Wolfbane Icons

Well, here it is--the whole heap of general icons I turned out during the month of March. Some of these will have been seen as entries in icontests such as classicicontest or classics_stills--but the majority of them are completely new.

( Our lives are made in these small hours... )

On the last Sunday of every month, I will be posting the month's roundup of challenge icons, along with "challenge rejects" that I made for icontests but chose not to submit (and perhaps any other loose icons I have on hand). Most of them will probably be classic film-related in the foreseeable future, but just about anything might turn up.

Since this is the first such post, all of the icons I've made for classicicontest are here, as well as some recent strays that I missed in my backposting. But amidst all of the old news (at least for some of you), there are a few icons here that have never been displayed before.

( 25 icons: James Cagney, Danny Kaye, Frank McHugh, and many more )

Two wallpapers tonight, but there's an unusually complex story behind them.

Some of you may recall that my literary muses have a nefarious habit of throwing me plot bunnies for characters I dislike intensely, such as Rogue from X-Men or Tom Sawyer from LXG. Well, now my graphic-arts muses seem to be picking up the same contrariness.

The result is Danny and Peg, a City For Conquest wallpaper featuring Mister Right and Miss Wrong in a completely unintentional 'shippy light. A few of you may be delighted with it, but I was... nonplused. I honestly intended to make something that would be a subtle barb directed at Peg. ( In fact, I did still get a couple of little digs in. )

This brings us to the second wallpaper. Being irked that I had produced such a beautiful, Victorianesque piece for a 'ship I don't even like, I decided to recreate it with that most ultimate of screen couples--Nick and Nora Charles. This version is even more elaborate, and I do believe it's one of the best wallpapers I've made yet.

I was going to be a good girl and settle down to write... but then hildy suggested I try my hand at some Thin Man icons. (Which was timely, since I just watched part of the TCM marathon of all six films two nights ago.) The pictures I turned up weren't entirely cooperative with my efforts, but I think I managed a few decent items.

( By the way, how IS your father's side? )