http://tiptoetwirl.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] tiptoetwirl.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] capicontest2021-12-02 07:26 pm
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Challenge 137: Gloomy


Buffy | Daredevil | Spencer | The Good Place

https://i.ibb.co/PhLMShs/Buffy-icon-046-muted.png
https://i.ibb.co/HBxxw5h/Matt-icon-012-muted.png
https://i.ibb.co/5X0X2Ks/Diana-icon-01-muted.png
https://i.ibb.co/WBkLKTM/Eleanor-icon-04-muted.png





Note for mods: I tried but I'm not sure how well I adhered to this challenge. I really struggle to mute colours. Please feel free to disqualify and all icons if you feel they don't fit the theme.
EDIT: Hopefully this has now been fixed (but still feel free to disqualify any icons you feel don't fit) 🤞🏽
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alexia_drake: Aleksander from TV Series Shadow And Bone (Daredevil - Matt)

[personal profile] alexia_drake 2021-12-02 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
The way I make muted colored icons is very easy, I do my icons with lovely colors, and saves them as alts. Then I add a layer of a light grey color, and play with the opacity until I am satisfied, then save them with new filenames. You should try, you might end up liking the results! lol

I love the crops in 1 and 2, and the negative space in 3 and 4, but yeah, they are probably too colorful for this challenge.

[identity profile] tiptoetwirl.livejournal.com 2021-12-03 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for the tip! I'll be sure to try that next time but, in the meantime, I think I'm gonna delete this post. Or ask the mods to not include it in the voting. Not sure which is the better option.
alexia_drake: Aleksander from TV Series Shadow And Bone (Default)

[personal profile] alexia_drake 2021-12-03 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Why, you can try it with those icons, and keep those as alts, I have colorful alts for all of mine, but I did not include them in my post. You simply have to save them with a new filename, such as adding the word Muted at the end, and then change your icons in this post with the muted version. Until the mod post the voting, we can always change something in our icons, so you should have the time to try.

[identity profile] tiptoetwirl.livejournal.com 2021-12-04 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess I didn't realise I could change my submission once it had been posted. Thanks again for the advice, I did what you suggested and I think they're a lot closer to the theme now. That Matt icon is still too vibrant IMO but hopefully it's not so blatantly non-compliant anymore 😅
alexia_drake: Aleksander from TV Series Shadow And Bone (Default)

[personal profile] alexia_drake 2021-12-04 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess you left the grey layer to Normal, I'm sorry I should have specified that to mute the color, you have to set the layer to Color, or it will also affect the lighting of the icon. You would have better results.

[identity profile] tiptoetwirl.livejournal.com 2021-12-04 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
That makes sense 😩

Yeah I left it to normal and then tweaked a few adjustment layers (some selective color and level layers mainly).

No worries at all, I should have had the foresight to play with the layer modes. Counting this as a lesson learned.
alexia_drake: Aleksander from TV Series Shadow And Bone (Default)

[personal profile] alexia_drake 2021-12-04 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
At least now you know how to easily make muted colored icons, I'm glad I could help :)
sietepecados: (TV: The Crown)

[personal profile] sietepecados 2021-12-02 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I love the matching colors on these, 3 and 4 have amazing negative space :)

[identity profile] tiptoetwirl.livejournal.com 2021-12-03 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
violateraindrop: (Daredevil: blue and red)

[personal profile] violateraindrop 2021-12-02 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I love the monochrome colors on these! Favorite is the second one. The lighting is fantastic :)

[identity profile] tiptoetwirl.livejournal.com 2021-12-03 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks so much!

[identity profile] littlemissnovel.livejournal.com 2021-12-02 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I love the lighting, negative spacing and the composition in your set! My favorites are 2 & 4!

[identity profile] tiptoetwirl.livejournal.com 2021-12-03 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you xxx

[identity profile] vapor.livejournal.com 2021-12-04 11:52 am (UTC)(link)
Your coloring on all of these is so pretty!! I love the lighting on #2.

[identity profile] tiptoetwirl.livejournal.com 2021-12-04 12:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] word_never_said.livejournal.com 2021-12-05 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I love the color of 1, so saturated yet muted. Also love the contrasting colors of 4.

[identity profile] tiptoetwirl.livejournal.com 2021-12-06 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
novindalf: ([b]; eloise; delight)

[personal profile] novindalf 2021-12-09 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Hiya, I actually thought you were going for more of a gloomy mood for them rather than a gloomy colour. I am happy to include whichever version you prefer for voting.

And for future reference, you can change your entry as many times as you like up to the deadline.

Sorry I wasn't around to answer your concerns earlier, been a very busy week for me!

[identity profile] tiptoetwirl.livejournal.com 2021-12-09 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean, I kind of was...I wanted a harsher lighting/ crops or negative space that hinted at melancholy or something along those lines. I guess I wasn't sure that in itself was enough. Especially with how vibrant the lighting is.

While I personally like the alternates better I think it's a bit too abstract of an interpretation of the theme so I'll go with the current submission as it is 🙂

And thanks for clarifying. I would have changed my set a third time but I thought it might be too many redo's. Good to know in future that we can alter submissions before the due date but I'll also be a bit more thoughtful and patient before actually putting up a submission 😁
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