there will be a fish

lordessrenegade gave me icons for this meme:

1. Reply to this post, and I will pick six of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon squee.




( answers! )

So, once upon a time, calathea posted the beginnings of her Kormanfic Regency AU, Alarums and Excursions. Also once upon a time, I was awake at an ungodly early hour, bored out of my mind and chatting with calathea. She casually mentioned she was looking for pics to icon for Alarums (namely, a shot of two men from behind in Regency clothing). My brain decided that helping out would be a GREAT way to alleviate boredom.

( Everything spiraled out of control from there ) In short, I've spent way too much time on these, learned a few more things about photo manipulation, and felt a renewed urge to read romance novels. But there are pretty icons for my fellow Regency-loving types! Even if you're not reading calathea's fic. A lot of these double as Austen icons.

Teasers:


( +50 icons )

( So, let me explain why I'm pleased with my recent icon-making progress )

( Poker is the sport of people who play poker )

( Crossroad Blues )

These are all free for the taking, but I would appreciate credit, please. That's all, folks! I'd love feedback, since I've never done this before. :)

Look, new icons. I made them myself; aren't they pretty? The Lionel one is actually the very first icon I ever created, because when I saw that episode, I felt the irony of such an evil man with a small pink teacup and a white bunny could not be passed up. The jukebox/iPod one is, like many things, something Katie and the small handful of "Doctor Who" (2005) fans will understand. I laugh every time I hear "Toxic" now. "An ancient Earth ballad," hee. The Grissom icon was the result of this exchange from CSI 5.03, "Harvest":

DANIEL PEREZ: I-I do want to thank you, though.
GRISSOM: For what?
DANIEL PEREZ: For speaking for Alicia. You're probably the first person in her life to think only of her. You know, you may not believe in God, sir, but you do his work.

Thus, "Speaker For The Dead." While the role in Orson Scott Card's novels probably resembles Grissom's very little (I don't know; I only read Ender's Game), I think the phrase itself is remarkably appropriate for him.

Yes, I am ridiculously proud of myself. Why do you ask?

Coming soon: Pride & Prejudice, giant inflatable dinosaurs, and the scandalous use of Andy Warhol stickers.