thisbluespirit: (margaret lockwood)
thisbluespirit ([personal profile] thisbluespirit) wrote2020-04-02 08:31 pm
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Icon Meme

This one is going around again, and why not, given that icons are 100 x 100 pixel bundles of shiny and joy.

1. Comment to this entry with something silly and I will pick 3 of your icons/userpics.
2. Make an entry in your own journal (or just reply if you prefer) and talk about the icons I picked!


[personal profile] misbegotten chose these three, which are all ones I made:



This is Alfred Burke as Frank Marker in Public Eye from one of the five surviving episodes of S1-3. I loved the light and shadow in the original shot and thought it summed up his shabby outsider persona. The text (which, looking at it now, I think should be a handwriting font and rotated a little) is all made up of Frank-quotes:

"I'm a very small fish in this particular pond, but I've seen things, heard things about people - just people! - that would turn your stomach. But not mine, Mr Clemens, not mine. I do my work, I take my money and I move onto the next foul up, because there always is a next one. And don't think you're the first person who looked at me and wondered what sort of man does what I do. Do you want me to justify it? Go and ask the... undertaker - or the sewerman - or the professional soldier, or the dentist why he does it! Doesn't matter why, Mr Clemens. You need us."

"Have you heard about old heads on young shoulders? Well, you employ me, you get an old head. You get old shoulders, too, but then no-one's perfect."

"If I'm fool enough to take the money, I'll do the job."

"Or perhaps you've seen me sitting here on you way home, didn't like the look of my face and said to yourself, one of these days I'll go in and take a crack at it! Well, go on! Help yourself! I don't like it much more than you do!"

"As long as I don't get thumped and I do get paid!"


(I was very very intense about PE at the time, it still shows a bit. :lol:)



#2 is partly a [community profile] fic_rush joke because of all the ninja penguins we had at one time. (THe hourly posts used to get more than a little silly!) It's actually from an old sitcom that my sister used to adore called On the Up, and it's something Sam Kelly's character says to scare off some children that are eyeing up the Rolls when he's being chauffeur.



#3 is Georgina Jones (Juliet Harmer) from Adam Adamant Lives! being bright and swinging-60s. "Zoinks!" is one of the things she says that Adam Adamant (an Edwardian adventurer) finds severely unladylike. But he likes her anyway, whatever he says. :D


[personal profile] calliopes_pen chose these three, which are, again, all made by me:



This is Margaret Lockwood from a publicity shot, and I use it for talking about Margaret Lockwood and then also for any old films. She icons well and it's simple but effective and pretty, I think.



A fairly straightforward icon of Suzanne Neve from UFO, I think, and I use it for her sometimes, but because she's also the fancast for Julia from my origfic, this is her looking particularly like Julia and I therefore use it a lot over at [community profile] rainbowfic.




My Dracula icon! From the 1968 TV version, of course, with Denholm Elliott seducing Susan George. I am judging it, though. I love the crop, but I think I should maybe try to perk up the colouring or contrast a little.
theseatheseatheopensea: A drawing of a fox and a magpie hugging. (Fox and magpie.)

[personal profile] theseatheseatheopensea 2020-04-02 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Your icons are all so shiny and pretty!
lycomingst: (Default)

[personal profile] lycomingst 2020-04-02 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Silly is as silly does. Please pick.
calliopes_pen: (nellenoir b5 cats don't quack)

[personal profile] calliopes_pen 2020-04-02 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Feel free to select three of mine, too! Insert silly here.
Edited 2020-04-02 22:20 (UTC)
lirazel: Siyeon from Dreamcatcher looking up ([music] what)

[personal profile] lirazel 2020-04-02 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
There is truly nothing better than an icon meme! I really enjoyed reading your thoughts. (And I also love the crop on that last one.)
moon_blitz: Made by bubblemilk on LJ (Amaro)

[personal profile] moon_blitz 2020-04-03 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
I'll take three, please! Alas, nothing silly to coming to mind at the moment.
estirose: A man looks at his reflection in the mirror. (Mafuyu - Fatal Frame)

[personal profile] estirose 2020-04-03 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
This is a good time for silliness! We all need it right now. In the meantime, feel free to pick 3 of mine.
lirazel: An outdoor scene from the film Picnic at Hanging Rock ([film] as long as you believe)

[personal profile] lirazel 2020-04-03 12:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha! Yes, I'd love some! I was trying to think of something silly to say, got distracted, then came back and posted the comment after I forgot that I was trying to think of something silly to say!
liadt: Close up of Oichi drawing her sword close to her face with a sword blade meeting hers (Default)

[personal profile] liadt 2020-04-03 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Just the one!" if my recall of 90's sitcoms is correct!
singe: The word Singe with a backdrop of flames. (Default)

[personal profile] singe 2020-04-03 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I should look into this Adam Adamant character, he seems interesting.
lirazel: Felicity Jones as Catherine Morland reading by candlelight with a shocked look on her face ([tv] spend my whole life in reading)

[personal profile] lirazel 2020-04-04 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
liadt: Close up of Oichi drawing her sword close to her face with a sword blade meeting hers (Default)

[personal profile] liadt 2020-04-04 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, as it might mean I post a post this year!
paynesgrey: Floating Vampire Jesus (alucard)

[personal profile] paynesgrey 2020-04-05 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I definitely love that Dracula icon!