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Here are those Hawaii Five-0 icons I promised. Such pretty, pretty colors on this show!

As always, all icons are free to use. Please comment and credit.


Chin smiles!	aneurysm face	short angry Jersey boy	Kono = UNF

He'll LEARN to love me pineapple.	So damn GQ	Sometimes Steve's deliberately a jackass	smirk

**Before and after time! This was such a darling moment in the show, but holy crap the original lighting was impossible. Dammit, Daniel Dae Kim, face the light! It just wants to luuuuve you! In additional to the usual sharpening, this scene needed a lot of coaxing in the lighting department to bring Chin out of the shadows. Then I had to tone down the reds and yellows a bit because that original coloring was very...orange.


before	after

I got my hands on scans of The Umbrella Academy! I own both trade books and adore this comic to death. Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba are fantastic storytellers! I've got dozens of images picked out to iconize, but here's a teaser from the second trade book, Dallas. These three feature the villains Hazel and Cha-Cha and future villain John Perseus.


Oh hey. Check this out.	John Perseus works on his costume	Hazel and Cha-Cha visit Nazi Germany

Crossposts: http://cinaea.livejournal.com/8708.html

I know I said I was working on Hawaii Five-0 this week, but my folder of The Losers comic screencaps to iconize was too tempting to ignore. Six more icons in one sitting! Still based off the comics, still NO spoilers.

If you've seen the movie, you know that the end credits use lots of awesome stills from the comics. And what they do so brilliantly is play with the focus within each image, wavering back and forth between the gun and the face behind it, giving it a sense of movement. While I didn't create any animated gifs, I did play with strategic sharpening to create the illusion of depth of field, drawing attention either to the barrel of a gun** or a face. What do you think? It works, right?

Oh, and I started playing with text icons for this fandom, too. Text icons are so hard for me. I think I need to take a graphics design course or something because point sizes, fonts, and unobtrusive backgrounds could not inspire me LESS.


Foxtrot Unicorn	Clay gets the best lines	Fuck yeah, Cougar

Fahd is ready like the Hammer of God	Don't think Roque won't pull the trigger	Peace is for pussies

**Let's try another side-by-side comparison. On the left we see that the barrel of the gun just slightly overlaps another panel. I played this up with the extra-wide border to give the gun the illusion of breaking the 4th wall. I left Roque's face slightly out of focus and used a gradient on the sharpened layer to bring the end of the gun into intense focus and fade out the sharpness down the barrel. A touch of dark gradient in the bottom right helps direct attention away from the extra clutter in the shot (his coat) and toward the gun.


before	after

Crossposts: http://cinaea.livejournal.com/8701.html

So the race is on. Damn this active-fandom business! Maybe it's just my anxiety issues talking, but if I'm to participate in a real-time fandom, I'm feeling pressure to not iconize the same moment as anyone else--which means I have to be first. Otherwise, I'd just be retreading old ground.

I thought I was ready for this, but then I got to go see Jonsi in concert last night. And tonight I got home late from work (and caught the only-available bus, which made me even later) only to discover I didn't have my house keys and my roommate was at class. But I had car keys! This naturally led to french toast for dinner at the local diner until she got home. Followed by baking and red wine and downloading the episode I'd missed.

In the end, I really only had time to make one before 1am. It's a GREAT moment in the show, and I'm determined to at least keep up with everyone else who is iconizing that exact same moment. (Also, I photoshopped the hell out of it and I think I really improved the focus and lighting.**)

Please. Take. I'm making more!

smirk of corruption

Handily the episode featured LOTS of scenes of the main characters all shined up in formal wear. Nrgh! More icons forthcoming this week (because finally I have time off work!).

**Oooh! I've been wanting to do this for a while now. Let's look at the before and after side by side, shall we? ...Yeah, that's what I thought. Blurry and dark and did I mention blurry? Yeesh.


before	after

Crossposts: http://cinaea.livejournal.com/8239.html

Another day, another new fandom! Last month I started watching Hawaii Five-0, which is cracky fun. They're a governor-established task force with carte blanche to violate ALL your civil rights in the pursuit of car chases and ridiculous action sequences! YEAH! I've been lured in by the gorgeous Hawaiian scenery and the delightful bickering. Scotty Caan plays a little ball of rage and proper procedure from New Jersey! JERSEY!!! WOOOO!!!

But I've noticed a depressing lack of Photoshop in the icons of this fledgling fandom, so for once I'm going to throw my hat in the ring with (gasp!) screenshots for an active fandom. Yikes, the pressure! There's a reason I've focused on mainly non-fandom icons.

With screencaps of a live-action show, I'm finding that the best tactic seems to be to hyper-sharpen the character(s) in the foreground, blur/dim/desaturate the background slightly, and add some kind of light/texture effect or text to give it that polished look.

Feel free to take any of these icons. Please comment and credit.


Oh wait, I AM A DETECTIVE!	Evidence is suuuper sexxy	Kono by the sea	One guess who's on the phone with Danny

Meanwhile, I finally finished reading The Losers comics, and there was much screencapping. I love ALL their little faces. SO. HARD. Boys! Aisha! Stegler! And WTF is up with that LOLtastic backstory for Max? And so with a cry of "Nukes for New Jerusalem!" here are seven new icons.

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My name is MAX	Security Solutions by Clay	You wanna be a good guy, go hug a tree	Roque has to run some errands

Who's the Big Dog? Clay's the Big Dog	Sometimes Clay's plans are very simple	One of those questions you never wanna hear...

Crossposts: http://cinaea.livejournal.com/8124.html

I've fallen head over heels into The Losers fandom. Mixed media fandoms are SO my downfall. The movie was pretty, shallow fun, but some of the fics it inspired are complex and amazing (see

storm_petrel's fics). I'm working my way through the comics now (up to issue 19 of 32), and

entwinedangels's pre-comics series Stories from the Same Routine has broken my brain with awesomeness. So welcome to my new fandom; here's my first batch of icons for it (based off scans of issues 1-19).

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Clay's done negotiating	Drive-By (w/ Pooch and Cougar)	Jensen - BANG	Aisha will fuck your shit UP

Cougar - Bang	What if Stegler wasn't such a stand-up guy?	When the going gets tough the tough go off-mission	Roque's sick of these "personal grudge" accusations

And lastly,

samanthahirr asked for an icon for her Kradam Kiss story. She specifically wanted friends and a misunderstanding. As always, specifically commissioned icons are NOT for general use. If you want to use it, you'll have to ask

samanthahirr.

got me wrong

for

samanthahirr

Crossposts: http://cinaea.livejournal.com/7808.html

I've made the transition to dreamwidth--prompted in no small part by the migration of

samanthahirr (for whom I beta), the need to stalk

astolat's comment fic, and my adoration for

storm_petrel's fics.

In honor of which, I offered to make

storm_petrel some icons. She requested a seedling with the words "Plant Nerd." And thus I was able to deliver two new icons!

Alas, these icons are not for universal sharing. No icons for the rest of you this time! Instead, why don't you page through the previous 24 entries and find yourself something pretty. And if you don't see anything you like, shoot me a request! I'm always happy to give custom work a try!


for storm_petrel	for storm_petrel

Crossposts: http://cinaea.livejournal.com/7605.html

4 more icons!

The first three started out as black-and-white images. I don't know why I decided to do that to myself--maybe I just wanted the challenge. I colorized each to a different degree using a different technique.

The fourth image is from the (fairly lackluster) Inception prequel comic. But Arthur still kicks ass, even in two-dimensions. That suit looks gooood!

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empty as a pocket with nothing to lose	flamer	choke	Arthur from the Inception comic

6 new icons in one evening. Sometimes you just want to enjoy the newly repaired air conditioning and play with Photoshop, you know?

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I'm a love letter away	I feel safer already	glosoli

heh, 'firm'	This is going down on your permanent record	no, not sketchy at all, no siree

Still catching up, this batch marked a return to icon-making about 6 months ago. I had to reteach myself all the techniques I'd forgotten I knew, resulting in an extremely mixed bag. These 6 icons are made from images of celebrities and models. The really surprising aspect is that only one features text--whether in the image or in my inspiration for the image manipulation.

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watch the whole thing burn	refracted	lucy liu

handsome furs (alexei)	fedora	hats!

All of the previously posted icons were at least 2 years old! Good heavens I fell behind. Catching up now, this batch was made about 1 year ago. These 11 icons are made from all sorts of media (posters, glamour shots, screen shots, etc.).

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run away!	would you keep your mouth shut if you were Nora Prentiss?	"So you wouldn't want an angel watching over?" (dresden files)	eminem

AAR	Dewar's scotch	Sano vs. Saito	ravished (for sharpest_rose)

for royalgeekg	aku	edna mode

These 11 icons are made from still images of members of Cobra Starship and Fall Out Boy.

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lookin' suave, suarez	unlike gabe saporta	can i change your mind?	i'll have some pie

good eye, sniper	another high- maintenance complaint	patience wearing thin	i had a feeling it was my day for one of those nights

rattlesnake charm on the dance floor	wentz-face	durr

These 11 icons are made from still images of members of My Chemical Romance and The Used.

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"all star-bright and tongue-tied"	tired	i'm not okay	bert, how so pretty?

"how to build a better enemy"	"you're almost gone, you're good-as-gone"	pansy	rockin' it, frank!

"the fiercest calm i've been in"	"you are the wrecking force in me"	just a touch of megalomania

These 15 icons are made from still images of miscellaneous musicians.

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msi lurking	let's be bad guys	"come down slow and easy. i know you'll rise...."	someone call the ambulance. there's gonna be an 'accident.'

catch	cracked	duet (handsome furs)	sweaty (handsome furs - alexei)

yukihiro	i will be waiting with a knife--just like an angry child	baby, your bet is overdue	hyde

rock looks like this	they'd only caught the muscle, 'cause the brains were still at large	tetsu

These 13 icons are text icons, images of dancers, and a few miscellaneous graphical images.

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failure to pack	i chased that woman across the desert	dragon	iconic

kim chan	i'd rather you be dead	wish you were here	francis cabrel

romka at play	vintage sip	he stole our hearts away	dodgeball!

tranquil

These 10 icons were made from screen caps of TV shows and music videos.

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invisible man	i'm afraid of americans	doctor who is a fucked-up kids show	numb3rs

please forget you knew my name	rainy day lullaby	rush	microphone hero

sono egao o	wagon wheel

The following 5 icons are from glamour shots of Rita Hayworth. Because who doesn't love Rita Hayworth?

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The following 5 icons are from screenshots of Jane Austen adaptations (Persuasion and Mansfield Park).

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I made the following 13 icons from screenshots of color movies.

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don't blink	hanging with your fashionable whores	i break the law once every week to feel your touch	all pucked up

go ahead	sungod motel in flames	brotherhood of the wolf	get well cards to the hostage van

the arsonist	i get nervous when you're not around	shines like a million	wrecking ball

the same old walkaways