Iconmaker Friending Meme 2019

[tinny]

We haven't had a friending meme since this community first opened, and someone asked if we could have another one. Of course we can! Here we go:



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<b><u>ABOUT YOURSELF</u></b> Name: Age: Place: Where do you post your icons: <b><u>Share Your Interests!</u></b> Favorite Show: Favorite Movie: Favorite Character: Favorite Pairing: Favorite Food: <b><u>LET'S GET TO ICONING!!</u></b> <b>What are your personal picks for the top 5-10 icons that you've made in the last 12 months?</b> <b>Show us five icons that you think best represent your iconing style</b> <b>What has inspired you over the last 12 months? (techniques, subjects, challenges, other makers, etc.) Provide examples if you want.</b> <b>What's your favorite show and/or movie to icon and why?</b> <b>Who's your favorite character to icon and why?</b> <b>Close crop or far-crop? Why?</b> <b>Vibrant or muted? Why?</b> <b>Text or minimalistic? Why?</b> <b>What's your current iconmaking goal?</b> <b><u>Let's Ask Some Questions!!</u></b> <b>List three questions that you would like to be answered by other icon makers:</b> <b>Any last words?</b> <b>A gif or image (or icon!) that describes you right now:</b>

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<center><a href="https://icontalking.dreamwidth.org/28592.html"><img src='https://tinny.dreamwidth.org/file/480x480/19384.png' alt='FRIENDS'/> Interested in icon-making friends? Join our 2019 friending meme!</a> </center>

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[goodbyebird]

ABOUT YOURSELF
Name:GBB
Age:Thirties
Place:Norway
Where do you post your icons: spankulert, previously forsquares

Share Your Interests!
Favorite Show: Killing Eve / Star Trek Disco / Harlots / Supergirl - so hot right now!
Favorite Movie: Black Swan. Batman Returns. The Fifth Element.
Favorite Character: SO MANY. Majority ladies.
Favorite Pairing: Not so many. Eve/Villanelle is a Big Mood atm.
Favorite Food: Chocolate is a food!

LET'S GET TO ICONING!!

What are your personal picks for the top 5-10 icons that you've made in the last 12 months?
I fell out of iconning for over a year and half, so all my recents have been made this year and while extremely rusty...



Show us five icons that you think best represent your iconing style



What has inspired you over the last 12 months? (techniques, subjects, challenges, other makers, etc.) Provide examples if you want.
20muses opening up again really lit a fire under my butt. The inspiration post was gorgeous.

What's your favorite show and/or movie to icon and why? I'm as multi-fannish as they come. Right now I think Killing Eve is the prettiest thing to ever pretty, as well as Harlots has a ton of great shots.
Who's your favorite character to icon and why? Can't say I have a single character fave.
Close crop or far-crop? Why? I am a close-crop hoe, no doubt about it. I automatically wanna get right in there and squish an eyeball up in a corner or something.
Vibrant or muted? Why?
Text or minimalistic? Why? Minimalist, because text hates me and I hate text. You can be fancy without text tho?
What's your current iconmaking goal? Nah, I am lazy and laid-back. I just make what I want to make when I feel like making it.

Let's Ask Some Questions!!
List three questions that you would like to be answered by other icon makers:
Who's your top three icon makers?
Do you mostly use icons you've made yourself, icons by others, or a mix?
Do you perv on other people's userpics all the time? Tell em I'm not alone! :p

Any last words? Don't shoot?
A gif or image (or icon!) that describes you right now:
It's early in the morning. I don't think anybody needs to see that.

[tinny]

Welcome!!! Thanks for being the first to break the ice in our friending meme!

that 20muses post really was amazing. I am so happy they're continuing for now.

I automatically wanna get right in there and squish an eyeball up in a corner or something.

Yeah, those representative icons are all amazing examples of close crop. *I am in awe*

I love your style, so glowy!

Who's your top three icon makers?

1) jsfunction - very very nice person and makes such complex icons, every single one a piece of art.
2) kitamikeita - those grungy backgrounds and amazing walls of text are my jam
3) timetobegin - very versatile maker, and loves to run icon challenges - she keeps the iconmaking community on DW alive!



jsfunction x2 | kitamikeita x2 | timetobegin x2


Do you mostly use icons you've made yourself, icons by others, or a mix?

Both. When I get into a new fandom, I usually am not the first to do so, so I look around for an icon to use. After, I make my own. All my icons are shareable, but I usually don't share the ones I make for myself, because I like it when I am recognizable by the icon in my posts/comments.

Do you perv on other people's userpics all the time?

Yes? /o\ It's all in the name of science collecting good icons.

Sadly, when I am looking at older posts, it happens a lot that the poster has deleted their account or let it lapse, so you can't see all the icons anymore (or the credit that went with them). :(

eta: some examples from those makers

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

ABOUT YOURSELF
Name: Nia
Age: 39
Place: Louisville, KY
Where do you post your icons: hiraethe

Share Your Interests!
Favorite Show: It runs the gamut but it's usually either 1.) something animated 2.) something historical 4.) something involving LGBT or 4.) the teletubbies (old of course)
Favorite Movie: Stardust, The Neverending Story, Labrynth, Disney movies, marvel movies, historical movies-- you get my drift
Favorite Character: So many however it's currently Keith from Voltron, Po from the Teletubbies and Loki from the Marvel Cinematic universe
Favorite Pairing: m/m, f/f or m/f-- if it has chemistry that pings my likes and dislikes, I'll probably ship it
Favorite Food: Oh this is easy-- Pad Thai

LET'S GET TO ICONING!!

What are your personal picks for the top 5-10 icons that you've made in the last 12 months?



Show us five icons that you think best represent your iconing style



What has inspired you over the last 12 months? (techniques, subjects, challenges, other makers, etc.) Provide examples if you want. What has inspired me has been my interests, also I have been trying to icon more REAL PEOPLE (since that was a struggle back at the beginning of 2018-- but I think that I've gotten used to working with that medium. *crosses fingers* Also a song can inspire me super easily

What's your favorite show and/or movie to icon and why? Anything that is interesting me at the moment, I've also been known to crack!icon-- meaning a hairbrained icon based on nothing except something that is hilarious only to me
Who's your favorite character to icon and why? Well I think that I could icon Po from Teletubbies forever, but that could change, really.
Close crop or far-crop? Why? I tend to favor the side crop, that allows me to add embellishments, and I love me some embellishments
Vibrant or muted? Why? Vibrant because I just love bright colours!
Text or minimalistic? Why? Minimalistic, though I wouldn't call my icons minimalistic just because I don't add text, I tend to make a lot of things to look at in an icon, while still keeping a singular focal point.
What's your current iconmaking goal? To master text.. actually i don't know because I hate text.

Let's Ask Some Questions!!
List three questions that you would like to be answered by other icon makers:

Text in Coral Paint Shop X6, how to?
Recommend me an iconist that you really really admire! Mine is iconformista ( carisma_sensei
Who are some of your favorite texture resource artists?

Any last words?
A gif or image (or icon!) that describes you right now:

*note: see my icon-- also made by carisma_sensei

[carisma_sensei]

I'LL MUNCH YOUR FACE SOMEDAY

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

OH NOES!

[tinny]

My takeaway from this is that watching Teletubbies has long-term effects nobody counted on. Like cannibalism... ;D

[carisma_sensei]

ABOUT YOURSELF
Name: Janna
Age: 28
Place: Valencia, Spain
Where do you post your icons: inconformista, although I haven't posted any there lately, I'm more of a layout maker!

Share Your Interests!
Favorite Show: Twin Peaks
Favorite Movie: Used to be Rocky and it's iterations... now I don't know! Probably Heathers or the Austin Powers trilogy lol.
Favorite Character: Look. I die for Shane Walsh (Walking Dead).
Favorite Pairing: -
Favorite Food: My favourite food is spanish omelette or sushi!

LET'S GET TO ICONING!!

What are your personal picks for the top 5-10 icons that you've made in the last 12 months?


Show us five icons that you think best represent your iconing style
I would just like to point at the above plus the following:


What has inspired you over the last 12 months? (techniques, subjects, challenges, other makers, etc.) Provide examples if you want.
First thing to inspire me to icon and do stuff lately has been alwaysbeenasmiler. Not only is she a great internet friend, but she makes amazing stuff too. She made icons for me (like the Shane one I'm using right now) and inspired me to get making some more myself! She also got me into gif making again! Last gif icon or gif in general I made was literally like a decade ago lol.
As for subjects, Roland Orzabal and Ghost definitely!

What's your favorite show and/or movie to icon and why?: I like iconing wrestling and music more than shows!
Who's your favorite character to icon and why?: Roland Orzabal and Tobias Forge. Ghost and Tears for Fears are my favourite bands ♥
Close crop or far-crop? Why?: Close crop
Vibrant or muted? Why? I guess vibrant
Text or minimalistic? Why?: I often find myself running away from text! I think sometimes it takes all the attention of the icon.
What's your current iconmaking goal?: To actually make more icons. I make them slowly, never get a full batch done or anything anymore. As I said I'm more of a layout maker and it's been that way for years! But it seems that's slowly changing now :3

Let's Ask Some Questions!!
List three questions that you would like to be answered by other icon makers:
-What's the most embarrassing icon made by yourself if you still have any? (omg)
-How many years have you spent in the hobby?
-Do you make any other kinds of graphics?

Any last words?
A gif or image (or icon!) that describes you right now:
Pretty much the one I have on my profile! hahaha:

[carisma_sensei]

Exactly. Tinky Winky commanded me to do it. Yup.

[carisma_sensei]

Do you mostly use icons you've made yourself, icons by others, or a mix?:
A mix, but this used to be different! At first I would only use icons I made. And for years that's been the case. But at the end of 2018 I started using icons made by others and even got a paid account to be able to use more! I love to find lovely icons made by others that fit my purposes lol.

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

Yes! I think it is definitely because carisma_sensei watched them in detail while she was gif'ing them for me... such is the sacrifice for the greater good!

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

Remember Tinky Winky also failed at making Tubby Custard THREE TIMES

[carisma_sensei]

I would be lying if I said I don't need psychological help after that!! hahaha ♥
Frame by frame by frame watching them all dance and flail.

[nightbulbs]

ABOUT YOURSELF
Name: Mathilde
Age: 25
Place: France
Where do you post your icons: wild_feelings wild_feelings @ LJ

Share Your Interests!
Favorite Show: Ooh, so many! Probably Doctor Who and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D overall and currently: A Discovery of Witches, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Penny Dreadful, Killing Eve, Berlin Station, The Orville and B99.
Favorite Movie: Trainspotting, hands down. And MCU for big fandoms.
Favorite Character: Right now, it's Vanessa Ives.
Favorite Pairing: PHILINDA.
Favorite Food: All things pasta!

LET'S GET TO ICONING!!

What are your personal picks for the top 5-10 icons that you've made in the last 12 months?


Show us five icons that you think best represent your iconing style


What has inspired you over the last 12 months? (techniques, subjects, challenges, other makers, etc.) Provide examples if you want.
Inspiration is my big problem atm! I have zero ideas. So er, good screencaps, cool challenge themes (the "difficult screencaps" over at the7days on LJ, 20muses, monthlyinspo really helped). Since I have no complex composition ideas these days, I'm trying to focus on improving my cropping skills. And looking at old inspiration folders with nostalgia and trying to emulate the styles of a few years back just for fun.

What's your favorite show and/or movie to icon and why?
Doctor Who, because I work well with the caps and I always seem to have ideas. Also way back when I was super into Once Upon a Time, that show really inspired me as well, for the same reasons (good caps and tons of ideas).

Who's your favorite character to icon and why?
The Twelfth Doctor, because PCap's face is so expressive you could icon almost every single shot of him. And he had so many good moments and quotes, it's easy to have icon ideas.

Close crop or far-crop? Why?
Far crop, I love negative space. (I actually love close crops but I'm terrible at executing them myself.)

Vibrant or muted? Why?
Vibrant! I love a good muted and natural icon, but I'm here for all the colours!

Text or minimalistic? Why?
Text, I love quotes and creative text arrangements.

What's your current iconmaking goal?
Getting my mojo back! Be better at cropping and making complex icons again. Also I experimented with the flat vintage look and I don't think it's really my thing, so working on remastering my old glowy style, haha.

Let's Ask Some Questions!!
List three questions that you would like to be answered by other icon makers:
1) Are there fandoms you'd like to see more icons of?
2) Any shows you love but never icon because the caps are too hard to work with?
3) Who was the first maker who really inspired you, if you can remember them? (mine was sky_magenta, I was in awe of her icons)

Any last words?
Yay, friending meme! Also this is me trying to engage with the DW community, I'm so glad there is one but I keep forgetting to check my f-list here. *facepalm*
A gif or image (or icon!) that describes you right now:

[nightbulbs]

Eve/Villanelle is a Big Mood atm.
IKR? I should make icons. Your set for 20muses was amazing!

Who's your top three icon makers?
Of all time? I can't answer that, I love way too many makers, haha.
Do you mostly use icons you've made yourself, icons by others, or a mix?
Depends on the mood, right now my LJ userpics are all by me.
Do you perv on other people's userpics all the time? Tell em I'm not alone! :p
Haha, yes! It's a good way to discover new makers and also I like knowing what people consider to be "userpic material". :P

[nightbulbs]

Vibrancy ftw!

Who are some of your favorite texture resource artists?
Off the top of my head: tinebrella, raiindust, scoobyatemysnax, mm3butterfly - I like grunge and light textures!

[nightbulbs]

-What's the most embarrassing icon made by yourself if you still have any? (omg)
I don't think I ever made any Truly Terrible icons (wow, that sounds arrogant, what I mean is when I started out I was all about making my icons as clean and simple as possible, since I sucked at everything else), but this is pretty ridiculous and comes from from a pretty ridiculous set anyway, and it's hilarious to me that many people liked it at the time!
-How many years have you spent in the hobby?
Over 7 years :o
-Do you make any other kinds of graphics?
I made a couple of tumblr graphics and a gifset or two but that was ages ago! I mostly use LJ so icons are what I need and like making :)

[carisma_sensei]

OMG but that one icon is amazing. It's SO WILD HAHAHA.
Thanks for answering!!

[nightbulbs]

Glad you like ;) Wild is the word, lol. Idk what I was thinking!

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

I think I qualify for some sort of straight jacket but I qualified before the tubbies sooooo

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

I live and die for vibrancy and colour though one of the icons I am most proud of is not really vibrant.. points to current icon*

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

PLEASE BE MAH FRIEND JANNA PLZ PLZ PLZ!

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

Your icons are amazing.. the combinations and the colorings are wonderful! Definitely it is impossible to mistake your icons for anyone elses!

[carisma_sensei]

WE ARE TWINS BABE.

[goodbyebird]

Thanks for having a friending meme ;D

Actually wasn't familiar with kitamikeita, yay new maker to stalk follow avidly! I got out of the habit of saving icons a good while back, when all of a sudden they were impossible to save? You'd just be left with an invalid file. It was disheartening. Glad to see the issue is long past.

Sadly, when I am looking at older posts, it happens a lot that the poster has deleted their account or let it lapse, so you can't see all the icons anymore (or the credit that went with them). :(

Yeah, sadly a lot of the history has been lost, and now we're also stuck with a lot of stuff that's watermarked or gone completely. They'll never be able to pry my overly huge icon folder from me.

[goodbyebird]

It's always interesting to see which way people lean on that.