22. 60 Icons: SG-1 & Babylon 5

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

55 SG-1
05 Babylon 5

Small-ish and unvaried batch this time. It has been an uphill struggle to get back into the groove after having gone months without opening Photoshop. Some of these icons have been sitting on my hard drive for 6 months and I want them gone.

One word of caution: Teal'c has some new bling in one of the promo photos. I found it intriguing but I suppose some sensitive souls might consider it to be a spoiler.

TEASERS:


STARGATE SG-1
1-5

6-10

11-15

16-20

21-25

26-30

31-35

36-40

41-45

46-50

51-55: #53 made using a base from elfcat255


BABYLON 5
56-60


Photoshop Resources ~~**~~ Screen Cap Credits ~~**~~ Movie Promos courtesy of MGM

- Comments are treasured.
- Credit is appreciated but not required; please don't claim as your own work.
- Call your mother.

Comments

[shutthef-up.livejournal.com]

They're all gorgeous!

I snurched 6 & 9, even though I already have a pile of Daniel icons. Yours are very different and above all Pretty!

Thanks! and I'll credit, since it's only the right thing to do. No one would believe me if I did try to claim I made them.

Thanks again!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's possible to ever have enough Daniel icons. :) He's just too pretty.

You're welcome!

[jenniferjensen.livejournal.com]

Love the icons. Especially 1,8,and 39. Will credit if I use.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

Definitely snagging 7. Thanks!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Yay! I wasn't certain if that was too archaeology-specific (or, worse, too 1950s tv-specific) for anyone else to enjoy. I'm glad someone else out there likes it. *g*

[luzitasg1.livejournal.com]

Lots of great ones here! I esp. like 11, 24, 32, 41, 42.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

*HUGS* Thank you!

[altorogue.livejournal.com]

Dear GOD, the photo in 9 & 10, what is that from? That's the BEST picture of Daniel, EVER. *dies*

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

LOL! Aren't they a hoot? That is from a series of backstage photos where Michael Shanks was in his Daniel Jackson duds and clowning around for the camera. Joe Mallozzi sort of recently posted the photos in his blog. If you want the pictures, I can find the link for you.

ETA: Turns out that the pictures are older than I realized. They're here:

http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2007/05/may-22-2007.html

Credit goes to whisper99 for making me aware of them. :)

[notadate.livejournal.com]

Great icons! I took a whole bunch, will credit when I use them.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[geonncannon.livejournal.com]

~laughs~ 52 looks so much like she has a cigarette dangling from her lips. ;-D Great work!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Hey you! I've been meaning to get over to your LJ and catch up -- but I haven't. I missed a bunch of months online and most of my extra computer time has been spent trying to remind myself how to make Photoshop bend to my will. #52 is almost the only time I've seen a cap where RDA steals my attention from Teryl. I love the look on his face in the cap; I know exactly how he feels!

[beatrice_otter]

They're gorgeous, particularly the Teal'c ones and the B5 ones. Will credit if I use any.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I was very happy with how the Teal'c icons turned out. Christopher Judge is a beautiful man and he icons so nicely.

[angelfireeast.livejournal.com]

brilliant icons!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[ireth-e.livejournal.com]

These are great, especially the Daniel ones!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you -- that's especially welcome coming from someone whose work I admire so much. :)

[discodiva76.livejournal.com]

Love 'em!...especially 7,8,9 and 14, which I've snagged....thank you...


Deeds xx

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Daniel is completely irresistible -- but why would anyone want to?

[memento1.livejournal.com]

You know, I was gonna say #41 intrigued me, but then I realized a whole lot more of them intrigue me. There's just some really cool stuff here. I love 24 and 25, and 37. And of course 41 and 45 with the spiffy elegant designs. I just really enjoy the utter uniqueness of them (plus #1 is made of win). Hee!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

:) :) I'm not very fond of the Ori and their priors but the cool designs on their regalia is pretty cool.

[luna-61.livejournal.com]

Beautiful Daniels I had to snag #6,8,9,11,12.
I'll credit when I use.
Thank you. : )

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

LOL! Daniel is just so yummy. :) Thank you.

btw, I don't know if you're aware but an icon you made won for Best Dramatic in this week's sg_awards:

http://community.livejournal.com/sg_awards/144364.html#cutid1

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I'm glad you found them worth snagging. :)

Things are better now, yes. I had house guests and computer problems over the holidays so I didn't open Photoshop for several months and I've found that what used to be second nature is now a struggle. That'll teach me to slack. ;)

*HUGS*

p.s. SQUEEEE! I love seeing people use my icons. It makes me very happy.

[moneta-xi.livejournal.com]

Loved 56, thanks.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

[jalabert.livejournal.com]

You're alive! Where have you been for the last three months?

Snagging hotties, yes, but I'm more curious about your disappearance/reemergence--as usual...

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

*sigh* It's a long, boring story of stress at work and house guests and computer problems at home. Work is dysfunctional enough that my boss is flying in tomorrow to hire yet another Noogie and to mediate with our temp guy. :| Hopefully, our temporary employee will be shipped back to Germany as soon as our newest Noogie comes back from his training in Hamburg rather than completing a year here. He's that bad and unpleasant. We have trouble working with him, clients are complaining, and even the stevedores called to complain. *fingers crossed*

I'll post over at your LJ...tomorrow evening?...and try to catch up. :)

[zats-clear.livejournal.com]

sex and dork are hysterical!!! all of them are great. I esp love the Was there ever anything between us icon. and such beautiful Vala and Janet icons...will be back to snurch (and credit) later when i have time to stare at teh pretty

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :) That photo of Michael Shanks was completely hysterical, no? I'm so glad that someone liked the Daniel/Sam icon! I saw that cap and thought, "well no wonder Daniel asked her that in Fallen!"

[rocksaltnrifles.livejournal.com]

These are amazing! I haven't snagged any yet because they're all so spiffy it's hard to decide which ones I want. But when I do I'll credit.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

"have trowel will travel"

Hee hee hee!

Very nice, all of them. :)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

:) :) He SO does!

Thank you. *HUGS*

[avidrosette.livejournal.com]

Wow, these are gorgeous. You get so much color into your icons, yet without making them look distorted or neon; they just look sun-drenched. My absolute favorite is #26, the figure is so sharp and soft at the same time - I don't know how you do that - and there's such a range of subtle color in the background and in the figure, pinks and greens and golds. Great expression and cropping, too. Lovely. Taking a whole bunch of others, too. Thanks so much for sharing!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

That sun-drenched look comes less from selective color, although I use that on almost every icon, and more from using the saturation adjustment. :)

#26 is a special case. I can't explain why it is that some caps seem to soak up whatever I do while others resist but this one was of the former. The cap was also a very low light, well-focused, grainy one. I recently added a new way of lightening and color correcting caps that I learned from awmpdotnet to my toolkit. I did a lot of smudging to smooth his skin but then colored the cap using a gradient map and an overlay of a texture set to soft light (I think) for subtle coloring. I don't have the *.psd file handy but I think that's what I did.

[alicambs.livejournal.com]

I love the Daniel (MS) LOL one and have nicked it with thanks. *g*

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! :)

[elfcat255.livejournal.com]

oooo...Mish pretties!...I snagged several, especially the villains...I needed villains and Sam and Janet, can never have enough Sam or Janet...*bows to you*

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

*HUGS YOU* Having to nominate villains for sg_awards reminded me that I'd been neglecting that whole cast of characters. Back when I first started making icons, I wondered what Teal'c's set of icons would look like if *he* had an LJ and so I made him a set of Dead False Gods icons. That was fun so I thought I'd take up the villains again as a way to expand my horizons.

So VERY true: one can never have enough Sam or Janet. *nods*

LOL

[meliffany.livejournal.com]

They are all Great! I particularly loved #'s 6, 8, 10 12, & 21. Gotta luv Daniel!

Re: LOL

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Absolutely gotta luv Daniel!

[fragglebo.livejournal.com]

Beautiful icons! :D

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[winterfish.livejournal.com]

Love the colouring on these. #25 is beautiful, and I love the cropping on #26.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Awww...thank you! I treasure comments from people whose icons I adore. :) I'm especially happy to have gotten a cropping mention as that was the skill that felt the most rusty in starting back up. That Jack (#26) was one of the last ones I made so hopefully I'm getting closer back to snuff.