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We haven't had a straight-up technique challenge in a while! And I thought I'd make it a difficult one... :). Are you ready to challenge yourself?

Definition of chiaroscuro


  1. pictorial representation in terms of light and shade without regard to color

  2. the arrangement or treatment of light and dark parts in a pictorial work of art

  3. the interplay of light and shadow on or as if on a surface

  4. the quality of being veiled or partly in shadow





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Here are some lighting guides/tutorials on how to achieve strong contrast for Chiaroscuro:

Black/White tutorial by [livejournal.com profile] absolutelybatty

3 Methods for Black and White by [livejournal.com profile] fuuurs

Dark glow tutorial for a comic/manga base by [livejournal.com profile] otemae_art





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* Your icons should have an aspect of Chiaroscuro - i.e. focus on dark vs. light
* You can make as many icons as you like
* There is no minimum, 1 icon is enough to enter this activity
* Please submit your 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 will 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

Feel free to talk icons in the comment threads of this post as well!

Thank you, [personal profile] abyss_valkyrie, for the theme suggestion.

Deadline: Saturday, March 23 2018, your end-of-day

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Date: 2019-03-04 04:28 am (UTC)
singedsun: cate blanchett in a pink suit and sunglasses (Default)
From: [personal profile] singedsun
A set of three Tom Hiddlestons:

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Date: 2019-03-05 09:03 pm (UTC)
magicrubbish: Lan Wangji (Elizabeth Olsen)
From: [personal profile] magicrubbish
Woww they are beautiful. Tom <3

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Date: 2019-03-17 12:20 am (UTC)
sallymn: (happy 4)
From: [personal profile] sallymn
Beautiful use of shadow!

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Date: 2019-03-17 02:57 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] timetobegin
Lovely colouring on these

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Date: 2019-03-04 09:30 am (UTC)
sallymn: (art 3)
From: [personal profile] sallymn
Ohh, sounds like a real challenge!

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Date: 2019-03-05 09:04 pm (UTC)
magicrubbish: Lan Wangji (Taylor Latner)
From: [personal profile] magicrubbish
Lovely <3 Especially the last two icons <3

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Date: 2019-03-06 08:49 am (UTC)
thisbluespirit: (Default)
From: [personal profile] thisbluespirit
Very dramatic! I like the second one particularly, but all of them are very effective.

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Date: 2019-03-07 09:00 pm (UTC)
breyzyyin: (Breyzy: facing my fears)
From: [personal profile] breyzyyin
Gorgeous set! I love how the light is contrasting with the darkness in the fifth icon, and I love how in the second icon she looks like she's coming out of the shadows. XD

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Date: 2019-03-13 05:58 pm (UTC)
abyss_valkyrie: made by <user name=magicrubbish> (Default)
From: [personal profile] abyss_valkyrie
How perfect is this set?!The 3rd and 4th icons kill me a little but hey,good icons right? XD

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Great job on these, good cropping

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Date: 2019-03-04 09:29 pm (UTC)
thisbluespirit: (ouat)
From: [personal profile] thisbluespirit
That was a really interesting challenge! I'm not sure I managed quite enough dark, but I had fun trying, and so here are mine, 6, all from Once Upon a Time:



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Date: 2019-03-05 09:07 pm (UTC)
magicrubbish: Lan Wangji (Dark Knight rises)
From: [personal profile] magicrubbish
Superb icons. ESpecially goes with the theme the 1st and 5th one. <3

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breyzyyin: (Breyzy: precious moments)
From: [personal profile] breyzyyin
This whole set is amazing. I love how you managed to pick text that goes along really well with the theme. Numbers 1, 4, and 6 are my personal favorites, but they're all beautiful! XD

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breyzyyin: (Breyzy: don't judge a book by the cover)
From: [personal profile] breyzyyin
These are so pretty! My favorites are numbers 4 and 7, but they're all gorgeous! XD

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breyzyyin: (Breyzy: this will all make sense one day)
From: [personal profile] breyzyyin


Characters/Fandoms & Icon URLs
1. Hugo; God Eater 3 (http://i68.tinypic.com/16c1bb5.jpg)
2. Lumina; Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (http://i68.tinypic.com/4t6dtz.jpg)
3. Raven; The 100 (http://i65.tinypic.com/33op0yo.jpg)
4. Nia Nal/"Dreamer"; Supergirl (http://i66.tinypic.com/b65a4w.jpg)
5. Michael Burnham; Star Trek: Discovery (http://i64.tinypic.com/8ydf6v.jpg)

This theme was definitely a challenge for me and I'm not even entirely sure I actually managed to do it 100% correctly, but I had fun trying! ♥

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Date: 2019-03-08 09:18 am (UTC)
thisbluespirit: (Default)
From: [personal profile] thisbluespirit
Excellent work! I really like 4 in particular - the colour works really well in it.

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abyss_valkyrie: made by <user name=magicrubbish> (Default)
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These are all brilliant! <3
I love the cropping idea in 3!

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wow!! what a great batch, i like your lighting on these

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Date: 2019-03-17 03:01 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] timetobegin
nice job on these, i like your colouring and that second one is such a good example of chiaroscuro!

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Date: 2019-03-17 02:24 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] timetobegin
I've never been great at Chiaroscuro! But great challenge :)



Star Trek Disco x2 | Star Trek AOS

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Date: 2019-03-17 08:47 am (UTC)
thisbluespirit: (Default)
From: [personal profile] thisbluespirit
Nice work! The third one in particular is really effective for the challenge.

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excelsior_hallelujah: (Default)
From: [personal profile] excelsior_hallelujah


Characters
Diana of Themyscira (Wonder Woman) - https://i.imgur.com/6tsTj5a.png
Furiosa (Mad Max: Fury Road) - https://i.imgur.com/21itjR3.png
Peggy Carter (Agent Carter) - https://i.imgur.com/Jx2RgYo.png
Lydia Martin (Teen Wolf) - https://i.imgur.com/D126iss.png
Karen Page (MCU Netflix Shows) - https://i.imgur.com/i7oZ40A.png


Slipping in near the last minute to throw a set of some favorite ladies in. I've been trying different techniques, so I combined a few in various icons. I hope they feel like a cohesive set despite that! This was a difficult challenge, but fun, I think! Thanks for running it!

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Date: 2019-03-23 07:05 pm (UTC)
breyzyyin: (Breyzy: never alone)
From: [personal profile] breyzyyin
These look amazing! My personal favorites are 1, 3 and 4, but they're all really gorgeous. I love your use of text in 2 and 4. Great job! ♥

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