Challenge #15 "Brevity is the soul of wit"

[kerravonsen]

Okay, so it looks like we're going ahead! Welcome to challenge #15, "Brevity is the soul of wit". For this challenge, each icon you make must have a one-word caption, no more, no less.
This challenge is closed.

Examples:


Techniques:
- text
- anything you like!

Useful (GIMP) tutorials:
- basics

Rules:
1. From one to four icons can be submitted.
2. You have two weeks to submit the icons; that is, they are due on Monday 17th of November (that's my time, Australian time, so for some of you that will be the 16th).
3. Icons will be submitted in comments to this post. All comments will be screened, to preserve anonymity.
4. As soon as I can after the 17th, I will make a voting poll here. People will then have three days to vote.
There will be two sections in the voting: (a) "Best embodiment of style"; this you vote for whichever icon you think demonstrates the style/technique of the given challenge (b) "I just like it"; where you vote for whichever icon you simply like the best.
5. You are required NOT to post your icons anywhere public until after the voting is over, so as to preserve the anonymity of the entries.
6. When the voting is over, I'll announce the winners here. Discussion of the challenge will be encouraged, especially discussion and demonstration of techniques used. The entries will also be un-screened.

In short:
Due 17th of November, post entries here, don't show them elsewhere.

If you know any good tutorials for this challenge, please post a link.

And please pimp this far and wide!

Comments

[siluria]

Ooooh, interesting, and for me rather difficult. Much as I love text on icons I'm useless at getting the right fonts and even the appropriate words. I guess you don't get anywhere if you don't give it a go! :)

[kerravonsen]

It's good when challenges are stretching, moving you out of your comfort zone. Give it a go!

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

{snicker} at least you don't have my habit of running off at the mouth all over the icon... (this is my only one with one word that isn't a name. And it isn't a word :)

This will be good for me, I think.

[kerravonsen]

Well, names are words, they would count. I've made icons with just someone's name on them - I just don't tend to use them.

[thetisonline.livejournal.com]

OK, I'm a newbie to this icon-ning thing, but I'll try anything once. So here is an entry ...

http://pics.livejournal.com/thetisonline/pic/00045pka/

[kerravonsen]

Note that the preferred method of giving entry information is an img link, like so:
<img src="http://www.example.com/path/image.jpg"/>

[siluria]

Well, I had a go! :)

here's mine...

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Hope they fit :) If the Jack one doesn't (I dithered, but it is just one word!) I can supply another.

         

[taibhrigh.livejournal.com]

http://home.earthlink.net/~taibhrigh/icons/sga_263.jpg

http://home.earthlink.net/~taibhrigh/icons/sga_286b.jpg

http://home.earthlink.net/~taibhrigh2/icons/riddick3.jpg

http://home.earthlink.net/~taibhrigh2/icons/supernatural81.jpg

[kerravonsen]

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Sorry I left it till the last minute!