from helga_b

[timepiececlock]

I love looking at people's icons, but I don't always *get* them - I often wonder stuff like, "Who's that guy?" or "Where's that quote from?" but I tend not to ask, for various reasons. So come on, here are my icons. Pick one (or more!) you're curious about, and I'll try to explain it. Or at least explain what I like about it.

Comments

[pico-the-great.livejournal.com]

I have always always wondered about your Ozymandias icon: where the picture's from, rather, because I'm familiar with the poem.

I've used the person for a visual for one of my stories, so I've definitely got a vested interest in whether this person is an artist I can check more out about.


(The one you've got right now, though, is A+.)

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

The image is Manji from the manga Blade of the Immortal. It was one of the cover pages, but I don't remember which one. It's my favorite picture of Manji, though. And although I don't necessarily think his character is much like Ozymandius, I thought the words went well with the dramatic pose. BotI is one of only three manga series I regularly read (Naruto and Fruits Basket are the other two), and it's excellent. The art is fantastic and the characters interesting and evolving. It's exceedingly gorey, but the fact that it's black and white makes me sort of desensitize my eyes to blood splatters. And the drama of the story is worth the blood. I'm not sure I'd ever watch an anime version, if they were to make one, however.

Other cool images:
http://default.co.yu/~mohican/pic_public/Manji_-_Blade_of_the_Immortal.jpg
http://images.tfaw.com/covers/200/10/10403.jpg
http://lrg.zorpia.com/0/1089/6971021.9f53c2.jpg
http://www.shrani.si/pics/rin58675.jpg
http://wallpapers.duble.com/1/Anime%20Sorted%20By%20Name/Blade%20Of%20The%20Immortal/3.jpg
http://66.199.231.236/wallpapers/blade/blade_2_800.jpg (he's kinda like Kakashi from Naruto...reborn. or something. yes.)

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

also a cool shot:
http://zerko.cult.bg/X86/Gallery/Boi/027.jpg

An enlargment of the icon image:
http://www.thegrillstoreandmore.com/image/products/big-pics/769700b.jpg

[rasielle.livejournal.com]

Where, on this good earth, is that image in your 'Mummer's Witch Dance' icon from? What anime/animated anything? It enchanted me the first time I saw it but I never remembered to ask.

But I'm familiar with the song and artist; love Loreena, and her musical adaptations to literature get me everytime. Even when she did exclude my favorite paragraph of 'Lady of Shalott.'

[rasielle.livejournal.com]

er, *stanza (*flushes*)

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

It's from the anime Tweeny Witches (Mahou Shojo Alice). It's a little young in its audience (like early Naruto episodes) but the storyline is interesting and the art is AMAZING. It is half traditional animation and half CG cell animation, but the character design is enchanting (odd angles, jagged but fascinating lines) and the backgrounds are jaw-droppingly AMAZING. I screencapped so many shots that just took my breath away with their use of color and light. It's the most beautifully animated tv anime series I've ever seen.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

official site: http://www.tweeny-witches.com/
ANN: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2342

screencaps: http://www.anime-vidcaps.net/list_series-369.php
Look at this and this and this and this and this and

[rasielle.livejournal.com]

So pretty! They're all insanely pretty! And they're not pretty in the conventional way either; they're not shiny nor do they impress a person with how mystically wavy the hemline is (*glances over at CLAMP*). I especially like that second one for its coloring and the last pic makes me laugh and gawk at the same time. (the subtitles)

"Hey. Is the Grand Master cool? She have long nails?" looks like something that belongs in something... meta, I guess, if only for poking at fun at several villains I can name.

Hmmm. 40 episodes. I have yet to prioritize my To-Do list, and I'm on the verge of chickening out and just going straight to FLCL, which is a nonstressful 6 episodes - but the art is so pretty! I'll watch anything if its pretty <-- not exaggerating.

I even watched Barbie and the 12 Dancing Princesses today for the pretty and the ballet and the dancing (CURSE YOU, PRINCESS TUTU!), and didn't mind the Mary Sue-ish qualities so much because they could and did dance, and it was really nice how they pirouetted and stuff.

[kriatyrr.livejournal.com]

Ok, since I'm bored at work and reading my Friends of Friends page (because my friends page doesn't update often enough)..

Zuko likes pikes - explain please. (I'm not familiar with the fandom)