Ask Me a Question!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Inspired by discussion over at icon_talk...

ASK ME A QUESTION!

I'll collect the questions and answer to the best of my ability.

Comments

[andymere.livejournal.com]

How does it feel to be the most awesomest awesome to ever awesome any awesome evar?

And also: If making icons were a professional career/position, would you leave your current job for it even if making icons paid less?

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Oh you! There is NO way to answer that that doesn't sound either conceited or coy.

It would be sub-subsistence if it paid less so that answer would be no. But would I do it as a career if it paid a modest living wage?

Honestly? I don't know. It would be fun to stare at Photoshop all day and make fandom friends professionally. BUT...

I get a lot of pleasure from doing a job well, preferably better than others around me. I don't know that I'd get that satisfaction from making icons as I can always find dozens of makers whose work I think is clearly superior.

Also, my ability to make icons varies widely. Some days I feel like I'm firing on all cylinders, others all I make is crap. I had a similar experience as a kid playing the piano; some days the music flowed while others it was all effort.

Making icons as a hobby means those bad days are days I won't produce anything new. Were it my job, it would be a day of failure. I don't think I could be happy like that.

Now I've talked myself around to saying, no, I wouldn't want making icons to be my job. Too bad because it seems like it would be a fun job!

[guardian-chaos.livejournal.com]

I do not know you at all, but I am always tempted by these sorts of posts!

If you wanted a stranger to immediately know one thing about you, what would that something be?

(Feel free to ask me a question back, since I'm an unfamiliar face, too. :D)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Ha! I did not specify graphics questions, did I? Hoisted on my own lack of specificity. Well played!

Hmmm. I tend to let people get to know me and make their own judgments. If I were to tell people about me it's that I'm much friendlier than I seem. I'm not made of the stuff to make friends easily. I don't approach strangers at parties (or on social media) but it's not that I dislike people; it's because I'm insecure. I would encourage them to ignore my silence and just talk to me. Like you have! *waves*

And what one thing would you immediately want a stranger to know about you?

[guardian-chaos.livejournal.com]

And you tossed my question back at me! Hee. I like that. And I like your answer, too! You sound like a cool person. Points for using "specificity" in your comment. Yay, casually-uttered word that not everyone uses!

I don't at all think it's automatically a bad thing to be slow to make friends. I tend to find that that sort of person is intensely loyal once they have selected a friend. It's the fine art of not settling, and also bothering to care about who gets to change our lives. As they say, "Everybody's friend is nobody's friend!" ...which is a statement I don't 100% believe, but it does, nevertheless, hold a seed of truth. Our friends do influence us, after all.

And yes, I enjoy talking quite a bit!! *waves back* It's a great way to meet people! So hello there! :D

In terms of my answer, I tend to be a bit...odd. Very energetic. I giggle a lot. And I dance all the time, usually when no one else is. Sometimes, I get the feeling that I'm dismissed immediately as childish and incapable of deep thought because of this, though this is very much not true. I suppose it would be nice if I could get strangers to know I'm not just a giddy person, or at least that my energy has depth.

I think. And I think very hard. I'm almost constantly analyzing the world. I just choose not to make that visible, because life is short and despite the sadness out there, it's fun, too. I would just prefer to spread that side of reality, whenever possible. :)

[salem-night.livejournal.com]

Hi. I'm new to this and i have no idea how to put add an icon. if you could help me out i would be greatfull.
thank you megan

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Welcome to LJ! You save the icon to your hard drive and then, if you're logged into your LJ account, go here:

http://www.livejournal.com/editpics.bml

to upload. You click on Browse, and navigate to the folder where you saved the icon.

One word of warning: some icon makers on LJ are picky about being credited in the Comment Field for the icon; they want you to list their username there. I'm not particular but many are. Save yourself some heartache by taking note of the "rules" in an icon post and credit those who demand it. I do it regardless of whether somebody demands it or not as it's handy to know who made what. It's the community norm here on LJ to respect a maker's reasonable requests and woe unto she who inadvertently crosses that line.

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In the future, you can find that first link from your profile page:

http://salem-night.livejournal.com/profile?mode=full

Go to the green navigation bar up top (that color will change monthly) and choose:

Profile --> Manage Userpics

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Sorry if that's too basic but I wanted to answer as completely as possible. If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask!

[salem-night.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I think i have gotten it right.