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Icontalking Header #93 Five is the Limit


I'm not sure how practical this challenge is, but I hope it's at least inspiring. :D

The rule for this challenge is to make icons that have at most five layers (on Photoshop or other layer-based tools) and/or only take you at most five minutes to make.

Challenge yourself to both simplicity and speed! :D

Maybe this could be an opportunity to learn how to make photoshop actions or get some cool gimp plugins?



Some random icons and textures for inspiration:

~~~~~ icons ~~~~~



[personal profile] setsuntamew | [personal profile] abyss_valkyrie | [personal profile] narnialover7 | [personal profile] haebin


[personal profile] chacusha | [livejournal.com profile] crazycordy | [personal profile] longerthanwedo | [personal profile] picnicnic

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~~~~~ textures ~~~~~




ai-generated | [livejournal.com profile] midnight_road | [livejournal.com profile] colorfilter | [livejournal.com profile] lookslikerain


[deviantart.com profile] yunhe x2 | Emil Nolde | [livejournal.com profile] innocent_lexys | [livejournal.com profile] timetobegin

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* Since I have no way to verify this, I'm calling on your honesty: please don't cheat. Only submit icons that took you no more than five minutes to make and/or have no more than five layers. Using actions/scripts to automate and speed up your work is allowed.
* You don't have to limit both time and layers. You can enter icons that took you an hour as long as they only have five layers. Or you can enter an icon with ten layers if you manage to make it in under five minutes. Play around and have fun! <3
* 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, May 10 2025, your end-of-day

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Date: 2025-04-25 10:06 am (UTC)
abyss_valkyrie: made by <user name=narnialover7> (Default)
From: [personal profile] abyss_valkyrie
WOW!That was quite a surprise. I don't remember the last time I worked so quickly on icons,lol!
Icons 1 and 4 used 4 layers and the rest were done within the time limit. Icon 5 really cut it close because the initial screencap was a bit dark and quite yellow. Icon 3 took me the shortest amount of time because when I took these screencaps a few days back I had an idea on how I wanted to use it!:D There are a few I tried but they kept crossing over the time limit so I scrapped those.

2X Maxton Hall, The Gardener, 2X Black doves


https://i.imgur.com/AIl085C.png
https://i.imgur.com/xY76Xkr.png
https://i.imgur.com/PV7MAlt.png
https://i.imgur.com/EneNT6z.png
https://i.imgur.com/zmLV1uP.png
Edited Date: 2025-04-25 10:06 am (UTC)

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Date: 2025-04-25 12:07 pm (UTC)
abyss_valkyrie: made by <user name=narnialover7> (Default)
From: [personal profile] abyss_valkyrie
The levels one is actually one of the quicker ones I can do for maximum presentation lol, especially if I have screencaps of one scene so it looks cohesive. I did rely a lot of 'hard light' and 'soft light' to get the icons to look pretty in a short time, so no fake BG icons this time as that usually takes me time.
I tried the levels with some Guardian caps but it wasn't working within the time limit and layers for me so I gave up.

OMG, is season 2 confirmed for Maxton Hall? That's great to hear!
Edited Date: 2025-04-25 12:08 pm (UTC)

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Date: 2025-04-29 10:29 pm (UTC)
magicrubbish: Grotesquerie (Zhu YiLong)
From: [personal profile] magicrubbish
Beautiful set. I love the crop of 4 and 5 and the blocking and rich yellow coloring of 2 and 3 looks great.

(no subject)

Date: 2025-04-30 04:25 pm (UTC)
abyss_valkyrie: made by <user name=narnialover7> (Default)
From: [personal profile] abyss_valkyrie
Thank you so much!

(no subject)

Date: 2025-05-03 01:12 pm (UTC)
littlemissnovella: (Default)
From: [personal profile] littlemissnovella
I love the effect in 1, the layers in 2 & 3, the compositions in 4 & 5!

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Date: 2025-05-03 03:19 pm (UTC)
abyss_valkyrie: made by <user name=narnialover7> (Default)
From: [personal profile] abyss_valkyrie
Thank you!<3

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Date: 2025-05-03 09:28 pm (UTC)
nondenomifan: So Many Fandoms So Little Time text (Applause Animation by user name=j_blaque)
From: [personal profile] nondenomifan
Great work! My faves are 2, 3, and 4. I'd probably like 1, too, if I knew more about what was happening in the image; I just have a personal issue with motion blur if I don't know what's happening. That's my personal problem, though, not yours!

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Date: 2025-05-05 08:48 pm (UTC)
abyss_valkyrie: made by <user name=narnialover7> (Default)
From: [personal profile] abyss_valkyrie
Thank you so much! Ah, the motion blur was added to just make her stand out as she's walking and there were passersby behind her. :D

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Date: 2025-05-08 07:51 am (UTC)
nondenomifan: Blaine squee by <user name=nondenomicon> (Blaine squee by nondenomicon)
From: [personal profile] nondenomifan
Oh, ok, cool idea! Now it really works for me!

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Date: 2025-05-06 01:20 pm (UTC)
breyzyyin: (Breyzy: caught in the moment)
From: [personal profile] breyzyyin
These icons are phenomenal! My personal favorites are the first, second, and fourth icons but all five are amazing. Great job! ♥

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Date: 2025-05-06 04:12 pm (UTC)
abyss_valkyrie: made by <user name=narnialover7> (Default)
From: [personal profile] abyss_valkyrie
Wheeee!Thank you so much!<3

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