GIP

[vilakins]

I changed my default icon to this new one.

Many people didn't get the "Delta bad hand" on the old one, and I also decided it was a bit negative, so I've gone for a wordless Vila picture. I made three of them but I decided I liked this one best, and the colours turned out to match my layout quite well which was a bonus.

[Edit] I still have "Delta bad hand" and will continue to use it. It might even have more impact when it's not there out of sheer laziness.

And I finally have my brains_in_a_jar story complete in my head so it's time to start writing. Yay, hard SF!

Comments

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Ooh, pretty!

Also, yay for writing! :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Well, I haven't started yet; I've been doing laundry and other chores. I will begin tomorrow. :-)

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

As far as I'm concerned, getting a story fixed in your head and ready to begin typing is part of writing, and a big, important chunk of it, too. :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Yep! Though that hasn't worked with the big PGP.

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Well, I did say that it's only part of it... :)

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

Aw, I liked Delta bad hand, but that one *is* nice!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I still have "Delta bad hand" and I'll keep using it.

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

Hurrah :D

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

FWIW, I always thought "Delta Bad Hand" was very clever, and funny on several levels.

But yeah, maybe a bit negative.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

It's still there! I'll use it when the words apply. I sort of did before, but I don't think people realised because it was the default.

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

*nods* I also really like your new default - really pretty. :D

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I had three goes at different pics but I really like how this one turned out. I might load one of the others up at some point (it's based on a drawing of Vila I did).

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

That's a nice picture of him.

I've always thought that 'Delta bad hand' was quite funny, but I see what you mean about it as a default. Words can tie an icon down to a particular mood/sense, and you don't always want that.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I still have the Delta one and will use it when appropriate. :-)

I feel a bit sad changing it because I've had it as default since I joined LJ, but the meaning gets a bit diluted too if it's used too often. Now it will be my 'hard luck' icon which I hope will eventually give it more impact.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

The new one's really rather lovely, soft and deep.

I thought of changing my default, but I'd want another Svankmajer, and the pictures are rather hard to get :(

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I was experimenting to get different effects and rather liked that one.

Your default is good; it doesn't have an overt message and is an interesting picture with impact. :-)

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

Like the new icon!
glad you are keeping the old, I love a good pun and that one always makes me smile.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I just decided the text wasn't what I always wanted to say when I didn't choose an icon. I was already using it as a message one, but that gets lost if it's my default too. :-)

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

Its one reason my default is wordless.
I'll be keeping this one until I find a better white dragon!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

And it goes with your LJ ID, like mine.

BTW my middle name is Ruth. :-)

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

Well better than mine, its Madeleine!
At least I don't have to explain to you why the dragon's white!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Madeleine sounds very Parisian schoolgirl! :-D

BTW a google image search on "white dragon" (http://images.google.co.nz/images?hl=en&q=%22white+dragon%22&btnG=Search+Images) turns up some nice pics.

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

Hmm might have a browse last time I checked the selection wasn't nearly so good.

I like the version of that with Christopher Plummer voicing over an animation!

My daughter used to watch it! Not me honest! Though I do love his voice - quintissentially English - which is very funny for a klingon quoting Shakespeare!

[alinewrites.livejournal.com]

Nice and classy!
I'm glad that you're keeping the old one, though. I'd grown fond of it.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I don't get rid of icons; just remake them sometimes. I like it a lot myself; it was a hard decision in a way. I'll still use it when I want to say 'bad luck', but I don't always want to say that which was why I decided to change the default.