Call Me a Dreamer

Recently, I've had several people ask me the source of one or another of my user icons. I'm really pleased that people enjoy my icons; I had a lot of fun finding them and I've done my best to make information about them available, but I've realized that you have to know where to look to find that information. Most of my icons, by the way, have come from one of two sources: lecollage or the fan art icon page at No Rest for the Wicked, a few are from random sources, a few (like my Vorkosigan icons) I've gotten from other users, and a few I've created (with permission!) based on an LJ user's posted art.

I've credited all my icons in two ways. The first way is the more normal way, in the comments for the icon itself; the second way is in my galleries.

Every time we upload an icon to LiveJournal, we have the option of entering a comment. I've used this option to give a short version of any credits for each icon I've uploaded. This information can be viewed by clicking the Profile link that appears when you hover over an icon, then clicking the View all userpics link located under my primary userpic on my profile page. (You can do the same thing for anyone else's icon, too. Crediting is always recommended, although in my experience, not always done.)

I've also got galleries (aka scrapbooks) dedicated to my user pics, where I credit and try to give as much information as possible about the icon, where I got it (or who created the icon), who the original artist is, and the artist's webpage(s), if I have that information. You're welcome to visit my galleries and take a look around; in addition to the galleries dedicated to my icons, I've also got galleries for family photos, some of my travels, some art from my journal (which I've sadly neglected of late), and even an icon I created for LiveJournal users to use on their webpages. (I'll post about that image separately.)