Oh wow, 11 needs to be mine. 0.0

Where'd you find Witchblade caps? I'm taking 47 through 53. And 22 and 55 and 56 are awesome. I really like the positioning and texture you use.

Thank you for the compliments; they made me smile. I very much appreciate your taking the time to comment. :) I'm glad they've found a good home.

I was *stunned* to find the Witchblade caps. They're at Screencaps by Mike. I can't for the life of me figure out how he made such clear caps seeing as they still haven't released any DVDs. *grumbles* He capped every episode; some are available as downloadable *.zips and the others are available in galleries. The caps heavily favor Sarah so it's a search to find caps of the others but it's so worth it because the caps are gorgeous.

Love, love, love 28 and 29. I've seen where you got the shots (heck, I've made a lot of icons from those shots myself ;-D), but it took me a minute to realize it was from the same picture. Great work on all of these!

Whoa! High praise, indeed, from the one I think of as the guru of hot and sexy Janet/Teryl/Sam/Amanda goodies. Funny thing about that pic -- I made an icon from it long, long ago and was so proud of figuring out how to use it and then I discovered your work and went through and realized you'd done it better and with a superior caption. I just loved the photo, I think of it as Teryl wearing her gravity bra, and have returned to it time and again to see if I couldn't come up with something that was unique. So this is like full circle. *grins*. ;-)

Thank you for commenting; I appreciate it muchly!

These are all just totally gorgeous. #3 of the SG-1 ones is very funny, and I especially like the Teal'c one and 'meh' and 'impertinent' and 'braintrust.' And #4 and #22 and #33 and 'calculated risk.' Great stuff!!

Awwwwww. Thank you! Every post is a surprise in terms of what grabs attention. You just know that after seeing Jack and Daniel together that Yu went home and started writing RPS. I'm convinced it's why he was so helpful to the team.

I very much appreciate the coment. :)

*gimme a sec to recover from the hotness of #26,28 and 29....*

*sigh*..okay...I don't know why you are worried about your icon making abilities..you do awesome work!...your composition is wonderful...just in the simple fact that you tend to make the eyes your central focus for a good many of your icons..that alone draws you into the picture...that and you do a good job of making the eye travel in your others..(thats what I do..try to find ways to make you look at the whole thing..well most of the time)...and once again I love the clarity of your icons....I still haven't quite figured out how to do that yet..you have crispness but also a softness to them..guh..I want to get that..I could go through and pic out my favs but it would be the majority of them..so..I'm just saying great work and I'm so snagging #s 15,22,26 and 28!..Later H!

This is sort of heavy on the breast-age/chest-age content, isn't it?

I don't know why you are worried about your icon making abilities
Oh, I don't think I'm horrible. Thankfully, they are lots of icons out there that I totally hate and it makes me feel like I'm in the middle of the pack than just the speshul class. ;-) Seriously, I am in a rut. They're all fairly tightly cropped busts. Or, I was in a rut. I've been given some excellent pointers and I've started working on them. I made most of these before the discussions, though, so I admit a few make me cringe.

I DO make the eyes the central focus; you're exactly right. That's what most intrigues me and if an icon doesn't turn out with good "eye-age" then I delete it. That has, in turn, limited me in my composition and led to my issues with oversharpening.

(thats what I do..try to find ways to make you look at the whole thing..well most of the time)
Hmm...I think that's something I noticed in terms of "wow, look at the cool stuff I can see going on in the background; wish mine were like that!" Ha!

and once again I love the clarity of your icons....I still haven't quite figured out how to do that yet..you have crispness but also a softness to them..guh..I want to get that
I don't think this is as difficult as you think. First off, I've always LIKED your clarity. I also like your use of the only slightly out of focus background to add depth.

I think you've got as much clarity as you're typically going to get because you icon scenes whereas I'm getting in closer. That allows for more detail. Seriously, look at the scene in #18. The lack of detail makes me want to tear my hair out but I just love that scene and it's an angle I haven't seen before, so...

How do I get the clarity I do? Absolutely it starts with your cap. Looking above, #7 was the highest quality cap and the resulting icon has a lot of rich detail. #10 and #11, though, were caps made from the show feed rather than DVDs and they lack a lot of the detail. pax89 is brilliant at adapting her style to the cap and I hope some day to be able to do the same.

I don't think I do anything different from standard base prep. I use the blunt force of "sharpen" and then spend a lot of time smoothing and erasing the signs of oversharpening. If I knew more about Photoshop, I could probably save myself a lot of time by using unsharpen. I have never grokked that tool. I play with sliders until the image looks okay but I am a control freak and I'd rather control it precisely using my jerry-rigged scheme. If you ever want me to explain how I got a particular image sharpened or whatever, please feel free to ask.

Thanks for the feedback. I hadn't ever thought of making the eye travel around the icon. Maybe that'll help me break out of the head & shoulders rut! *smooches*

Hoorah for Witchblade images! #47 went home with me, full credit to you. Thanks so much.

Yay! I had convinced myself that nobody else had heard of Witchblade. I didn't expect anyone to recognize it. I'm very glad to have been wrong. :)

Thank you very much for commenting; I appreciate it.

Saved a bunch! Awesome!! Will credit!! :)

Yay! Thank you for letting me know. I appreciate the comment muchly. :)

Again with the positive stuff... ;-)

#8 is pretty! I love the cropping and the coloring is gorgeous. :x:x:x
#21 OMG beautiful!! I adore the coloring and the whole icon is just stunning. :x:x:x
#22 You already know I love it. ;-)
#41 I looove the cropping! The coloring is awesome and I really like he cap. Also, I love the "torn paper" thingy you used on the text one. :-)
#42 You already know I love it. .-)
#49 Great cropping! And the coloring is v.v.v.v pretty.

*runs away* :-)

Again with the molesting and the hugging :)

You've picked mostly icons made after our pow-wow so I'm very, very excited. I feel like it means I'm progressing.

#8 -- Again with the whole head cropping and now with the, "hopefully not over-sharpened." I admit, I would prefer it sharper but in this case I think I can get away with the softness. This was a last-minute substitute because the icon I was going to post of this character was so oversharpened I ended up deleting it altogether. :|
#21 -- :) :) :)
#22 -- *smooches*
#41 -- Should I bother saying, "another crop following suggestions," or can we take that as obvious? Guess I should have left the text off of #40, eh? I dithered and dithered. In my time as an archaeologist, I was most fascinated by pre-literate cultures and I'm thinking now that those folks were on to something... ;-)
#43 -- Now without text because I never did find a Witchblade font. I know it's for the best.
#49 -- :) The oversharpening makes my fingers itch to fix it. I feel like I've been caught in public with curlers in my hair. I figured nobody would remember Witchblade so I did the, "letting go" with the assumption nobody would care enough to look closely. Now I find there *are* other Witchblade fans. Doh!

No, don't run away! I'm still very grateful for all of your help. I'd reached a dead-end and you helped me see a way out. I'm still playing around, still trying to put some of your insight into practice. *squishes*

I really like the Teryl Rothery ones, and am taking #31 - will credit.

Excellent! I do love feeding Teryl habits. She's such a wonderful person. :)

Do you know about the Terylicious contest being held by terylicious? There are lots of wonderful icons, headers, and wallpapers all featuring Teryl Rothery. I highly recommend it if you're interested in the faboo Ms. Rothery.

Thank you for taking the time to comment on my post; I very much appreciate it!

Wow. Not a SG1 fan, but 21 is gorgeous.

And I didn't realize how much David Chokachi looks like Michael Weatherley

OMG -- that's an incredible compliment. It's not so hard to make an icon that appeals to fans but one that appeals to non-fans? That's VERY cool.

Hmm...I want Michael Weatherly to pose with the big orange bowl so I can compare side-by-side. *nods*

Thank you for the comment; it means a lot to me. :)

These are awesome!
Snagged 2 *guh* and 7.
Will credit when I use. Thanks! :)

Oh - you chose two of my faves. Jack is sooooo bored there and Daniel? Well, as the viewer I'm anything but bored. I just about dropped on the floor the first time I saw him pulled out that drawer and all nekkid. Oh yeah. Yup.

Hope you enjoy the icons; thank you for giving them a happy home. Also, thank you for the comment. I really appreciate it.

Witchblade icons! And Janet icons! Oh, these are wonderful, and I've saved a bunch for future use. Thank you so much!

God, I didn't think anyone remembered Witchblade these days.

You're very welcome. I've been very pleasantly surprised at the number of people who recognize Witchblade. I thought for sure I was the only one who knew about the show and that nobody would be interested in them. I did them just for me adn added them as mostly an afterthought. I'm very glad I did because it's wonderful to see the Witchblade love.

Thanks for the comment; I appreciate it muchly.

Much, much love for #7 and #36. Will credit appropriately :)

Oh! Another Witchblade fan. I'm quite pleasantly surprised to have found so many. Hope they prove useful for you.

Thank you for leaving me a comment. I appreciate it muchly. :)

I take n°7, he's coool !! ^^
Will credit when use :)

Yay! Thank you for the comment; I appreciate the compliment muchly. :)

Again with the criticism.

I don't like the coloring in 19&20, because I think it makes them look all to bright, and even kinda doll like. The same with 35, she kinda looks like a doll.

And I just have to mention that I love 10 and 27!

PS; Was that good enough concrit?

very, very fine.

*grins* Thank you!

WTF? How did I miss commenting on these icons? *pokes self* I loved Witchblade and was quite distressed when it got canceled.

All of these are quite fabulous, but I'm definitely taking (with the usual credit) #15, #16, #20 (great choice of text), #25, #26, #28,(heh) #29 (heh) and #34. Maybe others later. *curses lack of userpic space in LJ*

Another Witchblade fan! I had no earthly idea there were so many of us around. I searched LJ for groups and came up mostly empty. I made these icons purely for my own pleasure and never expected anyone to recognize the show, much less snag 'em.

You're more than welcome to as many as you want, of course. If you want me to remove the text from any of them, feel free to let me know. It's very easily done. Give me a couple of days, please, with #20. I wasn't happy with it when I posted it and I think the group shot deserves better. I'll let you see it when I redo it and if you still prefer this version, please feel free to snag it. Actually, you're welcome to snag now. I'm just hoping to bring a far better icon to the table.

As for the ridiculously low limit on icon numbers, I am SO with you. If there's one thing I would change about LJ to improve it and make it happier for me, it would be adopt the Greatest Journal deal of 2,000 userpics. (Hell, GJ doesn't even charge you for the 2K pics.)

As always, thank you for the feedback. *hugs*

Wow! Really cool and beautiful!! As usual ;)

Thank you. :) *hugs*

Took 19 and 27. Thanks! Will credit with use :)

Thank you for commenting and letting me know. If you decide to use them, I hope they work well for you. #19/20 went a little sharp, so I re-made them. (I love the group of the three of them):



If you'd prefer a version that isn't quite so sharp, please feel free to snag one of those instead.

Love the SG1 icons, I particularly like 10 (which is going in my user pic list now!), 15, 21 & 22.

Yay! I'm glad you liked them. Thank you for commenting; I truly appreciate every one. Thanks for giving the icon a good home. :)

Made off with 6 and 17. Thank you! *pets pretties*

Taking #36 :)

*sigh* I miss Witchblade....

Yay! Another Witchblade fan! I miss it, too. Definitely preferred the first season to the second but there was so much unexplored potential. Very sad fate for the show. Thank you for commenting. :)

Oh, #15 is phenomenal! Snagging, and will absolutely credit.

Hee! Janet is always one of my favorite characters to icon. And that sentiment is so necessary some days.

Excellent work!!

Grabbed Nº 56,37 and 21