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07. random [art] prompt: for this round I wanted to do something a little different; maybe you'll like, maybe not! I'm giving you 20 prompts and you have to interpret them as you like. I want you to push your creativity and imagination with this challenge! Focus on every single prompt and create the first thing that came in your mind! Keep in mind that these are not technical prompts, so everyone can play it differently!
This time I won't give you inspiration for every single prompt, but I'll give you a collection of beautiful and creative art!
-- PAINTINGS --
-- ICONS --
shameless666 | sucksucksmile | petite_tomato | nightbulbs | emiels | shadedcolor | starkwars
no_delusion | naginis | second_love | harlequinss_s | lady_turner | margerydaw_s2 | anassa_anemou
emiels | absolutelybatty | neverberoyals | appleincadey | cookiestome | fassy | val_valerie
calikalie | naive_astronaut | cool_spectrum | novindalf | hyacinthos | poisonfield | partitioning
-- INSPIRATIONAL ART WORDS--
-- TEXTURES (hover for download)--
-- INSPIRATIONAL ART QUOTES--
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Pablo Picasso
--
“The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.” Francis Bacon
--
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way--things I had no words for.” Georgia O'Keeffe
--
“The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.” Pablo Picasso
--
“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” Andy Warhol
--
“Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it.” Salvador Dali
--
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” Scott Adams
--
“There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.” Pablo Picasso
--
“The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.” Robert Hughes
--
“Creativity takes courage.” Henri Matisse
-- PALETTES --
ORIGINAL RULES - for reference only
None of the original posts contained any specific rules, but a set of 20 icons per round was assumed.
Special rule for this round: Focus on every single prompt and create the first thing that came in your mind!
NEW RETRO_ICONTEST RULES - mandatory
Consider the original challenge rules and try to stick to them in spirit.
-> every icon you make must be based on one of the 20 prompts given in the grey checkered table at the top. 1 icon per prompt. everything else in this post is for inspiration and not required to be used.
-> you may enter as many icons as you like. minimum 1 icon.
-> if you don't want to make all 20 icons, you can pick and choose which random prompts you want to use, you don't have to start with the first one.
-> submit your icons as a new entry into the community. if there are more than five, put the rest under a cut or a link to your unlocked journal post. tag your post with round number and your username (or ask me to tag it for you).
-> please submit five URLs along with your icons. I'll only put the first five per person into the roundup post. either you only list five, or I'll take the first five.
-> make an effort to leave positive feedback on other participants' posts. <3
-> read the full rules here in our userinfo.
-> If you have questions, I'll do my best to answer them!
This comm generally runs from mid-month to mid-month every month, always ending on Fridays. There is no voting. I will make a roundup post containing up to 5 icons per person after every challenge.
Deadline for round #37: Friday, April 17 2026 your end-of-day
If you'd like to promote the comm, please do! Here's a promo code:
20muses in July 2016 here .![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
07. random [art] prompt: for this round I wanted to do something a little different; maybe you'll like, maybe not! I'm giving you 20 prompts and you have to interpret them as you like. I want you to push your creativity and imagination with this challenge! Focus on every single prompt and create the first thing that came in your mind! Keep in mind that these are not technical prompts, so everyone can play it differently!
| 1. Land of confusion | 2. Far from normal | 3. Freaky Friday | 4. The sound of silence | 5. Outside the Window |
| 6. The golden years return | 7. Addiction | 8. Pretending it's not broken | 9. Summer storm | 10. Inner flame |
| 11. The ends of the earth | 12. Blood on the snow | 13. Celebration of the ordinary | 14. Behind the gun | 15. The unimaginable touch of time |
| 16. Arabian nights | 17. You Don’t Learn That In School | 18. Maps | 19. Play on words | 20. The Rennaisance |
This time I won't give you inspiration for every single prompt, but I'll give you a collection of beautiful and creative art!
-- PAINTINGS --
-- ICONS --
shameless666 | sucksucksmile | petite_tomato | nightbulbs | emiels | shadedcolor | starkwars
no_delusion | naginis | second_love | harlequinss_s | lady_turner | margerydaw_s2 | anassa_anemou
emiels | absolutelybatty | neverberoyals | appleincadey | cookiestome | fassy | val_valerie
calikalie | naive_astronaut | cool_spectrum | novindalf | hyacinthos | poisonfield | partitioning
-- INSPIRATIONAL ART WORDS--
Abstract | Aesthetic | Angular | Art Nouveau | Artifice | Background | Baroque | Body language | Brushwork | Calligraphy | Cartography | Cityscape | Classicism | Collage | Combine | Composition | Conceptual | Contour | Costume | Cropping | Cubism | Designer | Drawing | Elevation | Exposure | Expression | Facade | Fantastic | Fauves | Figurative | Font | Foreground | Form | Framing | Futurism | Geometric | Gesture | Grotesque | Hue | Iconic | Impressionism | Innovation | Intellect | Irony | Landscape | Line | Lyrical | Manifesto | Material | Medium | Minimalism | Model | Monochrome | Mood | Multiple | Mural | Narrative | Naturalism | Neoclassical | Oil Paint | Opaque | Paint | Palette | Pastel | Pattern | Perspective | Photojournalism | Pigment | Pointillism | Portrait | Profile | Ratio | Replica | Representation | Rococo | Scale | Scene | Setting | Shade | Sketch | Sublime | Surrealism | Symbol | Technique | Tempera | Tension | Tone | Typography | Urban | Victorian | Vignette | Watercolor
-- TEXTURES (hover for download)--
-- INSPIRATIONAL ART QUOTES--
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Pablo Picasso
--
“The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.” Francis Bacon
--
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way--things I had no words for.” Georgia O'Keeffe
--
“The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.” Pablo Picasso
--
“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” Andy Warhol
--
“Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it.” Salvador Dali
--
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” Scott Adams
--
“There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.” Pablo Picasso
--
“The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.” Robert Hughes
--
“Creativity takes courage.” Henri Matisse
-- PALETTES --
ORIGINAL RULES - for reference only
None of the original posts contained any specific rules, but a set of 20 icons per round was assumed.
Special rule for this round: Focus on every single prompt and create the first thing that came in your mind!
NEW RETRO_ICONTEST RULES - mandatory
Consider the original challenge rules and try to stick to them in spirit.
-> every icon you make must be based on one of the 20 prompts given in the grey checkered table at the top. 1 icon per prompt. everything else in this post is for inspiration and not required to be used.
-> you may enter as many icons as you like. minimum 1 icon.
-> if you don't want to make all 20 icons, you can pick and choose which random prompts you want to use, you don't have to start with the first one.
-> submit your icons as a new entry into the community. if there are more than five, put the rest under a cut or a link to your unlocked journal post. tag your post with round number and your username (or ask me to tag it for you).
-> please submit five URLs along with your icons. I'll only put the first five per person into the roundup post. either you only list five, or I'll take the first five.
-> make an effort to leave positive feedback on other participants' posts. <3
-> read the full rules here in our userinfo.
-> If you have questions, I'll do my best to answer them!
This comm generally runs from mid-month to mid-month every month, always ending on Fridays. There is no voting. I will make a roundup post containing up to 5 icons per person after every challenge.
Deadline for round #37: Friday, April 17 2026 your end-of-day
If you'd like to promote the comm, please do! Here's a promo code:
