Challenge 165: Ghostly

[luminousdaze]

Challenge 165
The new theme is...
Ghostly

For this challenge your icons should evoke a ghostly, dreamy atmosphere. Create icons with pale, faded colors, figures floating far away through mist or fog. Or add some dust, smoke and double exposure effects and mysterious phosphorescent lights like will-o'-the-wisps. Or show figures & faces in spooky shadows, turning transparent or disappearing into light or darkness.

This theme is mostly about creating an atmosphere in your icons, the subjects do not have to be about actual ghost stories in any way.
Since this theme encompasses a lot of things, I included 24 beautiful icons for examples & inspiration behind the cut.
Edit (Jan 29): I added some screen caps & pictures to use in the post following this one.

Info & Rules

❇️ Create up to FIVE (5) icons based on the given theme/prompt/topic.
❇️ You may use any fandoms: TV series, movies, comics, video games, actors or stars of music, fashion or sports.
❇️ Or use non-fandom stock photography or illustration.
Please, no real-world political or religious topics.
❇️ Icons are 100x100px, 60kb or less.
❇️ Icons should be all new, made by you for iconthat & not previously posted elsewhere for any other challenges or blogs.
❇️ Icons entered for the challenge should follow the community's rules, and fit the given prompts, or they may be disqualified at the moderator's determination.
❇️ Please post your icons as a new post to iconthat.
❇️ Tag posts with your username & challenge numbers if you can.
💡 For screen caps & pics check out capshare, the resources post or capspiration.
☎ If you have any questions about the challenge, please ask in a comment below.
✨ Thanks! Have a nice time!
⏳ Icons are due Friday, February 10, 2023 @ 11pm [PST] (countdown clock)



Icons Inspiration Board




violateraindrop ⟐ vaporveil ⟐ lady_turner ⟐ tinyumbrella


apologizeg ⟐ danseurlion ⟐ naushika ⟐ vaporveil


dickinsons ⟐ dixonn ⟐ longerthanwedo ⟐ xafirah


thesleepingbeauty ⟐ neonspider ⟐ nightbulbs ⟐ second_love


neatmonster ⟐ akilah92 ⟐ vanessa_lj ⟐ petite_tomate


abyss_valkyrie ⟐ starkwars ⟐ talipuu ⟐ hitsuga


sweet_lyri ⟐ queen_bartonia ⟐ vanessa_lj ⟐ schryosel





Images on imgbb may be down today (Feb 1st) (I see them but can't access the website itself) so here's a screenshot of the inspiration icons..



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Comments

[tinny]

I *love* the banner you made for this! The text effect is awesome!

I also like the theme itself, I hope I'll have time to enter.

[luminousdaze]

Thank you! It's mostly some text layers set to "grain extract and/or "grain merge" (Gimp ).
I'm glad you like the theme, thanks! 😊