90s Icon Battle Reveal
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tinnyThe battle itself took place here: http://icontalking.livejournal.com/57617.html - go look at everyone else's beautiful icons, too!
I'm posting all my icons again here, because they just look better in the table. :)
The idea was to icon shows that aired in the 90s. I'm old ;P and it appealed to me to revisit some old favorites.
The battle was fun and frustrating at the same time, because I don't have HQ images of any of those shows - or, more accurately, I didn't have them with me three weeks ago. //( Bad timing on my part. So I had to do it using google resources. I think some of them turned out nice, though, and I especially love the John/Aeryn OTP icon. The ep doesn't even qualify for the battle, because it aired in 2002, but I really wanted to reicon it, so I did it anyway. I've made an icon of that exact cap three times now, and this time I really love the result. Finally!
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The usual: I love comments! For all brushes and textures I use, check out my icon resource post.
I'm posting all my icons again here, because they just look better in the table. :)
The idea was to icon shows that aired in the 90s. I'm old ;P and it appealed to me to revisit some old favorites.
The battle was fun and frustrating at the same time, because I don't have HQ images of any of those shows - or, more accurately, I didn't have them with me three weeks ago. //( Bad timing on my part. So I had to do it using google resources. I think some of them turned out nice, though, and I especially love the John/Aeryn OTP icon. The ep doesn't even qualify for the battle, because it aired in 2002, but I really wanted to reicon it, so I did it anyway. I've made an icon of that exact cap three times now, and this time I really love the result. Finally!
| 10 THEMES | ||||
| Farscape | Farscape | Dawson's Creek | X-Files | ER |
| hair | crop | levels | muted | technology |
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| otp | enemy | vintage | quote | au |
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| 5 ARTIST'S CHOICE | ||||
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 |
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| 5 ARTIST'S CHOICE OPTIONAL | ||||
| 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 |
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The usual: I love comments! For all brushes and textures I use, check out my icon resource post.
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on 2016-01-15 12:18 am (UTC)no subject
on 2016-01-16 11:04 am (UTC)I know I've improved over the course of last year - no wonder, I spent all of my free time iconing - but it's so very nice to hear it from someone else.
That Let it Rain is one of my faves, too. That challenge really made me want to rewatch Farscape. It still holds up even after all this time. I probably would have made the whole set from Farscape, if most of it hadn't aired after the 90s. *g*
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on 2016-01-17 05:48 am (UTC)no subject
on 2016-01-15 02:36 am (UTC)no subject
on 2016-01-16 11:00 am (UTC)no subject
on 2016-01-15 05:09 am (UTC)no subject
on 2016-01-16 11:01 am (UTC)Oh, you've got an awesome Smallville icon there.
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on 2016-01-22 11:12 am (UTC)First of all: ER and Dawson's Creek! I love you for this.
Vintage is great, and brings back so many great memories.
AU is just awwwwwwww. And so is ac#5.
A wonderful set!
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on 2016-01-22 11:39 am (UTC)Even back then, I was already way too old to enjoy Dawson's Creek as much as I did.
Vintage is great, and brings back so many great memories.
Thank you! Yes, this whole challenge was a bit of a melancholy-fest. You can't seriously icon any of the details anymore, but the big stuff remains - Dawson or Pacey, and the friendships.
AU is just awwwwwwww. And so is ac#5.
Yeah, ER. *sigh* I didn't really know what to do for AU, but I had already committed myself to making that column ER, and then I remembered how much I hurt for Carter back then, so that worked out well. ;D
I wish I'd had better source material for the show, and ac #5 suffered from that, sadly. I really wanted a Doug/Carol kiss in my set, but I ran out of time searching for the perfect pic.
Thank you so much for coming by and commenting!