Round 38: April Showers May Flowers!

[nondenomifan]

Hey, there; hi, there; ho, there! I hope you all are well and that you had a great Star Wars Day (May the 4th) if you enjoy that fandom!

Welcome to Challenge 38! This is another inspirational challenge, but a little bit more reality based, so some may find it more challenging--some may not.

IMPORTANT REMINDER: Though you're welcome and even encouraged to incorporate stock in as many icons as you wish, please keep all icons fandom related, as this is a fandom icon community. (NOTE: Fandoms can include things such as Rubenesque art, Victorian lamps, Steampunk, boy bands, golden oldies, etc.; but for the purpose of this community please limit your fandoms to tv, film, musicians, and graphic novels.) Please help us all a bit by adding a tag to your post with your fandom, following the pattern of the already existing tags. Thanks! If you have any questions, please feel free to reply to this entry, and I will get back to you as soon as I possibly can!

THEME

This month we take our inspiration from the old adage, "April showers bring may flowers." You may include the "April showers" in your icons if you wish, but I'm only including the floral part of the saying in the inspiration part of this post because--well, I don't know about you, but I'm about ready for some cheering up!

As (almost) always, the below inspirational backgrounds/icons/palettes/textures are for that only: inspiration. You are not required to use them at all, but you're certainly welcome to use the backgrounds, palettes, and textures! (Please do not use the icons for anything other than springboards for your own ideas.)

PALETTES:

1.
Color by COLOURlovers
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Color by COLOURlovers
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Color by COLOURlovers
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Color by COLOURlovers
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Color by COLOURlovers

BACKGROUNDS/TEXTURES (most are squares, all longest side=640px, some are transparent png):

1.
Image by Garik Barseghyan from Pixabay
2.
Image by Please Don't sell My Artwork AS IS from Pixabay
3.
Image by Oberholster Venita from Pixabay
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Image by Susan Cipriano from Pixabay
5.
Image by Tatyana Pligina from Pixabay
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Image by kirtlane from Pixabay
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Image by Anja🤗#helpinghands #solidarity#stays healthy🙏 from Pixabay
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Image by Please Don't sell My Artwork AS IS from Pixabay
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Image by Oberholster Venita from Pixabay
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Image by Eleatell from Pixabay
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Image by Please Don't sell My Artwork AS IS from Pixabay
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Image by Oberholster Venita from Pixabay
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Image by Please Don't sell My Artwork AS IS from Pixabay
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Image by Oberholster Venita from Pixabay
15.
Image by Анна Куликова from Pixabay

SAMPLE ICONS:

(In order, left to right, top to bottom) abyss_valkyrie • delacourtings x2 • fueschgast x3 • magicrubbish x3 • luminousdaze

Icon table generated by Chlor's Dreamwidth Icon Table Generator (with a few tweaks by me).

1. Signups will be open to the end of this round, which will be 00:00 EDT (GMT -4:00), June 1, 2021.
2. You don't have to sign up, but some people enjoy the challenge of sticking to their theme.
3. Post your icons either in your graphics comm or a post at this community. If you post at your graphics comm, make a post here also and link to your comm with 3 icons as a preview. Please keep a graphics comm post unlocked until voting is complete for the challenge.
4. Please include the template when posting in the comm. It makes it easier for us to post voting. (You only need to paste each of your links between the corresponding quotes and remove the one space here->/ textarea)

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Signups:
1. abyss_valkyrie (posted)
2. refuse2shine 
3. emmatheslayer (posted)
4. agirlahaunt 
5. nondenomifan 
6. geckoholic (posted)
7. tinny (posted)
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HAVE FUN, and take time to enjoy the flowers!!! *safe hugs and virtual kisses*

"Questions? Comments?"
__Vamp Willow

 

Comments

[luminousdaze]

Pretty stuff here, thank you for using one of my icons in the inspos!

[nondenomifan]

No problem! It was a perfect example of the theme. And, thank you for complimenting my post! It took a long time to gather. I never worked so hard on a monthly theme post in my life! Hope you enjoy participating.

[luminousdaze]

You're welcome!
But, I was not signing up to do the icon challenge. I'm sorry for the mix up, I should have said that I was only commenting, since it's a sign up post. Sorry again!

[nondenomifan]

NP, just one of the joys of being an Aspie (one with Asperger syndrome): I see neither the forest nor the trees. I see a bunch of cute animals running in the treetops and on the ground and birds flying or hopping around, and they're all either squeaking, squawking, or singing. And, I find it all very entertaining--unless I'm trying to sleep or hear the TV or a phone call. LOL

[abyss_valkyrie]

OOHH!What a lovely inspiration post!<3
Sign me up,please!

[nondenomifan]

Ohhhh, thank you! It gave me a real appreciation for what hard work you go through hunting for inspiration icons every month! Plus, I optimized the photos' color balances, lights and shadows, and saturations. The one with the gal in a sunflower field was a real bugger.

Notice I included two Asian-esque images for those community members who enjoy anime, manga, and/or Asian TV/film! (You're one of them, aren't you?)

[abyss_valkyrie]

Hehe!Yes,I very much am! Now that you mention it,I do see them,at first I was just awed by the flower power of this post!XD

[refuse2shine]

I'd like to try this :)

[nondenomifan]

You're on the roster! Enjoy.

[emmatheslayer]

Emmatheslayer

[nondenomifan]

Gotcha! Enjoy.

[agirlahaunt]

oh, I'm doing this!

[nondenomifan]

Oh, yeah? Who says? *wink, wink, nudge, nudge* So yanking your chain! I haven't seen your name very often, so I'm very excited to see it now! You're enrolled. Enjoy!

[geckoholic]

Do we have to incorporate actual flowers into all the icons, or could we also go for the palettes in some?

[nondenomifan]

This is art. As long as you include fandom, interpret the theme however you wish. You can even come up with your own color palette you feel represents flora or look up others at Colour Lovers (or Deviant Art or Pantone or a non-pay site like Colour Lovers). Just please be sure to credit your sources in your post!

These inspiration posts are just to get those creative juices flowing unless we say that you must use the stuff posted (i.e., in abyss_valkyrie's book cover theme where you were to use only the posted book covers for inspiration). Hope that helps!

Are you asking to sign up? I ask because I misconstrued another comment as a signup, and it wasn't one.

[geckoholic]

Alright, thank you! And yes, I'm asking to sign up. :D

[abyss_valkyrie]

Hey!I'll get my icons in another hours of that's okay?
Edit:Okay,I'm done! YAY!