illusoir_icons - graphics by firstillusion

31 May 2009 @ 03:03 pm

33 icons, 06 banners: fashion, Gossip Girl, Kirsten Dunst, Secret Diary of a Call Girl

33 icons
14 x fashion: Kirsten Dunst for Lula, Megan McNierney, random models
12 x Gossip Girl
07 x Secret Diary of a Call Girl

06 banners
06 x fashion: Kirsten Dunst for Lula, Megan McNierney, random models

01 wallpaper
01 x fashion (1024x768 / 800x600)

Preview:

( 33 icons, 06 banners )

Would you like to see something? If you're a member, you can leave a suggestion here and I'll see what I can do.

Please comment, I'd really love to know what you think.
Please credit by putting

firstillusion in your keywords. Not sure how? Learn here.
Please do not hotlink. Save them to your computer and then upload to your own hosting server (for example, Photobucket, ImageShack).
Textless icons are not bases.

Feel free to friend the community for updates.

Tags: banners, fashion, gossip girl, icons, kirsten dunst, secret diary of a call girl

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firstillusion

30 March 2009 @ 10:51 pm

42 icons, 5 banners: fashion, Merlin, Gossip Girl, Rose McGowan

Long time no see. If anyone knows how to get your MacBook colour settings to match the internet/Windows settings, please let me know!

42 icons
11 x fashion
03 x Rose McGowan
14 x Merlin
14 x Gossip Girl

05 banners
05 x fashion

Preview:

( 42 icons, 5 banners )

Would you like to see something? If you're a member, you can leave a suggestion here and I'll see what I can do.

Please comment, I'd really love to know what you think.
Please credit by putting

firstillusion in your keywords. Not sure how? Learn here.
Please do not hotlink. Save them to your computer and then upload to your own hosting server (for example, Photobucket, ImageShack).
Textless icons are not bases.

Feel free to friend the community for updates.

Tags: banners, fashion, gossip girl, icons, merlin, rose mcgowan

Current Mood:

okay

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firstillusion

23 March 2009 @ 10:56 pm

Recap/picspam Gossip Girl 2.18 - The age of dissonance

Unlike Sirius Black, I have come back from behind the curtain. The curtain here being having switched from a laptop with Windows to a MacBook with Mac OSX. The problem? My monitor settings are the devil's spawn and won't let me make decent graphics. I'm still fighting, so I apologise for the quality of the images behind the cut.

But I just couldn't do a recap without visual evidence of how bad it was.

Let's take a look, shall we? Be warned, it's bitchy at times.

( Gossip Girl recap/picspam 2.18 - The Age of Dissonance )

Enjoy and please leave me a comment to let me know what you thought about things! :)

Tags: gossip girl, picspam

Current Mood:

annoyed

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firstillusion

10 January 2009 @ 09:27 pm

Recap/picspam Gossip Girl 2.14 - In the Realm of the Basses

Happy New Year everyone, and let's get back to the UES to see how everyone's doing, shall we?

( Gossip Girl recap/picspam 2.14 - In the realm of the Basses )

The caps are by

luux_lu, but I did the cleaning up and the colouring. Therefore I'd appreciate it if you let me know when you want to take any of the images and credit me for them, I spent a lot of time on this. Thanks in advance.

Enjoy and please leave me a comment to let me know what you thought about things! :)

Tags: gossip girl, picspam

Current Mood:

complacent

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firstillusion

07 January 2009 @ 07:54 pm

30 icons, 06 banners: fashion, Gossip Girl, Angelina Jolie, stock

30 icons
19 x fashion
02 x Angelina Jolie
09 x Gossip Girl

06 headers & banners
02 x stock
04 x Gossip Girl Vitamin Water party

Preview:

( 30 icons, 6 headers/banners )

Would you like to see something? If you're a member, you can leave a suggestion here and I'll see what I can do.

Please comment, I'd really love to know what you think.
Please credit. Don't know how? Learn here.
Please do not hotlink. Save them to your computer and then upload to your own hosting server (for example, Photobucket, ImageShack).
Textless icons are not bases.

Feel free to friend the community for updates.

Tags: angelina jolie, banners, fashion, gossip girl, gossip girl cast, headers, icons, stock

Current Mood:

sore

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firstillusion

30 December 2008 @ 05:27 pm

100 members

Wow, you guys. Somewhere over Christmas, this little community reached over 100 members & watchers. Thank you so much for sticking with me and for all your lovely comments.

Because of this (and because I'm lacking the time to find inspiration, but shh, don't tell that to anyone!), I'm pointing out this post where you can make a suggestion/request if you like.

Thanks again!

Tags: 100 members

Current Mood:

giddy

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firstillusion

10 December 2008 @ 10:56 pm

27 icons: Gossip Girl, Merlin

Only a small batch, but

coldwriter asked for Dorota icons, so I made a few and I didn't want to wait longer posting them. This post also holds my first few Merlin icons, which I'm strangely nervous about.

xmisscherry, I'm working on your request. :)

27 icons
06 x Merlin
10 x Gossip Girl: Dorota
11 x Gossip Girl: Blair, the girls, Chuck

Preview:

( 27 icons )

Please comment, I'd really love to know what you think.
Please credit. Don't know how? Learn here.
Please do not hotlink. Save them to your computer and then upload to your own hosting server (for example, Photobucket, ImageShack).
Textless icons are not bases.

If you have any requests, don't hesitate to ask here and I'll see what I can do.

Feel free to friend the community for updates.

Tags: gossip girl, icons, merlin, wallpapers

Current Mood:

nervous

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firstillusion

30 November 2008 @ 06:42 pm

Basic guide to vibrant colouring for Gossip Girl

Want to make graphics with colours like these? This is your tutorial!

I've received requests for tutorials for the colouring of my Gossip Girl icons and picspams. I don't give .psd's or just lists with numbers, because I firmly believe in learning to do something yourself. Quick fixes are a no-go with me. So instead (also because my colouring is pretty general) I offer you my basic colouring guide for Photoshop CS.

( Basic guide to natural, vibrant colouring. Warning! Long! Elaborate! )

Please don't take these images without asking me first, thanks!

If you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask!

Tags: gossip girl, tutorials

Current Mood:

good

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firstillusion

30 November 2008 @ 10:43 am

Suggestion post

This is exactly what it says it is:

Everyone who's a watcher/member of this little community can comment with a suggestion of what they'd like to see from me. This can be general ("I wish you'd make Harry Potter icons"/"Could you do some Doctor Who icons?") or more specific and provide pictures (but never hotlink).

You can make a real request ("I'd like an icon from this picture with this text"), but I can't promise you I'll do it. I'll do it if I think it's a good idea, if I have the time and if I think I can actually do it. (Some things I can do, some things I'm really bad at or are just not my thing, like manga.)

Hence, the name Suggestion Post. :)

This was inspired by two things: 1) I have great difficulty getting out of my 'comfort zone' when it comes to iconing things, meaning I tend to do only things I love myself. So with this, I hope some of you can bring me some inspiration

2) The actual format of this post was completely inspired by

starsburn.

Comments are screened for your privacy.

Tags: suggestion post

Current Mood:

energetic

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firstillusion

24 November 2008 @ 02:24 pm

41 icons: Gossip Girl, fashion, Twilight premiere, Keira Knightley

41 icons
04 x Keira Knightley
08 x Twilight premiere (Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Nikki Reed)
09 x Fashion (Marilyn Agency models)
20 x Gossip Girl, Blair (+ Chuck, Serena, Jenny)

Preview:

( 41 icons )

Please comment, I'd really love to know what you think. :)
Please credit. Don't know how? Learn here.
Please do not hotlink. Save them to your computer and then upload to your own hosting server (for example, Photobucket, ImageShack).
Textless icons are not bases.

If you have any requests, don't hesitate to ask and I'll see what I can do. :)

Feel free to friend the community for updates. :)

Tags: fashion, gossip girl, gossip girl cast, icons, keira knightley, twilight cast

Current Mood:

cold

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firstillusion

17 November 2008 @ 10:08 pm

Recap/picspam Gossip Girl 2.10 - Bonfire of the Vanity

It's been a while, but I'm back. As you might know, my picspams were hotlinked before, so I feel rather apprehensive about doing another recap/picspam, but then again, I love them so much and I got a lot of requests for them - so here's my take on 2.10 Bonfire of the Vanity. :)

( Recap/picspam Gossip Girl 2.10 - Bonfire of the Vanity )

The caps are by

luux_lu this time, but I still did the cleaning up and the colouring. Therefore I'd appreciate it if you let me know when you want to take any of the images and credit me for them, I spent a lot of time on them. Thanks in advance.

Enjoy and please leave me a comment to let me know what you thought about things! :)

Tags: gossip girl, picspam

Current Mood:

sleepy

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firstillusion

09 November 2008 @ 04:27 pm

Icons, banners, wallpapers: Gossip Girl (+cast), Keira Knightley, Clémence Poésy, fashion

31 icons
02 x fashion
09 x actresses (Clémence Poésy, Keira Knightley)
20 x Gossip Girl (various episodes season 1 and 2), Gossip Girl cast at Vitamin Water party

07 banners/Friends Only banners/wallpapers (+ variations)
06 x Gossip Girl
01 x Keira Knightley

Preview:

( 31 icons, 5 banners/wallpapers )

Please comment, I'd really love to know what you think. :)
Please credit. Don't know how? Learn here.
Please do not hotlink. Save them to your computer and then upload to your own hosting server (for example, Photobucket, ImageShack)

Please don't edit the banners other than resize them when necessary. (If you have any requests, don't hesitate to ask and I'll see what I can do.) :)

Feel free to friend the community for updates. :)

Tags: banners, blake lively, clémence poésy, fashion, gossip girl, gossip girl cast, icons, keira knightley, leighton meester, taylor momsen, wallpapers

Current Mood:

refreshed

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firstillusion

15 October 2008 @ 07:24 pm

Icons & banners: Gossip Girl (+cast), Keira Knightley, Clémence Poésy, fashion

Well, I'm back. I've tried spreading my icons to prevent my community from looking like a Photobucket advertisement, but please remember to save graphics to your computer and upload them to your own hosting site. It really saves graphics makers a lot of trouble and sadness. :)

On to more fun business:

40 icons
02 x fashion
05 x actresses (Clémence Poésy, Keira Knightley)
33 x Gossip Girl (various episodes season 1 and 2), Gossip Girl cast

02 banners
02 x Gossip Girl

Preview:

( icons )

Please comment, I'd really love to know what you think. :)
Please credit. Don't know how? Learn here.
Please do not hotlink. Save them to your computer and then upload to your own hosting server (for example, Photobucket, ImageShack)

Please don't edit the banners other than resize them when necessary. (If you have any requests, don't hesitate to ask and I'll see what I can do.) :)

Feel free to friend the community for updates. :)

Tags: banners, clémence poésy, fashion, gossip girl, gossip girl cast, icons, keira knightley

Current Mood:

mellow

63 comments | Leave a comment

firstillusion

25 September 2008 @ 09:54 am

Thanks a lot!

Take a look at this community. See all those Photobucket signs saying something about bandwidth exceeding?

That's what happens when you use one of my images and link to it instead of saving it to you computer and then uploading it to your own site.

Thanks to someone or several someones who are stealing my bandwidth by doing this, I now have to re-upload everything somewhere and start every single graphic I made all over again.

Thanks a lot, whoever it is that's doing this!

So, once again - here's how you use someone's graphics:

Right-click on the image and select the option that lets you save the image on your computer. You then go to your own Photobucket, ImageShack, whatever hosting site it is you want to use (they're completely free, you guys!) and upload the image yourself. Then you use the link from your own hosting site to show the image on your LJ.

Anything other than that is hotlinking - and it's bad.

:(

Current Mood:

sad

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firstillusion

21 September 2008 @ 12:27 pm

Recap/picspam Gossip Girl 2.03 - The Dark Night

I promised a recap/picspam for episode 2.03 - The Dark Night and here it is.

I was rather busy this week but because I wanted to get this out to you as quickly as possible, the images are slightly smaller than usual. There's still lots of them, though - accompanied by my thoughts on the happenings.

( Recap/piscpam Gossip Girl 2.03 - The Dark Night )

The caps are by

phoenixothon this time, but I still did the cleaning up and the colouring. Therefore I'd appreciate it if you let me know when you want to take any of the images and credit me for them, I spent a lot of time on them. Thanks in advance.

Enjoy and please leave me a comment to let me know what you thought about things! :)

Tags: gossip girl, picspam

Current Mood:

cold

Current Music: Striptease - Hawksley workman

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firstillusion

14 September 2008 @ 11:42 am

Recap/picspam Gossip Girl 2.02 - Never been Marcused

And we’re back!

Welcome to my second Gossip Girl recap/picspam: 2.02 Never been Marcused. Since a lot of people enjoyed the first one – and I had tons of fun making it – I’m doing another one.

Warning: this is very image heavy. Since a lot of time and effort has been put into these images, I ask that you do not use them without my permission. Do you want to make icons out of them? Great, but please ask me first and then credit

marishna for the caps and

firstillusion for the colouring. Thanks in advance!

Now that’s done, let’s get to the episode, shall we?

( Gossip Girl episode 2.02 Never been Marcused recap/picspam )

Tags: gossip girl, picspam

Current Mood:

sleepy

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firstillusion

10 September 2008 @ 10:10 pm

Please

I'm sorry to bother you with this non-graphic post, but I really want something cleared up.

I just found out that someone made icons out of the images from my recent Gossip Girl picspam without crediting me.

If you want to use the images from my picspam, please ASK. I'm not opposed to people making icons out of them, but I'd like to know you're doing it. I promise you I'll hardly ever say no (only for example, when you're a known maker of sexual manips and you want to use my images for that).

And then, when you post your icons, all I ask that you put this line on the bottom of your post:

Original images were made by marishna (caps) and firstillusion (colouring).

To me, this is just common decency and I'm sure to nearly all of you, it is as well. A lot of time and effort was spent on the original, bland screencaps into the images you see in the picspam. I love it if you like them and want to use them, but please, give me some credit for my work as well. That's all I ask. :)

Thank you for your understanding.

Tags: announcement

Current Mood:

sad

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