Activity #27 - Calm and Clear

[tinny]

During heat waves, I tend to make challenges that bring a brief respite from the heat... :). I hope this post inspires you!

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abyss_valkyrie | aeriiths | all_choseny | ayebydan

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The Stars Above the Sea
by Amos Russel Wells

Far, far away one mystery greets
Another vast and high,
The infinite of waters meets
The infinite of sky.

The stars are singing hymns of calm
Above the sea's unrest;
Can ever that majestic psalm
Dwell in the ocean's breast?

What far horizon dim and low
The sweet solution finds,
Where earth's tumultuous yearnings know
The peace of heavenly minds?

And still the sky's imperial grace
The tossing ocean mars;
We cannot see the meeting place,
But we can see the stars.

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littlemissnovel | alien_samba | tinyumbrella | goodbyebird

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textures

nokitas | lessrest | azuremonkey | damnicons

velvetb0x | lookslikerain | adriftingsea |rebel

spaceyme | shalowater | - | raiindust

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words

negative space
eternity
still
transparent
distance
eclipse
silence
bloom

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fueschgast | sheliak | carisma_sensei | tinny

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* You can use any of the inspirational material or none of it. How you let yourself be inspired is up to you.
* You can 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
* 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

Deadline: Saturday, July 21 2019, your end-of-day (ugh, the 21st is not Saturday. You have until Sunday the 21st!)

Comments

[abyss_valkyrie]

OOHH!yes,calm and cool is the way to go in this heat! :D Thanks for using one of my icons as inspo too!

[magicrubbish]

https://i.imgur.com/vqI9yfN.png
https://i.imgur.com/KvgX4zE.png
https://i.imgur.com/n6G9HOX.png
https://i.imgur.com/FWl7OzJ.png
https://i.imgur.com/AjmUK5k.png
https://i.imgur.com/V0DwcvM.png
https://i.imgur.com/14Rabak.png
https://i.imgur.com/FQgAhTO.png
https://i.imgur.com/IKCMPS4.png
https://i.imgur.com/pkgZsKu.png

[breyzyyin]

These are so pretty! Your use of coloring and light really conveys the calm and clear theme. My personal favorites are icons 3, 4, 5, 7 and 10, but the whole set is great! XD

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, these are so pretty and light! Really lovely.

[tinyumbrella]

lovely job, i really like your text composition on 1, and the clear cropping on 3 and 5. great job!

[abyss_valkyrie]

WOW!!I like the crop in 6 and 9!3 and 5-love the softness in them!

[tinny]

I love all those happy expressions in these. My faves are 3 and 8. Great crops!

[breyzyyin]

Characters/Fandoms & URLs
1. Kimber & Stormer from the Jem and the Holograms comic (http://i64.tinypic.com/55ovvs.jpg)
2. Ray from Archer: 1999 (http://i64.tinypic.com/2dc7na1.jpg)
3. Jean Grey & Storm from X-Men Red (http://i68.tinypic.com/no5zzs.jpg)
4. Eleven & Max from Stranger Things (http://i67.tinypic.com/rt0qye.jpg)
5. Sarge from Red vs. Blue (http://i67.tinypic.com/zweop5.jpg)

[magicrubbish]

I just how vibrant and full of life your icons are always ! It's a beautiful set, but the 1st and 3rd icons are my absolute favs ! <3

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, these are great - so vivid!

[tinyumbrella]

great texture work!!

[abyss_valkyrie]

Cute work with 1 and 4!I like the 3rd one a lot!<3

[abyss_valkyrie]

Really love the 1st and 3rd one!nice work framing the 4th one. :D

[tinny]

Wow, these look ... so red. :D This distracted me of the happy characters you depict here. They really are calm in their hugs and companionship, I especially like 1 and 3.

[extrapenguin]

We're thankfully having sub-20°C temperatures, which is the appropriate summer temperature. Have some Guardian icons using the textures provided:


https://i.imgur.com/SydfQdf.png
https://i.imgur.com/cCDkvpp.png

[breyzyyin]

These are so pretty! They definitely fit the "calm & cool" theme! XD

[magicrubbish]

Really cool icons, especially the 2nd one ! <3

[tinyumbrella]

beautiful job, i loke the textures and lovely colouring especially on #2

[abyss_valkyrie]

Oh niiice and cool icons! :D

[tinyumbrella]

not 100% sure they suit the brief, but clear and simple at the least! x3 the 100

[magicrubbish]

Lovely icons, I particularly loved your crops. 1st icon is my favorite. The coloring is lovely.

[emmatheslayer]

[tinyumbrella]

lovely rich colouring!

[sheliak]

I kind of struggled with this one, and in the end I put my usual fandoms aside and tried something different.

Ages ago I experimented with a sort of cut-paper looking technique by using textures in layers, and I went back to that (recreated it, really, since the original method wasn't great). I basically just used stock art for these.




Edit: I made some more that didn't fit the challenge quite as well.

[tinyumbrella]

beautiful!! I like the birds in particular!

[fueschgast]

http://fatfrog.info/Ma/A/SN/Avas/14x03Jody-smile.png
http://fatfrog.info/Ma/A/SN/Avas/14x04Impala-fieldroad.png
http://fatfrog.info/Ma/A/SN/Avas/14x07Impala-back.png
http://fatfrog.info/Ma/A/SN/Avas/14x07ImpalaDeanJack.png
http://fatfrog.info/Ma/A/SN/Avas/14x08JackKelly-garden.png
http://fatfrog.info/Ma/A/SN/Avas/14x09Sam-bgXmastree.png
http://fatfrog.info/Ma/A/SN/Avas/14x09JackSam-happyholidays.png
http://fatfrog.info/Ma/A/SN/Avas/14x09Garth-bgXmastree.png

Yeah, the colors on the Christmas icons are a bit warm, but the holiday is in the coolest season, so.

[abyss_valkyrie]

Nice idea with that! :D I adore the crops in 3,4 and 5.The colours in 5-sooo pretty!I like the softness in these!

[abyss_valkyrie]

All icons are from 'The Untamed'. :D



https://i.imgur.com/IdqGnNS.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/2yzzXzR.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/xEFWndR.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/GQhfVvD.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Po9Ifk1.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/3xdBvUV.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/MxBnYIU.jpg

[tinny]

Wow these are beautiful. Ethereal, even. I can almost hear the calming melody of his flute. My fave is the second-to-last one (I love that texture, I use it a lot, too!).

[tinny]

I tried for blue/grey coloring and people being stoic/cool:





Bai Yu in 0.5 Diors (x2)
Zhu Yilong as Wu Xie
Zhu Yilong in My True Friend
HIStory3 (x3)
Guardian (x2)



https://abload.de/img/guardian15_03_51chjp9.png
https://abload.de/img/guardian37_17.06csdkzv.png
https://abload.de/img/history3v01_12.10_02jqjub.png
https://abload.de/img/history3v01_12.10r0k9i.png
https://abload.de/img/history3v01_04.41wkk7u.png
https://abload.de/img/fboi21_03.32b9kjn.png
https://abload.de/img/fuckboi16_13.09tzj0e.png
https://abload.de/img/zyl_wuxie_d3mp0gtjm5.png
https://abload.de/img/mtf13_64fojm0.png

[abyss_valkyrie]

Nice set of blues here!My faves are 5,7 and 8!I like how you tried a variety here even with the blue and cool/stoic faces!