The random nerdy interests of a random nerdy person
A bunch of ones I did years ago, and five new ones. File name says which issue – there’s prog 1-25 (not every prog) and the 1977 Summer Special. If you want to credit, I’m Silvercat17 on Dreamwidth or WingedTyger on Tumblr. First, the new ones.
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I made a whole bunch of icons from 2000ad about a decade ago (I’ve been through a few computers in the interim so I can’t be certain) and I’m trying to continue the prog slog 1. I thought it would be interesting to compare how I used to do icons (extremely simply) and now (sometimes extremely complicated).
As always, the issue and feature are in the filename. If you want to credit me, I’m Silvercat17 on Dreamwidth and WingedTyger on Tumblr.
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There’s an icon challenge called Leo and themed around manes. You know I gotta do Lion-O. Again, from the covers of the Thundercats (Marvel UK) comics. File name says which issue. If you want to credit, I’m Silvercat17 on Dreamwidth or WingedTyger on Tumblr
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From covers for the UK Thundercats comics, plus from a toy ad. File name says which issue. If you want to credit, I’m Silvercat17 on Dreamwidth or WingedTyger on Tumblr
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If there’s a word balloon in the section you want to make into an icon, you have a few options: you can remove it, you can remove the text, or you can just leave it as is. The last one is usually not a great option, because often the text is too small to read (or there’s just way too much text). I’ll show two ways to include the text or balloon in a later tutorial. Today, we’re going to cover removing it.
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I’m going to be doing some icon/avatar tutorials, but this one works for any graphics.
Have you ever been stuck behind a truck with a wrap with a super busy background and looked at it thinking, “hope you have good word of mouth, because that phone number is impossible to read”? (this may be an ailment limited to graphic designers) How to keep that from happening with graphics you make? CHUNKY TEXT OUTLINES.
I’ve done literally hundreds of banners for RainbowLists / RainbowFic and I’ve used this trick for every one. Here’s the most basic form:
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These are from the 1955 series of The Brave and the Bold, an anthology series of historical adventure stories. Issue number and story are in the filename. GG = Golden Gladiator, ad = advertisement, SK = Silent Knight, VP = Viking Prince, Sea Rovers, and la = Laughing Arena. Icons made by me – if you want to credit me, I’m Silvercat17 on Dreamwidth and WingedTyger on Tumblr.
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Icons from the comic William of Newbury, issues 1-3. Published by Dark Horse. Art and writing by Michael Avon Oeming. Icons made by me – if you want to credit me, I’m Silvercat17 on Dreamwidth and WingedTyger on Tumblr.
I’m sad that there’s only one more issue. I hope more mini-series get published because it’s really good.
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Back in the late 80s, six issues of the Thundercats Magazine were published.
They, uh, honestly didn’t have a ton to do with Thundercats: the contents were a Thundercats cover, usually reproduced as a poster; a letter page with fanart; short movie, book, and tv promos (Eye on Earth); articles about nature or something else of interest; puzzles and a quiz; lots and lots of ads; and a short Thundercats comic.
The file name says which issue. If you want to credit, I’m Silvercat17 on Dreamwidth or WingedTyger on Tumblr
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These are from the 1976 Captain Britain weekly series, issuses 1-4. I created them for my Ben-Day Shots blog series, which I’d appreciate being read more if you want something amusing. Issue number is in the icon filename. 45 icons total
Feel free to use the icons any way you want, including editing them. Credit can be given to Silvercat17
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Characters: Captain Britain / Brian Braddock, Jacko Tanner and his cronies (one is named Charley), Courtney Ross
First Appearance: Hurricane
Content Note: violence, bullying, head trauma, and as you might expect from the name of the villain, extreme weather
It’s Hurricane time! But first, Brian is screwing around in the gym at his university. (We’re also reminded that he’s a physics student, and I really would like to know how he has ANY time for superhero stuff). And as these come out weekly, and this is #4, and so he’s been doing this for a month – but apparently it’s so easy, it’s like he’s been doing it for years.
Buddy, you haven’t dealt with anything yet.
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I found these images to make icons for Rainbow Fic on Dreamwidth and it’s related communities. There’s actually more than I can use. Anyway, I’m sharing them in three sizes – 100px, 200px, and 600px – which should work for wherever you want to use them. (I think it’s Discord that wanted a great big size). Credit to Silvercat17 if you want; I don’t really care. Do whatever you want with them.
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Okay, this is a really strange story. This is almost Silver Age weirdness level strange, except like all these early stories it’s really short, so you don’t get any explanations. So we’re going to do something special here – the first ‘episode’ of a relaunched version of Thunderian Science Theater.
I started it on my old Thundercats fansite, and those are pretty much gone (although I could put them back up). I started to relaunch it on Livejournal and only did a few, which are now borked because of Photobucket. So here’s take three:
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Characters: Captain Britain / Brian Braddock, Chief Inspector Dai Thomas, Royce, Vixen’s Mob, Dora, Courtney Ross, Jacko Tanner, Sandy York, Hurricane
(Content Notice: violence including guns, gender policing, bullying)
Yeah, it’s been a while. Sorry.
It’s time for another adventure full of Kirby-esque artwork! Including extreme foreshortening and disproportionately large figures. You think I’m kidding?
Look, there’s stylization, then there’s drawing one foot ten times as big as the other. That second one doesn’t make SENSE. The green guy is a perspective all his own, unless his leg actually stretches back three yards. But, it’s very dramatic! And that’s what matters.
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Characters: Batman, Bruce Wayne, Thomas Wayne, Mrs. Wayne, the Wayne’s killer (unnamed), silly red dirigible, the Scarlet Horde, Professor Carl Kruger, Travis, Bixley, Ryder, Bat-plane
(Edited October 2013) (CN: character death, fictional terrorism, mental ableism)
We start with a cover that has nothing to do with the comic, so I’m not including it. We really start with a cool image of Batman in the Bat-plane in the clouds looking at a red rocket-ship looking dirigible (which is a hard word to type). However, the story actually starts with Batman’s origin, which we all know by now.
“Some fifteen years ago, Thomas Wayne, his wife, and son, were walking home from a movie…” Why Bruce’s mom doesn’t get a name, I don’t know. Then, “Days later, a curious and strange scene takes place.”
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