For icon_alphabet -- Stargate Atlantis - Complete!

[slytherinsicons]

Here are my icons for icon_alphabet -- 26 Stargate Atlantis icons. Completed 8/7/05

The non-standard (100x100) size icon is fulfilled by A = Atlantis, and the B&W icon is fulfilled by X = X-303.

A - Atlantis	B - Big-ass Life-sucking Bug	C - Czech	D - Doctor
E - Elizabeth	F - Ford	G - Grodin	H - Hermod
I - Invaders	J - Journey	K - Kolya	L - Lifetimes
M - Make-believe	N - Native style	O - Ocean	P - Puddlejumper
Q - Quiescent	R - Rodney	S - Sheppard	T - Teyla
U - Underwater	V - Virus	W - Wraith	X - X-303
Y - Yikes!	Z - ZPM

Rules
+NO hotlinking.
+Please credit in icon comments if you use
+Comment if you'd like :)
+Textless Icons are not bases
+All brushes, images, textures, etc. are listed in my Resources post.
+You may alter if you wish, but I'd kinda like to see the end product and you MUST credit me along with yourself. :)
+Completed 8/7/05

Comments

[tallihensia.livejournal.com]

I am squeeing muchly at these! Those are really really great. I particularly love the ZMP (for some reason, I just do ^^)

What a beautiful series of icons, and what a terrific idea! I really like this one. ^__^ I will have to go watch that community now. Ideas, ideas!

And a *lot* of time you spent on them. Wow. I'm seriously impressed -- and loving them all.

Can't wait to see the first of the alphabet too. ;D ("Big Ass Life Sucking Bug" - ROTFL!)

[slytherinsicons]

:D Glad you like them! I've been having a lot of fun with them -- and playing with a lot of different styles, too. I like these semi-themed challenges, because they really make me stretch my imagination sometimes :D

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

Wow, these are really nice! (The ones that are showing up right now, anyway - I can't see A through J.)

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[slytherinsicons]

Thanks! Glad you like them! (A - J aren't finished yet, that's why the filler icons :) But they should be done soon!)

[OMG -- I made it into the newsletter? eep! :D ]

[tinny]

Ooooh, what a cool idea. (I claimed Sheppard, yay!)

Very cool icons so far. I like V,W and Z best (the most difficult letters... :))

[slytherinsicons]

Thanks! Glad you like them! Z was easy, thanks to the ZPM's -- if they hadn't called them that, I would have been stumped! :)

[tallihensia.livejournal.com]

{squees again}

Oh, I love the finished set. Love them, love them! Very beautiful!

I was vaguely considering joining the alphabet challenge myself because it seems like a lot of fun, but there's absolutely NO WAY I could every do such an awesome job as these.

Atlantis is gorgous, the Big Bug is also remarkably pretty (for it's subject - it's a shiny bug!), I'm glad you used a happy Ford for his pic, the more I look at Ocean, the more I like it (I liked it originally, and I'm still liking it muchly now too). All of them. {happy sigh}

One thing -- you used 'invaders' instead of 'intruders' but didn't change the label. ;D

[slytherinsicons]

Thanks! Glad you like them! (And I'm really pleased with the way A came out :))

Thanks for the catch on "I" -- have edited it to fix that :D

[tallihensia.livejournal.com]

^__^ You should be -- it's beautiful! Just like a magical kingdom. :) Good use on the non-100x100 rule too.

BTW - was reading over the list rules, and it says when done to post at this link" but I don't see anybody except the July challenges who did so (so don't know if they are different for August and haven't updated yet). (http://www.livejournal.com/community/icon_alphabet/963.html)

[slytherinsicons]

I figured it would be the best one for non-100x100, because even using the cropping I did, I had to leave out a lot of the city. So, so pretty though -- I love the design :)

Yeah -- I put mine in the comments, but I don't think they've updated in a bit.

[sirduke.livejournal.com]

Your coloring is beautiful! So many iconmakers desaturate their icons so often these days (not that it's always a bad thing) that a vibrant icon stands out so much! I snagged T and V.

[slytherinsicons]

Thank you! I really had fun with the colours on a lot of these, so it's really appreciated :D

[burningchaos.livejournal.com]

Took D, G and R will credit with use...

[slytherinsicons]

Thanks -- glad you like 'em :D

[tangerrine.livejournal.com]

Taking B, will credit when used!

[slytherinsicons]

Thanks! Glad you like!

[somethings-awry.livejournal.com]

those are awesome and the alphabet part is hilarious! =P *applauds*

[slytherinsicons]

Thanks! Glad you like them!

[drianmalcolm.livejournal.com]

LOL! I love "B"...just the "Big-ass, life-sucking bug" bit, so classic! :D
But, beautiful icons! Just stopping by to admire. :D

[slytherinsicons]

Thank you! Glad you like them! (I'm pretty fond of that, too :) )

[tinny]

Oh, I didn't know about the spelling of Herm(i)od. Interesting!

They're great, they really look like a set. I love the colors, I'm a total sucker for *bright* and saturated.

I think I like A and B best of the second batch.

[slytherinsicons]

Yah, Hermod was the god who rode into Niffelheim to try and get Baldr back after he was killed. There's something interesting in that, considering Herm(i)od is the Asgard in the ship that rescues Shep from certain death. Hmmn... :D

Thanks! I'm kinda partial to the colouring on A & B, too :D I was just trying different things on A, and hit the perfect combination, and now have no clue what I did :D On B, I put a colour texture over the whole thing, erased the parts over Shep's face, then selected the entire bug itself, copied the bug and the texture layers, and pasted them over the whole thing again in... overlay, I think, then desaturated the original layer about 70%. I was really pleased with that one :)

[tinny]

Herm(i)od is the Asgard in the ship that rescues Shep from certain death. Hmmn... :D

Heeee. :) That's actually the kind of thinking that I consider the writers capable of. Nice thought. Thanks for the explanation of Norse stuff, I have no clue when it comes to those classic tales.

and now have no clue what I did :D

Oh my, I know exactly what you mean! It happens to me all the time. That icon has this *dreamy* feeling, really gorgeous. One of a kind. ;)

I put a colour texture over the whole thing, erased the parts over Shep's face

See, I knew that. :) My "W" icon uses the same image, and I distinctly remember the bug being red and blue. I thought, wow, she really improved the bug by making it glowy green!

And honestly, your bug icon is so much better than mine! The cropping alone is much better, as is the coloring. I'm thinking I'll have to make an alternate of mine to improve it.

[jenlp.livejournal.com]

These are great. Snagged D and H. Will credit. Thanks.

[slytherinsicons]

Thanks! Glad you like 'em! :D

[ladyjax.livejournal.com]

Wow. Wonderful icons. I snagged N & T. Will credit when used.

Muchas gracias!

[slytherinsicons]

Thanks! Glad you like them!

[loriel-eris.livejournal.com]

Snagged Atlantis. The rest of the icons are absolutely gorgeous too. Will credit when I use. Thanks. :)

[slytherinsicons]

Thanks! Glad you like them! :D