Icontest Icons: Vermeer, Elizabeth I, Regency fashion plates, and Becoming Jane

[olde_fashioned]

A miscellaneous batch of icons, including the art of Vermeer, portraits of Queen Elizabeth I, Becoming Jane, Regency fashion plates, and a few others. As always, please credit/comment if taking, and enjoy!

Teasers:





PLEASE NOTE: Numbers are above, not below, the icons, and please tell me which icons you're taking, not "snagging a few!" because I really am of a curious nature and I'd like to know what's popular. ;-) Thanks!

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Created with angelamaria's Icon Table Generator @ Bauble

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ETA: I have not actually seen Becoming Jane yet, and these icons I made for contests, not because I enjoyed the film. ;-)


Paintings/portraits are as follows:

1. Vermeer, View of Delft (won 1st place @ art_stills)
2. Vermeer, The Geographer
3. Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring. Won 2nd place @ art_stills
4. Vermeer, The Kitchen Maid
5. Vermeer, Lady in Blue Reading a Letter

6 - 10. various portraits of Queen Elizabeth I and young Princess Elizabeth (#10 won 1st place and #9 won 3rd @ art_stills)

various period_stills entries
11. The Thin Red Line
12. The Fountain
13. Vanity Fair, (won 3rd place @ period_stills)

regency_stills entries
14 - 21. various Regency fashion plates (#19 tied for 1st and won Most Creative, #17 also tied for 1st, and #21 won 3rd place @ regency_stills)

22. Becoming Jane, entry for period_stills

23 - 26. Becoming Jane, (#26 won 1st and #24 won 2nd place @ regency_stills)

Comments

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Costumes, I grant you, but it's Mark Strong all the way for me! ;-P JN is too obviously the hero IMVHO.

Was it? That's something that drives me up the wall, bad accents. ;-) Couldn't they have stood him on a box?

[psychie.livejournal.com]

Yes! Bad accents are just unbearable.

I do like Mark Strong as well :D He is really great as 'Septimus' in Stardust. I was a bit upset I did not see him at the premiere, although I know he was there!

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

I don't think Mrs. Elton's in the KB/MS Emma is very good, even though I'm not exactly sure what a Bristol accent is supposed to sound like, but whatever she's doing just sounds rather contrived.

Did you go to the Stardust premier? Haven't seen that one, but we rented Tristan + Isolde just to see him. Did you see Syriana? 8-o

[psychie.livejournal.com]

Hah! Yes, Bristol accents are funny. They do almost sound American. Sometimes even Irish ones can do.

I did! But I promise I am not a fangirl. :D I think it is a charming film, but Michelle Pheiffer did not need to be in it with her horrible accent. And I do like Claire Dances, and she does a good accent, butttttt I think she lacked chemistry with the lead.

Tristan & Isolde...as much as I like James Franco, I wish they had not casted him.

Nope! I've not seen Syriana. How is it?

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Eeek! American? Where's the fun in a British accent if it sounds American? ;-P

LOL! I believe you. Did you get to dress up and get your picture taken with any famous personages? hee hee!

T+I -- I do not care for James Franco, and I thought Tristan's character was dull. I kept wanting to know what was the matter with Isolde! A nice king like Marke? Tristan who??? lol!

I didn't watch anything other than a few scenes with Mark Strong -- and he plays a reeeeaaaallllyyy bad guy!!!!

[psychie.livejournal.com]

Hahah! I know :P

NopeNope. I refuse to get into photos with anyone. That is how un-fangirly I am. :D But I took a great one of my friend with Charlie Cox.

I think James is very handsome and a good actor, just miscast often. Argh and Spiderman....:{ BUT I AGREE!!! Marke was so handsome and well Isolde was an idiot.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

I hate having my picture taken as well! Plus I can't abide that rabid fangirling, and I feel sorry for they way famous people can't even breathe without the tabloids snapping a photo of them.

I actually thought James Franco was better in Spiderman than he was as Tristan. ;-) But I was hoping Isolde would grow a brain and choose Marke! He was genuinely kind, and Tristan was just a selfish brat. lol. Have you seen The Great Raid, if you like JF?

[psychie.livejournal.com]

Hahah!!! I just always feel un-photogenic. But I just dislike 'invading their privacy'...I know they enjoy it but still. Charlie Cox was lovely though and awfully eager to sign autographs/take photos. He is new to the industry.

I hate the way famous people. :{ I hate the idea of celebrity and how untalented people are famous for no reason what-so-ever. :{

Oh I agree! He was better in Spiderman. I am just so sick of that franchise.

Yeah! I've seen the Great Raid. Joseph Fiennes is in it I believe? :D

[psychie.livejournal.com]

I think I meant to say I hate the way famous people are famous/followed around.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Ditto! If I was a celebrity, I would behave like that. After all, it's the fans that make them who they are!

I'm sick to death of Spiderman! I always liked Batman better anyways. ;-P Have you seen Batman Begins?

I'm not sure, since I'm always getting Joseph and Ralph confused! lol! I think Connie Neilson is a pretty good actress, from what I've been able to see of her.

[psychie.livejournal.com]

Ooh yes! I've always preferred Batman as well! :D And NEVER Superman.

Hahah! I've always found Joseph to be the better looker and actor. He is in Elizabeth and Shakespeare in Love. Ralph was in the English Patient.

Connie Nielson is great! Especially in Gladiator.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Who wants Clark Kent when you can watch Bruce Wayne? lol. Plus I've always liked the realism of Batman as opposed to Superman -- in theory it's plausible, while aliens don't exist.

So, Ralph was in The Great Raid, and Joseph was in Elizabeth? I like Ralph better, then. Sorry! Dudley in Elizabeth irritates me...

She should have won an Oscar for that IMVHO...even though it's not a favourite movie, she still did a good job. (and her costumes -- wow! Not 100% accurate, but still so pretty...)

BTW -- I am sitting here loving all these fashion plate looking lady icons you're using. They're wonderful! :-)

[psychie.livejournal.com]

Yes! I quite agree. And Alfred adding the extra Englishness is a plus :D

No no, Joseph was also in The Great Raid. :D http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001212/

OH. I agree! As much as I love Shakespeare in Love, Cate's performance was far better than Gwyneth's. The costumes are amazing!!! I hope they are equally as great in the second film.

Thank you! And of course I love yours :D

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Sorry it took me so long to reply -- I had to leave town for the entire weekend. Hope you enjoyed yours.

Ha ha! Yes. :-)

Oh, okay. Mea culpa! Thanks. (I told you I get them confused!!)

From what I've seen of the Golden Age promo images and the icons here on LJ, they seem to be verrrrry impressive indeed....

Thank you!! I love that pose/scene/the way they're holding each other. It's so sweet, and even while watching OMF I knew I had to icon that...;-) I've a bunch more "in progress" but they're not as good as I'd like them to be. :-/ I guess I need to work harder and then blog them! lol.

[psychie.livejournal.com]

Well I hope you enjoyed your trip! My weekend was uneventful. I caught some sort of flu! :{

I hope the Golden Age is better than everyone is saying. But I am not too hopeful.

Well all of your icons are fab! So I am sure they will all turn out great. :D

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I am sorry you're sick, though! :-/ Drink lots of water, eat lots of chicken soup, and watch lots of costume dramas!! ;-P

Yeah, my sentiments exactly!!

You're being sweet, thank you. :-D