, 27 Sep 2020 14:11:57 GMT

[13] the umbrella academy, [10] the gentlemen, [2] rpdr

The first 10 icons are for challenge 1 at somein30. I decided to do Hard Mode on all of them and sometimes it was .... well, hard :D But it was so much fun and a great reminder that there are a lot of different and amazing techniques out there.

the umbrella academy
[01-05]
the umbrella academy
[06-10]

1. MAIN - Contrast/lighting #6: Shiny
HARD - Cropping #1: No eyes
EXTRA HARD - Composition #1: Negative space

2. MAIN - Textures #6: Borders
HARD - Coloring #8: Pastels
EXTRA HARD - Contrast/lighting #1: Dark

3. MAIN - Contrast/lighting #8: Soft, dreamy lighting
HARD - Composition #10: Silhouette
EXTRA HARD - Textures #8: Grunge

4. MAIN - Contrast/lighting #10: Ray(s) of light
HARD - Textures #2: Geometric
EXTRA HARD - Coloring #6: Fully black and white

5. MAIN - Cropping #3: Close crop
HARD - Coloring #1: Muted
EXTRA HARD - Contrast/lighting #9: Blob(s) of light

6. MAIN - Coloring #9: Complementary colors
HARD - Textures #8: Grunge
EXTRA HARD - Contrast/lighting #9: Blob(s) of light

7. MAIN - Cropping #2: Full body
HARD - Contrast/lighting #5: Matte
EXTRA HARD - Composition #6: Minimalism

8. MAIN - Contrast/lighting #10: Ray(s) of light
HARD - Cropping #7: Side crop
EXTRA HARD - Textures #6: Borders

9. MAIN - Cropping #10: Focus on top
HARD - Textures #4: Stock
EXTRA HARD - Contrast/lighting #9: Blob(s) of light

10. MAIN - Cropping #9: Low/bottom crop
HARD - Coloring #5: Color explosion (*)
EXTRA HARD - Composition #2: Fake background

the umbrella academy x3 || rpdr x2
[11-15]
the gentlemen
[16-20]
the gentlemen
[21-25]

#107

naive_astronaut — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 19:12:25 GMT

[10] the witcher, [4] doctor who, [1] the magicians, [1] the boys, [1] the umbrella academy, [1] rpdr, [7] music

The Witcher icons and alts are from The Witcher Battle ♥ I absolutely loved this battle even though for me personally The Witcher screencaps despite being soooo beautiful are a nightmare to work with and I don't even know why:D

the witcher
[01-05]
the witcher
[06-10]
doctor who x4 || the magicians x1
[11-15]
the boys x1 || the umbrella academy x1 || Jujubee (rpdr) x1 || Placebo x1 || Miyavi x1
[16-20]
Panic! at the disco x1 || Depeche Mode x1 || Florence and the Machine x1 || Nothing but Thieves x1 || Marina x1
[21-25]

#106

naive_astronaut — Sat, 23 May 2020 18:45:19 GMT

[7] the magicians, [5] good omens, [5] the witcher, [5] his dark materials, [3] rpdr

Last month I decided to participate in Fantasy Fandoms Battle (just look at all these beautiful icons! ♥ ) and I really wanna thank novindalf for hosting it. It was so much fun and a bit of struggle at some point, which always happen when you leave most difficult themes for later only to realize that you don't have enough time to execute them properly :D But overall I like how the whole set turned out.
So here is the set from Fantasy Fandoms Battle and some icons from other challenges.

good omens
[01-05]
his dark materials
[06-10]
the witcher
[11-15]
the magicians
[16-20]
the magicians x2 || rpdr x3
[21-25]

#105

naive_astronaut — Fri, 01 May 2020 18:59:32 GMT

[5] the magicians, [3] doctor who, [3] the boys, [2] the witcher, [2] the umbrella academy

Oh wow, it's been a while! Little did I know that "another couple months" turned into almost two years. I've been watching icon communities all this time, and I really wanted to get back to making icons again (I probably said this a million times, but it always has been something that made me happier and allowed me to kind of stop worrying about everything for a few hours), but I didn't have time and opportunity to do so. I truly missed it and I'm glad I'm back.

the magicians
[01-05]
doctor who x3 || the witcher x2
[06-10]
the boys x3 || the umbrella academy x2
[11-15]

#104

naive_astronaut — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 22:21:14 GMT

[5] doctor who, [5] thor: ragnarok, [5] fantastic beasts and where to find them, [3] music (florence + the machine, marina and the diamonds, years & years), [2] rpdr (kim chi)

This month I had some free time (which is such rare thing lately) and I saw this absolutely fantastic and very inspiring post at monthlyinspo so I decided to participate. I haven't opened Photoshop since March tbh, so not all of them turned out the way I wanted, but I had so much fun making them!!!
I most likely won't be able to make anything for another couple months due to some real life stuff, but I hope I'll be able to get back to making icons by the end of the year, because I miss it so much.

doctor who
[01-05]
thor: ragnarok
[06-10]
fantastic beasts and where to find them
[11-15]
kim chi || florence + the machine || kim chi || marina and the diamonds || years & years
[16-20]

#103

naive_astronaut — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 18:17:58 GMT

[10] rupaul's drag race, [12] mcu movies, [3] the good place, [1] the librarians, [1] dirk gently's holistic detective agency

rupaul's drag race
[01-05]
rupaul's drag race
[06-10]
mcu movies
[11-15]
mcu movies
[16-20]
mcu movies x2 || the good place x3
[21-25]
the librarians || dirk gently's holistic detective agency
[26-27]

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#102

naive_astronaut — Sun, 24 Dec 2017 12:46:46 GMT

[4] american gods, [4] the good place, [4] legion, [1] strike, [2] rupaul's drag race (bob, alaska)

Merry Christmas and happy Holidays everyone!!!!

american gods x4 || the good place x1
[01-05]
the good place x3 || legion x2
[06-10]
legion x2 || strike x1 || rupaul's drag race x2
[11-15]

#101 tutorial

naive_astronaut — Sat, 13 May 2017 10:03:52 GMT

mylengrave asked me for a tutorial for this icon and some tips on how to get smoothness on faces.
from: to:

First I created new 200x200 canvas and filled it with pink color (cc7d8e). After that I cut out Clara from the screencap using Pen tool, placed it on my canvas and resized it the way I like. Then I used Auto Contrast. Next layers I applied directly to the subject, not touching background for now.
I created new Curves layer to make her brighter (Output:178 Input:153 ;Output:93 Input:82). To add more warm pink tones to to her face and hair I created Selective Color Layer with next settings:
Reds: Cyan -5, Magenta +17, Yellow +5, Black 0;
Yellows: Cyan 0, Magenta +11, Yellow +14, Black 0;
Cyans: Cyan +100, Magenta +100, Yellow 0, Black 0;
Blues: Cyan -100, Magenta +100, Yellow +100, Black 0;
Magentas: Cyan +27, Magenta +26, Yellow -82, Black 0.
To add even more pink to the hair I panted background color over Clara’s hair on the new layer and set it to Multiply (50% opacity)

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Her skin tone still has a blue undertone. So I created new layer, set it to Multiply (46% opacity) and painted her skin with (e4c9b4). Then I duplicated this layer and set it to Soft Light (100% opacity). To add more contrast I created new Exposure layer with next settings:
Exposure: +0.58;
Gamma Correction: 0.91.
Then I added some painted hair. I already had colored Doctor part of the icon so blue color was picked from Doctor’s part. To blend Clara a bit more into background I created new layer (applied to the whole icon) and with a soft brush with a small opacity I painted over Clara’s hair and face using background color.

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Then I added the Doctor part of the icon (unfortunately I don’t have a psd for the Doctor) resized it and placed the way I like. Then I added it one more time and placed it behind the Clara. To created this kind of gradient glowy effect I created new layer and set it to Hard Light (80% opacity) and with soft brush I painted the top part of the icon with light pink and the bottom part with dark pink. Then I used Layer Mask to erase the color from the blue circle behind Clara. To make blue color more saturated I used Hue/Saturation layer with next settings:
Cyans: Hue: +5, Saturation: +11, Lightness:0;
Blues: Hue: -15, Saturation: +32, Lightness:0.
Then I merged all the layers together, blurred it using Gaussian Blur and set to the Soft Light (30% opacity). Then I added new layer to Hard Light (35% opacity) and painted with very light pink to tone down the red which was a bit too vibrant for the whole icon look. Then to make gradient more visible I added new layer set to Soft Light (40% opacity) and with soft brush painted the top part of icon with white color.

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To make icon brighter and add a bit more contrast I added new Brightness/Contrast layer (Brightness: +10, Contrast: +11). This icon was made for color palette challenge so to fit it more to the color I created new Vibrance layer (Vibrance: -1, Saturation: -7). Then I added text, resized it to 100x100px, added sharpness using High Pass and that’s it!

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Also here is a .psd for this icon.

I don’t think I have any specific tips to make face look smooth. I always try to use as HQ caps as possible, because sometimes you have to add a lot of layers to the icon to make icon look the way you want. Using Gaussian Blur is really helping in creating smooth looking skin. Sometimes when I sharpen the icon I erase sharpen layer from the skin area. And if none of these steps really works for me I try to use a little bit of Topaz filter erasing it from all the areas of the icon except skin. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t. And I think that’s all I do to make skin looks smooth.

#100

naive_astronaut — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 15:03:39 GMT

[9] hawaii five-0, [1] lucifer, [3] shadowhunters, [2] legion, [4] ghostbusters, [1] the wicked + the divine, [1] shadowhunters wallpaper

Hi, guys! So this is kinda anniversary post and I want thank you all so much for being here, watching my community, for all your kind words, for everything! This means a world to me!!!! It's also kinda double anniversary because this year will be 10 years since I've started making icons. This is pretty crazy amount of time. I still remember my first icon ( and I hope it lost forever :D). I've never thought that I would have this hobby for such a long time and love it so much. And I really do love it because it is always so challenging and it is so much fun to create something new and also it is a great way to escape from reality for a few hours.
So here is some new icons from this year. As you can tell I'm not being very productive this year again :D

hawaii five-0
[01-05]
hawaii five-0 x4 || lucifer x1
[06-10]
shadowhunters x3 || legion x2
[11-15]
ghostbusters x4 || the wicked + the divine x1
[16-20]

shadowhunters wallpaper

#99

naive_astronaut — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 15:14:44 GMT

[1] victoria, [1] the wicked + the divine, [1] Katya (RPDR), [1] marina and the diamonds, [1] ghostbusters, [1] aos, [1] doctor strange, [1] captain america: civil war

This is probably the smallest post ever, but I really wanted to post all these icons I made in 2016 separately. I really hope 2017 will be more productive icon-wise and just be happier in general :)

[01-04]
[05-08]

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naive_astronaut — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 15:17:27 GMT

[5] doctor who, [2] elementary, [2] shadowhunters, [1] daredevil, [6] the chronicles of narnia, [2] star trek, [1] suicide squad, [1] psycho-pass

doctor who
[01-05]
elementary x2 || shadowhunters x2 || daredevil x1
[06-10]
the chronicles of narnia
[11-15]
the chronicles of narnia x1 || star trek x2 || suicide squad x1 || psycho-pass x1
[16-20]

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naive_astronaut — Tue, 31 May 2016 19:40:36 GMT

[15] shadowhunters, [4] agent carter, [1] london spy, [1] harry potter, [1] the girl with the dragon tattoo, [1] the hunger games, [1] the chronicles of narnia, [1] the wicked+the divine

Most of Shadowhunters icons were made for Shadowhunters battle @ icontalking. You can find tons of fantastic icons here!

shadowhunters
[01-05]
shadowhunters
[06-10]
shadowhunters
[11-15]
agent carter x4 || london spy x1
[16-20]
harry potter x1 || the girl with the dragon tattoo x1 || the hunger games x1 || the chronicles of narnia x1 || the wicked+the divine x1
[21-25]

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#96

naive_astronaut — Sat, 19 Mar 2016 14:53:57 GMT

[12] shadowhunters, [9] the shannara chronicles

I haven't participated in 20in20 challenges for ages, mostly because I'm very slow maker and to finish 20 icons in less than a month sounds almost impossible for me. But I'm so glad I decided to participate in this month 20muses challenge.
This challenge was so much fun because of COLORS! I chose normal mode at first but triadic colors were so hard to work with and the icons turned out so ugly that I decided to switch to easy mode. :D

primary colors
[01-05]
secondary colors
[06-10]
tertiary colors
[11-15]
neutral colors
[16-20]

alt:

#95

naive_astronaut — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 17:21:44 GMT

[15] doctor who, [03] ant-man, [01] star wars, [01] daredevil, [01] london spy, [01] izombie, [01] new girl, [01] sense8

First post in 2016! I tried to step out of my comfort zone a little and try a bit more muted colors on some of the icons (hadn't turned out as I expected, but it was so much fun).
Most of the icons were made for Doctor Who battle at icontalking. You can find more amazing DW icons here!

doctor who
[01-05]
doctor who
[06-10]
doctor who
[11-15]
ant-man x3 || star wars x1 || daredevil x1
[16-20]
london spy x1 || izombie x1 || new girl x1 || sense8 x1
[21-24]

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