LOLsaints
Consider this a bonus post for this week, especially since it's rather off topic :)
August is traditionally "silly season" in the newspaper biz -- when a dearth of the usual news means journalists are scrambling for stories, and things that wouldn't ordinarily get noticed make headlines.
I've been amusing myself recently creating "LOLsaints" -- analagous to LOLcats. Actually, I would have thought that LOLsaints were an obvious development. I'm amazed no one else seems to be doing them yet.
I have more ideas than this, but here's a start. Anyone should feel free to copy and use these icons (though obviously, not to commercialize them).




EDIT: Oops, forgot one:

Both large (300x300 pixels) and small versions of all of these are available on my Flickr page.
August is traditionally "silly season" in the newspaper biz -- when a dearth of the usual news means journalists are scrambling for stories, and things that wouldn't ordinarily get noticed make headlines.
I've been amusing myself recently creating "LOLsaints" -- analagous to LOLcats. Actually, I would have thought that LOLsaints were an obvious development. I'm amazed no one else seems to be doing them yet.
I have more ideas than this, but here's a start. Anyone should feel free to copy and use these icons (though obviously, not to commercialize them).




EDIT: Oops, forgot one:

Both large (300x300 pixels) and small versions of all of these are available on my Flickr page.
Labels: saints



8 Comments:
These are awesome! Thank you.
In the same vein, I have seen medieval LOL poets here http://irisbleu.livejournal.com/1456789.html
Regards,
Mona/Katelijne
great stuff!
Ha! Excellent...I'm seeing a pre-conversion Augustine:
Iz in ur gardn stealin ur pairz
I thought I was pretty well up on my saints for a non-Catholic, but I'm afraid I don't know what all the disembodied eyes are about. Can anyone enlighten me?
Disembodied eyes usually belong to Saint Lucy. However the eyes perched on a book in this set actually come from a painting identified as Saint Odilia, who I hadn't previously encountered.
Absolutely the silliest disembodied eyes I've ever encountered are these, from a painting by Lorenzo Lotto.
The eyes are "hovering" above a dish in the lower right corner; here's an enlargement.
These are just amazingly great.
Fabulz!!!!! I think I will steal the entire set.
I would send you some beads but Daughter got them already ...
Awesome! I didn't even notice this posting until today; I just created a new website, www.lolsaints.com, and am planning on making a new LOLSaint each day!
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