119 - Painted

[novindalf]

CHALLENGE 119: Painted

We're going back to Challenge 029 for this one, and this challenge is all about achieving a painted effect in your icons. Paint splatters / splodges, painted hair and brush stroke backgrounds are all possibilities!

To help you out if you want it, here are a number of guides/tutorials related to painty icons:
Painting Guide by afeastforme
Paint Guide by pamkips
Creating a painterly (looking) effect by word_never_said
Painted Hair Q&A by naive_astronaut
How to get a painted look without really painting anything by afeastforme

Plus a number of insp posts/galleries/challenges from other comms with painty insp and resources:
R1 Painted at iconspirations
R17 Painted at monthlyinspo
Album of painted icons (most makers credited, some unknown)
C59 Painted at dailyinspired

You can use any caps between 18th January - 7th February to make your icons. These caps are included in the lj-cut in this post (hover for fandom). If you have any questions, please ask!


benchable emiels jsfunction


naginis neatmonster nightbulbs

(to view full-size either drag and drop image into url bar, or right-click and select open image in new tab)







• You can enter up to six (6) icons
• This challenge closes on Sunday 28th February at 23:59 (11:59pm) GMT
• Post your icons in a new entry
• Tag your entries like so: "challenge 119, maker: username, ~entries"
• Rules + Info
• capspiration