G.I.P. I made this icon 'cause TRUFAX!

[capriuni]

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Text description for those using screen readers (or who have misplaced their glasses):

Text-based icon in various fonts (pale yellow and orange on dark blue field):

(quote) "I Know Where my Towel is. But I can't find anything else." (unquote)

This is so true, in fact, that I'm thinking of making it my default icon...

Yes? No?

Comments

[pebblerocker]

That makes me smile :)

[capriuni]

Hee! Good. That was my intent.

[spiralsheep]

I love the colours and the typography (font and typesetting).

[capriuni]

Thanks. At first, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to fit ALL THE WORDS into a 100 pixel square, and I refuse to solve the problem with animation. Animation breaks the brains of a lot of people in my circles, for one thing and, for another, PhotoShop's "basic tutorials" break my brain (It was PhotoShop that inspired the icon here).

Then I realized that sliding too much stuff at odd angles and mixtures into a space not designed for it was simply an illustration of the idea. So.

[jesse_the_k]

Now it's that icon I want to use -- is it gakkable?

[capriuni]

Sure... And sometime in the not to distant future, I shall hunt down the inspiration for the icon (In the Q&A segment of Douglas Adams' last public lecture, which is on YouTube, but >1 hour long).

[capriuni]

D'oh! You meant the "Learning Curve" icon... Yes. That's totally gakkable.

I should write an icon policy, probably. It would go something like this: "If I made it, you can gak it, with the following exceptions: images of my primary ego (the face on official IDs) or images of my alter egos (images of original characters I create to represent myself, which are also my identity in less official spaces).

[jesse_the_k]

You've set out a great algorithm for gakkable vs exclusive, but I think it might be easier for those of us who can't read your mind if you added an explicit "exclusive to me, please, do not copy," as I have on the icon for this reply.

ETA: Huh, the "comment" for an icon is only visible on the icons page! I thought it would show in the alt text. Ah, well.

[jesse_the_k]

Quite lovely "typowords," with the added plus that I can just imagine your towel jammed into the space between your seat pan and rear wheel. (Manual? Power? Steampunk?)

[capriuni]

Actually, my towel is spread over the floor beside my bed (over carpet). The knap and wrinkles give me extra foot traction for the transfer from chair to mattress).

Re: Your icon

Second line: "But I never shot the letter 'T'"?

[jesse_the_k]

Point for Capri Uni! I am well and truly earwormed :,)

[capriuni]

Turnabout's fair play.

Your icon earwormed me first! ;-P