Round 17: Vincent Van Gogh

[seleneheart]

My entry for icons10in20 Previews:

Amiable	Close crop	Duo+Texture	Edge	Emotion
Into your eyes	Repeat	Ring	Text Overlay	Turquoise

Notes: I just watched Loving Vincent on Hulu and I was inspired to make this set. The Text Overlay icon is the only known photograph of Vincent Van Gogh in existence. The men in the the Duo+Texture are both paintings of Armand Roulin, who is the main character of the movie. Diving into an exploration of Vincent Van Gogh's work was an astounding journey.

For those interested, here is a list of the original paintings I used for these icons. Links go to the online Van Gogh gallery:
Ring: Basket of Sprouting Bulbs
Edge: Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries
Into Your Eyes: Gordina de Groot
Amiable: L'Arlesienne, Madame Ginoux
Turquoise: A Lane Near Arles
Emotion: Old Man in Sorrow (On the Threshold of Eternity)
Repeat: Poppies and Butterflies
Duo+Texture: Portrait of Armand Roulin and also Portrait of Armand Roulin
Text Overlay: Starry Night over the Rhone used as a texture
Close Crop: Young Man with a Pipe

Comments

[abyss_valkyrie]

That is so cool!I really love amiable,you can feel the kindness from the face. :)
Duo+texture,emotion and into your eyes are wonderful choices!Loving the turquoise one!

[seleneheart]

Thanks! Sometimes I have a hard time coming up with a theme to unite the prompts, but this one just fell in my lap! The "Into Your Eyes" painting is an amazing value study, I loved it when I saw it.

[unavee]

I like these a lot! Especially what you made for Ring and Repeat. Turquoise is a nice scene, I enjoy that color palette.

[seleneheart]

Thanks! I really enjoyed working with this theme.

[aestivalis]

I've been waiting for my chance to come and comment on this icon set, because wow. I was absolutely floored when I first saw these, just because I never anticipating seeing such an unusual and powerful subject matter. And you've done such a tremendous job of taking the individual themes and applying the art accordingly, it's just beautiful what you've come up with. It completely bowled me over when I first saw them, and it's doing the same thing now as I look at them again!

Close crop, Duo, and Edge might be my favourites. ... And repeat, and ring, and turquoise... which is more than half of the entire set, hahaha, but it's so so hard to choose! Emotion as well, it's really powerful. Lovely lovely work♥

[seleneheart]

And I'm bowled over by your comment! Thank you so much for those kind words.

I continue to be amazed by Van Gogh's work and hope that I can do a small part to showcase some of his lesser known works (He made over 800 oil paintings, but we're familiar with only a handful).

[shuufleur93]

Oh, wow! This is such an orignal and interesting set. I especially love the edge, ring, and text overlay but all this icons are great!

[seleneheart]

Thank you!

[bold_seer]

Close crop is such a great crop!! I also like duo+texture.

(Btw, I love your Wakanda art/icon. It's beautiful!)

[seleneheart]

Thanks! That Wakanda one gave me fits.