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15 May 2010 @ 07:07 pm
Iconfest!  
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[livejournal.com profile] lemonpunch is hosting an iconfest that runs through 26th May. This is your chance to request an icon or several. You can be very specific (linking to caps, requesting specific verbiage) or you can be more general.

If you're very lucky, [livejournal.com profile] lemonpunch might fulfill your request. If you're unfamiliar with her work, you're in for a treat. She creates small masterpieces; what she does with color, lighting, & textures is magical. Also? She is the only other iconist I know who has made a boatload of Calvin & Hobbes icons so she HAS to be amazing.

If you're hoping that I will try my hand at your request, please link me to your request so I'm certain to see it. I'm trying to keep up but the post is already a little unwieldy; I can only imagine what'll look like in a week and a half.

Iconfest links: [rules/about] [promotions] [f.a.q.s] [the PROMPT page]


ETA: And, of course, MAKERS are invited, too! This is your chance to read through the prompts, find something familiar to tackle or try something completely outside of your comfort zone that you've never tried before.
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ext_22444: Magnus Neckporn[identity profile] geonncannon.livejournal.com on May 16th, 2010 01:36 am (UTC)
~nods~ That's my problem! I see a thread with a bunch of comments and I think, "Well, that one's covered." But some of them are conversations, so... it's hard. But I'm trying! I've filled three prompts so far.

~hopes someone tackles his prompt~
Mish: SPN -- Sam in Bed[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on May 16th, 2010 01:39 am (UTC)
Link? *g*

And yay for filling prompts! You're a million times faster than I am! I've filled two people's requests thus far and it took me a really long time with the Supernatural request. Oy, the text!
ext_22444: Magnus Paris[identity profile] geonncannon.livejournal.com on May 16th, 2010 01:44 am (UTC)
To the ones I've made, or to my prompt? :D These are the ones I've made (easier than finding all the links :D)...

Mary/Irene 1 - Mary/Irene 2 - Chang

Mary/Marshall 1 - Mary/Marshall 2 - Mary/Marshall 3

...and my prompt is here. I totally don't expect much. It's a difficult prompt (which is why I've never made one for myself. ~g~)
Mish: Star Wars -- Darth Vader Seated[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on May 16th, 2010 01:47 am (UTC)
Yup, I meant to your prompt. :) You aren't kidding that you don't ask for the easy! Helen caps I can find but which women in particular would make you happiest to pair her with? I'll struggle with this but I hope someone with mad compositing skillz also takes up the challenge. :)

Also -- just because someone's already filled a request doesn't mean you can't make some more if the prompt/photos inspire you. These are all shareable with everyone and somebody else might want something a little different.

ext_22444: Magnus Ashley Blue Skies[identity profile] geonncannon.livejournal.com on May 16th, 2010 01:51 am (UTC)
Yup, I meant to your prompt. :) You aren't kidding that you don't ask for the easy! Helen caps I can find but which women in particular would make you happiest to pair her with? I'll struggle with this but I hope someone with mad compositing skillz also takes up the challenge. :)

Exactly, right? :D I thought that if I requested something from people in this group, I'd want something that would be a pain for me to do myself. Of course, that means it'd be a pain for anyone else to attempt... Preferred are Amelia Earhart and (because Amanda Tapping said she's the person she'd most prefer to meet in history) Dorothy Parker. :D

Also -- just because someone's already filled a request doesn't mean you can't make some more if the prompt/photos inspire you. These are all shareable with everyone and somebody else might want something a little different.

Indeed! It's just the mental thing of "If they have all these to choose from, they won't need whatever I come up with." I'm getting over it, though! ;-D


ext_22444: Magnus Welcome[identity profile] geonncannon.livejournal.com on May 16th, 2010 03:15 pm (UTC)
I realized how impossible my other prompt might be, so in the hopes of getting at least one pretty out of it, I took pity on people. And it worked! I got an icon from [livejournal.com profile] lemonpunch! ~wins~ ;-D
Mish: Sam -- Can Quit Anytime[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on May 16th, 2010 09:20 pm (UTC)
Ha! And she made you two of them. *iz jealous*
ext_22444: Magnus Picture[identity profile] geonncannon.livejournal.com on May 16th, 2010 10:14 pm (UTC)
I know, right? I didn't even have a chance to tell her I thought the first one was awesome before she made a "better" one. :D
superbadgirl: mmlaughing[personal profile] superbadgirl on May 16th, 2010 02:53 am (UTC)
I'm just here to ogle the IPS icons. Nice!
ext_22444: IPS Mary[identity profile] geonncannon.livejournal.com on May 16th, 2010 03:13 pm (UTC)
I think the icons for this iconathon are all up for grabs at the maker's discretion, so I discresh. If you want them. :D

~uses his hot Mary-grabbing-gun icon~
superbadgirl: mm wounded[personal profile] superbadgirl on May 16th, 2010 06:28 pm (UTC)
Mary is hot at everything she does, isn't she?

Thanks! I love the IPS love. :)
Mish: Teryl & Amanda -- Lipstick[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on May 23rd, 2010 11:13 pm (UTC)
I'm going to admit defeat on this. :( I don't have the right kind of cap of Helen and I'm lost for how to make a modern screencap look like an ultraprocessed, altered portrait. Anyhow, this is as close as I have gotten:



I'm continuing to think about this and hopefully before the Fest is over I'll have solved the riddle. Right now, though, I don't see my way from where I am to where I want to be. Maybe someone else is also working on this prompt and will come up with something awesome?

I'm not publishing it there because I don't want my name attached to this when [livejournal.com profile] lemonpunch makes up the big icon post at the end. :)
ext_22444: Magnus Suit Full[identity profile] geonncannon.livejournal.com on May 23rd, 2010 11:20 pm (UTC)
Wow! I understand not being satisfied with the result, but I really do love that. It's beautiful! What I was thinking of may have been impossible (or taken huge giant skillz). Either way, this is amazingly close.

I'm going to take it! If you don't want your name attached on the main post, does that mean I shouldn't credit in my user pics? I'm more than happy to! If you don't, I'll just make a little cryptic note. :D

I really do love it. Thank you!
Mish: Sam -- Bright Yellow Smile[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on May 23rd, 2010 11:24 pm (UTC)
It doesn't take giant skills, just bigger ones than I have. :) Hopefully since I posted here rather than there, someone with bigger ones than I will still fill it? (I think with as difficult as it is, it would be too easy to say, "whew! don't have to do that one!")

A cryptic note is fine with me. :) I don't care too much one way or the other about credit when I DO like the end result. I'm going to keep trying because now it's a challenge but I'm not experienced at blends; I can picture what I want but I don't know the steps between where I am and there. 'Course, I may finally get something I like in about 2 years...

Edited 2010-05-23 11:29 pm (UTC)
Mish: Sam -- Gorgeous On Black[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on May 23rd, 2010 11:26 pm (UTC)
Hey, do you have a reasonably well-lit cap of Helen wearing a hat of some kind? I think I could make it work better with that.
ext_22444: Magnus Vintage[identity profile] geonncannon.livejournal.com on May 23rd, 2010 11:50 pm (UTC)
Hmm... the only times I recall her wearing any kind of hat... twice in the pilot (a fedora in the rain, and a wide-brimmed hat in the 1880s), and she had a scarf at the beginning of "End of Nights."

This is her in a hat looking vintage. :D I wish the show would give a solid date for when she became brunette (she's brunette with Amelia Earhart, so before 1920-30). But still. :D
Mish: Sam -- Gorgeous On Black[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on May 24th, 2010 12:08 am (UTC)
I must have seen the only hat episode then! The only caps I have for her are very dark and sans hat. I want to control all that hair so that she better matches the sleek Amelia. Hm. Back to square one. I can try to see if I can master the lighten technique and just merge Amelia with her hair. :|
ext_22444: Magnus Explorer[identity profile] geonncannon.livejournal.com on May 24th, 2010 12:14 am (UTC)
I think so! I'll have to ask people with better memories than mine. :D But I don't think she's worn a hat outside of the pilot or the second season premiere headscarf (such an awesome scarf it was, too :D).

Oh, for God's sake, what am I thinking of? ~points to icon~ She wore a fedora in this episode, and it was gorgeous! I even have an image of it on my profile. Tsk. I have to see if I can find caps for it.
ext_22444: Magnus Explorer[identity profile] geonncannon.livejournal.com on May 24th, 2010 12:29 am (UTC)
I found caps for you! Here... here... here... here... and I'm pretty sure those are all the caps of her well-lit. :D
Mish: Sam -- Gorgeous On Black[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on May 24th, 2010 12:59 am (UTC)
Squeee! YES! Most especially that page of caps is *gorgeous* and give a good shot of more than just her face. That should be easier (for me) to match up with Amelia. Alright, I'll see what I can come up with.

Thank you! :)
ext_22444: Magnus Neckporn[identity profile] geonncannon.livejournal.com on May 24th, 2010 01:03 am (UTC)
I keep trying to imagine you coming up with something better and it's... hard. :D But I have faith you'll outdo yourself!

And those caps ARE so gorgeous. My God. I was going through: "I have to check every single page. For, uh, [livejournal.com profile] hsapiens." And it's NOTHING compared to how beautiful Haunted is. Just, um, just FYI. It has Amanda Tapping in a white dress shirt, black vest, with a black tie. It's the hottest thing all year, in a season that included her undressing out of a wet white blouse.
Mish: Sam -- Gorgeous On Black[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on May 24th, 2010 01:16 am (UTC)
You are too kind. I like the way Amelia works with the background but it would be nice for Helen to blend with her rather than looking like a layer plopped on top of Amelia and poorly feathered.

I wish I had caps half that great for SG-1! I really appreciate your diligence in finding caps. I know what a hardship it was looking at all those hot pics of Amanda. Your sacrifice will not go unnoticed. :D Amanda is a smart woman; she knows what her fans want and delivers it.

I know I'm using this icon a lot but it's by [livejournal.com profile] narniacmr and it's just the most gorgeous icon of Sam that I can't help spamming with it.
ext_22444: Magnus Unbutton[identity profile] geonncannon.livejournal.com on May 24th, 2010 01:24 am (UTC)
I can understand that! I look forward to what you come up with. :D

Oh, it was such a trial. Such an ordeal! Woe! ;-D And the caps are so great because they come from great stock. They use special cameras for the special effects, so it leads to gorgeous stuff. She really does know what her fans want! The vest-tie combo first showed up in the webisodes, and she brought it back. Same with the mermaid character; they keep bringing her back in the series (including implication that she and Helen have some kinky sexual stuff between them :D)

That icon deserves to be overused! It's beautiful!