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53 Icons: SGA & Stargate Cast

40 SGA
13 Stargate Cast as themselves or in other projects

TEASERS:

STARGATE ATLANTIS: Entries/Alternates for

lantis_lims.

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6	7	8	9	10

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31	32	33	34	35

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**11 This style I first saw with

psychofilly. If you like it, I urge you to look through her work, which is stunning and funny and I don't get why I don't see it everywhere. :)

I've wanted to play with it forever but did not because it was identifiably "hers" and she's so much better at it than I. I recently found out she has retired from fanart in favor of original works of art so now I'm indulging my love of circles since she isn't around to indulge me.

STARGATE CAST as themselves or in other projects

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Constructive criticism welcomed.

ETA:
- SGA caps come from various sources and were used in

lantis_lims
- RDA caps come from various sources and were used in

oneill_icontest
- MS caps were provided by

whisper99

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Beautiful icons!....grabbed 46,47,48, 51 and 50....will credit when used..

Deeds xx

Excellent! Thank you. :)

Those are gorgeous :D

Would love to see them over at

scifi_fanart :)

Oh! Cool comm and it looks shiny and new. Since sci fi is the bulk of what I icon, looks like a natural fit. Thank you for letting me know about it.

No problem.
Can't wait to see some of your great stuff there :)

lol! I think we cross-posted. :)

Dan Payne! I had the great pleasure to see him twice at cons. He's a total riot and kept us laughing for more than an hour. I adore that man -- but boy is he HUGE. Like, ten feet taller than I am or something. Good thing he's extremely easy on the eyes given that there's so much of him to stare at. ;)

Lol!
dan is a great guy.
I've met him once at P2 and he was amazing.

I actually run his forum and he's a member aswell!: www.danpaynefans.net (http://www.danpaynefans.net)

Oh, that is very cool! One thing I've really enjoyed about meeting the people who make Stargate is how friendly and down to earth they are. Probably because they're in Vancouver and not L.A. :)

I collected a bunch of pics of Dan when I got back from NJ last year with an eye to making them into icons but when my hard drive died, it took all those pics with it. Too much hotness for one hard drive to handle. That's my story and I'm sticking with it.

Theres a lot of pics at his website www.danpaynefans.net (http://www.danpaynefans.net) and some at the forum :)

I have Dan Payne photos from NJ 2006 here:

http://www.mishtopia.com/pics/thumbnails.php?album=105
&
http://www.mishtopia.com/pics/thumbnails.php?album=110

I really need to get back to sorting through my photos and posting them. I have tons from that con that I haven't posted. :|

I meant to go back and get the Dan photos again but since everything was wiped out, literally YEARS of collecting pics, I've only been grabbing caps as I had reason to so I haven't yet gotten back to recollecting Dan's pics. So much to do, so little free time.

I will have to have a look at those photos :P lol

Wow! They are all so beautiful!!
I love your color and neatness of your work! It's impressive!
Snagging #12!! XD Really funny!! And credit of course ;)

*grin* It was serendipity; Torri was standing just right in a Behind the Scenes pic and just *demanding* that she receive the superhero treatment. And THANK YOU for commenting because you reminded me that once I got more user pics that I wanted to go back and grab your Atlantis/Dolphin icon -- which I'm now going to do.

XD I had David in Superman... I had Paul in Supergirl *XD*... But Torri!! It's fantastic! She would make a beautiful superhero!! (I can be superhero's lover :))
And you're welcome!!! Glad you like my Dolphin ^^

Torri would make an excellent superhero! I'd love to see her given the opportunity to cut loose on screen. Maybe she'll get a juicy part on Heroes? I love more than just your dolphin/Atlantis -- your icons are always refreshingly original and make me smile -- but that's the one I mentally bookmarked as MINE. :)

I am sure that she would be a good in Heroes. With the power to fly... Maybe... XD

They've already had a character who could fly but since they might have killed him off in the season finale, perhaps that would open a spot for her! :)

stunning work :)

Thank you!

I love 31. Looks really pretty. :)

And OMG ... look at Michael!!!! Damn he's so hot. Definitely snagging 47-49. Will credit. :)

Thank you!

And oh yes, Michael is seriously buff and the folks in charge of 24 put it to great use. Nice to see someone casting him has the brain cells to show him off. I was almost happy to see SG-1 end - *sniffle* - if it means he's available to show off his many talents in other, more clothing-optional situations. ;-)

Hey lady :)

Yes, I'm feeling better... maybe one day I'll tell you about it. ;)

I ended up in Houston that day, after all, but mostly by accident. I was feeling somewhat better on Saturday morning and Greg talked me into going to a Mitsubishi dealer near Galveston to test drive an Eclipse (we've been car shopping for a few months, now). We didn't like the car... pretty, zippy, but cramped and lousy gas milage... but it was right around dinnertime when we finished, so he suggested we grab something before we went home. Since it was raining badly to the south, we headed north on 45. That was our first mistake.

A storm was laying directly across the highway and the rain was so bad that teaffic crawled to an almost halt for most of the trip up there. If there'd been an easy way to turn around and go home without heading back into the storm, I would have. We ended up downtown trying to leave the traffic behind (our second mistake), and got onto Louisanna but it was utterly flooded, so we headed down to Elgin and out Westheimer. We got stopped at the curve right before Montrose, near Katz Deli, where the water was covering the road by almost 3 feet. We took shelter in Osaka, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise- we had a wonderful time and the food was awesome. LOL

The weekend of the 21st is out for us... we're going to a family event, a 50-year anniversary for my maternal aunt and uncle. Maybe the weekend after that? ;)

Yay! I'm glad you're feeling better. Bummer about your ending up in Houston anyway and our not getting together. However, my little car really isn't made for floods so it's probably just as well. I actually baked and cooked on Saturday - you would faint if you knew how seldom I do that these days - so my Saturday was productive. Sunday was totally wasted watching films with Mom and Joe but it was mostly stress-free.

This week we're having a big muckity-muck conference here in town and flying in a couple employees from Germany, one from Sweden, one from Canada, and my boss from New York so I have houseguests AND evening work-related dinners and cocktail things. Some people enjoy these sorts of things but I tend to just find them stressful. Fortunately, it's temporary and not terminal so the worst of it will be having to dress up in business-wear all week. ;)

Osaka sounds Japanese. I'm glad y'all made a new discovery. I've been told that Aladdin, over at Montrose and Westheimer in the former boot shop is particularly good so I've been thinking of proposing that for our next meet-up.

50 years? Cool! Can I answer "probably" on the 28 July date? That's my mother's birthday and she's currently scheduled to be down in Corpus. But if something goes wrong with her recovery or if the operation is more involved than we're hoping, then she might still be at my house. While I'll be climbing the walls and ready to get out for a bit, I don't want to do that on her birthday proper if she's in town.

These are really fantastic i love so many of them, i always love your coloring an this time the use of textures too. great job hun :)

Thank you; that means a lot coming from an excellent graphics maker. :)

My one real regret at joining the LIMS is that I spend so much time trying to come up with a single icon for the week that I end up shortchanging Jack. I was fresh out of ideas about the time I started on the LIMS but now I'm actively missing him. I think I'm not much longer for the LIMS as it's down to stiff competition with people whose skills exceed mine.

Thank you muchly :-*
funny you mentioned that.. i just joined three LIMS comms this week, and i've been staring at the caps since last night and coming blank.. it would be embarrassing for me to get killed from the first round on my very first try on LIMS, lol :)

LIMS has a whole set of pressures that a weekly contest does not. I don't have to choose just one Jack and live or die by that choice. SO much less pressure. My Jack well of ideas had run very, very dry about so I figured a break wouldn't hurt but I had no inkling it would take all of my creative energies. I have no earthly idea how you're taking part in 3 of them at once. One is all that I can handle. :|

I have faith that you'll come up with something brilliant and be spared the embarrassment of being eliminated in the first round, though some of my favorite icon makers,

pumahmistress and

obaona struck out early in this LIMS so I've learned to take it as "this icon isn't for this audience."

May inspiration strike! Best of luck to you! :)

These really look good - I love the crisp clarity. :) I grabbed #39 because I just could. not. resist. :D Will credit when used, and thanks so much.

Anna :)

Hee! Resistance is futile; you shall be assimilated. That cap was golden; the McShep is strong in that one and a lot of people made some excellent icons from it.

*giggles*

I don't know about the others, but I love, love, love the one I snagged from you. *beams* The McShep is strong, indeed. Hee!

Anna :)

thank you!!! grabbed 10 and 15. very pretty! thank you so much for them!

*grins* You're very welcome. :) Thank you for commenting!

I took 39 and 48. :-)

Thanks much!

You're very welcome. Will you be shocked to learn that I expected those to appeal to you? ;) Thank you for commenting. *hugs*

*is stunned*

LOL

Took quite a few and I'll credit you when I use them. Thanks so much.

Excellent! Hope they earn their keep should you decide to use them. :)

I'm so sorry to tell you this, but.... I hate you! *pouts*
I ♥ the clarity you got on 7, 10 (love the crop too) & 16.
I'm having some problem with getting mine that clear.
They are all lovely, but an extra + for #20, Ronon looks even more gorgeous in that one.

Hugs!

Onoz! This cannot be! ;)

7 & 16 were made from an ultra high quality source pic. That makes ALL the difference because you can't manufacture what isn't there and lower-res pics lose detail when you shrink them. I DO spend a lot of time smoothing after I sharpen the reduced image but that level of clarity is possible only with the best quality source material.

*huggles*

LMAO! That icon is so cute!

And yes your absolutely right. The quality does make a huge difference.
But your smoothing skills does an even huger different.

I took this pic and got this:

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but I don't know....

*smooches*

Here's the base I would come up with:

I haven't done any coloring or anything, just prep'ed my base. That's what the raw image would look like before I started coloring. I didn't do anything fancy or special, just the standard sharpen/smooth/mask-out-the-oversharpened-bits like I discussed in a tutorial I wrote many moons ago. :)

You see, this is why I "hate" you! LOL
Yours is so much clearer than mine. But then again, you've been practicing longer than me. ;0)

Do you mean this tutorial?

I don't really understand the "layer mask" yet.
Thanks for taking the time to help me understand this complicated world of icon making.

Hugs!

Yes, that's the tutorial. :) I can see why it wouldn't be helpful, though, if the layer mask is a problem. What program are you using? I've used Photoshop Elements and Photoshop, but as I understand it GIMP and PSP also have layer masks.

Did you see this image of my layer palette?:

http://pics.livejournal.com/hsapiens/pic/001t5x6f

The mask on the layer labeled, "Copy, Normal 100% Sharpened and Smudged" is the method I use for getting clarity. I did something similar on the Ronon. That's my secret. :) If we can get you using masks, you'll find it's really not very hard to get a crisp image (assuming you have good source material).

Where is it that your understanding breaks down? Do you understand what they are? Do you understand how to add one to a layer? Do you understand how to use a brush on them? If you can tell me where your problem starts, I'll try to help you.

I use PS CS2 9.0
I'm with you up to #4, but then this is what I don't understand... Add a layer mask to the copied & smudged layer to remove obvious oversharpening.
When I chose Layer Mask I can only chose "Reveal all" or "Hide all"
I know how to use a brush on a layer...

Does that make sense?

Yes! I'm so glad we're using the same program. I haven't used the other two so this is much easier for me. :)

This is, I think, a very easy problem to fix. There is a button on your layer palette that will add a layer mask for you. Go back to this picture for a second:

http://pics.livejournal.com/hsapiens/pic/001t5x6f

and look at the bottom of the layer palette. Do you see those tiny icons on the right at the bottom? Those are "shortcuts" for common functions. Starting from the left, go over to the third symbol, the one that has a circle inside a square. THAT button will add a plain old layer mask to whatever layer you have highlighted when you click it. It comes up all white, meaning it hasn't masked anything then you can use your brushes on it to hide the bits you don't want.

This lets me add just the parts of the picture that need sharpening. Let me know if this does not answer your question and I'll keep going.

(*sigh* I just lost my long replay...)

I get it, I think! LOL I have never used the short cuts before, if you don't count the "blending options" button. LOL

This is what I got...
From this:

to this:

What do you think? (No coloring at all, just your tutorial.)

Your tuturial makes so much more sense now and I can't thank you enough for taking the time to teach me all this.

Sometimes when people makes these tutorial they tend to "shorten" words and that confuses me to no ends...
If I take yours for example, you write "Copy Layer" and I looked for that and couldn't find it in the program... LOL
So I guessed that you "hopefully" meant was "Duplicate layer" cause when you think about it copy = duplicate....which probably says more about my English skills.... LMAO!!!

Thank you soooo much!!!

(*sigh* I just lost my long replay...)

Oh, I HATE that.

What do you think?

Yes! It's perfect! Now it's crisp and clear and ready for your genius. Now you know the "secret." :)

Sometimes when people makes these tutorial they tend to "shorten" words and that confuses me to no ends...

I can see now how that must frustrating. I never realized it would be a problem but now that I know, I'll try to remember that I need to get the exact wording that the program uses. Yes, copy=duplicate but it's bad enough learning Photoshop. You don't need to add in language questions. Thanks for telling me that -- and feel free to bop me on the head if I forget. :)

You're very welcome. Any questions you have, I'm happy to try to help. I don't know everything, or even 1/10th of everything, but I'll help with anything I do know.

BTW, I just played with the "Add Layer Mask" dialog (would you believe I'd never used the menu command?) and found a way for that to work, too.

If you want to add a layer mask that is white like I do when I click on the shortcut icon, you would choose "Add Layer Mask -> Reveal All." That adds an all-white mask to the layer that you can then work on.

However, if what you want to do is apply something to just a tiny bit of the picture, you COULD choose, "Add Layer Mask -> Hide All" and that would add a black mask to it. Then you could paint with a white brush or white pencil to show just the parts you wanted. I hate to keep going back to that palette illustration, but please look at it again:

http://pics.livejournal.com/hsapiens/pic/001t5x6f

You see that selective color layer up near the top? That was me making her lips a little redder without making the whole picture redder. Adding a "Hide All" mask to that sort of layer would just be quicker than what I've been doing, which is blacking it out with a huge black brush and then painting on it in white. Hope that makes sense.

You see that selective color layer up near the top? That was me making her lips a little redder without making the whole picture redder. Adding a "Hide All" mask to that sort of layer would just be quicker than what I've been doing, which is blacking it out with a huge black brush and then painting on it in white. Hope that makes sense.

Ehhh nope. You've lost me again.
You make the selective color red, then you erased everything but not her lips, right?
And do you mean that you can add a "hide all" then paint with a red pencil? *iz confused*

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You make the selective color red, then you erased everything but not her lips, right?

Yes. Selective Color lets you take a color, in my case the reds, and change just that color. So, when I made it "redder," only the reds were affected. The yellows, greens, blues, blacks, and other "non-red" colors were unaffected. I turned the "redder red" off everywhere but her lips.

And do you mean that you can add a "hide all" then paint with a red pencil? *iz confused*

Not exactly. The mask is just an "on/off" switch for applying the layer. In this case, the layer was me playing with reds but in the base you made up there, it was the sharpened layer you were turning off at certain points.

I did not paint on the mask in red. In fact, you can't paint on it in red. You can only paint on it in white (on) or black (off).

The "Reveal All" option adds a white mask, turning the entire layer "on." The "Hide All" option adds a black mask, turning the entire "off." After you've added a layer that way, it isn't unchangeable. You can still paint on it to alter portions as being "off" or "on."

Does that make sense?

grabbed 18 & 26. thank you!

My search for McShep icons led me here. Lovely stuff. I'd like to grab #39 and will credit. Thanks!

You're welcome! My goodness, you have been diligent in finding an icon because this poor post is YEARS old. I always cringe when I see a comment on an old post because I used to make the most oversharpened icons...happily I still like #39 so no cringing necessary! Hope it proves itself useful. :)

I think I just went through your icon tags. Guess I like the crisp ones because of my small laptop screen. *g* Anything subtle I can't even see! And I love profile faces. Thanks!

I think these might be just about the only SGA icons I made? I recognize a bunch of these as made for

lantis_lims. Don't know how you found me since I'm not big in the fandom but I'm glad you did. :)

Profiles are some of my faves, too.

Okay, I hate a mystery so I had to backtrack to figure out how I found you. :) I was looking for a completely different icon in

iadorespike's userpics, when I saw this one. And I wanted. You were credited and so I linked through to your journal and found you had very neatly tagged your stuff with a "icons:sga" tag. So yay! Crediting and tagging for the win! {{hugs pretty icon}} Thanks again.

Ah! Okay. I was surprised because I never spent much time as a popular maker in SGA so I didn't think I'd come to light from scanning SGA communities. Thank you for clearing up the mystery! :) I'm glad that someone can use my tags. In all the years I've been on LJ, you are the very first to mention using my tags. \o/

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