47. 156 Icons: Supernatural, SPN Cast, Iconfest Grab Bag

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

64 Supernatural (6x17 & 6x18)
13 Supernatural TV Guide Fan Faves (Jensen, Jared, & Misha)
34 Supernatural Conventions (JIB Con 2011)
45 ic0nfest icons (Katie Cassidy, Martha Jones, Billie Piper, Christian Bale, Being Human, Scott Caan, The King's Speech, Misfits, Hercule Poirot, The Vampire Diaries, Charmed, In Plain Sight)
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156 icons, total





Notes:
I was going to hold onto all of these until I could add in all the icons I made for an upcoming icon battle that we'll post in just a few days but I'm giddy over getting another season of Supernatural so I'm posting now! The colors on this batch are all over the map. I ADORED "Frontierland" but the whole episode is sepia-toned. Talk about a boring mass of icons on the page. I've experimented a bunch with the colors; some were more successful than others. Sometimes I stuck with the browns, trying for a subtle differentiation, and others I tried to tease out the original colors before they messed with the colors. You might notice my fascination with Dean's holster *cough* or just Dean in general. 6x18 is a love letter to Jensen, I'm convinced. I don't think he's ever been hotter on screen.

Similarly, the con photography is a bear. The rooms are often dimly lit, the actors are backlit from the screen, and there are random flashes from various cameras. Again, I played around a bunch without ever settling on one best way to deal with the various lighting issues. Special thanks to anastdean, janie_tangerine, and hils whose amazing photography I used here. ♥

I have a couple more fans' photos downloaded but I have yet to find photos of Jensen feeling up Misha's inner thigh. :| Or Seb kissing Misha. Can anyone link me to these?

As soon as I finish the Icon Battle this month, I'll get back to finishing my icons for help_japan and icons I've promised people.



SUPERNATURAL
1-5 - 6x17

6-10 - 6x18

11-15

16-20

21-25

26-30

31-35

36-40

41-45

46-50

51-55

56-60

61-64



SUPERNATURAL CAST -- TV Guide Fan Favorite Photo Shoot
66-70

71-75

76-78



SUPERNATURAL CONS -- JIB 2011 + a couple A5
81-85 - photography by anastdean

86-90

91-95

96-100 - photography by janie_tangerine

101-105

106-110

115-119 -- last two, photography by hils



ICONFEST -- Fandom grabbag
121-125 - Katie Cassidy

126-130 -- Katie Cassidy, Martha Jones

131-135 -- Billie Piper, Christian Bale

136-140 -- Christian Bale, Being Human, Scott Caan

141-145 -- The King's Speech, Misfits

146-150 -- Misfits, Hercule Poirot

151-155 -- The Vampire Diaries

156-160 -- The Vampire Diaries, Charmed

161-165 -- Charmed, In Plain Sight



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call your mother + screencap credits + resources

Comments

[kros-21.livejournal.com]

oh darling!!!!
you made such an awesome job with these!!!!!!!!
The SPN ones and all the rest!

I'm taking of course the J2 tv magazine (thank you for that one!!!!) and a couple more. thanks.

:D

P.S. first?

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you, bb!!!!! I was worried with these given the lack of color in the episode. I pictured a post of nothing but brown.

You're very welcome for the J2 one. I always intended to make it; I'm an equal opportunity shipper. :D

And yes, you were first! I hadn't even pimped it anywhere when you commented. ♥ ♥ ♥

[anastdean.livejournal.com]

Oh wow how amazing. And thank you so much for using my photos.
When I first entered the JIB auditorium I thought it'd be easy to take good photos, but the big screens created a backlight that surrounded the whole panel. My usual settings turned yellow and I had to redo everything.
Hugs you

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for taking the photos and letting fandom play with them. I hope you didn't take my discussion of the difficulty in working with con photos as a critique of your photos. :| I've taken my share of flat out *awful* con photos, none of which are the case here. The photos look awesome!

Turning them into icons, though, is a challenge because of con lighting conditions. Cropping pretty pictures of someone sitting in a chair & obscuring part of his face with a mic at to his mouth into anything other than a boring icon is tough for me. Some people do it effortlessly. Not I. But I couldn't resist! The boys were sooooo pretty and happy at JIB Con!

*HUGS*

[pyjamagurl.livejournal.com]

These are utterly gorgeous!

There is no such thing as too much Dean in a cowboy hat ;)

Snagged a bunch, will credit when I use, thanks!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! I've thought maybe we should pass a law requiring Jensen to wear that hat in all future public appearance. So very hot. UNF.

[obstinatrix.livejournal.com]

Yaaaaaaaay! Gorgeous as ever! Grabbing a few. ♥

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

♥ Thank you, bb! ♥

[wolfrider89.livejournal.com]

*flails at SPN renewal*

*flails at all the pretty, pretty icons*

*is happy*

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

I AM EXCITE!!! I have no words for how happy I am to have another season. *flails with you*

[bindaroonie.livejournal.com]

I can't stop staring, so help me god.
Dean hand/gun porn and Sam's howdy and Misha in #75!
*holds them close*

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

*whistles innocently* Hand/gun porn? Shocked! I'm shocked to find hand/gun porn here!

[pierhias.livejournal.com]

Saving #63, will credit you if I use it.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Enjoy! :D

[tiptoe39.livejournal.com]

Ganked two of these lovely pieces of work! thank you !! i might go back through your archives now :D

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Dawwww, you are too sweet. Thank you, bb! ♥

[morgentau.livejournal.com]

The coloring is amazing! You did a great job there!
My favorite icon has to be #48, though.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you; I was nervous about that. Oh yay -- #48 is not my normal style and I was playing around. I'm glad that worked. :D

[mercury973.livejournal.com]

Snagging 21 & 118 with credit. Ta!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm...Misha-love. *waggles eyebrows* Enjoy! :D

[mizra.livejournal.com]

I ♥ ALL OF COWBOY!DEAN icons. Really, this was like, I dunno, the ULTIMATE FORM of elegant pornography for the small screen.

Yes, I just called Supernatural 'elegant pornography'.

Anyway, love the Piper icons (man, that is a show I miss) and pretty much all the con icons.

The coloring is really good, too. I mean, the sepia-tone is hard to work around, so you did really nice in making such a difference with them!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

\o/ I know exactly what you mean. I've always thought that Jensen was one of the prettiest men I've ever seen but he reached whole new levels of insane, superhuman, hotness in this episode.

I've looked at iconning Charmed several times as I feel it keenly that my icons skew heavily to pretty boys but the caps I've found are always grainy and low quality. One nice thing about ic0nfest is being forced into trying new fandoms.

Thank you for the note on the coloring. I was uncertain about it so getting feedback is important.

[tigermaus.livejournal.com]

I am deeply DEEPLY filled with awe here!
The colors are so pretty *sigh*
I might pick others each time I try to do this, but right now my heart breaks for 16, 30, 41, 42, 54, 105, 132 and especially 151!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Awwww, thank you! I especially appreciate that you took the time to list out the numbers for the icons that caught your eye. I find that fascinating and quite helpful. ♥

[lady-eilthana.livejournal.com]

So many pretty icons! :)
*grabs #15 and 59*

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Enjoy! :D

[texan-elf.livejournal.com]

Love the enriched, less sepia toned color icons you made. Snagging a passel of them (as there are so many too cute to not gaze adoringly at)& will credit happily. Favorite icons: 14, 17, 35, 66 (33 might just top the list of favorites what wit the coloring, font, placement of font and how perfectly it ties into Bobby's expression).
Runner ups to favs: 13, 31, 40-42, 44.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I especially appreciate that you took the time to let me know exactly which icons caught your eye. I'm nosy and want to know but it also lets me know what *works* for others. ♥ Thank you for the feedback.

[majestic-shriek.livejournal.com]

I have a *thing* for number 62 and WILL BE TAKING. Along with a couple more. These are awesome! :D

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Heh. I think we share the same ~thing. *waggles eyebrows*

[mistyzeo.livejournal.com]

I love them aaaaaaaaall!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thaaaaaaank you! :D

[city-of-words.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, creeper!misha makes me lol. Stealing with credit. Thanks!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Ha! He was so funny in the pics, "sneaking" up on Jensen. Sometimes, when fangirls and fanboys eat all their vegetables, life imitates art -- and we get Misha creeping on Jensen.

[xarixian.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, I can't even tell you which ones I've saved because there's so many of them, it'd be an epic list.
They're mostly Misha and Jensen, although a couple of Jared and the Poirot 'use your cells' one :P Because who doesn't love Poirot?

These are seriously amazing, as always. Thank you!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Jensen was just so darned pretty in Frontierland, wasn't he? *happy sigh* I want a petition to require that Dean wear that hat in all future episodes. Except for a few closeups each time so we get pretty eye shots. I'm sure they can work their storylines around that, don't you?

Thank you for the kind words, bb. *hugs*

[superbadgirl]

What a horrid batch of icons. I don't know why you do this. Give up now. #63 is particularly bad.

...

What? Someone has to keep you humble.

Gorgeous work, as always!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHAHA! I LOVE YOU, BB! DO NOT EVER CHANGE!

I especially like the pairing of the message and the icon. I adore you, bb. ♥ ♥ ♥

(#63 was an especial embarrassment of mine, I assure you.)

[gingerpig.livejournal.com]

These are fab! Grabbing a few, will of course credit. Thank you!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I'd say more but I'm kind of perving on the icon you used. UNF.

[thegirlofcrazy.livejournal.com]

Love them, especially the Misfits icons! Snagging one :D

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Oh yay! I didn't have enough to promote it in any Misfits comms so I'm thrilled to have a show fan visit here. :D

[baby-d00.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the icons!!!

I put one on my profile because I love Dean in that hat!!

If I can't do this or I need to do something else to acknowledge I used one of your icons, please let me know. I don't want anyone upset because I made a mistake. Not trying to offend or take from anyone.

Thanks again!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

You're quite welcome! It's my honor to be on your profile. Truly. You're doing it right; no worries. Welcome to LJ and welcome to my comm in particular.

♥

[mummy-daydream.livejournal.com]

Oooh, your icons are so amazing! Really great job ;)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[zanyrainey.livejournal.com]

WOW!
You've been busy!
<3333333

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Between Frontierland and the JIB pics I. Could. Not. Put. Them. Down. I haven't read fic or looked at anybody else's icons or read my e-mail or Tweeted or much of anything else in fandom. I am SO looking forward to sitting back and enjoying the fruits of fandom now.

[yellowbulma.livejournal.com]

These are awesome!!

Snagged a bunch, will credit when I use, thanks!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!! Enjoy! ♥