Activity #07 - Geometry Squared

[tinny]

Our next activity is based on provided textures. You have to use one of these given textures in each icon you make.










Texture maker links in alphabetical order - hover over a texture in the table to see who made it:
alannabases
anesthezea
brutal
burniio
bourbonate
cdg_brushes
coaxme
colorvary
crumblingwalls
dactyliotheca
damnicons
deternot
jadedicons
jordannamorgan jordannamorgan
kimberly_a
lifeisdolce lifeisdolce
lookslikerain
tinny
tomorrow_brings
tragic_icons (fell victim to photobucket)
velvetb0x x-cielogris
whitebamboo white-bamboo
worried_bubble



Rules as usual:

* You may make as many icons as you like (if you need a goal, five is a good number :))
* There is no minimum, 1 icon is enough to enter this activity

* You must use at least one of the textures provided in this post for your icons
* You may use textures more than once
* You can add other textures of your own choosing to the icons

* Please submit your icons (icons and URLs) to this post, all in one comment (if possible)
* Everyone can participate, you don't have to be a member of this community

* I collect all the icons from the comments and make a result post
* Everyone can leave comments on the inspiration and activity result posts
* There is no voting

Deadline: Saturday, November 25th 2017, your end-of-day

Comments

Activity #07 - Geometry Squared

[sallymn]

I did nine Sentinel ones...

      
      

Then added text to three of them. I like text :)
    

https://i.imgur.com/RskvOt3.png
https://i.imgur.com/QStreB4.png
https://i.imgur.com/woReWso.png
https://i.imgur.com/H9irnfM.png
https://i.imgur.com/vgJDRjm.png
https://i.imgur.com/oP877Ld.png
https://i.imgur.com/dBdU8lS.png
https://i.imgur.com/cyU2GaD.png
https://i.imgur.com/A7rt8gx.png
https://i.imgur.com/0UyRrrg.png
https://i.imgur.com/z4OTLG0.png
https://i.imgur.com/oYaraXT.png

Re: Activity #07 - Geometry Squared

[alexia_drake]

I love that you put your characters on either sides of your icons so that we can clearly see a big part of the textures. I love the contrast in the black and white icon. The last textless icon is my favorite, the texture seems to fit so well with the colors of the characters.

I'm so bad with text, you are very good! I love that you matched the colors of the text with one from the texture for each icon.

Re: Activity #07 - Geometry Squared

[sallymn]

Thank you! I tend to always offset the characters (partly because a little part of the brain is going "room for text??" I'm sure :) And once I do decide to use text, I fiddle a LOT with it....

I do like black and whute, especially where I can get a good contrast :)

Re: Activity #07 - Geometry Squared

[tinny]

Yay, cool! My faves are 5 and 6, and 8 is a very cool use of this texture! Of the text ones, I like the Smile one best, the text fits so well into the texture there.

Re: Activity #07 - Geometry Squared

[sallymn]

That no 8 is your texture, isn't it? I'm putting it on my resources page :)

I was chuffed with how putting 'smile' on that one lifted it quite a lot. Sometimes happens, sometimes... not so much.

Re: Activity #07 - Geometry Squared

[tinny]

It is. I made it specifically for an icon in a very cool challenge last year:



(challenge here) - and omg I was so creative back then. If I look at the icons I make now, they are so plain and boring in comparison. I wonder if/how I can get back to that level of creativity.

Re: Activity #07 - Geometry Squared

[breyzyyin]

These icons look amazing! You did a really good job of showcasing the textures, and I love how they compliment each picture you used. ♥

Re: Activity #07 - Geometry Squared

[sallymn]

Thank you so much! They were a good group of textures, I thought :)

Re: Activity #07 - Geometry Squared

[tinny]

Thank you! <3 I tried to add different styles so everyone can find something that works for them, while keeping to a theme. I'm starting to get the hang of how to create challenges, and it's more fun than I thought.

Re: Activity #07 - Geometry Squared

[sheliak]

I really like how you worked the text into the alts! (I struggle with text myself, so I admire icons that use it well.)

Of the textless icons, my favorite is number 7; I love how the lights lead the eye to his face, and the contrast between the colors in the background and the sepia foreground.