Activity #86 - Descriptions

[tinny]

I just uploaded two new icons to my usericons and when I had to fill the "description" field, inspiration struck me:

Lets make icons based on descriptions. There are no visual inspirations this time, only words. Some of the descriptions are very specific, some are very vague. I hope there'll be something inspiring for everyone!

Ten Famous paintings

I asked an AI for a list of paintings and their descriptions - but then I adapted them a little

Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci a mysterious woman with an enigmatic smile, set against a serene landscape that reflects the complexities of human emotion

Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh a swirling night sky over a quiet village that captures the artist's emotional turmoil and fascination with the stars

The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci a group of friends at a meal in dynamic conversation

The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí a surreal landscape featuring distorted objects

Guernica by Pablo Picasso a monochromatic canvas depicting the chaos and suffering caused by war and conflict

The Scream by Edvard Munch an expressionist piece which vividly illustrates existential dread through a figure against a turbulent sky, conveying deep emotional anguish and anxiety

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer a young woman wearing an earring, bathed in soft, luminous light

The Night Watch by Rembrandt van Rijn a dynamic group portrait capturing a moment of activity and leadership, with prominent use of light and shadow

American Gothic by Grant Wood a stern-faced man and his daughter in front of their house

Water Lilies by Claude Monet the serene beauty and transience of nature is captured through vibrant colors and delicate brushwork

Twelve user icons

by people who have participated in this community (descriptions taken directly from the icons, unchanged)

aurora_amethyst: Haibara sitting on the stairs with a white wall with two teal-colored arrows pointing to the left

colls: Teal'c & Vala are totally BFF

fueschgast: Wanda sitting in an armchair, unconvincingly claiming she's fine.

luminousdaze: Flight of the Conchords TV series. Jemaine with tousled hair & a quizzical look

magicrubbish: Kinn taking care of Porsche

magicrubbish: Hotel Transylvania - group hug

sheliak: Rachel Summers, fencing and looking gleeful.

sheliak: Colossus from the X-Men, with a great big question mark in his speech bubble.

silvercat17: silhouetted figure of a person with raised arms

teaotter: a woman looks over her shoulder

tinny: Guardian: Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei looking in opposite directions, with the words "We will be forever"

tinny: Luo Fusheng smiling cutely and surrounded by bokeh lights

Ten famous music album covers

descriptions by me

The Rolling Stones (1964) band members in dark suits, seen from the side, in dark chiaroscuro lighting

Jimi Hendrix - "Are You Experienced" (1967) psychedelic, vibrantly colored cover showing the band in a circular frame, with 70s retro font around it

The Who - "The Who Sell Out" (1967) The cover is made up like an advertisement in bright colors with Pete Townsend posing and holding a product

The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) a two-tone-print of a banana, with directions in small text to "peel slowly and see"

David Bowie - "Aladdin Sane" (1973) David Bowie in his androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust with distinctive makeup and hair

Michael Jackson - "Thriller" (1982) a suave Jackson leaning on his elbow, clad in a white suit, with golden handwritten text

Bob Marley and the Wailers - "Legend" (1984) close crop of Bob Marley with his signature hairstyle and a ring on his finger, looking pensive, with slim text

Madonna - "Like A Virgin" (1984) a sepia-toned image of Madonna in a wedding dress

U2 - "The Joshua Tree" (1987) a landscape photograph of the band members clustered together at the edge of the image, in front of a mountain range in the background

Mike and the Mechanics - "Living Years" (1988) a large black silhouette of a person containing a small white silhouette of a(nother) person

textures

lookslikerain | samelthecamel | mm3butterfly | lookslikerain | tinny




isabellecs | tove | ingrid_m | unknown | david_lucena



pandavirus | innocent_lexys | wunderkind_lucy | craiyon ai x2



lookslikerain | burnedbreads | deepai ai | craiyon ai



* Every icon you make must be based on the above descriptions.
* You can use as many descriptions as you like. One icon per description, or lots of icons for the same description, or even more than one description in one icon if you want.
* You may icon other people than those mentioned in the descriptions! I.e. above descriptions often mention specific people/characters, but you may use different characters of your choosing instead. The banana counts as a character and may be changed, too.
* Please put the descriptions you based your icons on in your submission.

* 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 and descriptions!) 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, September 28 2024, your end-of-day

Comments

[tinny]

I can't quite tell which description these are based on. The last one (and... I guess maybe the first one too) could be "The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí a surreal landscape featuring distorted objects" - but the second one? The water lilies maybe? Are my guesses close?

I love the vibrant colors in all three, and the first one especially looks like a face, I love it.

[littlemissnovella]

Oops, I forgot to mention but the first and third one is Salvador Dali and the second one is Monet (focusing on vibrancy). I used word to elaborate it but forgot to mention the paintings I looked at.