beatrice_otter: Dreamwidth logo with text "I wanted to have a protest icon too (what are we protesting this week again?)" (Protest)
I figured, given that it's been years since I deleted my LJ, I should probably make a DW protest icon to replace my old LJ one.  This is based on the old LJ protest icon I had that I have no idea where I got--sorry, whoever it was, I've been using it without crediting it for years.

(For tumblr peeps, a brief explanation of icons: one chooses icons for each post and comment based on what fits.  They can be used for commentary in much the same way as gifs can.  Lots of people make icons to share.  The polite thing to do is to give credit to the artist who made them, by listing their name in the comment section when you upload the icon to your account.)

Protest Icon

Date: 2019-01-11 08:33 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] heartofoshun
heartofoshun: (coffee helps maintain never killed any o)
Two thumbs up for the commentary on icons! I never stopped loving icons!

Date: 2019-01-11 08:37 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] peoriapeoriawhereart
peoriapeoriawhereart: line art Ecto-1 (Ecto-1)
Also alt tag (my terminology is rusty) your icons so the screenreaders have something to say about your piccie.

Date: 2019-01-12 02:58 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] peoriapeoriawhereart
peoriapeoriawhereart: Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster (Janine)
Yes. It's nice when the site itself helps promote good accessibility practices.

Date: 2019-01-11 11:23 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] jjhunter
jjhunter: translucent chess pieces on board with king knocked over in defeat; text says, "I make icons now (icons are cool)" (maker of icons)
Ooo, shiny! Do you have any alt text you'd recommend to go along with this?

Date: 2019-01-12 02:42 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] jjhunter
jjhunter: Dreamwidth logo, with the caption "I wanted to have a protest icon too (what are we protesting this week again?)" (protest)
Heh; thank you!

*catches the fire*

Date: 2019-01-12 03:01 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] peoriapeoriawhereart
peoriapeoriawhereart: blond and brunet men peer intently (Napoleon & Illya peer)
They are glass chess pieces, yes? It's a little harder when there is text and image but I can't recall the actual limit.

Date: 2019-01-12 03:19 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] jjhunter
jjhunter: Eleventh Doctor with Stensen; clock hovers over one shoulder, skulls over the other; lighting is dim and cool (timelord)
They are! My early adventures in icon making were not well grounded in how to resize to 100x100 in a way that would still hang onto a good level of resolution when they got uploaded as icons, but I had fun with it anyway.

Date: 2019-01-12 03:30 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] peoriapeoriawhereart
peoriapeoriawhereart: very British officer in sweater (Brigader gets the job done)
So, for the alt text I'd go with stating the image and the text on it.

yay, fun had!

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