40. Icon Battle with xafirah

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

xafirah challenged me to a Supernatural icon battle. We each chose a lucky number of caps: thirteen.

xafirah
vs.
hsapiens

Caps chosen by xafirah
xafirah 1-5
hsapiens 1-5

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xafirah 6-9
hsapiens 6-9

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xafirah 10-13
hsapiens 10-13

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Caps chosen by hsapiens
xafirah 14-18
hsapiens 14-18

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xafirah 19-22
hsapiens 19-22

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xafirah 23-26
hsapiens 23-26

If you snag any icons by xafirah, please be certain to credit her!

I'm sure you want to check out more of xafirah's work, y/y? She has a lovely, new icon journal here: cato_neimoidia. If you haven't seen her work previously, you're in for a treat.

Xafirah's Entry Here

I made an obscene number of alternates which I'll post separately.

Comments

[lizardbeth-j.livejournal.com]

oh, wow, so many pretties! By both of you. Monsterbusters is utterly perfect, and I needed a Lisa icon. Snagging those for sure.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Credit for choosing the Lisa cap goes to xafirah, who couldn't resist her gorgeous smile. ♥

[master-kogane.livejournal.com]

Absolutely stunning Anna icons; I can't decide which one(s) to take!

The other icons are also beautiful of course, there just aren't nearly enough icons of Anna, heh.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Anna makes for the prettiest icons, doesn't she? Before you make your final decisions, we'll both be posting our alternates. I've got a bunch of alternates and I'll bet that xafirah will have a bunch of pretty ones, too. She has several Anna icons here:

http://xafirah.livejournal.com/28235.html#cutid1

[master-kogane.livejournal.com]

That she does! It's a pity she's so under-appreciated.

I'll eagerly await the alternates, then :D And thanks a lot for the link!

[impalalove]

I love your icons! :D

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! ♥

[morgentau.livejournal.com]

Brilliant as always. Especially love



which I'm sooo going to use!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :) That was a really fun cap to play around with.

[txduck.livejournal.com]

beautiful work

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! ♥

[beeej.livejournal.com]

Wow. Really, really wow. :)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

You're goof to me. *hugs* Thank you.

p.s. We forgot to do a round closing poll! Doh!

[beeej.livejournal.com]

And I forgot about winners banners until just a couple days ago. *headdesk* I need to get those up by tomorrow night.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Oops! I take comfort that I'm not the only one who limped out of that round. *hugs*

[superbadgirl]

Very interesting to see the different approaches to the same cap. They're all very lovely!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

That's what I love about icon battles. I LOVE to see what different makers do with the exact same source caps. It's a little intimidating going up against someone whose work I admire a lot but it's no less fun.

[teevee-etc.livejournal.com]

Wow, great battle with amazing icons. So wanna see more of your battles :D

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! We both had a great time so I think it's a safe bet that we'll be repeating it. :D

[xafirah.livejournal.com]

There's so much I want to write and I don't know what to begin with...
First of all - thank you for... well, everything! Beginning with agreeing to an icon battle, choosing fantastic caps, posting the results in your journal and generally being very kind to me.
The halo userhead is from me :) You totally deserve it and Castiel approves.

Now to the icons... They're all great (I didn't expect otherwise). My favourite icons of yours are: 14 (perfect everything), 15 (best coloring of all of them, great choice of font), 24 (I love font & text! I think this icon and my version of it are great example of our colouring differences - my icons are more pink and yours are more yellow. When I made Crowley icon I was quite happy with my coloring and when I saw yours... my jaw fell on the floor ;)).
I had most problems with 18 - it was very dark and it didn't look good when I tried to lighten it up. I don't know how you managed to make it so bright and without any grainy spots. For me - it seemed impossible.
21 was also hard. I hate to icon sad faces/moments especially when I know someone in the cap is dying. Your icon has lots of emotions in it - I love it.
I didn't know what to do with 25 either. Especially I hated the Impala in the back. I don't know why, but it (she?) looks too white on any icons I make (see 6 too). It's probably because of sunlight but it looks a bit weird to me.

I'm still laughing at 6 - Dean's facial expression. And Sam's giant jaw :D. Sorry for choosing this screencap - I seriously thought it would be good for "negative space", not close crops ;).

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

*HUGS YOU TIGHTLY* I happen to think you're pretty damned awesome. Thank you so much for my HaloHead, bb. As I said, it's VERY appropriate given my obsession interests.

While you're liking my entries, I loving yours! I noticed, too, that my icons have more yellow. I like both colorings. Mine tend to the yellow because of my love for warm colors. I think your coloring lends itself especially well to ethereal icons like 7. I like the delicate look you got for Lilith and her nearly ghostly hair is particularly well done.

OOOH! I see that you just posted in your graphics LJ. I'm going to give my feedback on your icons there so that it's part of your journal.

18 - I was hating myself for choosing that cap. I got the lighting through multiple layers of curves and levels. You might have struggled with the lighting but I LOVE what you did with that cap. More on that at your journal. :)

21 - I was actually tearing up working on that cap. I loved Jo and Eleen so much; that scene tears my heart out every.single.time.

25 - The light on the Impala was off. I kept trying to darken the blacks to bring her out before I had to accept that it didn't have any blacks.

24 - Whereas I was admiring YOUR coloring & lighting! I think half the time the pleasure is in seeing what someone else's creativity comes up with.

6 - No apologies! I inflicted you with #21. It WAS a tough cap for me. It's no accident that I ended up with a boring, b/w simple crop. I started up trying to add negative space but I never came up with anything I liked. *shakes head* It's worth the challenge, though. I like being forced out of comfort zone, no matter how much I whine. ;-)

[sidriel.livejournal.com]

Very nice results of the battle! Stunning icons :]

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Xafirah is a tough battler. :D

[casett.livejournal.com]

You guys are amazing! Every one a little gem.

The black and white ones from each of you are outstanding.

Supernatural caps are so difficult and you make them look easy.

Awesome!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Awwww. Thank you. *hugs you* Several of these caps were nigh on impossible but we struggled through. Maybe you'll consider joining us next time?

[casett.livejournal.com]

Joining you? I would be happy to but I am not sure my ego could take it since you guys are so super awesome. My icons would look like sad little reminders of what is not so good. Thanks for the offer and let me decide at the time. Still trying to figure out this SPN thing.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

*hugs you* I obviously value you your humor and I like your icons. I don't want you to feel uncomfortable so I'll just hold the door open and let you choose.

[mrscastielftw.livejournal.com]

All of the icons are utterly amazing!

Awesome work!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

p.s. Your icon made me laugh. Love that scene. :D

[winterfish.livejournal.com]

Wow, these are all so gorgeous! It's really interesting seeing the different approaches. Such fantastic work on all of these!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I love icon battles because I love to see how different people use the same caps. This was the first time I did one and I had a blast.

[princesslanie.livejournal.com]

so nice. i grabbed #22. i'll credit when i use it, thanks.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! :D

[lenaaa-creation.livejournal.com]

aaaaahhh, these are amazing! love, love them all!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! ♥

[mysticwaters.livejournal.com]

These are gorgeous! Snagged a few, thanks!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Thank you for the comment!

[horrible-tomato.livejournal.com]

wow, those are awesome!!! saved a bunch to enjoy every day =)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Hope they bring you great pleasure. ♥

[nygoldfish54.livejournal.com]

omg. stealing. will credit. ♥

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Yay! Enjoy! ♥

[lavinialavender.livejournal.com]

Snagged 24 - great job.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! ♥

[mark-pierre.livejournal.com]

They're all stunning! It's simply impossible to choose!

[mark-pierre.livejournal.com]

Yep, I was so amazed by your entrance that commented on it, than I commented once again! Absent-minded, sorry. :P

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

LOL! There were two of us making icons so two comments seems reasonable to me! ;-)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! We had a lot of fun. :D