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mirnell ([personal profile] mirnell) wrote2010-11-14 08:44 pm
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20 Mycroft Icons

From [livejournal.com profile] sherlock20in20, I decided to give myself a challenge and try to make 20 icons of a character who is only in a handful of scenes. So I'm not entirely thrilled, but I hope ya'll like them anyway. And yes, my mind may have been a little disturbed when I decided that using "I Just Can't Wait to be King" as my Mycroft song lyrics.




10 THEMES
Black & White Texture Out of the Box Faceless Blocking
Advice Humor Plus One Temptation Working

CATEGORY - Song Lyrics
One Two Three Four Five

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE
One Two Three Four Five


Comments make me happy
Credit [livejournal.com profile] mirnell
Enjoy!

[identity profile] thexphial.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
These are lovely. I am grabbing a few. I needed some Mycroft icons. :)

[identity profile] mirnell.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad you like them!

[identity profile] adena-kaiba.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh Perfect! I was just thinking about how I needed a Mycroft icon! Thank you very much for sharing, I'll credit when I'll use them of course. ^__^

[identity profile] mirnell.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! Glad you like.

[identity profile] perfectchichi.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
Mycroft love. Thank you I will credit if used

[identity profile] mirnell.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad you like them!

[identity profile] megan-moonlight.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
I really like Humor, Plus One, amd Category Two ;D
You did a great job on this set! ^^

[identity profile] mirnell.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
So glad you like humor, it was a pain in the arse to find something to make funny about Mycroft. And Category Two is the one that sparked the idea, so I'm glad it worked!

[identity profile] megan-moonlight.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, it worked very well ;D
I still have to find a something good for my claim - Humor for Mycroft/Lestrade *lol*

[identity profile] daphne121.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
These are brilliant! Mark Gatiss is just wonderful!

I found your LJ when I was looking through the Sherlock Friending Meme, and it seems like we have a lot of fandoms in common including DW, TW, Sherlock, and Top Gear. I hope you don't mind that I've friended you.

[identity profile] mirnell.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello! I don't mind new friends at all, welcome to my little corner of insanity.

[identity profile] i-like-sporks.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
These are superb! I snagged a few BECAUSE THEY'RE AWESOME >___

[identity profile] mirnell.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much!

[identity profile] hobbit-hunter.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
Mycroft~! I do love AC4 and Working.

[identity profile] mirnell.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks, glad you like them!

[identity profile] revengerv.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Fantastic icons. My favorite are Humor, Black and White, Texture, Working and AC.
I snagged some and will credit.

[identity profile] mirnell.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad you like them!

[identity profile] lipburst.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I think the world is always in need of more Mycroft icons. I really like AC1 and AC5, stunning! :)

[identity profile] mirnell.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks, glad you like them!

[identity profile] moonchameleon.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Taking a couple and will credit when used.
Loved Blocking and the "Not Funny" one. Good job! Love me some Mycroft.

[identity profile] mirnell.livejournal.com 2010-11-15 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
There is never enough Mycroft in the world. Glad you like them!

[identity profile] telegramsam.livejournal.com 2010-11-16 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
"When I am king/you will be first against the wall" would have been my first song lyric choice. Not a radiohead fan?

[identity profile] telegramsam.livejournal.com 2010-11-16 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
(lovely icons BTW. Mycroft needs more love. ;P)

[identity profile] mirnell.livejournal.com 2010-11-16 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Oh gosh, I hadn't even thought of that one. I just took a wander through my itunes library, and Lion King jumped out at me. And no matter what else I looked at, nothing made me smile as much as that.

Glad you like the icons too!

[identity profile] kiminoloko.livejournal.com 2010-11-16 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
I love Mycroft, I love these! Awesome work! <3

[identity profile] mirnell.livejournal.com 2010-11-16 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks, glad you like them!

[identity profile] mashfanficchick.livejournal.com 2010-11-19 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
With my usual tact (which still--usually!--beats Sherlock's)...I can't imagine ever using it, so I'm not going to take it, but I ADORE how your second Artist's Choice came out. Absolutely stunning.

(And, I'm still giggling over the lyrics ones. Especially because Mycroft does remind me a bit of some of the Disney villains: just a bit too pompous and controlling for his good. ;-D)

Edited to add that five minutes after I left this comment, I heard Tom Rush's "Cocaine" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLRF9LKU-iA&feature=BF&list=PLABFC946D942E5A1A&index=5) and thought "Huh, Sarah just did lyrics icons for Mycroft. This song would work for Sherlock!" I think my mind may be even more disturbed than yours! :-D

And, edited again, because I am a moron who forgot to freaking hit "Submit" after she edited this comment! *sighs*
Edited 2010-11-19 09:24 (UTC)

[identity profile] mirnell.livejournal.com 2010-11-20 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Noooo, don't give me any more ideas! And I'm still trying to come up with a use for that same icon, 'cause I love it, but I don't know when I'd ever use it.

By the way, do you remember when I made my 3000th icon? Was it during MediaWest this year? And if it was, I'm slightly scared to realise that six months later, I've somehow done another thousand. I just hit 4000 the other day.

[identity profile] fixeselections.livejournal.com 2010-11-19 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
These are amazing, and I want them all!

[identity profile] mirnell.livejournal.com 2010-11-20 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad you like them!

[identity profile] noxika.livejournal.com 2010-11-24 08:30 am (UTC)(link)
I love the softness / lighting in these. Really lovely:)

[identity profile] mirnell.livejournal.com 2010-12-01 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks, glad you like!

[identity profile] ari-crawford.livejournal.com 2010-11-30 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Took all, thank you

[identity profile] mirnell.livejournal.com 2010-12-01 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
Enjoy!

[identity profile] kari77.livejournal.com 2010-12-02 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm, Mycroft.
Love the way you work light and shadow. It's so appropriate for him, heh. :D

[identity profile] mirnell.livejournal.com 2010-12-08 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Mycroft was a major challenge, so I'm so glad you like the way they turned out!

[identity profile] poodilywoots.livejournal.com 2010-12-09 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm loving these. Mycroft looks AWESOME in the 'texture' one. :D
I will definitely credit after taking a few!

[identity profile] mirnell.livejournal.com 2010-12-16 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Glad you like! Mycroft was a challenge, but totally worth it!

[identity profile] poodilywoots.livejournal.com 2010-12-16 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Mycroft is always a challenge, isn't he? :D

[identity profile] in-elixile.livejournal.com 2010-12-31 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
HURRAH! Mycroft Icons!! AC are all delicious as are the rest - snagged most and will credit when used :)

Also, you have a real knack for contrast / clarity in your icons - I noticed in your other batches too. Maybe I just see so much fuzzy blur effects nowadays but it's a real treat.

[identity profile] mirnell.livejournal.com 2011-01-03 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much!

I've seen blur used very well in some icons, but sometimes it feels that people simply use it because it's there. And I prefer the icons I use to be pretty sharp, so that tends to be how I make the ones I submit to contests too.

[identity profile] caroly-214.livejournal.com 2011-03-27 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I adore Mycroft and your icons are awesome. I'm snagging several and will credit. Thanks!

[identity profile] mirnell.livejournal.com 2011-03-29 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad you like them!
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[personal profile] bethbethbeth 2012-01-22 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Very nice! I'm taking the second one (texture) - thanks so much - since I'm desperately in need of a Mycroft icon.
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[personal profile] gurrier 2012-05-09 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, grabbing Artist's Choice #2!