Bad Samaritan

[kaitou]

So, I was talking about how Awesome the new BBC show Sherlock was, right?

I seem to have made many LJ icons. I put them up at a Sherlock comm, but I really ought to post them here as well, and share them with you. Images are from all 3 episodes, but nothing particularly spoilery.

1. 2. 3. 4.
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7. 8. 9.

Comments

[twigcollins.livejournal.com]

ROFL I love number 6 because it is SO TRUE.

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

It was worse than when he actually cried, with tears getting information from that wife in ep3.

I had to strip down the Twilight one. It was about twice LJs size limit. >.>

[velithya]

the effects on 3. and 4. are really neat!

man I really need to watch the last two eps augh

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

For 3&4 I took the image I wanted got all the levels and saturation adjusted the way I wanted it.
Then I duplicated the layer.
The top layer got 'Poster Edge' applied, and then I faded it back a touch.
It still leaves lots of grainy bits all over so I erase over those, revealing the layer underneath instead. And sometimes I'll have to use the paint brush to put a bit of jawline back in or something.
Then I made a new layer and used a brush from a set of manga style speed lines (I'd credit if I remembered where I got it, but it was back in '03)
It covers up the hero as well, so then I erased the person back out of that layer.
It's time consuming, but I really really like the 'comic book' effect.

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

These two were made in an even more extreme way where after you do the poster edges you take out all the color and then paint it back in.

[velithya]

dude they look like total pro comics!

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think I'm going to have to do more in that style soon. XD

[m-steelgrave.livejournal.com]

LOVE THIS SERIES, LOVE THE ICONS, LOVE YOU.

I also love that I'm sitting in my car, stealing internet from a cafe like a total deadbeat.

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

XD XD XD XD

[ageless-aislynn.livejournal.com]

I took 3 - 5 and will credit when used! :D Fantastic work! (And I'd love to see more comic-inspired icons, that's a really cool look! :D ) ♥!

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

Are there any particular comic-style ones you'd want? They're fun to make!

[ageless-aislynn.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... *ponders* Just whatever inspires you would be great! (Which isn't a very helpful answer, I know, but I'm totally blanking out on any particular scene or picture that I'd like to see "comicized," ;) sorry! *blush* )

If I think of something, though, I'd be sure to mention it. Otherwise, just anything you come up with would be fab! :D It's such a fun, slightly unusual but extremely cool style, IMO! :D ♥!