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Dave Brasgalla · May 18, 2004, 10:35 AM

They are live at the 'factory now.

"Give usss the iconssss..."

5 matching desktops released at Pixelhuset.

Westu h�l!

servo · May 18, 2004, 10:42 AM

Oh my lord. These are unbelievable! So freaking beautiful. The desktops are great too.
Please tell us you are going to be making more LOTR icons.

And lt me be the first to beg and plead for a system set.

Please, please, please!

Dave Brasgalla · May 18, 2004, 10:58 AM

Originally posted by servo:
Oh my lord. These are unbelievable! So freaking beautiful. The desktops are great too.
Please tell us you are going to be making more LOTR icons.

And lt me be the first to beg and plead for a system set.
Please, please, please!

Tears will not avail you, my friend.

I mentioned this in the ReadMe... I have no current plans to do so, and I don't envision that changing. Not only is it an enormous effort to create these, but I plan on taking it easy this summer - not toiling in front of my computer! I need some "real world"...

But do please enjoy these and thanks for the kind words!

derdomi · May 18, 2004, 11:14 AM

O... M... G... these are just plain AWESOME!!!

Hope I can ever do such great icons. Or desktops. But I highly doubt it.
You are the best. Keep it up, and have fun in the sun this summer : )

Dave Brasgalla · May 18, 2004, 11:17 AM

Anthony just caught a few icons that had glitches and we just fixed them... if you have downloaded the icons in the past 15 minutes you may want to do it again to get the corrected icons... sorry about that.

servo · May 18, 2004, 11:27 AM

Originally posted by Dave Brasgalla:
Tears will not avail you, my friend.

I mentioned this in the ReadMe... I have no current plans to do so, and I don't envision that changing. Not only is it an enormous effort to create these, but I plan on taking it easy this summer - not toiling in front of my computer! I need some "real world"...

But do please enjoy these and thanks for the kind words!

Maybe if you do a set for "The Hobbit" (assuming Jackson makes it) you'll feel like doing a system set.

Regardless, thanks for the amazing icons.

Dave-o� · May 18, 2004, 11:35 AM

So Dave where's the next sneak peek? Great work, excellent thought process, and good use of coffee.. Cheers, Dave

Cerbero · May 18, 2004, 11:47 AM

Fantastic, just fantastic. I cannot believe the detail you put into these, every single icon is... exquisite

Love the desktops aswell.

rpeterclark · May 18, 2004, 11:56 AM

Wow, these are amazing! I love the attention to texture in each of them.

cube3 · May 18, 2004, 12:00 PM

If Sauron had Dave painting the eye's on his shield, he would have never lost.

JoE950 · May 18, 2004, 12:02 PM

wow.. the bar is set for the themes if i ever have time to make them... again, wow!

cube3 · May 18, 2004, 12:06 PM

If Sauron had Dave painting the eye's on his shield, he would have never lost.

On the side though, Dave I have trouble getting to pixekhuset from the UK, for the last 2 weeks it's timed out.

EDIT: cripes it just worked

jessejlt · May 18, 2004, 12:14 PM

These are so very well done. Thank you.
jesse ;-)

Makki · May 18, 2004, 12:32 PM

Originally posted by Dave Brasgalla:
They are live at the 'factory now.

"Give usss the iconssss..."

5 matching desktops released at Pixelhuset.

Westu h�l!

Dave these icons and walls are great thanks so much i am going to post a screenshot here in a few minutes

Ozzpot · 01:06 PM

Originally posted by JoE950:
wow.. the bar is set for the themes if i ever have time to make them... again, wow!

Make the themes, I implore you! Even if it means giving up your job and living on benefit.
If you only make one, make it the "Shire" one. It is the most unique of them all - an organic theme that we are all crying out for.

Anyway...

These icons are ABSOLUTELY STUNNING! They seem to defy the resolution of my screen! The detail and realism is just unbelievable! It's a shame we'll have to wait until at least winter for more of Dave's beautiful work, but he certainly deserves a rest!

idle · May 18, 2004, 01:03 PM

wow. amazing work. admirable. i will stop here or i'll say something not fitting!

thankx. truly inspiring.

joltguy · May 18, 2004, 01:18 PM

As with everything you release, these icons and desktops are simply incredible! Thanks, and enjoy your summer break!

Hey... wait a minute... summer break? Oh no! I think my unrealistic hopes of downloading WOA5 in the near future have just been shattered!

Dave Brasgalla · May 18, 2004, 01:46 PM

Sorry to do this to you again, folks... I thought my eyes were going funny, but I finally realised that when we fixed the glitch with the Cave Troll, the wrong version got used as the final. Anthony just uploaded a new archive with the right one, so if you are interested in this icon, you might want to grab it again. The right version has different coloring... a more greenish tinge and a tad more saturation and contrast. The older version is more grey-ish.

I'm only obssessing because I worked so hard on it...

Makki · May 18, 2004, 02:03 PM

Thanks Dave

i appreciate it

Makki

SwarmyCurve · May 18, 2004, 02:04 PM

The new LOTR icons are amazing, there is so much detail in so little space.

I wish there was a better way to showcase them. Right now they are just sitting pretty in Pixadex. Since they can't really be used as app icons, I will have to get creative in using them somehow

Patcarla · May 18, 2004, 02:45 PM

Wow!!
Dave, one word:

Komisar · May 18, 2004, 04:38 PM

They are amazing i was going to revive this thread but someone beat me to it.... but they are great i love those icons

Dave Brasgalla · May 18, 2004, 04:51 PM

Originally posted by servo:
Maybe if you do a set for "The Hobbit" (assuming Jackson makes it) you'll feel like doing a system set.

Regardless, thanks for the amazing icons.

Thank you! You know, this reminds me that I was actually thinking of doing a "The Hobbit" icon set back around... oh, '98, I think it was. That was back in the OS 8/9 pixel-click days, in fact I believe at the time I was using 8.5 on my brand-new iMac 266. I had in fact started the set, but right after I did, I caught wind of the official announcement that some guy named Peter Jackson was going to try to tackle all three films. I decided to shelve the idea, figuring that LOTR and all things related would soon be everywhere, with everyone doing their own sets...

I dug around tonight, and found the two icons I had partially completed. One was a quick test of Bilbo and the other was more of a pixel-sketch of Gandalf, working out the pose. They are kind of silly, kind of cute, too. Bilbo is looking more like Sam, I guess.

Here they are, just for sake of seeing what a difference 6 years can make...

Komisar · May 18, 2004, 04:54 PM

jesus what a difference and ill say it again it was a great set

Dave Brasgalla · May 18, 2004, 05:06 PM

Slightly off-topic, this is the British actor I firmly believe should play young(ish) Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, assuming the project ever gets rolling:

Tom Hollander. I last saw him in "Cambridge Spies". You might have seen him in "Enigma". He's a bit short in stature... just add a little weight (a la Sean Astin) and there you go - instant Baggins. He could even pass for a young Ian Holm, the way they made him look in the Prologue, so it would tie in nicely. Mr. Jackson, take note!

cube3 · May 18, 2004, 05:21 PM

Originally posted by Dave Brasgalla:
Thank you! You know, this reminds me that I was actually thinking of doing a "The Hobbit" icon set back around... oh, '98, I think it was. That was back in the OS 8/9 pixel-click days, in fact I believe at the time I was using 8.5 on my brand-new iMac 266. I had in fact started the set, but right after I did, I caught wind of the official announcement that some guy named Peter Jackson was going to try to tackle all three films. I decided to shelve the idea, figuring that LOTR and all things related would soon be everywhere, with everyone doing their own sets...

I dug around tonight, and found the two icons I had partially completed. One was a quick test of Bilbo and the other was more of a pixel-sketch of Gandalf, working out the pose. They are kind of silly, kind of cute, too. Bilbo is looking more like Sam, I guess.

Here they are, just for sake of seeing what a difference 6 years can make...

That Gandalf icon is amazing Dave, there's something about little pixelated icons that warms my heart.

Dave Brasgalla · May 18, 2004, 05:30 PM

Originally posted by cube3:
That Gandalf icon is amazing Dave, there's something about little pixelated icons that warms my heart.

8-bit 32x32 "pixel click" icons... seems like a long time ago, eh? There is a definite Bob Nystrom/Robot Frog vibe there...

angelmb · May 18, 2004, 05:55 PM

Originally posted by Patcarla:
Wow!!
Dave, one word:

he he, best smile folks I have seen since... pacman?

kwyjiboy · May 19, 2004, 08:58 AM

Originally posted by Patcarla:
Wow!!
Dave, one word:

My thoughts exactly.

Zyote · May 19, 2004, 09:02 AM

dave, the seeing stone icon, is my favourite.. hehe. the caustics on the marble / slate / (whatever it is) look really good, and the whole icon is sharp and cool

I'm well impressed..

Nebagakid · May 19, 2004, 11:33 AM

again, an Amazoing� Job. I really enjoy your stuff.

mikeini · Jul 20, 2004, 10:26 PM

i know this is WAY late .. but bump!!!

i looked thorugh icon factory and couldnt find them. what are the keywords or a link to the icons. PLEASE!

thanks guys.

mike

Ozzpot · Jul 20, 2004, 10:49 PM

Originally posted by mikeini:
i looked thorugh icon factory and couldnt find them. what are the keywords or a link to the icons. PLEASE!

I thought you must be being dumb, but you're right - they're not at the 'factory. Unless I'm dumb too...

Anyway, Mother Apple still has them... clicky!

mikeini · Jul 21, 2004, 04:18 AM

Originally posted by Ozzpot:
I thought you must be being dumb, but you're right - they're not at the 'factory. Unless I'm dumb too...

Anyway, Mother Apple still has them... clicky!

thanks ozzpot!! apprecaite the bode of confidence there.

lol ..

mike

thanks again man ..

Zyote · Jul 26, 2004, 08:38 AM

Just thought i'd post again in here aswell, and give dave some more credit for these fantastic icons. absolutely unbelievable. sooo good. :-)

I'd give an arm and a leg for a fraction of his skill!

once again dave, well done!