My Home through the Wormhole

The World's Tackiest Christmas Icons - The Return

2009-11-28T01:13:08Z

[47] Stargate (both SG-1 and SGA)
[2] Bones
[4] Doctor Who

Because I have several new friendies on my flist and because I have a sick sense of humor, I am reposting these tasteless, tacky and sparkilicious icons as part of my seasonal celebration. A couple I don't think are too horrible. Please adopt and share the tacky.

First Generation Tacky for the curious but - OH YEAH - it gets better!

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If you got here by sleigh or any other way, you might as well say hi - it is the nice thing to do.
Take if you like.
Credit would be nice, but in this case, maybe I want to hide.
Please don't hotlink.

And I do take requests so.....

I'll Confess - I Just Make Icons Anyway

2009-11-25T00:27:35Z

[13] Merlin
[13] The Mentalist
[5] Monty Python
[5] Supernatural
[2] Castle
[2] Battlestar Galactica
[2] Veronica Mars
[1 each] X-Files, Reaper, Sliders, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Tin Man, How I Met Your Mother

Merlin

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The Mentalist

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Monty Python

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Supernatural

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Castle

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X-Files, Reaper, Sliders, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Tin Man, How I Met YOur Mother

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If you came by way of Camelot or Spamalot or even Castle (there's a joke there somewhere!) you might as well say hi - it is the nice thing to do.
Take if you like.
Credit would be nice, it is appreciated.
Please don't hotlink.

Doctor Who Icons - Defending the Earth

2009-11-17T23:59:31Z

[44] Doctor Who Icons

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If you came to take over Earth you might as well say hi - it is the nice thing to do.
Take if you like.
Credit would be nice, it is appreciated.
Please don't hotlink.

Promotion - Chevron 7 Locked!

2009-11-10T10:42:58Z

I can call the chevrons now!

Torchwood Icons - because I bloody well want to

2009-11-04T00:11:57Z

[35] Torchwood Icons

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If you came by clinging on to the side of the TARDIS you might as well say hi - it is the nice thing to do.
Take if you like.
Credit would be nice, it is appreciated.
Please don't hotlink.

Don't Forget to Turn Your Clocks Back this Weekend

2009-10-28T00:46:36Z

No more need be said.

Stargate SG-1 Icons - Holy Hannah!

2009-10-27T23:07:02Z

[36] Stargate SG-1
[5] Stargate - The Movie
[7] Stargate NaNoWriMo

Stargate SG-1

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And if you missed them NaNoWriMo Icons.

If you came by way of an Indian motorcycle you might as well say hi - it is the nice thing to do.
Take if you like.
Credit would be nice, it is appreciated.
Please don't hotlink.

NaNoWriMo Stargate Icons

2009-10-24T19:51:50Z

layrenelement asked for some "inspirational" Stagate NaNoWriMo icons. Not to sure how inspirational these are....

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Table created with accio.nu's icon table(less) generator

This NaNoWriMo stuff is way too ambitious for me but way to go everyone who participates!

Stargate Atlantis Icons - The laws of physics seem to have flown out the window

2009-10-20T23:33:51Z

[29] Stargate Atantis
[3] Joe Flanigan
[3] David Hewlett

I think one of these icons is the best one I ever made that didn't win anything. Any guesses? Also, one was made especially to try to make one person laugh. If you are that person, put your hand up! Yes, of course some Lorne.

Stargate Atlantis

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Joe Flanigan and David Hewlett

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If you came by way of a wraith dart you might as well say hi - it is the nice thing to do.
Take if you like.
Credit would be nice, it is appreciated.
Please don't hotlink.

My TV Fandom is Narrowly Varied

2009-10-12T19:03:55Z

[6] The Mentalist
[4] True Blood
[5] Farscape
[3] Supernatural
[2] Angel
[2] Battlestar Galactica
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[2] Firefly
[2] The Monkees
[2] Dark Angel
[2] Fringe
[1] Sliders

The Mentalist

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OK - I've never actually seen the show but love Ben and Claudia. Isn't that enough?

Supernatural

Angel

Battlestar Galactica

Blood Ties

Firefly

The Monkees

Dark Angel

Fringe

Sliders

If you came by way of an alternate universe you might as well say hi - it is the nice thing to do.
Take if you like.
Credit would be nice, it is appreciated.
Please don't hotlink.

Makes Me Smile

2009-10-12T03:36:56Z

Check out how much fun these guys are having at work! Sigh.

Do you want a smile on your face? Then, check it out.

Happy Thanksgiving Canadians!!!!

Happy Birthday diek09

2009-10-09T12:57:09Z

A special day for my new icon-making friend.

The Big Blue Puddle

2009-10-06T23:00:16Z

[41] Stargate SG-1

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If you came by way of The George Hammond you might as well say hi - it is the nice thing to do.
Take if you like.
Credit would be nice, it is appreciated.
Please don't hotlink.

I'm Back

2009-09-30T19:24:32Z

I've been away on holiday for a few days to an area of Ontario called Muskoka where my mother grew up. We had hoped that the leaves would have changed a bit more and it was raining most days but we had a lovely time.

I've been trying to keep up with you all as we always travel with the laptop.

Welcome to all my new friends who found me through adopt_me. My life is pretty boring - I mostly post icons!

Still Missing You SGA

2009-09-22T23:15:53Z

[36] Stargate Atlantis
[3] Joe Flanigan
[5] Stargate Universe

Stargate Atlantis

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Joe Flanigan

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If you came by way of Midway station you might as well say hi - it is the nice thing to do.
Take if you like.
Credit would be nice, it is appreciated.
Please don't hotlink.

SG-1 Lims

2009-09-21T23:57:28Z

It is time once again for:

I won't be entering quite as many other contests in the next little while because this one is the mostest fun with the bestest people!

As Seen on TV

2009-09-15T23:32:08Z

[4] Monty Python
[9] The Mentalist
[6] Burn Notice
[5] Supernatural
[2] Veronica Mars
[2] Gilligan's Island
[2] Seinfeld
[4] Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
[2] Glee
[1] I Dream of Jeannie

Please play with us at tv_icontests and longgone_ic

Monty Python

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The Mentalist

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Supernatural

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If you came by way of the telly you might as well say hi - it is the nice thing to do.
Take if you like.
Credit would be nice, it is appreciated.
Please don't hotlink.

Tutorial - Using Layer Masks to Change an Image Background

2009-09-13T20:25:42Z

I am doing this tutorial because my friend diek09 is just learning about making icons and I can't find a good tutorial on layer masks for beginners. This will just cover layer masks - there are lots of other things going on in this icon that I will skim over.
The icon I am using as an example is this one:

from this picture

This is going to be long because I am going to try to carefully explain many techniques to a Photoshop beginner for whom English is not his first language (although he does really, really well!).

1. Choose your image for this technique carefully. Remember that if the part of the cap that you want to feature is cut off on any of the sides you will have to do something creative to accommodate that. Usually it is best to find an image that has 3 sides of the subject showing like this one. It is cut off at the bottom only.

2. Think about how you want your icon to end up and crop the image accordingly. The good news is that with this technique you basically end up with the subject cut out of the background so if you don't crop off a part, you can move it around on the background later. In this case I knew I would likely want text so I placed the image on the far left so the gun would point at the text.

** special hint - I have started to not crop my icons but drag the entire image over onto a 100x100 pixel new blank canvas. This allows me to adjust the crop later if needed.

3. Adjust the color, brightness and sharpness of your image to you liking. In this case the image has green tones but just create your base. In this case it looked like this:

That doesn't look too bad right? But it is not what I wanted.

4. Make sure that your base is on its own layer. There are a couple of ways to do that:
a) Merge your layers using Layer > Flatten Image

b) Create a blank layer on the layers palette(see below) and with that layer selected, merge to that layer using Ctrl-Alt-Shift-E (hold Ctrl, Alt and Shift keys down then hit E. This is what I do because it allows me to go back and edit some things and start over if I mess up.

4. Choose a new background. It doesn't have to be a final background but choose something you like and place that layer beneath your base.

5. Choose the base layer and create a mask by clicking on the widget as below on the layers palette:

6. Now comes the cool part. Make sure the mask is selected (not the image). You will see a double line around the item selected. Click back and forth between them so you see BUT before you start this, make sure you are on the mask.

Select a large brush in your tools palette and select the color black. I usually select a 19 point brush to start. Brush over the area where you want the background you have chosen to be viewable starting far away from your image and moving in closer. You should see your background in the areas where you have brushed. As you move closer to your image, use smaller brushes to get in tighter to the image. Using a mask and a black brush makes areas of that layer transparent.

Don't worry about making a mistake. If you do make a mistake and "erase" part of the image that you want, change your brush color to white and (still making sure you have the mask selected) brush over the parts you thought were gone and they will be back. Change back to black to erase, etc.

Your palette should look something like this at the simplest with unnecessary layers deleted:

And you icon like this

7. You can then add text or decoration or whatever.

I know you will have questions but it will be a lot of trial and error for you.

Request Icons - More than I thought!

2009-09-07T18:33:44Z

Request icons for shygryf, areth_lovejoy, mutant_wolf2, sgangel, jenniferjensen and diek (who should be studying I think!)

I hope you like these. I made two versions of most of the ones with text because I know some people don't like text. If you want exclusives on any of these let me know. Otherwise, I will post broadly in a couple of days :).

[9] How I Met Your Mother
[7] Life
[3] Stargates
[5] Dean and Sam from Supernatural
[5] Daniel and Rodney (from Stargate Atlantis in this case)
[6] Stargate Universe
[3] Sanctuary
[6] Major Evan Lorne from Stargate Atlantis

How I Met Your Mother
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Life
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Stargates
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I wasn't really sure which gate you wanted (so I made one blended gate) and then jenniferjensen stole your idea and made this the challenge at gate_icontest so there will be several more coming in a few weeks!

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Dean and Sam
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I only icon Supernatural occasionally. One of these I love!

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Daniel and Rodney
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Once again - wasn't sure if you wanted Rodney or Daniel or both in the same icon - so I opted for both! Can't have too much of a good thing

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Stargate Universe
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Hope you had fun in Atlanta. Lovely picture so I made several variations. Three weeks until the premier!

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Sanctuary
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None of these exactly match your new headers. We have dramatically different styles! And they need the text. Special animated one as well - because as you know I am a goof :p
No John Sheppard this time - I make so many of those!

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Major Lorne
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As always:
Say Hi
Credit would be nice, it is appreciated.
Please don't hotlink. It is evil!

No Work on Friday - Whaddya Want?

2009-09-02T23:58:17Z

I am off on Friday (and Monday for Labour Day with a u in Canada) and am feeling generous and creative so I am taking icon requests. Gimme a show or if it is one of my fandoms a character and I will make some icons. If you have a very specific request you are going to have to give me a picture because there is nothing I hate more than trying to find a specific cap. Or at least a site where I can find some good caps.

You may not get your icon right away, depending on the number of requests, but I will work on them over time.

So, what do you want me to make?

Yeah, well... I'm the Lord of Time

2009-09-01T22:56:30Z

[50] Doctor Who

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If you came by way of the constellation Kasterborous you might as well say hi - it is the nice thing to do.
Take if you like.
Credit would be nice, it is appreciated.
Please don't hotlink.

Birthday Wishes

2009-08-31T23:29:13Z

Happy Happy

H*A*P*P*Y
B*I*R*T*H*D*A*Y

To the fantabulous homeowner jenniferjensen

SGA Icons - I still luv ya

2009-08-25T23:50:56Z

[43] Stargate Atlantis
[4] The Flan
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[3] Group

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If you came in the Aurora you might as well say hi - it is the nice thing to do.
Take if you like.
Credit would be nice, it is appreciated.
Please don't hotlink.

SG-1 Icons - You never forget your great love

2009-08-17T18:36:37Z

[44] Stargate SG-1
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If you came by way of Chulak you might as well say hi - it is the nice thing to do.
Take if you like.
Credit would be nice, it is appreciated.
Please don't hotlink.

Torchwood Icons - No COE

2009-08-11T23:22:03Z

[39] Torchwood

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One is actually Doctor Who but I am too lazy to take it out of this batch. Let me know if you spot it!

If you got here in encased in concrete you might as well say hi - it is the nice thing to do.
Take if you like.
Credit would be nice, it is appreciated.
Please don't hotlink.

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4	5	6
7	8	9
10	11	12
13	14	15
16	17	18
19	20	21
22	23	24
25	26	27
28	29	30
31	32	33
34	35	36
37	38	39
40	41	42
43	44	45
46	47	48
49	50

1	2	3
4	5	6
7	8	9
10	11	12
13	14	15
16	17	18
19	20	21
22	23	24
25	26	27
28	29	30
31	32	33
34	35	36
37	38	39
40	41	42
43

1	2	3
4	5	6
7	8	9
10	11	12
13	14	15
16	17	18
19	20	21
22	23	24
25	26	27
28	29	30
31	32	33
34	35	36
37	38	39
40	41	42
43	44

1	2	3
4	5	6
7	8	9
10	11	12
13	14	15
16	17	18
19	20	21
22	23	24
25	26	27
28	29	30
31	32	33
34	35	36
37	38	39