IconChallenge: Buffy - The Fanged Four

[killing_kurare]

Entry for round 11, btvsats20in20. My pick was The Fanged Four aka Angel, Darla, Drusilla and Spike, my favourites <3 I love their history, the relationships and the complexity of each character ^^

Teaser:


8 Wins *-*
So happy!!

10 Themes
Vulnerable	Battle	Pink + White	Dress Up	Scenery
Obscured	Pattern	Strong	Vampire	Inside
5 Category |COLOUR PALETTE
Cat 1	Cat 2	Cat 3	Cat 4	Cat 5
5 Artist's Choice
AC 1	AC 2	AC 3	AC 4	AC 5

Extras/Alts:



Wins *-*

Comments

[feliciacraft.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I love the set of Artist's Choice icons. Wonderful dynamics between (vampire) family members. I'm also drawn to the scenery icon of Dru.

[killing-kurare.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you! Yeah, I had real fun to choose the pics I wanted to do for AC :) I simply love those four ^^

[shapinglight]

Oh my, I love them all, especially the artist's choice ones. The 'vulnerable' one is very striking too. Can't for the life of me place where the picture comes from.

[killing-kurare.livejournal.com]

Thank you :D Yeah, I also had much fun choosing the pictures for the AC-set <3 One happy family :3 xD
And I can't really tell you the episode, but the pic of Angel is from the events of him returning from hell, being very beast-like, and Buffy chained him up until he was better ... remember? :'D

[shapinglight]

Oh yes, I remember. Beauty and the Beasts in season 3. :)

[kwritten.livejournal.com]

These are so great! Fantastic job!

[killing-kurare.livejournal.com]

Thank you ^^

[twisted-slinky.livejournal.com]

I adore the Fanged Four. These are awesome! I love your AC line, Pattern, Inside, and Scenery. I might have to snatch a few of these :D

[killing-kurare.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you!! So happy you like them ^^
And I'd be honored if you snatch some :D :D :D yay ^^

[emmatheslayer.livejournal.com]

epic icons here wow

[killing-kurare.livejournal.com]

Thank you ^^

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Wonderful set! And oh, your Dru icons here are ESPECIALLY gorgeous! Inside is my favorite of this set - beautiful vintage softness and coloring, and a terrific interpretation of the theme. I also love scenery (stunning bursts of light and color), Obscured, Pattern, Cat 4, and the entire AC set.

I'm glad you decided to sign on this round, these are terrific!

[killing-kurare.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D so happy you like them ^^ Yeah, Drusilla is my favourite of these four :3 Especially together with Spike <3
I personally never understood Spuffy, but well :'D
Anyway, thanks again for this lovely comment, it totally made my day <3

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

You're welcome hon!

[snogged.livejournal.com]

These look really great. I particularly love your Artist Choice set. :)

[killing-kurare.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D
So happy you like them ^^

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

I had to come back to take a look at this set again and - I think I love Inside even more than I did before. I have no idea how you made it look so lovely but I'm just now really appreciating the meta aspect of how clever your interpretation of theme is.

[killing-kurare.livejournal.com]

Woooow *-*
It's so nice of you to leave another comment! This makes me so happy :D
And thanks again for the compliment on that special icon <3 I knew right away I wanted to do this for the theme, but it took some time to find the right picture :) Originally I didn't want to add Spike, but then this pic was just so perfect to me :D

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

It's so perfect the way it is I can't imagine it any other way.

I see that this icon is winning the tiebreaker for the theme as well it should. I'd be embarrassed if it were otherwise.

[killing-kurare.livejournal.com]

I still can't believe that so many icons of mine won this round ... I never thought it possible, for up until now I was totally in awe over one win, and now I see this and can't believe it *-*
That makes me truly happy <3 :D :D :D
And also thank you so much for your support, that means so much to me ... I'm so thankful <3

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Full disclosure - even I was surprised by how many of your icons I ended up voting for. When the icons of different artists are taken out of their original context like this post and set next to one another it's interesting what happens - things that I didn't notice before really stand out, or vice versa, sometimes different sets make the others look stronger, plus there's the element of "which actually fits the theme best and is the best aesthetically/technically?"

Which probably makes it sound like I spend loads of time thinking before I vote, and I don't (usually.) These are things that go through my mind in micro-seconds most of the time.

Which is to say this is a very fine set and you should be proud of it!

And i think I prefer your alt of Cat 3 just a tiny bit better than the entry version because of the greater shimmer and color variation. Was it just me or was this category really hard this time around? I had to work to keep the icons as absolutely close to the actual hue as possible. tweak them and it's a different hue altogether.

[killing-kurare.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean :) Sometimes I see a set (when I get to comment before voting ._.) and think "Whoa, this icon is sooo great, I'm gonna vote for this one when it's up", and then you see it next to others, and another one, not this great (to me, you know what I mean :D) before, really stands out :)
And I get what you're saying with looking at theme/aesthetics/technique in micro-seconds :D It's just a feeling, the fact your eyes are drawn to a special icon (and you sometimes don't even know why ... it's curious ^^).

And I am proud :3 Really :D And happy ^^
Btw I agree with you, the cat-round was really hard! I really had to struggle until I finally found a way to get the colors at least a little right :/ And I like my alt for Cat3 better, too, but when I saw the greens next to each other, they just looked too much alike so I had to make it darker :(
I really adore your creativity ... Like Cat3 is absolutely brilliant <3 I went the kinda easy way with the bgs ^^'

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I see a set (when I get to comment before voting ._.) and think "Whoa, this icon is sooo great, I'm gonna vote for this one when it's up", and then you see it next to others, and another one,

Of course voting is my least favorite part of the process because I'm horrible at making decisions. This time for instance I wanted to call a three way tie in the AC set between everyone who wasn't me, because they all looked wonderful to me.

And I get what you're saying with looking at theme/aesthetics/technique in micro-seconds

Sometimes I make myself walk away and wait 24 hours before voting, so it's not an immediate reaction.

And I am proud :3 Really :D And happy ^^

You should be! And btw, I hope you don't mind my saying that I looked at your 20in20 sets again - I hadn't realized it's been nearly a year since you entered the first time, and your skills have grown by leaps and bounds. That first set was a Drusilla set so it actually makes it much easier to compare apples to apples. You won a lot of awards this round, against some of the most talented artists in this corner of fandom so yes, patting yourself on the back is spectacularly justified here.

the cat-round was really hard! I really had to struggle until I finally found a way to get the colors at least a little right

Oh yeah - because I had no way of confirming, in ipiccy, if the RPG numbers for the colors stayed absolutely the same in the final product as the ones we were assigned; I had to eyeball it in the end and say "close enough for government work". (Having worked for the US Census Bureau in 2009 I now understand what that phrase means. *lol*)

I probably didn't need to be so pedantic about it but when I'm given exact colors I have to incorporate then of course I'm going to try to be exact.

And I like my alt for Cat3 better, too, but when I saw the greens next to each other, they just looked too much alike so I had to make it darker :

That "rainbow" was kind of a weird one, IMO: I liked the progression of the first three colors: cool, dark jewel tones; and then there were these two weird yellowy-limey greens that kind of looked alike. I think you handled the green spectacularly with those backgrounds.

I really adore your creativity ... Like Cat3 is absolutely brilliant <3

Thank you so much! I'm really surprised at how much people liked my Cat 3; I was basically imitating or trying to emulate (that sounds nicer) sweet_lyri's style.

[starry-night.livejournal.com]

These are beautiful! And excellent claim btw - I love these four together :)

My faves are vulnerable, pink + white, obscured, pattern, inside, C1, C2, C4, AC1-2 and AC 5 :)

[killing-kurare.livejournal.com]

Thank you :D Yeah, first I pondered which one of these I should take, then I thought 'Duh, claim the Fanged Four as a group' :D
And I am very happy with my claim ^^

So happy you like my icons :D

[lokifan]

These are gorgeous! The AC set is so perfect - individually and as a whole - and I love Insides.

[killing-kurare.livejournal.com]

Thank you :D I had so much fun choosing the pics for the AC set, and I knew right away I wanted to use that quote for 'Inside' :3
Happy you like them!