ICONS: Giles/tea (worksafe)

[double_dutchess]

Hi all!
Before I get to my first ever contribution to Summer of Giles, I would like to thank all other creators. I haven't caught up with everything yet, in particular the fic, but I have enjoyed what I've seen so far.

I don't really ship Giles with anyone, but I do have a favourite Giles pairing, and that is Giles/tea! I love both dearly, and together they're the best. So, I've made a bunch of Giles/tea icons. I hope you'll like them!

Teasers:

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Full set:

1			2			3
4			5			6
7			8			9
10		..	11		..	12
13			14			15
16			17			18

Of course I also made lots of alternative versions. Here are a few of them:

1a			6a			8a
9a			13a			13b

Credits:
- In icons 1, 4, 9, 13 and 15, I used textures by colorfilter that were kindly provided to me by red_satin_doll. Many thanks to both!
- For the table I used the icon table generator from http://icontable.morning-songs.com/

Comments

[angelus2hot]

Beautiful icons! They're all so pretty I can't choose a favorite. :D

[double_dutchess]

Thank you, I am glad you like them!

[stretfordditto.livejournal.com]

Excellent. Luv the 'real men drink tea' :D

[double_dutchess]

Thanks! "Real Men" is one of my favourites too. Giles just looks so very manly holding that tea pot!

[lycomingst.livejournal.com]

A tea theme! They're all very fine. My favorites are #13 and #16.

[double_dutchess]

Thank you! I'm so happy that you mention one of the comic ones; I wasn't sure people were going to like those.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

these are great. I snagged several.

[double_dutchess]

Thanks, and you are very welcome to them!

[shapinglight]

As I said on your LJ, I love and adore them all.

[double_dutchess]

Thank you, I'm happy you like them!

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

These are delightful!!!

[double_dutchess]

Thank you! I'm rather pleased with them myself.

[usedtobeljs]

A fun collection! :)

[double_dutchess]

Thanks! I had fun making them too.

[clarahow.livejournal.com]

Beautiful!! My favorite is #6 - that 'Giles is 98% done and wondering what the hell you're thinking' look. :)

[double_dutchess]

Thank you. Giles does that look very well, doesn't he!

[clarahow.livejournal.com]

One of his all-time best!

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

I recognized the texture in 4 and 13 but not the others - thank you for the shout out, these are simply wonderful! Snagging 3 & 4!

[double_dutchess]

Thank you! You see I got good use out of that texture set. So, many thanks again for supplying me with it!

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

My pleasure! You made excellent use of the textures - I've seen the one you use in #4 multiple times and tried using it and never got anything so pretty as what you've done here.

I've added a couple more link on that post btw - I really recommend lookslikerain's textures on their graphics journal soakedespecially.
http://red-satin-doll.livejournal.com/84211.html

[double_dutchess]

I've seen the one you use in #4 multiple times and tried using it and never got anything so pretty as what you've done here.

Thanks! Actually it's not just one texture, but three different ones layered on top of each other, and that's what gives it that little something extra.

Off to check out your new additions now; thanks for the heads up!

[il_mio_capitano]

Glorious! I will be snagging. #5 and #13 are my favourites.

[double_dutchess]

Thank you! And very nice to see another Giles/tea icon :-)

[protoneoromanic.livejournal.com]

These are lovely... but I'll always be Team Coffee!

[double_dutchess]

Thanks! I suppose you could pretend that Giles is drinking coffee in some of these :-)

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Excellent theme! I snagged #11 and am wistfully contemplating #6, among others. They are all so beautiful!

[double_dutchess]

Thank you! And nice icon :-)

(I know my #2 isn't that original, but I couldn't very well have skipped that image, now could I? Also, I'm simply unable to carry out any Buffy-related art project without including Spike in it.)

[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

These are all super, but I particularly like 3, 13, and especially 7 - the expression on Giles face is brilliant and goes wonderfully with the words.

[double_dutchess]

Thank you! I love Giles' expression in 7 too. You'd better not mess with Giles -- or with his tea!

[untldeathtakeme.livejournal.com]

I will be snagging and crediting a few of these, they are all lovely! I haven't picked favorites, but the double reference (to first flush tea; and the first flush of youth) in 18 is lovely!

[double_dutchess]

Thanks, glad you like them!

As icons go, 18 isn't that special (this was the only image of young!Giles drinking tea that I could find, so I had to make do -- even needed to manipulate it a little) but I was quite pleased with my own cleverness at making the double reference, so it's very nice to have someone appreciate it :-)

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

Though Giles/glasses is my ultimate OTP, you almost made me to switch sides to Giles/tea. Great job! =)

[double_dutchess]

Thank you! And I love Giles/glasses dearly too. I vote for a threesome!

[xspike4evax.livejournal.com]

Loved them. Such an quirky idea. Really made me smile.

[double_dutchess]

Thanks, so nice to hear that my icons brought you joy!

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Ooh, these are fun!

[double_dutchess]

Thanks, glad you like them! I sure had fun making them.