enhancing your journal

Solardust Sale!

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:43:29 GMT

I know I haven't posted any icons in a while, but I thought some of you might like to know about my sale over at my online store.....

SOLARDUST IS HAVING A SALE!

All accessories, gifts, and bath & body products are currently on sale for 25% off when you purchase $25 in those categories. There are tons of fun items, many of them handmade, that are currently on sale. This is a great time to stock up on Winter Holiday gifts while you have the chance!

Visit the Solardust Emporium and SAVE!

Natalie Portman

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 05:03:01 GMT

Six Natalie Portman icons tonight.

Rules:
-- Comment
-- Credit
-- NO HOTLINKING
-- Textless icons are NOT bases. These have been digitally manipulated and use subtle textures to enhance the colors. Please do not modify.

Teaser:

1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6.

Coming up next: I am redoing my old Star Trek: First Contact icons. I made the old ones two years ago, and frankly, they're awful! Now that I know quite a bit more about Photoshop, I'm redoing them, since ST:FC is one of my favorite movies. The icon I'm using on this post is one of the remade icons.

HP-inspired and Misc icons

Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:49:42 GMT

The following icons are inspired by Harry Potter, describing various disciplines or places within the HP world, though they use no images from the HP movies. There are also a couple of misc icons at the bottom. All stock images were found at veer.com.

Rules:
- Comment
- Credit
- Don't Hotlink

Teasers:

HARRY POTTER INSPIRED

1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24.
25. 26. 27.

MISC ICONS

28. 29. 30. 31.
32.

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:15:30 GMT

OMFG AN ICON POST

Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:25:11 GMT

Your eyes have not deceived you. I am, in fact, posting icons.

I have some new space icons and some Florida nature icons featuring the work of John Moran. I actually made some bases from his photos a few years ago, but I've spruced them up to look pretty, since I actually know what I'm doing in PS these days. :P

RULES:
1. Comment
2. Credit
3. No hotlinking

teasers:

SPACE

1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.

teasers:

JOHN MORAN PHOTOS
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19.

Solardust items RSS feed!

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:10:15 GMT

solardust_items

Lots of fun HP inspired jewelry/gifts!

Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:51:16 GMT

SOLARDUST.COM

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 03:09:49 GMT

Hi guys! I've added some new stuff to my online store recently. Hope you don't mind a little ad here and there. :)

The Solardust Emporium
Lots of great sale items available!

HP: 50 things I should not do at Hogwarts

Sun, 23 Oct 2005 05:11:55 GMT

It's been a long time since I've posted any icons, but I couldn't resist making some from the quotes I found over at atalantapendrag's "50 Things I should not do at Hogwarts" post (click here to read it). So, here you are - 40 wonderful HP icons!

Rules:
-- Comment
-- Credit gegenschein
-- Do not hotlink, alter, or claim as your own!
-- Visit my online store where you can find fun handmade HP stuff: solardust.com! :)

Preview:

1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24.
25. 26. 27. 28.
29. 30. 31. 32.
33. 34. 35. 36.
37. 38. 39. 40.

Harry Potter Sorting

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 23:21:18 GMT

Hi everyone! No, this is not an icon post. I unfortunately haven't had much Photoshop time lately though I hope that'll change! I am posting because I recently found a new community that I want to pimp to you. :)

If you love Harry Potter & want to join a great and hopefully drama-free sorting community, head on over to hr_sorting and fill out the application for Hogwarts Rising, the best up-and-coming sorting community on LiveJournal! Two friends of mine run it, and I think it's going to be great. I'm a Slytherin on there. If you join, please let them know that I referred you.

Have a great weekend!
-Karen

Now Open!

Sun, 02 Oct 2005 15:40:18 GMT

Hi Guys! This is not icon related (my computer crashed last month and I lost some stuff, so I'm taking a little icon break), but as some of you who read my LJ know, my husband & I are opening an online boutique. I would love it if you took a look, and please consider buying something! Many of my items make great birthday or Holiday gifts, and Christmas/Hanukkah is right around the corner!!

SOLARDUST.COM

Memories

Sun, 07 Aug 2005 18:05:52 GMT

Just wanted to let everyone know that I've completely revamped the memories section, so if you're looking for a special icon, you can now find it much easier.

HP fantasy casting icons

Sat, 06 Aug 2005 20:19:43 GMT

Here are some fantasy casting icons of Harry Potter characters. Yes, it's mostly Bellatrix Lestrange, but there's also a few of the other two Black sisters, Narcissa & Andromeda, as well Nymphadora Tonks.

-- Comment
-- Credit gegenschein/counterglow
-- No hotlinking or editing blank icons

Teasers:

1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24.
25. 26. 27. 28.
29. 30. 31. 32.

Scribble Brushes for Photoshop CS

Thu, 04 Aug 2005 04:56:11 GMT

At long last, a new brush set: fifty hand-drawn scribbles for Photoshop CS! These brushes were made using my Wacom Intuos3 6x8 tablet.

Please credit gegenschein somewhere, at least in your resource post if you have one.

DOWNLOAD THE .ABR
DOWNLOAD THE IMAGEPACK (thanks to setsunamew for making the zip!)

15 HP icons

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 13:39:21 GMT

Here are 15 Harry Potter icons from Prisoner of Azkaban. Almost all of them are entries for my elite100 challenge! Enjoy. :)

- Comment
- Credit gegenschein/counterglow
- No hotlinking or editing images

Teasers:

1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15.

Huge Harry Potter Icon Post!!

Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:32:47 GMT

It has been quite a long time since I've made a post here, but boy do I have a lot to offer today.

- Comment
- Credit gegenschein OR counterglow
- No hotlinking

Previews:

1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24.
25. 26. 27. 28.
29. 30. 31. 32.

33. 34. 35. 36.
37. 38. 39. 40
41. 42. 43. 44.
45. 46. 47. 48.
49. 50. 51. 52.
53. 54. 55. 56.
57. 58. 59. 60.
61. 62. 63.

Natalie Portman icons

Fri, 22 Apr 2005 22:12:42 GMT

- No hotlinking
- Textless icons are not bases
- Please comment/credit gegenschein or counterglow
- Visit my website at siren.org

Teasers:

1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12.

And some Natalie Portman house pride icons for Harry Potter fans!
13. 14. 15. 16.

Bye, bye hotlinkers.

Sun, 03 Apr 2005 19:23:01 GMT

Well, I sure hope that no one is hotlinking from my site, because if they are, they will now see this:

Sorry to my Slytherin friends, but that expression on Alan's face was just great! Thanks to my wonderful husband, I now have a hotlink deterrent set up. Goodbye forever, hotlinkers!

And NO, before anyone asks, that is NOT a shareable icon. It exists solely to protect me from hotlinkers. Do not use it for yourself.

Goblet of Fire icons

Sun, 03 Apr 2005 02:52:27 GMT

As you can see, Hermione is my favorite character. :) Hope you like these icons.

1. Don't ask - take!
2. No hotlinking!!!
3. Credit gegenschein or counterglow

Teasers:

1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.

Happy Icon Maker's Appreciation Day 2005!

Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:49:37 GMT

As promised, here are my icons! Unfortunately I didn't get to do all the requests that were made because I started a new job and suddenly didn't have any time, and I definitely didn't make it to 100 - I ended up with fifty images: 49 icons and 1 friends-only banner. Oh well. At least I tried. I hope that you enjoy these, regardless!!

Here are a couple of teasers:

Battlestar Galactica

1. 2. 3. 4.

Emma Watson

5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10.

Firefly

11. 12. 13. 14.
15. 16. 17. 18.
19. 20. 21. 22.
23. 24. 25. 26.

Keira Knightley

27. 28. 29. 30.
31. 32. 33. 34.
35. 36. 37. 38.
39. 40. 41. 42.
43.

Friends-only banner:

Snape/Hermione Shippers

44. 45. 46. 47.
48. 49.

Long time, no post

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 03:20:46 GMT

Hey everyone, I'm sorry that I haven't been posting anything lately! I will have some icons to post at the end of the month, though not 100 as I had originally wanted. I just started a new job one week ago, & it's taking up a lot of time! I hope that once things calm down, I'll be able to spend some more time making icons, but for now you'll just have to wait until Icon Maker's Appreciation Day on March 31 for my next big icon post! Hope everyone's having a great March!

Battlestar Galactica!

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 03:24:08 GMT

- NO HOTLINKING!
- DO NOT MODIFY ICONS!
- Comment & CREDIT gegenschein or counterglow
- Visit my icon website.
- Enjoy!

Teasers:

1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12.

NOW TAKING REQUESTS/SUGGESTIONS!!

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:04:58 GMT

Hello dear readers! As I posted before, I plan on doing something special for Icon Maker Appreciation Day, which is coming up on March 31. I'm going to work on a huge set of (multi-fandom) icons for a 100-icon post!

Don't worry, I'll probably post other icons between now and then, but I wanted to get ideas from the people in my community on what fandoms, characters, or celebrities you want me to icon for my megapost.

Many of you have been with me from the start and know what kinds of subjects I like, so please try to stay as close to my interests as possible when you make a suggestion, as actually *knowing* about the fandom or subject makes it easier to make icons from it. :)

So, this is your chance to make requests or suggestions. Of course, there's no guarantee that I'm definitely going to icon everything that you suggest, but I certainly will consider everything! Thank you!

Icon Maker Appreciation Day

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 04:47:53 GMT

Hello community members! Last year, we all celebrated Icon Maker Appreciation Day on March 31, and we'd like to bring it back and turn it into an annual tradition! We all had a lot of fun last year working on special icon projects as well as making awards and posts to thank our icon-making friends for the time that they've put into making those wonderful 100x100 userpics for all of LiveJournal to enjoy. We want this year's I.M.A.D. to be even better than the first, so please remember to make a special post on March 31st!

Emma Watson/Hermione icons

Sun, 20 Feb 2005 18:51:50 GMT

-- NO HOTLINKING
-- DO NOT MODIFY TEXTLESS ICONS
-- COMMENT & CREDIT gegenschein or counterglow

Included in this batch are icons featuring Emma Watson, one of Emma & Rupert Grint, and a pair of Hermione/Snape shipper icons.

TEASERS:

EMMA WATSON:
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6.

EMMA & RUPERT:
7. 8.

HERMIONE/SNAPE SHIPPER:
9. 10.