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Ruuger ([personal profile] ruuger) wrote in [community profile] ruugericon2008-04-09 10:56 pm
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15 Life on Mars icons

As people on my f-list may have noticed, I'm currently on a bit of a Life on Mars kick. So, as a result, fifteen icons from the first two episodes of LoM:

1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
13 14 15


Textures by [livejournal.com profile] cooloring and [livejournal.com profile] ytiralc.

As always, I'll add (or change) text on the icons at request.

[identity profile] scruby.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Great icons! They're very good, thought #4 depresses me a bit. ):

[identity profile] dancesontrains.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh, very nice. Very sad as well <3

[identity profile] saintvic.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Lovely - especially like 12 and 15.

[identity profile] dorsetgirl.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
May I use number 8? It would make a perfect illustration for my longfic An Unhappy Man (http://community.livejournal.com/lifein1973/2008/02/04/) if I ever get a paid account.

[identity profile] dorsetgirl.livejournal.com 2008-04-12 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Hi, thank you very much for the kind offer. An Unhappy Man (http://community.livejournal.com/lifein1973/2008/02/04/) is all about the idea that Sam is in a fugue state rather than a coma, so your wonderful icon really caught my eye as being made for it!

I wonder if I could be very cheeky and ask for a little tweaking? I've put together this little bodge (http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z307/DorsetGirl/Ruuger_fugue/Ruuger_fugue_custom_1.png) to illustrate what I have in mind.

It's basically your brilliant idea, with a different screencap for the eyes.

(1) I would like the title "An Unhappy Man" placed subtly amongst the fugue definition words somehow.

(2) I've used this mucked-about selection (http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z307/DorsetGirl/Ruuger_fugue/fugue_eyes_1.png) from this ep 1.01 screencap (http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z307/DorsetGirl/Ruuger_fugue/Ruuger_Fugue_Screencap.png) for the eyes. I've gone for the 2006 blue kind of look rather than the 1973 brown tones.

Obviously, do say if you haven't got time, or you don't want to change your original idea.

[identity profile] dorsetgirl.livejournal.com 2008-04-15 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
They're brilliant! May I have both? (with credit, obviously). I can't decide which to use atm; I've got some comments still to reply to on that fic, so I'd like to get one of these onto my LJ to use on my replies. I may also go back and change the icon for each post (if LJ will let me do that).

Can you tell me how you got the screencap looking so "clean"? I really don't know the niceties of photoshopping yet; I find LOM screencaps always come out with sort of a murky green/brown overlay, and I don't know how to get rid of the murk without losing the colour.

Thanks again for doing these; they're perfect for my fic.

[identity profile] hobbit-feets.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh wow, so much love. I'm nicking most of these- shall credit, of course.

Is this just me being a nerd, or is the text on #4 from 'Gollum's Song' from The Two Towers? Or rather, I know it is, but was it intentional? Because if so, I shall shower you will ridiculous, flailing amounts of love.

[identity profile] vickalo-999.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
Is it sooo wrong that I really like #11!? Nice iconies!

[identity profile] time-testudinem.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, these are so good.

(is very impressed)

Love #15 the most.

[identity profile] space-oddity-75.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 09:59 am (UTC)(link)
Nice icons! I've taken #14 for later use, will definitely credit. Cheers!

[identity profile] radak.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
great icons!
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[personal profile] fahrbotdrusilla 2008-04-10 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
pretty! I'm saving a few and going to use the Test Card Girl icon right now, because... TCG!

[identity profile] jazzymegster.livejournal.com 2008-04-12 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Those are neat! I love the desaturated look of them :D

[identity profile] -happyme-.livejournal.com 2008-05-03 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Taking #14. Many thanks. :)

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2008-05-29 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I will give #1 and #15 good homes (and credit, obviously).

[identity profile] tiingeling.livejournal.com 2009-01-19 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm borrowing 3 and 13. I'll give them back good as new. Promise =)

[identity profile] xafirah.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Beautiful icons!
I'm wondering what was on icon #11 - it says it "violated Photobucket's terms of use" :o