: And Now for something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT :

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

Actually, who am I kidding?

Still work-- except I am now unsupervised; 'Paris' is on vacation starting today which leaves me to man the battleship however I will be able to do it, I have a battle plan to save my sanity. Or at least my sanity with how I percieve it. But I really don't want to talk about work, I've done and made pre-bills. So why not talk about iconning!

I have this folder on Pinterest called "To be Iconned" and I go through and save stuff there, it's especially effective when I am browsing pinterest at work on my phone, I can save it there and then when I get to my home computer (which let's be honest, usually gathers dust), I can just save the picture and work with it in my paint program. I am currently looking at old retro pictures of "Rose of Versailles" and knowing that I want to use that as a basis for the icons that I make for icontalking. I already made two icons last night, one not as retro-looking, the other I am actually quite happy with. When I think retro, I think bright vibrant colours that just sort of pop much like those old technicolour pictures back in the 70s.

And I love Rose of Versailles, and I sort of want to go back to watch the series-- goodness knows I want to read the manga-- such great stuff right there. o.O; There was a time when I really did eat up the retro manga due to this podcast that I listened to called "Anime World Order", I ate up things like Rose of Versailles, Blackjack and From Eroica with Love. Oh yes, and I did have a volume of Swan but was disappointed when I couldn't find any more volumes.

Happy friday everyone!

Comments

[breyzyyin]

Best of luck with manning the battleship...but it sounds like you have a good plan to go along with, so I am sure you shall kick much butt on that front! ♥ *waves support banner*

That is pretty neat about your "To Be Iconned" folder. :D I am so looking forward to seeing what you will come up with for the comm...I so agree with you on what you think of when you think of retro! :D Your icons are always amazing and eye-catching, so I know they will be awesome this time too! :D

Haha, I get that way with certain series and titles too from time-to-time. In fact, thanks to Breyzy looking around for images to use for this retro theme...I am totally tempted to go back and watch a certain anime series all over again. ♥ I certainly think there are reasons why certain anime and manga become classics, and that is awesome that you have enjoyed so many of them! :D

[southern_belle30]

Still work-- except I am now unsupervised; 'Paris' is on vacation starting today which leaves me to man the battleship however I will be able to do it, I have a battle plan to save my sanity. Or at least my sanity with how I percieve it.

What, you can't go "RESPECT MAH AUTHORITAH!!!" and have it work?


Anyways, good to know iconing can keep you sane.