Round 13: Icon Crossing

[neonspider]

This round you'll get the chance to take a look back at some of your previous work and reuse your favorite parts. This is a remake activity with a twist: instead of reimagining one icon at a time, you'll be remaking two icons in one! Each participant will be given random pairs of icons (let's call these icons the "parents") from their own body of work, and the icon maker's job is to create one new icon (a "child icon") by combining qualities that are present in the parents, much like a child would inherit traits.

I'll illustrate this with icons by other makers (the icons in the crossed column obviously weren't actually made this way, these are just random examples!):

ICON 1 ICON 2 CROSSED blocking text painty texture b&w + color pink & yellow border bars dark background prominent light one main color blue

ICON 1 ICON 2 CROSSED deep blues stars nature full body profile solid background fandom blending floral texture muted

Hopefully you got the idea! This activity has been done once before at tmfaction, you can check the post for more examples and post formatting ideas HERE.

SOME NOTES (Please read these carefully!)

• Only one new icon for each pair of parents
• The child doesn't have to inherit every single aspect from one of the parents. So, if you want to use text or a cut background for example, you can do so even if this technique isn't used in either of the parents. It's enough that at least one trait is inherited from each parent.
• The inherited qualities can be anything from subject choice (character, fandom, scene) to techniques (texture use, composition, text, coloring...) to even something more subtle (a mood, a pose, a type of setting...). Harder modes have some restrictions to this, see the mode listing for more details!
• The formatting used for your post is free, but it should make it clear which icons are the actual new entries for this challenge, which icons were the parent icons for each new icon, and which qualities the new icons inherit from the parents. Feel free to hide the extra info behind a spoiler cut (like in the tmfaction post) if you don't want the main post to look too crowded. I've provided an HTML table to make coding a bit easier for you.
• If you get parent icons that you're not happy with, don't panic! You can still make good icons using "bad" parents, because the point is not to directly reuse parts of your older icons, elevating the selected traits from what they originally looked like is 100% encouraged.
• I will only re-randomize for you if you've already used all your 20 pairs and want to enter another set
• I'll give everyone 20 parent icon pairs, but you can still make 5-20 icons by choosing 5-20 of the pairs to use
• You don't need to fill the pairs in order, so for example if you only want to make 5 icons, you can freely choose which 5 pairs you'll use
• The parent icons will be given in fixed pairs, so don't mix and match them in a different way (as in taking the first parent from the first given pair and the second parent from the second pair), this would be too easy!

NORMAL MODE: You're free to cross the parent icons in any way you want to, as long as some elements are picked from both parents. These elements can be anything: technical, thematic, subject-based, even vague and broad qualities are ok for this mode, such as "happy mood" or "comedic scene".
HARD MODE: Same as the above, but more technical; for this mode the technical style specifically should be a combination of the parents: aspects like coloring style, cropping, contrast, lighting, composition and texture use are acceptable things to inherit. Vague thematic elements or subject alone aren't acceptable inherited traits in this mode (of course they too can be present as an extra).
EXTRA HARD MODE: Same as Hard mode, except (at least one) screencap choice must also be inherited from one of the parents. There are two slightly different ways to do this, and you can switch between these in your Extra hard mode set:
Option 1 - inherit only the screencap from the image provider parent and (some aspects of) the technical style from the other parent, OR
Option 2 - create a mix of the technical styles of the parent icons, like in Hard mode, and on top of that also use the screencap from one of the parents.
We understand that screencap availability might be an issue, many previous galleries are now gone and a specific screencap might be hard to find again anyway; if none of the images used in the parent icons can be found with reasonable effort, you may pick a cap that's "close enough" (same fandom/character). If multiple screencaps are used in the image provider parent, you can choose one or more to use in the child. It's ok to also use additional images, as long as at least one visible image comes from one of the parents.

TABLE FOR FORMATTING
Feel free to modify or use your own! This only has five rows, copy as many times as needed.

<table> <tr><th>ICON 1</th><th></th><th>ICON 2</th><th></th><th>NEW ICON</th></tr> <tr><td><img src="LINK TO PARENT 1" title="ELEMENT USED FROM PARENT 1" /></td><td><img src="https://i.imgur.com/jKwvaVM.png"/></td><td><img src="LINK TO PARENT 2" title="ELEMENT USED FROM PARENT 2" /></td><td><img src="https://i.imgur.com/cKiyvrM.png"/></td><td><img src="LINK TO NEW ICON"/></td></tr> <tr><td><img src="LINK TO PARENT 1" title="ELEMENT USED FROM PARENT 1" /></td><td><img src="https://i.imgur.com/jKwvaVM.png"/></td><td><img src="LINK TO PARENT 2" title="ELEMENT USED FROM PARENT 2" /></td><td><img src="https://i.imgur.com/cKiyvrM.png"/></td><td><img src="LINK TO NEW ICON"/></td></tr> <tr><td><img src="LINK TO PARENT 1" title="ELEMENT USED FROM PARENT 1" /></td><td><img src="https://i.imgur.com/jKwvaVM.png"/></td><td><img src="LINK TO PARENT 2" title="ELEMENT USED FROM PARENT 2" /></td><td><img src="https://i.imgur.com/cKiyvrM.png"/></td><td><img src="LINK TO NEW ICON"/></td></tr> <tr><td><img src="LINK TO PARENT 1" title="ELEMENT USED FROM PARENT 1" /></td><td><img src="https://i.imgur.com/jKwvaVM.png"/></td><td><img src="LINK TO PARENT 2" title="ELEMENT USED FROM PARENT 2" /></td><td><img src="https://i.imgur.com/cKiyvrM.png"/></td><td><img src="LINK TO NEW ICON"/></td></tr> <tr><td><img src="LINK TO PARENT 1" title="ELEMENT USED FROM PARENT 1" /></td><td><img src="https://i.imgur.com/jKwvaVM.png"/></td><td><img src="LINK TO PARENT 2" title="ELEMENT USED FROM PARENT 2" /></td><td><img src="https://i.imgur.com/cKiyvrM.png"/></td><td><img src="LINK TO NEW ICON"/></td></tr> </table>

HOW TO ASK FOR ICON PAIRS

If you want to play, reply to the thread titled "Ask for icon pairs here" with a link to your icon journal/tag. I'll reply asap with twenty randomized pairs of icons from your posts (this may still take a while, please be patient!). Please note that you should have at least a few public icon posts for me to be able to do this.

If you've had previous icon communities/journals, they won't be included in the randomizing, only the icons in your current community count. I could make an exception if you've moved to a new icon community very recently so that there's only a couple of posts (say, less than 100 icons in total) in your current one; in this case also provide a link to your previous community/tag. Some of you might have a very long iconmaking history, and if you want to limit the randomized icons to your newer work only, specifically request this in your comment and provide a link to the oldest post you want to be included in the randomizing.

If any watermarked Photobucket icons or icons that give me those weird "imgprx" links get randomized, I'll reupload them to Imgur for convenience and clarity.

Asking for pairs isn't considered a signup, don't worry if you can't get the set done!



Rules
+ Create 5-20 icons for the challenge.
+ Icons must fit LJ standards (100x100px, gif/jpg/png format, 100kb or less)
+ All icons must be new and made specifically for the challenge
+ Post either a link to your icon journal post, or post the icons directly to this community (in a new post)
+ Each entry should have three example icons before the link or the LJ cut
+ If linking to your icon journal, the post must be public at least until the end of the challenge.
+ Use title Round 13: yourname
+ Use tags maker: yourname, round: 13
+ Please make an effort to look at and to leave comments to other participants' posts
+ Deadline: December 31st 22:00 UTC+2 (COUNTDOWN)

Comments

ASK FOR ICON PAIRS HERE

[neonspider]

Comment to this with a link to your icon community and/or icons tag, and I will generate 20 pairs of parent icons for you!

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[shameless666.livejournal.com]

This seems like fun!
mundodefieras

And lol at that icon, how did you find it? I don't even remember making it :D

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[thyla87.livejournal.com]

Awesome challenge! colorvortex

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[violateraindrop]

What an awesome challenge!
I'd like to try: iwillnotdance :D

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[nightbulbs]

Okay, I’ll give it a go, this is really cool!

wild_feelings

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[aeriiths.livejournal.com]

This is such a cool idea! hunters_chance

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[emiels.livejournal.com]

ahhhh I haven't had any inspiration in MONTHS but I will ask for the pairs just in case
thenightvale

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[littlemissnovel.livejournal.com]

I want to give it a whirl (not sure if I can do all 20 though). Thank you! lullabycharmed

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[abyss-valkyrie.livejournal.com]

OH WOW! This is so cool!

https://abyss-valkyrie.livejournal.com/tag/icons

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[sietepecados]

OMG this look terrifying...I want in :) I will have to flex my creative muscles! Damn this idea is so creative, amazing work!
sininferno

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[tiptoetwirl.livejournal.com]

This sounds like an absolute frickin blast. Please count me in: rafanatical

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[tinny]

your challenges are always amazing! <3

https://tinnny.livejournal.com/tag/art-icons

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[sweet-lyri.livejournal.com]

This is amazing - I really hope my retail life will let me make something!!

My icons: https://sweet-lyri.livejournal.com/tag/icons

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[magicrubbish]

Ahh ! I was already excited for the new round, looks like a fun challenge to push my boundaries ! I'd like to give it a try, please sign me up.
Here is my account, but I've lost my old account and this one is very new. I still have most of my icons in my dreamwidth account though. Please let me know if my new account has sufficient icons for me to participate.

Here is my new one, chaotic_beauti

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[longerthanwedo.livejournal.com]

omg this is so much fun yes please i wanna play~!

thevividimagery

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[aurora_amethyst]

Ooooo! What a brilliant idea!

Here's to hoping I'll be able to complete a set this time around! ^^

1wonderment

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[sandy79.livejournal.com]

I'm in awe with your ideas, month for month XD https://sandy79.livejournal.com/tag/medium%3A%20icons

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[dixon.livejournal.com]

This sound like a lot of fun! ultraviolence <3

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[mravenwood.livejournal.com]

https://mravenwood.livejournal.com/tag/icons this sounds like so much fun!

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[vapor.livejournal.com]

This is amaziiiiiiiiiiiiing. I can't wait to participate. :) My icon community is woodenwhisper.

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[debris4spike]

Thanks — I would love to play. All my icons are cross-posted at d4s_icons ... so it's probably easier to go there

Let me just thank you for all your inspiration, and hard work

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[n-iinza.livejournal.com]

Omg, how do you keep coming up with these brilliant ideas?!
My icon community is ancient lol, could you please grab icons going forward from this post (https://uvegotmesewn.livejournal.com/38951.html)?
uvegotmesewn

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[valeyvo.livejournal.com]

Argh, this round seems funny and hard, but I wanna give it a try ~
bananasland

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[apologizeg]

No idea if I'll get anything done, but accios

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[geckoholic]

Ohh, yes please!

bl00dredskies