Activity #94 - Technique Waterfall

[tinny]

I don't feel up to Ask the Maker yet, so first we'll have a short activity until mid-June (and then Ask the Maker).

Now we'll make sets of icons following water down a waterfall! Under the cut, there is a list of techniques in the shape of a waterfall.





Rules:

* You have to start at the top (on any square that has no other directly above it, not necessarily the top left) and then go straight down or diagonally down. Make one icon for each square you come across (of course using that technique). It's your choice where you start, and whether you go straight down or diagonal on each step. You can go both left-down or right-down. Just never go horizontally or up.

* Each set of icons has to be of consecutive squares you come across on the way from top to bottom. You don't have to go all the way down - you can start at the top and only make two icons, that's okay. Minimum set size is two icons.

* If you want to make more than one set, you can. You can choose a new starting point (has to be one of the top squares) for each set.

Please ask me if you have any questions. Let me know if there's a problem with the graphic, I can also provide the techniques as plain text.

* You can make as many icons as you like (if you need a goal, five is a good number :))
* In this round, 2 icons is the minimum 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, June 14 2025, your end-of-day This activity has been extended through the duration of this year's Ask The Maker round (mid-July/end of July).

Comments

[breyzyyin]

large text	muted coloring	original background	side crop	two+ fonts

FANDOMS & ICON URLS:
1. X-Men (https://breyzyyin.dreamwidth.org/file/1012786.png)
2. Suikoden II (https://breyzyyin.dreamwidth.org/file/1013849.png)
3. Final Fantasy IX (https://breyzyyin.dreamwidth.org/file/1013356.png)
4. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (https://breyzyyin.dreamwidth.org/file/1013066.png)
5. Sword and Fairy: Together Forever (https://breyzyyin.dreamwidth.org/file/1013579.png)

[tinny]

I took this path down the waterfall.

center crop | fake bg | fg text | large text
natural color | orig bg | simple | vibrant




HPI x3 | Tout va Bien
HPI | Murderbot | The Residence | HPI



https://tinpix.de/2025/theresidence03_22.49.png
https://tinpix.de/2025/toutvabien03_41.47a.png
https://tinpix.de/2025/hip_french501_57.50b.png
https://tinpix.de/2025/hip_french502_26.43aa.png
https://tinpix.de/2025/hip_french502_12.42.png
https://tinpix.de/2025/hip_french307_20.34.png
https://tinpix.de/2025/murderbot101_18.44.png
https://tinpix.de/2025/hip_french401_01.20s.png

[tinny]

Gorgeous! I love the vibrant fiery coloring in #1, the retro/paper look in #2, the piercing blue in #3 (also, he's so cute!), and the composition with the b/w+color+fonts in #5.

[breyzyyin]

Thank you so, so much! ♥ (Vivi is adorable, I love him so! ♥)

[breyzyyin]

What an awesome path down the waterfall! ♥ These icons are so very eye-catching. My personal favorites are 1, 5, 7, and 8 but all of these icons are phenomenal (gotta love the text usage in 2, 3, and 4 too!). Great job on them! ♥

[tinny]

Thank you so much! <3

[tinny]

Is it okay if I use him for this year's ask the maker header? i have an icon made by participants of this comm on the ask the maker header every year.

[breyzyyin]

Sure, that would be great! Thank you. ♥

[abyss_valkyrie]

Gorgeous set!I love the first one so much! The colors in 3 are lovely!

[tinny]

Great! I posted the Ask The Maker activity now.

[breyzyyin]

Aw, thank you so much! ♥

[breyzyyin]

Thank you again. That is awesome! ♥

[skysedge]

I took a very wonky route down but this was fun :)

bg txt	b&w	block	bright
close	fav clr	fire	gradient
minimal	obscure	sepia	tiny txt

1. Lies of P https://i.imgur.com/3WlCi0i.png
2. Lies of P https://i.imgur.com/4jdl4uh.png
3. Touken Ranbu https://i.imgur.com/imNPIkM.png
4. Promare https://i.imgur.com/haw9VyD.png
5. Chainsaw Man https://i.imgur.com/mq2M452.png
6. The Birthday Massacre https://i.imgur.com/ZjbZunh.png
7. Elden Ring https://i.imgur.com/87H3eMV.png
8. Final Fantasy XIV https://i.imgur.com/0CDoAIE.png
9. Lies of P https://i.imgur.com/762A3bl.png
10. Touken Ranbu https://i.imgur.com/hPlkHEZ.png
11. Stock image https://i.imgur.com/6ZMaMFQ.png
12. Lies of P https://i.imgur.com/haA1O20.png

[aurora_amethyst]

I was going to submit this as a set of 10, but I realized that I went horizontal, so I'm submitting it as two sets, lol!

Background Text	Big Contrast	Blending

Blocking	Bright Colors	Decorative Texture	Fire Effect
GIF Icon	Minimalistic	No Face

Kuraki Mai x 10

[abyss_valkyrie]

That eye crop in 'close'-just amazing! Love bright and gradient too!

[abyss_valkyrie]

BBlocking looks so pretty! I love the 1st and 2nd icons too! Decorative texture looks lovely! The fire effect-OHMMMGGG!!!

[aurora_amethyst]

D'awww! Thanks so much! I'm glad you liked them!

[tinny]

Hehee, glad you enjoyed! I especially like block, close, fave color, minimal, and obscure.

[tinny]

Gorgeous! I love the soft vibrant lights on Bright Colors, Decorative Texture, and No Face. The Fire Effect is awesome, and I love the blocking as well, it's perfectly visible even at that tiny size and the reduced coloring. Very cool!

p.s.: did you see that someone asked you a question in Ask The Maker? I'll post the new activity today, but of course maker answers can always still take their time. littlemissnovella is still on vacation so her tutorial is also not done yet. So no worries on that front.

[abyss_valkyrie]

Of course I like the green/pink combo in 1! :D
Love the text in 3,lmao! The crop in 4-so powerful!
I like 5,6 and 8 too! Especially the crop in 8-haha!
The 7th one-nice matching BG and shades of coffee there!

[aurora_amethyst]

D'awww! Thanks so much! I'm really glad you liked my set! I really enjoyed this activity. It was so fun picking my route down the waterfall!

Yes, I did see that someone asked for a tutorial. I've got all my images ready. I'm just working on writing it out and will probably have posted within the next few days, but thank you for waiting for us to get them in.

[breyzyyin]

Oh, I love these icons! The text use in 1 is brilliant, as is the block in 3, coloring in 4, crop in 5, gradient in 8, and sepia in 11! ♥

[breyzyyin]

I love that you did a Kuraki Mai set! ♥ Fantastic work, btw! 1, 2, 3, and 7 are my personal favorites but the whole set looks amazing! ♥

[aurora_amethyst]

D'awww! Thanks! Glad you enjoyed my set! ^^

I love Kuraki Mai, but I never thought to icon her until recent. I think this is probably the first time I've ever iconned a JPop person, lol!

[skysedge]

Thank youuu!

[skysedge]

Thanks so much!

[skysedge]

Thank you!!