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Teen Wolf icon battle: results

This is the reveal post for the Teen Wolf battle. Thanks so much for entering, I hope everyone had a lot of fun with this battle!
The icons are arranged by theme so that it's easy to see your different takes on these themes; hover for the character (though in most cases it should be pretty obvious :) ).

Maker\Theme	Blending	Pastel coloring	Close crops	Blocking	Negative space	Black and white	Muted coloring
afeastforme
anassa_anemou
applepips16
hsapiens
jsfunction
monstersinyou
narnialover7
starkwars
stydia
sucksucksmile
thyla87

Maker\Theme	Text	Fake background	Profile	Vibrant	Chiaroscuro	Purple
afeastforme
anassa_anemou
applepips16
hsapiens
jsfunction
monstersinyou
narnialover7
starkwars
stydia
sucksucksmile
thyla87

+ some alts from a few makers:

starkwars x3 |

monstersinyou x3

monstersinyou x2 |

sucksucksmile x3 |

hsapiens

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So many beautiful icons guys! WOW! :)
My faves:

Edited 2015-08-12 18:51 (UTC)

I'm so happy you liked the Liam one. :)

Oh wow everyone else's icons turned out so amazing! So glad I participated in this battle, I've saved up just about all of these :D
Here are just a few of my favorites! Well done you everyone ♥

Edited 2015-08-12 18:29 (UTC)

These are absolutely gorgeous!! I have many favorites from many of the makers!! I also snagged a few and am crediting of course!!! ♥

afeastforme

anassa_anemou

applepips16

hsapiens

jsfunction

monstersinyou

narnialover7

starkwars

stydia

sucksucksmile

Edited 2015-08-12 18:16 (UTC)

I'm totally glad you like Jennifer's icon, I wasn't so sure about him. Thank you for picking your favs!

thanks! i never realize how dark my icons are until they go beside a bunch of other icons.
its funny that you like liam and peter, they bugged me so much.

I'm so glad you liked the Scott icon. :)

beautiful icons!

Thank you,

thyla87, for organizing this battle! I had a blast. :)

Gorgeous work! I couldn't wait to see the reveal; I knew there would lots of gorgeous icons and there are! So. Many. Some of my faves:

afeastforme

anassa_anemou

applepips16

jsfunction

monstersinyou

narnialover7

starkwars

stydia

sucksucksmile

thyla87

On a footnote, I'm jealous of the gorgeous icons of Kira and her foxfire. I have a HUGE pile of rejects where I utterly failed to make anything but a blurry mess of those caps.

Edited 2015-08-12 18:43 (UTC)

right?! i want to make icons of that so bad, but every time i open a foxfire cap i end up yelling nOPE NOPE NOPE and giving up!

I have a shit-ton of crappy PSDs in my "Rejects" folder for this. I cannot get a handle on the effects they're using. Happily, there are many who can and do rock the foxfire.

I'm so glad you liked the Jennifer one. :)

Yes! I love that she's emerging from a fog and I don't really know why you colored her eyes red (in my head, the Just So Story is about her fixation with bringing down the Alpha of Alphas) but I think it's brilliantly inspired!

To be honest, I don't really know why I colored her eyes red, either. I just thought red eyes looked evil. :D (But your story sounds much better, so I'm gonna stick with that! :D)

That's the beauty of images: we invest them with our own stories. Looooong ago, before I could read, I remember sitting with books that had particularly intricate illustrations and making up my own stories for them! In this case, I love the addition of the red, which really works with the reddish-purples. :)

So many gorgeous icons from all of you! I'll let those inspire me to improve my skills.

WOW! *O* everything's so pretty! ♥ I think this post is the final push I need to actually start watching TW ;p

afeastforme
your colors are also so soft and pretty, yet vibrant at the same time :) The blending, colors, and text on the first one are super amazing, and the soft, pastelly effect on Lydia's is super pretty too. The grungy, dark colors/textures on Kira's icon is really moody (in a good way ;p)

anassa_anemou
the blocking on that first icon is SO WOW *O* the pink shade in addition to the pops of yellow + blue make it super eye catching! ^^ The blending/colors on the Isaac icon are amazing as well, and the entire atmosphere on Scott's icon is so beautiful ♥

applepips16
the colors and vibrancy/mutedness on all of your icons are so pretty ^o^ the combo of blue + yellow on Scott's icon is so cute ;p the green + fake bg on Lydia's is super dynamic, and I love the colors on Liam's! ^^

hsapiens
your icons are so simplistic yet eye catching at the same time! The b/w on the first is so pretty, the compositon of the second one is really nice, and the inversion on the last is super cool!

jsfunction
your icons are always so pretty! I love the vibrant yet matte effect on all of them ^^ Derek's made me laugh aloud, and the colors and typography on Liam's is super cool ^^

Edited 2015-08-12 19:23 (UTC)

monsterinyou
The color + composition on the Stiles one is super eyecatching, along with the texture use; The grunginess and typography on the second one is really nice, and the golden colors + negative space on Kira's is really pretty :3

narnialover7
your icons all have a soft glow to them; Isaac's has great lighting/shadows, the colors on Stile's are really cool and interesting, and the purple colors + crop on Lydia's are really pretty

starkwars
your icons are all sooo pretty!! ^o^/♥ the blocking + pastelly colors on Stile's is soo pretty; the complimentary colors between the blue and red on Kira's, plus the border/frame in the background is really pretty; and the simplicity of Liam's is really pretty ^^ (this comment also known as how many times can I say pretty? ;p)

stydia
The difference between light and shadow + the close crop on Liam's is really eyecatching; the vibrancy + colors in Allison's are amazing as well, and the shadows/lighting colors + crop in Peter's is absolutely beautiful ^^

thyla87
Your icons are also so dynamic and interesting and eyecatching; the texture use + monotone use of color in Derek's is super cool; the blocking on Liam's is really cool as well, and the flower texture that acts kinda like a frame on Stile's is really pretty :3

Thank you! :D

you're welcome! ^u^ you've got seem really awesome ones :)

Aww, thank you! :)

you're welcome! ^^

sucksucksmile
The lighting on Isaac's is so beautiful *O* and the crop is phenomenal too :3 The cool, chill colors in Derek's icon are super amazing as well; the greens look perfect ^^ The crop on Allison's is so interesting and eyecatching, and the coloring is well done, too :3

thank you! :)
that derek icon is totally a result of "when in doubt pile more textures on it."

you're welcome! :)
I totally feel you on the "when in doubt pile more textures on it." tbh ;p

Thank You! I wasn't so sure about the Scott icon, so I'm really glad you liked it.

you're welcome! That Scott icon's really awesome :3

Thank you! I especially appreciate that you took the time to tell me what about each icon caught your eye. *hugs*

you're welcome! ^o^/♥

Fantastic work everyone! I love seeing so many gorgeous icons of all these characters :) some of my faves from everyone:

Thanks thyla87 for organizing this!

Wow, so many fabulous icons! Great work everyone! :D

My favorites;

My ultimate favs *let's pretend it didn't took me this long to comment*

Edited 2015-08-16 14:36 (UTC)

Great job everybody! This post is filled with so many amazing icons! Thank you so much

thyla87 for hosting this battle. Here are my favourites from everybody. :)

I can't believe getting down to this has taken me so long (forgive me, pleeeasseee).

First, thank you so much

thyla87 for hosting this amazing battle and putting everything together! (May I ask you to replace my very first icon by this URL since the original URL seems to only show a large picture of a dam? http://i59.tinypic.com/2ms0pc1.jpg) Everyone did such a great job and I absolutely love how everything turned out and how great all our icons look together. WE'RE KICK-ASS! :D

Anyway, here are my favourites from each maker:

afeastforme

anassa_anemou

applepips16

hsapiens

jsfunction

narnialover7

starkwars

stydia

sucksucksmile

thyla87

thank you! :)

i kept forgetting to open up the page for this battle! totally worth the wait, these icons are so gorgeous! this page is perfection!

a favourite breakdown!

afeastforme: jumping on the bandwagon for that stiles icon, its so gorgeous. the crop and dark grunge. just excellent. i am forever jealous of your insane painting abilities!

anassa_anemou: love the composition of malia, the way you've placed the text is super unique! i love how soft the colouring and textures make that allison icon.

applepips16: love the dark but vibrant colouring on lydia, and the text placement on peter works so well with the shadows of the cap.

hsapiens: there is nothing better than that isaac icon. the colouring and crop just are perfect and work so well. the composition of deucalion/blending is really unique too.

jsfunction: your vibrancy skills for always. love the more complex compositions in these, and your kira icon is so perfect. i hate all the foxfire caps because they never turn out for me. THIS. IS. PERFECT.

monstersinyou: that crop on liam. so so good. the simple muted colouring, works so well with it too. i like the monotone colouring of kira, and i totally have that texture you used in the background lmao. i can recognize it.

narnialover7: another foxfire icon! someone who can make those caps work and turn out beautiful things! i think your crop of derek is really interesting too!

starkwars: i hate you. i love you. i have no idea how you do the things you do. that derek icon. the colouring and duplication?! idek. so amazing. and malia. so vibrant and perfectly sharp and the crop. yes. so good.

stydia: i love that peter icon SO MUCH. the shadows - like a perfect chiaroscuro. i love the focus on his eye, the colouring just works so well with it. and i love your obscured crop for parrish! super interesting.

thyla87: first off, thank you for hosting this battle! and i really like the two caps you chose to blend for your text icon, the image composition works so well with where you chose to put your text! and i also love your actual blending icon, the vibrant colouring is great!

such a great battle! can't wait until the next time.
also! i have snagged the following:
afeastforme's stiles, isaac, and malia.
hsapiens's isaac.
jsfunction's kira and malia.
monstersinyou's lydia and liam.
starkwars's derek, stiles, malia, allison alt, and isaac alt
stydia's peter.