#227: Icons

[violateraindrop]

I was already preparing excuses for why my first update of 2025 is so late, but apparently I'm still earlier than last year. When retro_icontest posted this round based on an old technique20in20 challenge, I really wanted to enter. I loved this community back in the day and always thought I made pretty good icons for it. You can find the set I originally made for that challenge here. I'm not super happy with these, but considering how rusty I am, it's okay ;)

Round 25 at retro_icontest : Lockwood & Co., Ghost (band)



10 THEMES

Surrounded by darkness	Sky is above us	Silhouette blending	As simple as it can get	Overwhelming text
Sightless	White decoration	Your heart's desire	Mood coloring	Neon lights

Alternates


Your heart's desire: Anthony Lockwood wants everyone to know his name and have a famous agency. Seeing himself on TV was a huge step into that direction.
Mood coloring: Apparently the coloring for "hopeful" is pastel purple or pink.


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Comments

[magicrubbish]

Amazing set. I love the crop and lighting of 6 and 9 , and the coloring of 1 . Also, the text composition of 5 looks cool .

[violateraindrop]

Thank you so much :D

[tinny]

Wow, it's always so cool to see a progression from the original entry (in 2013! wooow!) to now. I love what you did with the themes - the overwhelming text is beautifully complex, and I love the coloring of neon lights and white decoration. The silhouette blending is amazing, too!

[violateraindrop]

I used the white decoration icon from that post for such a long time.
Thank you so much! 5 was the first icon I made for this set and I'm pretty pleased with it :D

[haebin]

I am absolutely in Love with your Icons! The coloring is awesome but the last one (Neon Lights) is absolutely AMAZING!

[violateraindrop]

Thank you! The screencap itself did a lot of the work on that one ;)

[littlemissnovella]

This set is so beautiful! I love the lighting and coloring surrounded by darkness, the framing and cropping in sky above us, silhouette blending, and simple, I love the text work in overwhelming text work, the cropping and text work in the sightless, white decoration, your heart's desire, mood coloring and neon lights!

[violateraindrop]

Thank you so much for this thoughtful comment ♥