ANIMANGA BATTLE - THE REVEAL

[aeriiths.livejournal.com]

WE DID IT YOU GUYS. WE FINALLY GOT THERE. Here are the results of our animanga battle! Man, once the icons started to roll in I got really excited about making this post, but that was pretty much dampened when I started trying to code it. Sorry it's not beautifully laid out, but I'm sure the icons will make up for it!

I'VE PROBABLY MADE A BUNCH OF MISTAKES SO LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS.

Well I have nothing else to say so uh. Check out these pretties and hover for the fandom!


ICON 1

Silhouette + Wolf in the City + Rainbow

absolutelybatty	adriftingsea	alisea_dream	cool_spectrum	dashberlin
deternot	emiels	katy_111	kayable	pamkips
petite_tomate	superjesster	takonasu

ICON 2

Black Knight + Blending + (by cleamour)

absolutelybatty	adriftingsea	alisea_dream	cool_spectrum	dashberlin
deternot	emiels	katy_111	kayable	pamkips
petite_tomate	superjesster	takonasu

ICON 3

Dark + Supernatural + Killy Killy Joker Lyrics

absolutelybatty	adriftingsea	alisea_dream	cool_spectrum	dashberlin
deternot	emiels	katy_111	kayable	pamkips
petite_tomate	superjesster	takonasu

ICON 4

(nebula) + Rain of Brass Petals Lyrics + Pastels

absolutelybatty	adriftingsea	alisea_dream	cool_spectrum	dashberlin
deternot	emiels	katy_111	kayable	pamkips
petite_tomate	superjesster	takonasu

ICON 5

Old + Poetry

AND ONE OR BOTH OF

Food + Vile

absolutelybatty	adriftingsea	alisea_dream	cool_spectrum	dashberlin
deternot	emiels	katy_111	kayable	pamkips
petite_tomate	superjesster	takonasu

ICON 6

Blue + Cool Colours

AND ONE OR BOTH OF

Falling + Floral Patterns

absolutelybatty	adriftingsea	alisea_dream	cool_spectrum	dashberlin
deternot	emiels	katy_111	kayable	pamkips
petite_tomate	superjesster	takonasu

ICON 7

(by pinxess) + Explosion

AND ONE OR BOTH OF

Hair + Text Heavy

absolutelybatty	adriftingsea	alisea_dream	cool_spectrum	dashberlin
deternot	emiels	katy_111	kayable	pamkips
petite_tomate	superjesster	takonasu

ICON 8

Black & White + Stock Textures

AND ONE OR BOTH OF

Negative Space + Two

absolutelybatty	adriftingsea	alisea_dream	cool_spectrum	dashberlin
deternot	emiels	katy_111	kayable	pamkips
petite_tomate	superjesster	takonasu

ICON 9

Textless + (by peterhale)

AND ONE OR BOTH OF

Faceless + Close Crop

absolutelybatty	adriftingsea	alisea_dream	cool_spectrum	dashberlin
deternot	emiels	katy_111	kayable	pamkips
petite_tomate	superjesster	takonasu

ICON 10


takonasu // partitioning // petite_tomate // raiindust // alisea_dream // yachiru // erzsebet
+
Southern Aire

AND ONE OR BOTH OF

Contact + (by lookslikerain)

absolutelybatty	adriftingsea	alisea_dream	cool_spectrum	dashberlin
deternot	emiels	katy_111	kayable	pamkips
petite_tomate	superjesster	takonasu

ALTS


dashberlin


deternot



katy_111



superjesster



YOU CAN FIND THESE MAKERS AT:
absolutelybatty @ reflexive_verb
adriftingsea @ appleseedsama
alisea_dream @ afronauts
cool_spectrum @ icontraption
dashberlin @ amarylis
deternot @ lapislazu_icons
emiels @ thenightvale
katy_111 @ hunters_chance
kayable @ inksplashes
pamkips @ absolucion
petite_tomate @ aubedelune
superjesster @ nailbites
takonasu @ randebu

Be sure to credit them if you use any of the icons!

Comments

[aeriiths.livejournal.com]

JUST AN INITIAL COMMENT TO SAY THAT EVERYBODY MADE SUPER GREAT ICONS AND I ALWAYS GOT REALLY EXCITED WHEN I SAW THERE WAS A NEW COMMENT ON THE SUBMISSION POST.

i will be back later to ~liase~

[superjesster.livejournal.com]

EVERYTHING IS GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT (TO THE TUNE OF SHAKE IT OFF.MP3)

i screamed at everything, especially all the psycho pass and hamatora icons AND ALSO ALL THE RAINBOW ICONS
i'm ashamed to say i left that one for last and i did the laziest silhouette job lmao

FAVES FAVES FAVES













Gorgeous work, everyone!

[emiels.livejournal.com]

Scrolling down this post made me go "oooooh" so many times, everyone is so creative, especially with text! And compositions! And colors! And theme interpretation! And blending!
Also, 100% respect for everyone who actually used the provided fonts instead of cheating like I did. YOU ARE THE TRUE HEROES.
Allllso 200% respect for Katy for hosting this battle and putting together this post ♥

FAVES only one per person because otherwise I'd have to copy the entire post here :I

[deternot.livejournal.com]

You kids are all so talented, I need to lie down! Also, I find it suuuper interesting when two of us had the same-ish idea for how to work with the themes, haha.

absolutelybatty

I'm so into the dark colors and texture work of your entire set! The first icon I picked out is so neat, I love the composition and the lighting choices you've made! The blue coloring is really lovely. The second one is just text porn and I love how you've used red not just in this icon but in so many of the icons in this set! And that b/w icon, wooow, I love everything about the composition and the text, the b/w is perfection in it, too!

adriftingsea

Your text use is so brave and well-done, I'm really in awe! Good job! In the first icon I picked out, I just love the way the dark background you've picked out makes her pop and the layered way you have the text interacting with the subject. It's really eyecatching! The second one I picked out is my favorite of your whole batch, I think, it's just so understatedly elegant. I love the black and white vs color and the soft lighting, and the text at the bottom makes the whole thing balanced! And the last one is just super cool, I love the strong lightning and the cap you chose is perfect because even in black and white against a busy background, the smile stands out!

alisea_dream

You compositions always destroy me and this set is no different! I love the color palette you've created in the first icon, the yellows and greens are so rich and mysterious! And I love your work in the second, it can be really hard to make a RL background look like it fits with a drawn subject but you've managed it completely and I'm in awe! And I love the last icon, the warm lighting and duplication of the texture makes it really interesting to look at, I love how centered it is around the subject in a way that's busy but not chaotic.

cool_spectrum

I really love the delicate style you've been cultivating, it's so pretty and really suited to especially the more shoujo subjects you choose, though it looks great with all of them! I love the coloring in the first icon, that green-blue with a bit of mint in the middle is so pretty and I love how you've blended the two images together, really cool! And the second icon, wooow, the cropping is amazing, the text work is perfect, the coloring and lightning is completely dreamy… I adore this icon so much! I really love the bits of purple that seep in at the bottom. But my favorite icon of yours is definitely the third one, holy cow! The coloring, the composition, literally everything about it is perfection. It's so pretty and delicate!

[kayable.livejournal.com]

I'M GONNA SIT HERE AND CRY

[absolutelybatty.livejournal.com]

Generalized comment: Fuck all of you. Seriously. It's L I T E R A L L Y unreal how good all of these are. Like, what????? how?????? I mean I knew everything was going to be brilliant, but this is beyond all my wildest expectations, honestly. Just look at how shining, amazing, and creative this entire post is!! & thank you Katy for hosting this wonderful battle and coding and just generally being super awesome. ♥

Faaaaaaaaaaavs:

[dashberlin.livejournal.com]

Oh man I was so excited for the results and they did not disappoint! EVERYTHING IS SO GORGEOUS!

[nna-chan.livejournal.com]

THIS IS DIRTY CHEATING AND BLOWING MY BRAIN OUT OF MY SKULL AND I HATE MY LIFE RN
AND I HATE EVERYTHING FOR MAKING ME MISS ICONS AND THUS MISSING THIS ENTIRE AWESOME ROUNDS,
I'M WALLOWING ONA SELF-PITY RN. FML.
D:

Everybody is improving fast and pretty..y'all are butterflies and here i'm a larvae munching off my life away as I gaze away

[cool-spectrum.livejournal.com]

Wow, this was awesome... can we do it again?

[cool-spectrum.livejournal.com]

NOOOOO, I CAN'T SEE HIS FACE LIKE THIS!

Edit: because this feels incomplete without the .gif

[cool-spectrum.livejournal.com]

Kay, please quit making icons that are not Hotarubi no Mori e. I think you need to focus all of your attention exclusively on this series for the rest of your iconning years XD

[cool-spectrum.livejournal.com]

absolutelybatty

1. The balance of the composition and typography is lovely. Reds are so hard to work with, especially when there's red text, but you did a beautiful job keeping things clean.
2. I'm super picky about b&w, so usually b&w icons aren't my faves, but you've done an amazing job with not only the lighting, but also drawing the eye in with those textures :3
3. Blue bias or not... I am in love with everything about this... the colors, that light texture coming down the middle is such a wonderful touch that ties everything together... the movement with the typography... the use of textures without going too gritty... I could go on and on XD

adriftingsea

1. WOW.
2. The fun way you incorporated numbers is so pretty, and yet the focus is still totally on the character, which can be hard, so great job <3
3. I love the depth you got from the icon as a whole. The floral background is really used to its best advantage without taking over the whole icon, and the composition with the character in the center is super cute <3
1. Coming back to talk properly. WOW. The use of that texture looks so amazing on the off-white background. The coloration is flawless, the pop of gold near the top keeps it from getting too dark... plus it has a bit of an autumn vibe to it, which totally works. The way the character bleeds into the texture a little bit is such a cool effect, and the way you colored the typography is a nice touch because it's visible without interrupting the flow of the icon. In other words... I seriously love this icon.

alisea_dream

1. This icon is pretty much flawless. Your use of textures here is really amazing, I'm totally drawn into the icon the more I look~ And keeping the palette limited to just two colors was so smart because the focus is clear and clean.
2. The composition is fearless and beautiful! I just love the layered effect of the different elements :3
3. The mild use of sepia tone on the characters is such a cool way of drawing the eye in, and allowing them to stand out against such a detailed background. The overall icon has a "nostalgia" vibe to it, which is automatically very endearing.

dashberlin

1. Wow, that typography looks so cool! I'm also loving the lighting here, it's so dramatic~
2. I pretty much just love it all. The coloring is lovely, the use of textures is right on, the composition is really cool, and the typography looks so elegant with just the first letters in the required font <3
3. You are a genius... I hate myself, you made this theme look so easy all of a sudden.

deternot

1. The gentle use of lighting is an absolutely lovely touch, paired with the sepia-gold coloring... you've captured "angelic" right there in that icon... I LOVE it.
2. The colors are amazing... so vivid and deep, and the composition has such great flow the way you've allowed everything to spread across your little 100 pxl canvas. :3
3. If I haven't told you yet already, I am in love with your use of sepia/natural colors. This is just another masterpiece, the way you used the provided texture is a great way of adding depth, and yet you've kept a lightness that keeps the icon as a whole very elegant and ladylike <3

[cool-spectrum.livejournal.com]

emiels

1. I love the way the text looks in this icon as a decorative element, and the soft purple coloring has a nice airy feel to it that I adore~
2. The atmosphere of this icon is so perfectly somber and serene <3 The minimal approach to the icon has been pulled off perfectly. Everything flows perfectly without losing any of depth or attention to detail.
3. The glowy effects are so pretty, and I love that they're echoed in the typography as well!

katy_111

1. The movement in this icon is pretty much amazing... a whirlwind of pink, and text, and somehow it all comes together and looks awesome. My mind is blown.
2. Awesome composition, I love all of the textures, and the bright, clean colors are perfect!
3. The soft coloring, the use of text, the subtle use of textures, the adorable frame in the center... I love EVERYTHING.

kayable

1. Purple... and teal... part of me feels like those colors should not look so great next to each other, but I'm going to take it somewhere and quietly dispose of it right now. The coloration really is amazing, and the composition is really fun too :3
2. I love the freshness of the overall icon. The match of the clean composition along with the bright colors are just perfection~
3. YOU CAN MAKE DARK ICONS? I am so jealous. The mildly gritty background is beautiful, and picks up the coloring beautifully! Making it an upside down icon was a nice touch with the choice of lyrics as well <3

pamkips

1. I don't know if I can even explain why I like this, but it's awesome. The combination of colors is pretty neat, but I think it's the foreground-background effect of the typography and silhouette on top of the cap that is drawing me the most. It has such a unique layered effect that I just love!
2. The subtle use of texture in the back adds a fun element to this icon, and the typography set behind the character and swords(?) looks really amazing.
3. The heavy use of textures is so perfectly balanced with the overall light palette. The yellow elements are also very fun, and keep things interesting as well.

[cool-spectrum.livejournal.com]

petite_tomate

1. Oooh, what a cool way to do the blending! I'm also loving the chaotic feel of the typography, the way you scattered it all at the bottom like that~
2. Adding highlighted words to the typography was such a cool way of making it pop. I also love the way the red pops against the neutral colors you used for the rest of the icon <3
3. A little color bias here, but the teal is so beautifully done, and the lighter green to help lighten it up is a great combination! The typography helps break things up nicely as well, and looks pretty cool looming behind the character :3

superjesster

1. SO much admiration for you right now. The use of that texture is just about the most amazing thing I've ever seen!
2. You do such beautiful things to pastel, and I adore the use of text in the background, which paired with the silhouette give off a vintage vibe that I really love.
3. The composition here is lovely. Despite the fact that there are a lot of cool colors in this icon, it still has a very warm feel to it with those pops of yellow, and the white.

takonasu

1. I love how the character seems to be interacting with the background <3 Using the single color has a nice, fresh feel as well.
2. The dark, muted colors are really well suited to the creepy aura... I also love how the typography has been treated, adding to the mysterious atmosphere.
3. The bright coloration and combination of colors are nicely executed, and I love the fact that you ROTATED that tree texture. Brilliant.

[alisea-dream.livejournal.com]

WOW WOW WOW! I want to sit there and watch this post all day because of all the pretty. Text use, lightning, colors, composition,... everything is so inspiring!
Also, thank you Katy for hosting this battle (and letting me participate - iconing anime is a bit new to me and it was a good exercice!)

And here's my faves (I restrain myself to one by iconmaker, which was pretty hard!)

[takonasu.livejournal.com]

This is one badass post.
Everyone has at least two or three icons that I'm in love with.
GJ guys! Also, katy! <3

And thanks to everyone who wrote lovely comments for my icons. They made my day.

Kinda sad that astro and lu ended up dropping out...

[petite-tomate.livejournal.com]

OMG THIS POST IS SO SO BEAUTIFUL! Some themes were sure hard but the results are so worth it, so much creativity here! Thank you so much Katy for doing this! WE DID IT PEOPLE CONGRATS :D!

So here's my fav of favs for each one of you (because otherwise I would copy all this post tbh)




I have like no time, but I want to icon more just by watching all these pretties omg.

[pamkips.livejournal.com]

First off GREAT JOB EVERYONE, GREAT JOB KATY, HIGH FIVES FOR EVERYONE. There's an insane amount of beautiful icons in this post and it was a complete honor to participate with you talented folks in this battle! This took me a day to post because I was yelling "HOW???" at everything here. GOD, YOU'RE ALL AMAZING. ♥

I picked three icons per person because I couldn't pick one lmao. Also in ABC order bc why not.

[dashberlin.livejournal.com]

I kind of want there to be a new lanieveria activity now. Or should I accept that the comm is dead :P

[takonasu.livejournal.com]

fffff- can I just put all of your icons here?
WHERE DID YOU GUYS GET YOUR CREATIVE TALENT FROM.


That got hard fast. I should have went with putting 3-4 icons for everyone.

[adriftingsea.livejournal.com]

first of all: holy shit everyone did super amazing I keep going through and look at the post like "I like this one, and this one... and this one and that one..." You could mark this entire post as an inspiration post because like wow (also, thanks to everyone who said nice things about my icons ^u^)

absolutelybatty

your icons always inspire me, either because of text or color or composition. I love the color and the typography on the first one; working with reds and purples is always hard for me, but you make it seem so effortless ^^ The typography on the sceond one is wicked—I love it! The colors are awesome, too, and the silhouette and it's shadow are perfectly placed as well. And the third on is so simple yet so intricate at the same time??? I would have never thought to do something like that with the provided texture it's so pretty and you the red is like the perfect shade? A++

alisea_dream

this first icon as such a sense of motion? I can't explain it but between the text being slanted at an unusual angle, the way the texture's pointing, as well as her sword, it's so cool ♥ I'm in love with the composition of the second icon as well as the orange/yellow and greeny colors (and also Armin ♥) The simplicity of the third icon is so beautiful. I love how it's not fully b/w (at least I don't think?) the croping + composition of the two figures is so well done and the texture use is out of this world as well ^^

cool_spectrum

love love love the colors in the first one like wow I love blues and greens but they never work that way for me also the composition and contrast betweeth the two fingures is amazing?? like the blue in his wig counter balances the blue on his jacket perfectly?? and the text work is A+ as well ^^ the second one omg I had to think back and go "wait, it wasn't like that originally?" the blending and the cutting between the foreground and the background is suberd and the contrast is perfect (the darks aren't to dark and the lights aren't to light) And let me just tell you I went 'awww' out loud when I saw the last icon ^u^ I love the composition, the colors, and the typography as well as the textures ♥ (also honorable mention to icons 3 and 4 they were super sweet as well)