Community icon

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

Molly and I thought Multiplicity needed a community icon (you know, one that shows up on the user info page), so together we made an animated gif for that function. It's only 24K, so you can use it if you want for the community:



The URL of the picture: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v379/Fayanora/multiplicity.gif

Bright Blessings;
---Fayanora

Comments

[kasiya-system.livejournal.com]

that icon is scary

[luwana.livejournal.com]

word

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

It started as just Molly doodling and wanting to animate it, then evolved into a piece about my multi-ness, and then we thought it would be neat to show you guys, so we added the "multiplicity" frames as afterthoughts.

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

But there's a happy ending.

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I didn't mean it to look so corny, but there we are all the same. :-)

[wylddelirium.livejournal.com]

Although I applaud your effort, I think the Icon makes the age-old assumption that multiplicity is borne of trauma, a point which finds much contention in the community. Therefore, I don't think it's entirely appropriate.

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

Hmm... good point. Hadn't thought of that.

[pthalo]

it might not be representing trauma. the expression on the face could be a representation of the effort of splitting or something (not that in my personal experience i found it all that difficult, but if you think of trying to pull something stuck out of something else or if you think of trying to rip a thick piece of cardboard in half...

[pilgrimchild.livejournal.com]

I thought it was pretty cool actually. For me, its appropriate. And how in the world did you make it animated? Cool stuff.

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

JASC Animation Shop version... 9 I believe.

[ksol1460.livejournal.com]

My initial impression is similar to what wylddelirium says except I was going to say "one person splitting" rather than "born of trauma". But what I do like about it is that it shows, even when it *is* one person splitting, that they can end up getting along together.

Maybe there could be several community icons and we could rotate them.

[redrainstorm.livejournal.com]

Seems too ... I dunno ... not how I would portray multiplicity. Seems to be the "stereotypical" message. I just dunno ... my thoughts aren't too clear right now.

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

*Giggles* An yerz don'?

[annabellelaw.livejournal.com]

What about this transforming icon I'm using now? I don't mind your animated one but Ash dosn't like it.

[luwana.livejournal.com]

I think it'd be a bad idea for that to be a default icon, simply because multiplicity isn't always splitting, and I don't think it's a great idea to reinforce the idea that it is, or that splitting is the most normal and accepted way.

[pleiades-rising.livejournal.com]

You know what would be neat? If the community held a contest for an icon! :D And everyone in the community would vote on their favourite.

[redrainstorm.livejournal.com]

That would be cool.

[annabellelaw.livejournal.com]

I like your icon.
I still think the sandman/death icon is the best multiplicity icon I've seen so far

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

YEAH!

[saturniakitty.livejournal.com]

Where is this icon...? I don't see anything animated....

[pthalo]

it's not animated in Firefox, but if you copy it into IE it works for some reason

[ksol1460.livejournal.com]

We use Firefox, never anything but, and we got it animated. ??

[pthalo]

interesting. maybe it's something to do with the firefox here in the uni library? I prefer Opera myself but I'm just grateful uni offers firefox too in addition to ie, so i use firefox. (no internet at home)

Pthalo

[luwana.livejournal.com]

Animates fine in my firefox.

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

Try it in Internet Explorer.