I believe you're more generous than I am. I almost always hate my text but I keep trying because I really love texty icons and I hope to have a "Eureka!" epiphany.

Your caps ARE bigger. I don't know why but it never occurred to me to go to Abydos Gate for MS caps. I wonder if the slow down on TOL DVDs is film quality?

I would LOVE to have your caps. I'm not as persnickety as I probably ought to be about making my own -- if I have a source of good ones. I go to a LOT of different sites for caps and, so far, I've been able to find what I want. Mostly. Torchwood was a different case; it hasn't been around long enough to generate a bunch of cap sites for me to surf. Not much choice but to make my own.

As for the differences, I suppose they're there. But when I see five icons with almost identical cropping and the image is clearer or the coloring better or the text is funnier...and all of them published before I have enough to warrant a post, well, there's not much point. There were a couple of icons I didn't even bother with because I'd seen it done already and done better. Particularly frustrating as I made my own caps rather than using the exact same source as everyone else. There's something about the show that makes it hard for me to icon. Not certain if it's the way it's filmed or lit or both, but so far, the show looks better moving than it does in stills.

Watching the scene, the dirty cell window isn't all that distracting. It's atmospheric. But in working with a still image, wanting to eke out as much detail as possible so that it "reads" immediately? It's very annoying. :\

I don't get people sleeping outside a store overnight. Maybe if they were paying me to take away a new computer. Maybe. Gift cards and online shopping are my haven. How in the world did I ever survive the season before Amazon?!?