#19

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For twmtv20in20
1-20 - Stiles Stillinski

For theiconquest Chapter 4 - Paths
21-23 - Vampire Diaries
24-27 - Teen Wolf
28-30 - Lost
31-35 - Community, Sherlock Holmes, Pushing Daisies

For Various
36-40 - Community
41-42 - Sherlock Holmes
43-46 - Teen Wolf, Harry Potter, Captain America, Chuck

Notes :

1. I fell sick and had to take two days off from work. As result, you has icons.
2. It's been a long time since I signed up for a 20in20 so I decided that I would sign up and I would finish, goddamn. And so I did. Hooray!
3. I felt super guilty that I haven't done anything for IQ other than the first quest so I decided to do the 4th Chapter. As first I was all," Do Option A!". That however crashed and burned cause it turns that  trying to do complex wizardy makes me look constipated. Option B it was then. And omg was it a challenge. To not make things bright, that's like asking me to not to love cheese. Impossible. I LOVE CHEESE. But I girded my loins cause variety and life and all that. I think I'm okay with the end result. Sort of. Kind of. ;_;
4. I should really make icons for something other than icontests. Seriously. -_-  
5. Enjoy plz! :)

For twmtv20in20

10 THEMES

Lost	Home	Duotone	Borders	Glow
Minimalistic	Favorite moment	Busy	Faceless	Light and dark

5 CATEGORY Fake Backgrounds

one.	two.	three.	four.	five.

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

artist's choice #1	artist's choice #2	artist's choice #3	artist's choice #4	artist's choice #5

For theiconquest

I picked Option B : Less is More
Class - Hero (for all)

21-25
26-30
31-35

Various.

36-40
41-45
46

Please don't hotlink.
If you would like to credit, either applepips16 or inkblush_icons is fine
If you like what you see, could I interest you in either JOINING/WATCHING the comm?

Comments

[setentpet.livejournal.com]

gorgeous post! snagging lost, light and dark, fake background 4 and ac4.

[emme86.livejournal.com]

beautiful icons, the fake backgrounds are amazing :D

[neonspider]

Omg, these are amazing. Like seriously stunning. WHY wasn't I watching your comm yet?? o.O

The coloring of duotone is so gorgeous and pastelly and just so pretty to look at, and I love the lighting. All the fake bgs look stunning, but 4 has to be my favorite, the composition is that A+ in every way ♥ Love the text too.
Ac1 has fantastic lighting and warm coloring, and the iconquest set is so gorgeous I'd never know that style was not something you usually do. 23, 32 and 35 are particularly gorgeous, with perfect contrast, lighting and coloring.

I also adore the colorings in 38, 39 and 46, the composition in 42, the lighting and coloring of 41 and WOW at the texture use in 43&44!

[aevenien.livejournal.com]

Wonderful icons! I love all wirh Stiles, but the first one? I was looking for that kind of icon for a while now, thank you!

[fan-cifully.livejournal.com]

gorgeous icons! I love it when you do vibrant colors (glow, 36, 39 for example), but your paler coloring is amazing as well (21, 28)! I also love the crops in 23, 29 and 35 ♥ And the compositions of 'light and dark', 30, 39 and 40 really caught my eye :D

[keyweegirlie.livejournal.com]

LOVE the Stiles icons! I'll be snagging a few with credit of course.

[ancientwhispers.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think you did an amazing job with the Less Is More option. I love the subtle contrast and gentle lighting, particularly in 21, 30, & 35. ♥

[desfinado.livejournal.com]

Loved them, thanks for sharing! Especially like the ones with fake backgrounds :D

[tinebrella.livejournal.com]

Great post! I like the ones you picked for the preview and 42 is amazing! c:

[applepips]

Thank you! And snag away. :D

[applepips]

D'aww, thank you! Glad you like. :D

[applepips]

Thank you! Glad you like. 42 was a bitch and a half to make. :D

[applepips]

Yay! I'm glad you like. Tis my pleasure. :D

[applepips]

D'aww, thank you! It is so not in my wheelhouse so I was feeling not pretty unsure about them. I am so used to bumping up colours that restraining myself feels like I'm leaving it unfinished. Thank you for the lovely comment! <3

[applepips]

WOOT! Thank you! Glad you like. :D

[applepips]

*FLAILS* AH MY GAWD. :')

I'll have you know I am flooding my keyboard with happiness and gratitude. It is so lovely to know when someone specifies what they like.

Funnily enough, fake background 4 I was thinking of that tut you wrote on composition and using textures for composition. I used that texture and everything just fell into place. :D

GAH. I legit dont know to respond to the everything else. But thank you from the bottom of my heart. I shall treasure this comment like a toddler and it's candy. :D

Thank you once again! You have no idea how much I appreciate and adore this. <3

[applepips]

Yay! I am glad you found what you wanted. And really glad that you like also. Thank you! :D

[applepips]

MEEP!

AHMYGOD, thank you for this lovely comment! And so glad that you like. :D

[neonspider]

Funnily enough, fake background 4 I was thinking of that tut you wrote on composition and using textures for composition. I used that texture and everything just fell into place. :D
Omg, really? Hee, that's a great coincidence (and now I'm squeeing over the fact that I may have indirectly contributed a little bit to such an awesome icon :> )!

[ancientwhispers.livejournal.com]

I know the feeling! Who'd think that minimalistic icons could be so...difficult? "What! Hold back on the textures? Impossible!"

[thrace-adams.livejournal.com]

These are gorgeous. Snagged some, will credit.

[whatifmaybe.livejournal.com]

I just love your use of colour in all of these.

[applepips]

My point exactly! :D

[applepips]

You are too kind. For reals. :')

[applepips]

Aw, thank you! Glad you like. :D

[applepips]

Thank you! I am glad you like them. :D

[ancientwhispers.livejournal.com]

I was wondering, in #35, how did you get the gentle shadows?

[applepips]

I am pretty sure I used a b&w gradient twice to get the effect. Once was create some sort of shadows. Like, I wanted one half of her face to be light and the other half dark. So I put the gradient on soft light and adjusted the opacity accordingly. The second time around, I put the b&w gradient on screen and lowered the opacity to get rid of the harshness but still keep the shadows. I hope this helps! Let me know if you need me to explain it more in detail. :)

[sucksucksmile.livejournal.com]

stilessss.
i love your icon for border!
and your light and dark icon is stunning. so great.

and i LOVE all your category icons.
so great.
1, 2, and 4 are my faves.

[applepips]

Ain't he the bestest? :D

Aw, thank you! I am glad you like them. :D

Thanks again! <3

[scoobyatemysnax.livejournal.com]

awww these are adorable ;A; stiles bb <3 (i totes caved in and watched teen wolf. no regrets ♥)

i really love the colouring on lost! very pretty stuff :3 and borders is beautiful. i love the crop on minimalistic and buys has great composition and texture use. light and dark is also g-g-g-gorgeous!
from cat, i really like 4 and 5. wow 3 looks really unique and has a kawaii_chicken composition feeling to it. LOVE THAT :D

ac 3 is so pretty and i love ac4! it looks a bit blurry in all the right places C:

as for your iq icons, wowww i never realized you have such gorgeous cropping bb :O
i'm dying at 21, 25, 29, 30. 34 and 35!

but this post is all made of epic tbh ♥

[gigi737.livejournal.com]

i don' even watch teen wolf but the #4 of fake background category is SOOOOOOO GOOD!

also, i'm so glad to see juliet in this post :') i'm thaking the #30, will credit if use!

[angelamaria.livejournal.com]

These are so lovely!! ♥ I'm really loving four of your fake backgrounds, #30, and #40! The text on #40 is absolutely flawless ♥

[lessrest.livejournal.com]

These are great! My favorites are fb #4, ac #3, 23 and 31. I really like the colorings you did on the IQ less is more icons, it's very pretty!

[applepips]

Thank you! I am glad you like them. :D

[applepips]

D'aww, thank you so much! I am so glad you like them. :D

[applepips]

:') Fishsticks. I am glad you like it so. Watch it. It's entertaining if nothing else. :)

I love her too. Next time there will be a lot more her.

Thanks for the lovely comment! :D

[applepips]

OHMAHLORD. How do I respond? ♥

caving in is good. Yes, all the hearts to Stiles. <3

For serious, your praise thrills me to to bits. And makes me smile like an idiot. :')

I am so glad you like them. Thank you muchly for this glorious comment which I shall squish to me. :D

[ancientwhispers.livejournal.com]

It helps tremendously! I couldn't figure out how to make the shadows less dark in my icons without messing up the colors (not very good with lighting yet, I'm afraid). THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH. And how do you get such perfect smoothness without making everything too blurry? Do you just play with the opacity of a gaussian blur layer?

[gigi737.livejournal.com]

I will give it a try somday (:

THAT SOUNDS AWESOME!

[applepips]

There are two things I do. One, yep, I uses a gaussian blur layer at around 14-21 px (i know its high but it works for me so) and then play around with the blend mode and the opacity. Another, it's a PSP specific function known as One Step Noise Removal. It removes all the noise (sometimes too much), anyhow, I copy merge my icon and use that and then reduce the opacity.

My messing around in PS tells me you have reduce noise filter which I think works similarly. Except I think it sometimes gives the icon a waxy look. But I think if you use that and play around with the opacity of the layer, it should be fine.

And after I've done all this, I tend to sharpen and again play around with the opacity. Hope this helps! :)

[dixon.livejournal.com]

i'm saving that wonderful icon of caroline (the third one), but they all look gorgeous!! :D

[applepips]

Yay! Thank you! Save away. :D

[ohgollygeedamn.livejournal.com]

35 is perfect, saving it thank you! Gorgeous batch: the cropping, colouring and lighting are all sensational.

[applepips]

Thank for you for your lovely comment. I'm so glad you like. <3

[thyla87.livejournal.com]

These are gorgeous ! :) Love your coloring and texture use! Lost, Duotone, Minimalistic, Light and dark, cat 2 and 4, ac 1 and a, 23, 24, 29, 35, 39, 40, 45 are my favorite :)Really amazing set! I take cat 2 and 4, will credit if/when I use them :)

[cincodemaygirl.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous icons! Taking 4 and 5 of Fake Background and the fourth Various. Will credit, thank you!

[applepips]

Thank you so very much! I am glad you like them! :DD

[applepips]

Yay! Glad you like! Thank you! :D