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Sorry for being AWOL for a few months. I wasn't feeling really inspired, and ever since the end of January, things have been crazy in RL particularly at my job, so I haven't really been doing much of anything lately.

But I did periodically check DW, and I was feeling inspired after stumbling on this month's theme for retro_icontest. I didn't do a full 20 icons because I'm still feeling a little rusty, and I'm not too happy with the way some of them turned out. But some icons turned out better than expected, and I did do some experimentation....

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I decided to do a set of Kim Yu-na (figure-skater, model, and singer) icons for monthlyinspo. It's not as complex as I was initially hoping, but I think they turned out pretty well!


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I was initially going to make 20 icons, but this month has been kind of crazy. So here are my 6 icons for monthlyinspo. I also included a brief summary of how the icon is connected to the school subject.

			Geography | Art | Foreign Language
			Literature | Music | Science

1: Geography: The background is a map of the South Pole.
2: Art: At first I was going to categorize the icon under drama (dramatic pose), but then I changed my mind because it reminded me of when a model poses for artists to draw. I think it's an art school thing, and it fit a little better I think.
3: Foreign Language: IU did a collab with Jay Park, and the song title ("Ga Na Da Ra") kind of fit the foreign language category because it's the way that kids go over the phonemes (vowel plus consonant) kind of like we go over the alphabet in English.
4: Literature: I used the first sentence from Emma by Jane Austen as the background text while I used a cutout of Emma from BBC's Emma (2009).
5: Music: Group shot of the Kpop group X1.
6: Science: This was really more for physics, but the equation L = Iω has to do with the physics of a figure skating spin.

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Here's my entry for fandom10in30! This time I decided to do a set of IU!

( ...ready for the weekend... )

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( ...green vibes... )

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 Finally got around to finishing these...

I posted these at bestof_icons, but I wanted to post them here as well. Here are all of my remakes of the 2023 icons you all chose! Well, except for the 2 that were made in 2023 and already posted, lol!

2023 Icon >>  Remake >> 

2023 Icon >>  Remake >> 

2023 Icon >>  Remake >>  

2023 Icon >>  Remake >> 

2023 Icon >>  Remake >>  

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Five icons for the current retro_icontest challenge. I really had fun trying to be a little more creative with the textures.Initially, I planned on doing a bigger set but ended up just doing five.



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( ...I dearly love a laugh... )

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So I made a smallish set for the neon lights round @ retro_icontest . This round was definitely challenging. I've never really used neon coloring, so I'm not sure if I really captured the theme or not.

Kim Yuna x5

A L T E R N A T E S

Kim Yuna x2

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Just a few icons that I did for icontests or never posted as well as a few remakes.

					The Return of the King | Persuasion (2007) | The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | Stock | IU
					1000 Won Lawyer x3

Icon from 2023	Remake

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