hsapiens: (Alec -- Horror)
hsapiens ([personal profile] hsapiens) wrote2006-10-23 10:00 am

39 Icons: Dark Angel, Stargate, Witchblade, NCIS

Lots of experiments in this batch -- many are a departure from my usual style but lately I've been playing. I wanted to get this posted before I leave town in a week. Thus, it isn't well-balanced amongst characters/shows or very many icons. *shrug*

20 Dark Angel, 5/6 SG-1, 3 versions of David Nykl (Zelenka on SGA), 6 Witchblade, 3 Tony Dinozzo (NCIS), 1 Stella Bonasera (CSI: NY)

TEASERS:
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DARK ANGEL
1* 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20


STARGATE
21 22 23 24** 25**
26 27 28 29


COPS OF VARIOUS FLAVORS: Witchblade, NCIS, CSI:NY
30 31 32 33 34
35 36* 37 38 39


*textless version available in my Scrapbook (link below)
** these should look familiar; I improved the image based on feedback I received and then played with coloring because it's such a great shot of the three docs


~~**~~ Table Generator by [livejournal.com profile] 77words // Photoshop Resources // Screencap Resources // Scrapbook with my icons~~**~~



Comments are treasured. Credit is appreciated but, more importantly, please don't claim as your own work. Place your napkin in your lap before eating.

PLEASE NOTE: I welcome constructive criticism. I have allowed anonymous commenting on this post in case someone wishes to remain anonymous. Thank you!

[identity profile] jalabert.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Place your napkin in your lap before eating.

You do realize that you can't do that in outer space, don't you?

(Well, unless you're on a SciFi channel program, but I wouldn't wish that on you...)
ext_1645: (Thor -- Party Man)

[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Aiden! I haven't seen him much of late. :(

Fortunately, most of my f-list will be reading this from close enough to Earth so as not to worry about this etiquette snafu, though I suppose I should have mentioned tucking it in for the sake of completeness.

(Well, unless you're on a SciFi channel program, but I wouldn't wish that on you...)
Awwww, you do love me! *hugs*

[identity profile] green-wing.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
taking the alec ones as usual ;)
i particularly like #9 :D

i don't suppose you take requests?
i'd love an actual ben/alec icon (not just a mirrored icon that looks like the two of them?)
ext_1645: (Alec -- Vibrant/Urgent)

[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! JA is irresistible, no?

I can't promise you to come up with anything usable (any icon that turns out well is still a source of amazement to me) but I'm happy to try. It's no hardship to stare at the man, after all, so I will consider it a challenge to come up with an icon where it's obviously Ben and Alec.

Thanks for the comment; I appreciate it. :)

[identity profile] green-wing.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! JA is irresistible, no?

Utterly *dreamy sigh* :D

I can't promise you to come up with anything usable (any icon that turns out well is still a source of amazement to me) but I'm happy to try.

*wheeeeeee* :D
Thank you so much *does mini happydance* ;)

It's no hardship to stare at the man, after all, so I will consider it a challenge to come up with an icon where it's obviously Ben and Alec.

*squeeeeeak* ohboy, i can't wait to see if it works :P
ext_1645: (Ackles -- Colorful Dean)

[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2006-10-24 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
I'm leaving town soon for a week so it might take a little while but I won't forget.

I hope it does. If not, I'll at least try to do some Ben icons in particular.

[identity profile] green-wing.livejournal.com 2006-10-24 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
That's ok, I don't mind waiting :)
Awwwww thank you *hug* there definitely needs to be more Ben love :D
ext_1645: (Alec -- Vibrant/Urgent)

[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2006-10-25 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
*hugs back*

[identity profile] el-gilliath.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry, but I can't critize this batch. They're all awesome! And your texting skillz have gotten better! U got skillz, girl:)

On that note, snagging many! *drool on 36*
ext_1645: (Stargate -- Antarctic Gate)

[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad one. :| I'm constantly trying to improve...but I guess this means no retreads for the next post. ;) Thanks for the feedback in the past, btw. I really wanted to do as much justice to the pic as *I* could.

And your texting skillz have gotten better!
*snort* Yeah, because I stopped using text! Except in very limited cases I'm not posting text any longer. Even then, I'm offering textless version if people want.

Yay! There is a Michael Weatherly fan out there in my f-list. The caps from that episode were made for me by [livejournal.com profile] dj43 and posted to her community so I was definitely hoping somebody would enjoy what I did with the showering Michael Tony.

Thank you, as always, for your feedback. I really, do appreciate it very much. You help me improve and that is a wonderful gift. *smooches*

[identity profile] nickespix.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG! You just made my day, you know? Thank you very, very, very much!

Only this afternoon I was *desperately* looking for some David Nykl pics - since I wanted to make a Radek icon... and I found this Czech fanpage. He's... well, hot. (: Would never have guessed with all that messy hair... But he is quite cute...

I soooo love your DN icons, will take 27 through 29 and I will *so* credit!

Also liked icons # 26 - that's so... well, just Jack! - #36, 37 and # 39. These are very nice.
ext_1645: (Stargate -- Antarctic Gate)

[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! Excellent timing. It's amazing how well the man adapts to be whatever the part demands. I would never have guessed that Zelenka was so sexy for anything but his brain. I'm glad they hit the spot for you.

Thank you very much for the wonderful compliments. I very much appreciate your taking the time to tell me. :)

p.s. If you're still looking for excellent caps of Zelenka, I cannot recommend anyone's caps more highly than the Season 1 SGA caps made by [livejournal.com profile] dbw. She does only a selected few per episode, making it something less than daunting to go through her offerings, she cleans up the caps themselves, and she offers the pics in both *.zip file and in a gallery so that you can choose how you want to download.

[identity profile] nickespix.livejournal.com 2006-10-28 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm glad they hit the spot for you."
Bull's eye, in a straight line!

I admit, I also never really noticed Zelenka. The first season passed by me, I was still trying to cope with the loss of RDA in the original series and didn't like the show. Season 2 came on here on TV only about a few months ago and since "Duet" I'm a hopeles case. (; That also was the ep that made me notice Zelenka. Really notice. Reading some hot McBeck with implied Rodney/Carson/Radek helped, too. (;


"I very much appreciate your taking the time to tell me. :)"
Well, you obviously took some more time to create these "babies", than it took me to look. And since I was so stunned, I couldn't simply pass by. (: I'm still trying to find my own style; since I'm making my own icons I came to learn how much work it actually can be to produce such a small thingy...

And thanks for the hint with the caps! Think I'll need it...

[identity profile] sgflutegirl.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Great icons! Grabbed 25 and 28. Will credit.
ext_1645: (J/D -- Interrupted (green/orange))

[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Hope they prove useful to you. *grins* Thank you for the comment; I really do appreciate it!

[identity profile] deanlicious.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
so good to see some DA ones I can tell you! ;D
snagged 2 & 9 for now maybe more later & will credit ;)
ext_1645: (Alec -- Horror)

[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Good to see some fellow Dark Angel fans still out and about. I know that Supernatural is the new shiny but I only just discovered DA and it's still new and shiny to me. *shrugs* It's also full of pretty. I'll eventually watch my SPN DVDs and then I'll be making the icons for that long after everyone else has moved on to the next cool thing.

Thank you for commenting; I appreciate it muchly!

[identity profile] deanlicious.livejournal.com 2006-10-24 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
cool I shall look out for more of your DA ones!...I'm a huge DA fan before I became a huge Alec fan so I just let everyone else move on to SPN coz that show scares the hell out of me! ;P ;)
ext_1645: (Alec -- Horror)

[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2006-10-24 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah, SPN scares me witless. It isn't hard to do, I grant, but it's a bit much for me. I have to watch during daylight. :|

[identity profile] deanlicious.livejournal.com 2006-10-24 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
well you're much braver than me I don't watch it - at all! yep. I'm crazy. stupid. gutless. ;P honest I tried once but the teaser reduced me to pulp! I was quivering wreck before Jensen came on screen lol...it's safer for me to see fanvids or screencaps. I know it's not the same but I can't hack the horror :/
Gimme DA anytime ;)
ext_1645: (Alec -- Vibrant/Urgent)

[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2006-10-25 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
I've got this imagination that just won't turn off so horror is a bad road to get my brain started on. DA is sometimes too much for me. I'm a wimp and I'm okay with that. Except...except...looking at the caps of SPN *makes* me want to see the show. Also? It's impossible to icon the show without having seen it. :(

[identity profile] deanlicious.livejournal.com 2006-10-25 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
hey me too!..making icons is hard, specially when adding text since I'm not familiar with their banter or dialogue...I end up making jokes, bad ones! ;P
but DA is ok...I freaked out a little with the cult thing and monsters but it's not in every ep, and the Manticore monsters have no supernatural connection (well it's what I tell myself to help sleep at night!) ;/ ;)
I was so down when Devour came out, another Jensen horror flick that I can't see no matter how tempting the arts are. thank goodness he's doing comedy with Ten Inch Hero right now - I love comedy so that's made my year! ;D
ext_1645: (Alec -- Horror)

[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2006-10-27 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
DA is, at times, more than I can handle. :) I re-watched Pollo Loco last night. I missed most of the episode the first time because I could not stay in the room.

Comedy. Comedy is good. I'll look forward to that.

[identity profile] ckrazy32.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Great icons! I took #16, I just love Joshua. =)
ext_1645: (Alec -- Double-Vision)

[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! Every time I offer up icons, I hold my breath because there are one or two that I have an unreasoning love for and, as time passes, nobody even mentions liking them. This was definitely the one I loved that nobody else seemed to. I love Joshua.

Turns out, he was played by the same actor who played a very superior false god in one of my other favorite shows, Stargate. HE is SUCH a different guy there, all sneering and conniving and just, well, Not Joshua:

(forgive the quality, please; that's a VERY early icon)

I harbor a secret hope that the Stargate con I'm going to next week invites him to be a guest. They're scrambling after one of their headliners backed out and I'd love to "meet" Joshua. :)

Thanks for the comment; I really do treasure each one.

[identity profile] ckrazy32.livejournal.com 2006-10-24 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't have believed it if someone told me I'd end up liking Joshua as much as Alec, but I did! =P He's just so adorable and sweet, I couldn't help it.

Whoa, that's the same guy? I've never watched Stargate, but that would be so awesome if he was at the con you're going to!
ext_1645: (Alec -- Vibrant/Urgent)

[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2006-10-25 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
I certainly didn't expect to like Joshua so much. Frankly, I thought at first this was going to be some rerun of Beauty and the Beast but they developed him nicely into himself. I ended up loving him.

I don't expect he'll attend -- I've never seen him as a guest at any con -- but it's an excellent fantasy to fill my time until they announce who the new guest is. And there's always some slim chance...

[identity profile] jaydeyn-sitari.livejournal.com 2006-10-25 12:32 am (UTC)(link)

Dude! Zipacna was Joshua?? No freaking way!

Er... ... also? I like your icons very much. :D

Apart from Witchblade, which I've never seen, I love all these shows ~ you've got some of the greatest facial expressions for everyone and the colouring is right for each show too. Nice work. :)

:)
Jaydeyn
ext_1645: (C&H -- Archaeology)

[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2006-10-25 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
Shocking, isn't it? As soon as Joshua started talking I was like, "I should know who he is but I can't place him. Damnit, I should know!" Then on one of the show's credits I noticed the name Kevin Durand, knew I knew it from Stargate...so I checked imdb.com. Yup. Zippy IS Joshua. Makes me sorry they were so eager to kill him off.

Not many people have seen Witchblade. :) It's a comic cum sci fi show from 7 years ago; I mostly make those amuse myself.

(Thanks for the compliment on the icons; I appeciate it.)
ext_19556: (sam-pink)

[identity profile] paxm.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I love #25. There's something very striking about that icon. Look at the three of them!
ext_1645: (Sam -- Beauty)

[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2006-10-24 11:43 am (UTC)(link)
Pax! Aren't they so young there? I rag on lots of faults with SG-1 but I do love their habit of lining up their actors for a shot. Makes for Mt. Rushmore-like icons. ;-)

Actually, I've been wishing you would make an icon from the shot. (There's also a cap with Hammond in it but he didn't line up with them so neatly.) Up above here, I almost commented that I really wish you had made an icon from this cap because I have an unreasoning love for it and want it to "be the best it can be." :) But then I deleted it because it was corny. This morning, I haven't had my coffee so I expect I'll leave it in this comment.

Thanks for the comment! *hugs*

[identity profile] ravenclaw-devi.livejournal.com 2006-10-24 09:19 am (UTC)(link)
Spiffy stuff!
ext_1645: (Thor -- Party Man)

[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2006-10-24 11:44 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] buitengewoon.livejournal.com 2006-10-24 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
DA icons :D
snagged #09, love that episode, so sad ;_;
ext_1645: (Alec -- Double-Vision)

[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2006-10-25 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Wasn't it? I'd been liking Alec just fine but after that episode, he had so much more depth and appeal. Poor Alec. Makes a girl want to hug him and kiss him and make it all better. ;-)

Thanks for commenting; I really do appreciate it.

[identity profile] merrie987.livejournal.com 2006-10-24 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I nabbed 10 because it's beautiful. I most certainly will credit.
ext_1645: (Ackles -- Colorful Dean)

[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2006-10-25 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Aww, thanks for saying that -- and thanks for giving it a good home. I felt so sad for poor Alec in that episode. *sniffle*

I appreciate your taking the time to leave me a comment. Thank you!

p.s. That icon makes me laugh!
ext_2780: photo of Josh kissing drake from a promo for Merry Christmas Drake & Josh (da alec shining eyes - by hsapiens)

[identity profile] aizjanika.livejournal.com 2006-10-25 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
I'm stealing #7. :-) I'll credit when I use it (which will be right now). hehe I just love that look on his face.
ext_1645: (Alec -- Horror)

[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com 2006-10-25 11:32 am (UTC)(link)
You mean this one? I thought it had a nice, old-timey feel to it. [livejournal.com profile] jalabert told me it looks like it's from the 30s, that look of horror that the heroine got just before she crumpled to the ground. :) He has a wonderfully expressive face.

I've failed, so far, in watching SPN. :( I got the Better Half to watch the pilot with me. Both of us were creeped out by the pilot and while JA's hotness is enough to entice me to try again when the sun is up, he refuses to watch any more. Now I have to find time when I'm alone to watch this scary show. :| For now, I'm consoling myself by collecting caps and looking at *those.*
ext_2780: photo of Josh kissing drake from a promo for Merry Christmas Drake & Josh (Default)

[identity profile] aizjanika.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. Wasn't that one #7? *g*

My husband has watched the first three episodes with me so far. I don't know why I don't find this show scary at all, though. I don't like the ick factor sometimes, though.

I have a few movies I've always wanted to see, but never have for the same reason, though. I've never seen Silence of the Lambs, for instance. I've always loved Jodie Foster, but that one... I just thought it would be too scary, and I never had anyone to watch it with me. *g*
wendelah1: (Stargate SG1)

[personal profile] wendelah1 2008-05-06 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
I took number twenty-three, and a couple of others but I can't find the post. One is of the Stargate and one is of Daniel and Janet. I will absolutely credit you when used.