tinny: Flynn Carsen from the Librarians with an orange wooden beads necklace. "I did" (come back alive) (librarians_flynn with beads i did)
tinny ([personal profile] tinny) wrote in [community profile] icontalking2019-02-27 10:10 am
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Iconmaker Friending Meme 2019

We haven't had a friending meme since this community first opened, and someone asked if we could have another one. Of course we can! Here we go:

FRIENDS


Copy this code and tell us about yourself! (feel free to skip anything you don't want to tell)


Promote the meme using this code:
goodbyebird: Penny Dreadful: Vanessa Ives. (PD I believe in curses)

[personal profile] goodbyebird 2019-02-27 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Aww thank you ♥ And yay, KE fanbase seems to keep growing and it is most excellent :D

lol I was super aware I'd never be able to answer my first question when I typed it XD

hee yes! And also, tells you a lot about the person, especially if they have a large collection. Much easier - and easier on the eyes - than browsing their posts to get a handle on what they like.
goodbyebird: Fringe: Close-crop of Olivia as she looks overwhelmed while sorting her laundry after returning home. (Fringe)

[personal profile] goodbyebird 2019-02-27 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Recommend me an iconist that you really really admire!
Has sadly moved on, but I'd say [personal profile] oviedo is the pinnacle of a close-crop iconner. The posts would just make me paw at the screen, they were so good.

Who are some of your favorite texture resource artists?
lookslikerain, deny1984, mm3butterfly, endearest.(all lj)
goodbyebird: Batman returns: Catwoman seen through a glass window. (C ∞ slayer comma the)

[personal profile] goodbyebird 2019-02-27 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
What's the most embarrassing icon made by yourself if you still have any? (omg)
Nah, we all start when we start. Nothing to be embarrassed about.

How many years have you spent in the hobby?
Since the fourth Buffy s8 comic came out - it was the one where Faith returned! - and my fannish feels spilled over so I just had to do something. I'm not a brainy meta person by far, icons it was!

Behold the femslashy goodness!!


Do you make any other kinds of graphics?
I've made a handful or two of wallpapers, but that's about it.
fueschgast: (Sherlock - MorMor)

[personal profile] fueschgast 2019-02-27 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
ABOUT YOURSELF
Name: Fuesch (pronounced pretty much like "fish")
Age: Mid-30s - I'm a grownup, send help! D:
Place: Germany
Where do you post your icons: [personal profile] fuesch

Share Your Interests!
Favorite Show: Uh, let's see... Alias, Doctor Who, Lost, Orphan Black, Sailor Moon, early Sherlock, Supernatural, The X-Files, Three.
Favorite Movie: Star Wars
Why do you have no category for me to mention Harry Potter?! Let the record show that my favorite books are Harry Potter.
Favorite Character: In order of the above-mentioned fandoms: Weiss; Ten, Twelve, Bill; Charlie; Cosima; Makoto; Moriarty; Dean; Scully; Marcus; Leia, young Obi-Wan, Rey; Snape.
Favorite Pairing: Generally the ones that are canon, but in the case of Sherlock it's Moriarty/Moran.
Favorite Food: Carbs & coffee.

LET'S GET TO ICONING!!

What are your personal picks for the top 5-10 icons that you've made in the last 12 months?
Too much work to go through all my icons and find out which ones I've actually made in the last 12 month, so I'll just go through my posts of the last 12 months, which are 3.
           

Show us five icons that you think best represent your iconing style
I don't know, my style is all over the place. Probably plain head-and-shoulders crops.

What has inspired you over the last 12 months? (techniques, subjects, challenges, other makers, etc.) Provide examples if you want.
The question is if I've been inspired at all.

What's your favorite show and/or movie to icon and why? Doctor Who, because it's easiest. Probably because I'm a member of a fandom-specific icontest that's still running and because cap galleries used to have the helpful random-caps feature.
Who's your favorite character to icon and why? Any of my fave characters, because I love them, so they are the most beautiful to me and I could stare at them all day.
Close crop or far-crop? Why? Medium crops. I'm generally not good at close-ups, as I often can't find a way place the image in a way I like.
Vibrant or muted? Why? Mostly colorful, though I never manage to get them as vibrant I want them.
Text or minimalistic? Why? Those aren't exactly opposites. Once upon a time I thought icons need to have text (otherwise they're sorta empty), but thankfully I learned to only apply text when I have something to say. I don't do minimalistic, I think, but I do plain.
What's your current iconmaking goal? Make less plain, more inspired stuff. Find/make more time for making icons.

Let's Ask Some Questions!!
List three questions that you would like to be answered by other icon makers:
1. Is it an eternal struggle to not hate your icons (based on the great stuff others make) or can you grow out of it?
2. When keeping the cap background, what's your prefered way of dealing with caps that are smaller than the icon?
3. How do you feel about screencapped.net's new way of offering caps?

Any last words? Why is answering surveys so hard for me?! I'm kinda miserable now.
A gif or image (or icon!) that describes you right now:
poor Private
fueschgast: Darcy watching a CRT TV that shows Pietro at Wanda's door. (Default)

[personal profile] fueschgast 2019-02-27 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Who's your top three icon makers?
I don't have favorites. Would probably be bag for my fragile ego.

Do you mostly use icons you've made yourself, icons by others, or a mix?
I use icons from others, unless I can't find icons of what I'm looking for.

Do you perv on other people's userpics all the time?
From time to time.
fueschgast: (reaction: headdesk (HP))

[personal profile] fueschgast 2019-02-27 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
What's the most embarrassing icon made by yourself if you still have any? (omg)
Oh god, so many! Don't make me post them, they make me cringe! They're icons refering to old memes. You know, stuff that's gone stale by now.

How many years have you spent in the hobby?
15 - time flies!

Do you make any other kinds of graphics?
I used to make headers, wallpapers, macros/manips, and images as part of layouts. Ugh, dammit, I want to have the time to get back to making layouts again!
fueschgast: Darcy watching a CRT TV that shows Pietro at Wanda's door. (Default)

[personal profile] fueschgast 2019-02-27 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
1) Are there fandoms you'd like to see more icons of?
As fandoms are pretty dead here and on LJ, I can say that about most of my fandoms.

2) Any shows you love but never icon because the caps are too hard to work with?
I tend to try anyway. Old shows, which only exist low-res are a pain in the ass. Or dark caps that are impossible to fix.
fueschgast: Darcy watching a CRT TV that shows Pietro at Wanda's door. (Default)

[personal profile] fueschgast 2019-02-27 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, that reminds me of how I once managed to paint the top of someone's head in. I was so proud, because I'm pretty bad at drawing. When a bit of the head it missing, I usually use a bit from an adjacent or the same cap.
carisma_sensei: (Ferris Bueller→Telephone)

[personal profile] carisma_sensei 2019-02-27 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Those are pretty rad icons for a first!!
carisma_sensei: (Default)

[personal profile] carisma_sensei 2019-02-27 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Aww, I wish you can take some time to come back to layout making!
carisma_sensei: (Default)

[personal profile] carisma_sensei 2019-02-27 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Aww at least you got a good crop!!
I abandoned the tumblr ship, it made me anxious and also because of all that happened I ended up deleting my accounts there. Good riddance!
Also I loved that wallie you made of your icons!
alwaysbeenasmiler: <user name=hiraethe> (Zelos☆There's a thin line between the)

[personal profile] alwaysbeenasmiler 2019-02-27 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I do perv on other people's work especially if they are bright and colorful but I am all about keeping the iconning love alive! As for using other peoples icons.. I am so picky.. that icon has to speak to me.. but the icons I have from other people will probably have to be pried from my cold dead user info page.

The icon I am using is one made from someone other than me and I love it
alwaysbeenasmiler: <user name=hiraethe> (Default)

[personal profile] alwaysbeenasmiler 2019-02-27 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I have some of lookslikerain textures... I also love missesglass on deviantart.. great textures there as well
alwaysbeenasmiler: <user name=hiraethe> (Default)

[personal profile] alwaysbeenasmiler 2019-02-27 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh most of my embarrassing icons are posted at my comm.. but I most especially flinch at my over exclusion layers.
alwaysbeenasmiler: <user name=hiraethe> (Po☆In my eyes-- indisposed..)

[personal profile] alwaysbeenasmiler 2019-02-27 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
The icons i have made that I hate.. I hate pretty hardcore.. the icons I love though.. gosh, my Po icon is what almost made me go "I am done here.. time to go home"
alwaysbeenasmiler: Made by the brilliant <user name=carisma_sensei> @ <user name=inconformista> (Dipsy☆No decievin'-- nuttin' up)

[personal profile] alwaysbeenasmiler 2019-02-27 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
LOVE US AND DESPAIR
alwaysbeenasmiler: <user name=hiraethe> (Cid☆But if I know you-- you'll)

[personal profile] alwaysbeenasmiler 2019-02-27 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I love that discript.. I am not a brainy meta person and my attention span is enough that icons are the safest way to get my fan love put
goodbyebird: Orphan Black: Close-crop of a shocked Allison after she knocked her douche of a husband down the stairs. (OB stupid suburban Allison)

[personal profile] goodbyebird 2019-02-27 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahhh. I copied the url and uploaded to my userpics in the beginning, saved from there. But it was too time-consuming.
goodbyebird: Lost Girl: Bo and Lauren almost kissing. (LG nobody owns you)

[personal profile] goodbyebird 2019-02-27 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
That is a beautiful icon!
goodbyebird: Elementary: Joan Watson in profile. (Elementary queen watson presiding)

[personal profile] goodbyebird 2019-02-27 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool, thanks!
goodbyebird: Supernatural: Meg looking cheerful, "Why, yes, I am homocidal. Ask me how!" (SPN Meg why yes I am homocidal)

[personal profile] goodbyebird 2019-02-27 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
ut this is pretty ridiculous and comes from from a pretty ridiculous set anyway

If by ridiculous you mean fancy, then yes! 👍👍👍

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