I made it! I finished a second set for somein30, this time with a TV show. Recently I watched Schitt's Creek and it did seem perfect for this challenge. I did the last season and used hard mode. My original plan was to represent the episode titles in some way, but I ended with what I think are recognizable caps.

Round 18 at somein30: Schitt's Creek



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During the Summer months I barely made any icons, but I also neglected to update this community with the (by now) old icons have still laying around *sighs*
So here is my entry for somein30. I picked Extra Hard Mode. I'm in a bit of a Star Wars mood after playing the Lego Skywalker Saga which makes this mode much easier. They are in chronological order since that's also how I played the game. I tried to tie them all together by adding some grunge to every icon. The icons from the new movies still look very different with their more vibrant coloring. I'd love to do another set which fits a bit more with the theme and use a TV show, but I'm not sure if that will happen. I also feel a tad bit rusty, so these are pretty simple overall, but it still took me a while to make them.


Round 18 at somein30: Star Wars



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I have not made any post that wasn't made for a specific challenge here this year yet. Sorry!? The Witcher icons are actually from the same LIMS as the icons I posted on January 2. They have been a couple of LIMS icons since then which always means I make a lot of alternates. I'll be making a couple of smaller posts, 30-40 icons, but probably not in quick succession. At least all icons made in January are out of the way...


001-004 Free Guy
005-011 TV Shows (The Boys, Evil, Good Girls, Kin, Westworld)
012-016 The Expanse
017-034 The Witcher



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Here is what I refer to as my main set for the current somein30 challenge. It uses hard mode and I have to say that I'm rather proud of it. Not because the icons are particularly usable, but it was quite the project. Again, not even the icons itself, but finding the right subjects/screencaps, how to interpret certain songs, and make it all fit together. Since I already made a mini set for the challenge, I did take my time for this one and doesn't matter how close to the deadline I enter. That said, I did not work on it for a month after initially starting like a day after it was posted. Below the icon table is lengthy(?) write-up about the album itself and the inspiration for each icon.


Round 16 at somein30: The Blacklist, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, The Handmaid's Tale, Person of Interest, Snowpiercer



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LJ increased the size of userpics a while ago to 100kb. I only noticed that DW's limit was smaller when I transferred over my own userpics. I have now changed the size of the nine icons this applied to. They are all under 60kb now. I have switched them out in their respective posts, but also posted them below for easy access.

( all 9 icons )

Someone graciously purchased some paid account time for me. Thank you! Now I can upload some more icons :D

I actually have a proper set for somein30 that I'm working on and will hopefully finish after not working on it for fours weeks. Meanwhile, I am completely obsessed with this one song/music video at the moment (not going to be everyone's cup of tea) and I had to channel that into...something. This is supposed to be ultra hard mode (never thought I'd say that) but I did the exact opposite of what the theme post says and used the chorus only with all the repeated bits. In any case, it does fit the theme in general. I'm not sure how well these turned out since text is still my enemy, but I had fun! Using the same coloring on all of them at least help to great a coherent look.


Round 16 at somein30: The Book of Boba Fett, The Mandalorian



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Sign up for the new round - Hawkeye & The Book of Boba Fett

Look who enters a second challenge this month! And without an extension. I couldn't resist this inspiration post either. These should all be extra hard mode. It actually seemed easier since I picked one fandom, so using provided textures for the icons worked well. I'm looking forward to Part 2. Maybe in that round I'll actually icon musicians ;)


Round 15 at somein30: The Book of Boba Fett



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I love monthlyinspo's theme Spice Up Your Life and the entire theme post. It took me a while (of course) to decide on a fandom, but now I'm happy with how most of these turned out. I tried to do a bit of a interpretative approach, like using a "fresh" new character for mint. Others, like sage, are purely based on color.


Round 35 at monthlyinspo: The Witcher



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Thanks so much to vapor for the extension on this month's monthlyinspo challenge with the theme two of a kind. I chose to icon different combinations of characters from The Expanse and this could have also worked for 20 icons. Occasionally I have this problem that I save caps and think all the work is done. Nope, still need to actually make the icons. Then I thought I had until the end of the month. When I realized that mistake, RL happened and I wasn't finished on the 23rd -.-
Anyway, I managed it now and I'm actually rather happy with how these turned out. I went with vibrant (or at least not muted) for all of them which worked out fine.


Round 34 at monthlyinspo: The Expanse



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BEST OF 2021 - JOIN IN! | MY POLL

Here are the last leftover icons from 2021. I waited for the result of the latest movieslims challenge to post them. Most of the Luca and The Witcher icons were made for that community. I really need to catch up on some comments now that this is out of the way ;)


001-004 TV Shows (Debris, Loki, Shadow and Bone)
005-021 The Witcher
022-034 Movies (Aquaman, Black Widow, Dune, Justice League, Knives Out, Man of Steel, The Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman)
035-056 Luca




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ICON NOMINATIONS - JOIN IN! | MY THREAD

Happy New Year! I managed to do ten icons for somein30. I picked normal mode because I once again started way too late and couldn't really decide what to do. For the longest time this batch sat at four icons which is obviously not enough to enter. My personal goal is always to make at least ten icons anyway.


Round 13 at somein30: Debris, The Expanse, Onward, Supernatural



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ICON NOMINATIONS - JOIN IN! | MY THREAD

Happy Holidays! I am working on a set for somein30 which should be posted next week, but I'm not sure how many there will be, probably not the full 20. However, I thought I post these icons to avoid having a massive batch at the beginning of January with leftover icons from 2021. There are also some Christmas-themed icons here, so I might as well post them now. Then again, there are also Halloween icons and it's too late for that...


001-039 Stock
040-046 TURN: Washington's Spies
047-057 Mean Girls




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Seems as if I'll never manage to properly update this community or rather remember to post old challenge entries. This entry includes all leftover icons made between May and August. There are also some newer ones mixed in from the same fandoms or fandoms I know I won't icon that frequently. The post also includes the WandaVision icons I mentioned here.


001-008 Lady Gaga
009-026 Movies (Black Panther, Enola Holmes, Freaky, Happy Death Day, Monsters Inc., The Old Guard, Stardust, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi)
027-041 TV Shows (A Discovery of Witches, Babylon Berlin, The Blacklist, The Boys, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Debris, Legends of Tomorrow, Loki, Supergirl)
042-049 Parks and Recreation
050-057 Shadow and Bone
058-066 The Weekenders
067-078 WandaVision




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Happy Halloween! Here is my entry for somein30's Round 11: Cropping. When the theme was posted, I was once again very motivated to enter and even wanted to make two sets. That didn't happen. I'm also not 100% happy with this set. I do like the screencaps though and Kin was just perfect for this challenge. I tried to do more than just close crops, so I decided to do one theme per row (more than one character, no eyes+muted, negative space, and texture).

Round 11 at somein30: Kin



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Sign up for the new round - The Witcher & You

When the Extra round at somein30 was posted, I was sooo motivated to enter at least two of the previous rounds I skipped. What I ended up with is another set based on Round 01: Technical Game...and it took me ages. I made the first icons for this entry on June 12, so over two months. This is pretty much the continuation of the first Technical Game set posted here using caps from Lucifer S5B (the other one used primarily caps from 5A). I used the same kind of style to get a coherent look, but there are some thoughts/concerns. I have a bit of a problem with 9. On the one hand I really like how it turned out, but on the other hand I'm not sure if it follows the theme "Ray(s) of light" that well. I really fought with 11. I had an idea and the animation itself resembles that. Overall I'm not too happy with it, but was also too frustrated to redo everything. It's the last icon I finished. For 12 I really only used textures to get a similar effect to the other icons even if it looks as if I just did the same thing again.
You can hover over the icons for the specific themes, but I also posted the complete list of prompts below the icons. I used normal mode for all of them.

Round Extra (Summer Rewind) at somein30: Lucifer



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Sign up for the new round - Luca & Mean Girls

It's been a while since the last post because I totally thought I'd manage to make something for somein30's extra round quickly. As you can see, I wasn't successful. I've started a set, but it'll take some more time.
This entry includes mainly icons I made for stocklove-ic and movieslims. The latter is running a mixed round for WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, so there are still some WandaVision icons to come from that round at a later date. There are also a handful of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier icons from other challenges ;)

001-037 Stock
038-057 The Falcon and the Winter Soldier




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Another last-minute entry for somein30. I decided two days before the original deadline to enter after all. I considered doing hue/brightness right from the start, but didn't know what to icon. Then NBC canceled Debris, I was mad, and decided that's the perfect opportunity to use screencaps from the show.

Round 09 at somein30: Debris




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So far I haven't made that many icons in 2021. This entry includes everything made between January and April. I did take February off from making icons due to real life. Good news though, a new fluffy roommate moved in and got my first shot yesterday.

001-026 Stock
027-044 MCU (Daredevil, WandaVision, Loki, Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man: Far From Home)
045-049 Movies (Onward, Soul, Tenet)
050-064 TV Shows (Black Sails, The Good Place, The Mandalorian, Pushing Daisies, Stumptown, The Witcher, The X-Files)
065-077 The Boys




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Sign up for the new round - Falcon and the Winter Soldier & Wandavison

In February I took time off from everything icon-related, so I also never posted my results for bestof-icons. I don't think this is the first time it took me this long though.

The winner:


( Top 5, personal picks and explanation )

Finally, my entry for somein30. The theme "All Things Random" was absolutely amazing and super inspiring. I started right away and made 1-2 icons per day, but then kinda lost momentum and really needed that extension. Nevertheless, I'm very happy with my set. Usually I lament the fact that it does not look coherent. This time I went into the opposite direction. I thought it would fit the theme to use as many different styles/techniques as possible. That didn't quite work out, but this time I like how chaotic the overall look is. I also really wanted to use 20 different fandoms which was much easier.

Round 07 at somein30: Eureka, Fringe, WandaVision, Divergent, Daredevil, Stumptown, Knives Out, Legends of Tomorrow, Onward, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Prison Break, The Witcher, Black Sails, Superman & Lois, Lucifer, Galavant, Babylon Berlin, Zootopia, Soul, Supernatural




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