I just wanted to let everyone know that this icon journal is not dead! I of course, suck at updating, but I also have another valid reason... my powerbook finally died. so all of the icons i did have on there -- which, admittedly, weren't a whole lot for five months -- are now gone.

Luckily (?), I do have two (kinda mediocre) icons to share, since they were uploaded into my userpics before my computer crashed.



(the first from is from dollhouse, the second is from mad men -- just in case that was not obvious)

The good news is that I bought a new laptop recently, and just installed Photoshop, so I'll be able to make icons again. I've missed that.

For now, if anyone wants to SPAM ME WITH CAPS I'd be super grateful. :D

Feel free to spam with just about anything. I just ask that if it's not something I've iconned before, please be careful of spoilers?

01-00: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
02-00: Craig Ferguson
03-04: Simon Pegg & Nick Frost
05-00: Spaced
06-08: X-Men
09-10: Shaun of the Dead
11-15: Heroes
16-25: Supernatural
26-32: Skins
33-45: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
46-55: The Office (US)
56-68: Smallville
69-70: The X-Files
71-74: Pushing Daisies
75-00: Metalocalypse

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01-04: Lost
00-05: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
06-14: Angel
15-37: Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles

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I recently added this add-on to Firefox that enables color management because of issues I've had with Photoshop CS4 and my browser, and since that affects what icons look like, I got curious and decided to take a poll.

Poll #1389120
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 33

What browser do you use?

What operating system do you use?

What type of monitor do you use?

Um, so... four months, eh? I have no excuse really, except that my inspiration/creativity has seriously been lacking lately, and I haven't really liked anything I've made. :\

01-11: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
12-14: Skins
15-29: 野ブタ。をプロデュース (Nobuta wo Produce)
30-69: Firefly


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These have been piling up for several months, and I figured the time is past due for me to post them, so here they are. Some of these I kind of hate, and some I like. All I know is next time I don't want to wait to post so long, because it takes forever to upload and I still managed to screw up the numbering.

01-04: Jossverse (Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
05-00: The Edukators
06-15: Mad Men
16-38: Hex
39-40: Skins
41-45: music (Kanye West, Madder Mortem)
46-66: Pushing Daisies
67-72: Supernatural
73-75: Let The Right One In
76-80: Shaun of the Dead
81-88: Smallville
89-00: Mad Men (oops, forgot one!)
90-119: Terminatorverse (Terminator, T2, T:TSCC)
120-00: T2 userinfo banner (or whatever.)


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I was planning on picspamming the whole episode, but I got lazy. In the meantime I decided to picspam one scene from the episode, just because. No preview because of spoilers (and because it's kinda short).

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I've been thinking about people who leave feedback in icon journals (whether it's just 'taking #5, thanks!' or 'these are pretty!' or 'ew, these suck') when responding to comments, and was curious about how they prefer to be responded to, so I thought I would do a poll.

Poll #1271909
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 22

if you leave feedback on an icon journal, would you prefer the icon maker to:

Personally, I like getting feedback because I like to know what people like or don't like as much. Even though I primarily make icons because it's fun (and sometimes challenging if the cap is difficult to work with), I also make them to share with other people as well (otherwise, what would be the point of having an icon journal?). If people respond with longer comments than just 'taking, thanks!' it seems appropriate to say something in response. If people do just say, 'taking, thanks'- which is fine too, of course- on one hand it seems rude not to respond, but on the other hand it might get annoying seeing 'you're welcome' (or something to that effect) if the person leaving feedback is just being polite. So basically I just wanted to know what you all thought.

Quite a few of these were made well before my previous post, and I can't say I'm entirely happy with them anymore, but I decided to post them anyway. There are a ton this time- a lot of different things...

01-12: Skins
13-15: Driving Lessons
16-19: The Office (UK)
20-00: Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
21-32: The X-Files (tv & first film)
33-35: Run Fat Boy Run
36-52: Angel
53-55: Independence Day
56-60: Cruel Intentions
61-67: Star Wars IV: A New Hope
68-74: Black Books
75-80: Wonderfalls
81-83: David Bowie
84-85: Saving Face
86-94: 28 Days Later
95-00: The X-Files [oops! wrong place :\]
96-97: rat (random photo i took and made into an icon)
98-99: Skins (Effy & Jal) headers

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Finally- an update. I'm hoping these don't look too weird. I finally got used to using my Mac and it broke, so I made these on (someone else's) PC while it was being fixed. Not a whole lot of different fandoms this time. I made Grey's Anatomy icons, which I never thought I'd do again. I am thinking of doing requests soon, just because. Also, I've decided I'm actually going to respond to people who comment. I didn't before because I thought it would seem insincere, but I'm kind of over that. I do appreciate when people comment, so I might as well show it.

01-02: Teen Titans
03-05: Weeds
06-22: Psych
23-27: Grey's Anatomy [Spoilers for 4x16]
28-40: Angel
41-00: Angel ("Deep Down") header



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I just wanted to let everyone know that I was on hiatus from icon-making because my computer is being fixed. I'm using someone else's right now and recently got Photoshop. Unfortunately the icons I was going to post won't be posted for awhile, but I'll be able to make new ones in the meantime. :)

I am not really inspired right now, so I wanted to take a poll.

Poll #1210472
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 10

Which episode of Angel should I icon?

Which episode of Buffy should I icon?

Which episode of The X-Files should I icon (none in season 9, please)?

Which episode of Veronica Mars should I icon?

Which episode of Firefly should I icon?

Anything else you would like to see (whether or not I have iconned it before)?

01-05: Dexter
06-14: Angel
15-00: Dead Like Me
16-33: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
34-35: X-Men
36-40: Stomp the Yard
41-43: The X-Files
44-00: Under the Tuscan Sun
45-00: Austin Powers
46-48: Band of Outsiders
49-50: Empire Records
51-55: Ginger Snaps
56-58: The Incredibles
59-00: Meagan Good
60-00: Dexter text icon


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This is basically a miscellaneous batch of leftover icons from my last post and a manipulation of Maya Herrera and River Tam-- it's my first manip ever, so it's not that great, but I liked it enough to share with everyone anyway.


01-20: Dead Like Me
21-23: Maya/River (Heroes/Firefly crossover) manip & icons


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So. These were supposed to be for i_episode back in September but they were never finished, and then I was busy starting school and a new job, so I just never posted them. But here they are! All 29 episodes of Dead Like Me, one icon per episode. I was trying out a few things, some of which worked whereas others didn't. Also, some were made more recently than others so again there is a varying degree in quality...

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01-10: Arrested Development
11-25: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
26-30: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Comic (manip by pechogrande here)
31-47: Bones
48-50: Dead Like Me
51-68: Heroes
69-00: Saving Face header

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Wow, three months! Some of these have been sitting on my harddrive for awhile, so that is why there is such a varying degree in quality. I'm not sure how I feel about all of these, as I was trying out different things, but some of these I'm quite proud of. Also, a few of these are partly inspired by blindbeats, echoism and ofthesea (keyword being inspired- I'm hoping they don't look like copies or anything!). Next batch I plan on iconning some new and/or different fandoms, and I will hopefully be updating much sooner than three months.

01-11: Firefly
12-17: These Girls
18-00: Amy Acker & Vincent Kartheiser
19-00: Clea Duvall
20-00: Mia Tyler & Liv Tyler
21-25: Dandelion
26-40: Buffy the Vampire Slayer


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01-05: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
06-14: Skins
15-24: Angel
25-36: Veronica Mars





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01-32: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
33-42: Firefly








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01-05: Grey's Anatomy
06-15: Dead Like Me
16-37: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
38-48: Angel
49-55: Memento Mori
56-00: Angel (Angel/Darla/Spike/Dru) Header




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These are all the resources I use to make graphics. I try to record everything I use, but if for some reason you see something of yours somewhere that I haven't credited, please comment on this post.

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