I spent a while going through John Howe's web site, and have three Lord of the Rings icons behind the cut.
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Sources:
1. http://www.john-howe.com/portfolio/gallery/details.php?image_id=120
2. http://www.john-howe.com/portfolio/gallery/details.php?image_id=78
3. http://www.john-howe.com/portfolio/gallery/details.php?image_id=1885
For public use if credited to John Howe and linked back to his site as described by his FAQ.
(Not that many, but I was also watching Homicide's sniper episodes; I made a few more, but I'm keeping them for myself. Also, I'm not quite willing to startle people as much as that last one probably would. => )
--Trent
In other words, no good reason, I guess.
I perfectly well understand mulish resistance, mind, so I'm not urging you to get an LJ. But if you do, let me know.
From what I've seen, LJ does a number of things pretty well. Free-flowing, long-running conversation that Usenet handled with ease just isn't really one of them...which is not to try to denigrate the (often high, I'm sure) quality of some of the conversations it does manage to host.
But this lament is misplaced, so.
Maybe I will get an account, one day Real Soon Now.
--Trent
What wonderful icons, I shall certainly look forward to using one or more of them.