40 John Quixote Icons
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40 John Quixote Icons for Round 10 of
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Meh. This is quite possibly my favorite episode of the series, I loved the themes (and they seemed particularly well suited to my choice), but I'm just not satisfied D: I hope you like the results more than I do...
10 THEMES
5 CATEGORY – ALIEN OF THE WEEK
5 ARTIST'S CHOICE
ALTERNATES
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Meh. This is quite possibly my favorite episode of the series, I loved the themes (and they seemed particularly well suited to my choice), but I'm just not satisfied D: I hope you like the results more than I do...
10 THEMES
Two Colors | Sidekick | Zoom | Upside Down | Struggle |
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Circle | Center Crop | Body Part | Amused | Weird |
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5 CATEGORY – ALIEN OF THE WEEK
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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5 ARTIST'S CHOICE
Artist's Choice 1 | Artist's Choice 2 | Artist's Choice 3 | Artist's Choice 4 | Artist's Choice 5 |
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ALTERNATES
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
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11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
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Date: 2011-09-19 01:38 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-09-21 10:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-19 02:19 pm (UTC)I love this episode, too. I'm not sure I totally get it but that's ok.
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Date: 2011-09-21 11:01 am (UTC)JQ is a trippy episode, but that is most of the fun for me =D It made more sense to me once I realized that the game versions of the characters are exaggerated blends of how Stark & Talyn John viewed the real ones.
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Date: 2011-09-19 08:27 pm (UTC)"Body part" is the one my eyes keep coming back to: it might be the black-and-white starkness, or the intensity of the gesture, I don't know...
I just love it.
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Date: 2011-09-21 11:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-20 02:17 am (UTC)Overall they are all great of course. This episode is fun, but difficult to make icons of in my experience.
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Date: 2011-09-21 11:03 am (UTC)I've made a couple other icons from this episode before and suspected it was tricky, but was really floored by *how* difficult it proved. The lighting combined with S4's grainier film quality was one obstacle, and then it seemed like everyone was standing too far away, or too far apart. I couldn't get the crops or angles I wanted half of the time.
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Date: 2011-09-20 05:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-21 11:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-21 04:24 pm (UTC)I LOVE the crops in the category. It's hard to pick favorites, but #1 stands out quite nicely. It's very interesting and I love the colors. #4 is awesome too, 'Harvey' is so cute in that episode.
Of the themes my favorites are Body Part (for the exact reasons Nymeria mentioned), Center Crop (wow, I really really love the bright colors and the overall weirdness of that scene/image), Amused (the crop is lovely) and Struggle (love the creepiness, how we can pretty much see only Scorpy's silhouette, and John's expression is lovely, I think the icon is a perfect interpretation of the theme).
While I think you made the right picks, there are still many Alternatives I also love. #11 is my favorite, the coloring and the crop both work great, and it's such a lovely scene between the two. #12 is my second favorite with awesomely pretty colors.
(I'm having major trouble with my set right now. I have to redo like half of them because I keep producing nothing but amateurish-looking dren D: I also have discovered that I hate making Upside Down icons as much as you dislike Levels - I just don't see their point! So in a way it's good to hear I'm not the only one to whom this round has been a bit rocky. It's not the themes, like you said, it's just... something, probably the pressure from people liking the last set so much.)
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Date: 2011-09-25 10:10 am (UTC)I also underestimated how hard the episode itself would be to work with. I have more trouble with S4 than 1-3, in part because of the film quality and lighting differences, and here it seemed difficult to get the shots I wanted...invariably their faces would be too small, or too dark to see...I love the scene at the end when they fall out of the game and she hugs him and that was impossible (for me) to icon :(
But all in all I am feeling much better about them now, and I did my best, and that's a very good feeling :)
I'm having major trouble with my set right now. I have to redo like half of them because I keep producing nothing but amateurish-looking dren D: I also have discovered that I hate making Upside Down icons as much as you dislike Levels - I just don't see their point! So in a way it's good to hear I'm not the only one to whom this round has been a bit rocky. It's not the themes, like you said, it's just... something, probably the pressure from people liking the last set so much.
Aw.. *hugs* I can assure you that they will be neither amateurish nor dren and performance anxiety is a bitch, but you're very good at icons. I can't wait to see them.
I almost did a Levels on purpose for my Jool set...so maybe you will be okay with Upside Down in the future ;)
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Date: 2011-09-21 11:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-25 09:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-24 07:25 am (UTC)Category cet is so great, 1 and 2 are my favorite. Also love so much AC; 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Ok, i love them all, LOL!! I will take 1, 2 and 5, will credit. :) And also I tale center crop.
I have to say that I also really like alternates 4, 5, 11 and 15 :)
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Date: 2011-09-25 09:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-27 03:27 am (UTC)side kick is my fave of the themes and Center crop made me LOL so much!!! Oh JQ how so amazing??
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Date: 2011-09-27 01:11 pm (UTC)I thought you might like the Princess Aeryn ones =D She was a lot of fun to icon.
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Date: 2011-09-27 06:42 am (UTC)But anyway, I really like these! The colours in 'upside down' and 'center crop' are great, I love the bold colours in this episode. The crops in your category set are fantastic, and I really love AC #01 and #05, too.
Great work! :)
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Date: 2011-09-27 01:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-22 09:24 pm (UTC)You make lovely icons and a nice range of expressions that I can use effectively for roleplaying Chi with.
Thank you :D
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Date: 2011-11-25 09:32 am (UTC)I just posted another set this morning =D