L I F E IS D O L C E - graphics by glimmerless

ICONS

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:14:22 GMT

35 ICONS
+ Twilight Cast
+ Saoirse Ronan
+ Taylor Swift
+ Keira Knightley

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ICONS

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:54:28 GMT

35 ICONS
+ Gossip Girl Cast
+ Twilight

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ICONS

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:12:01 GMT

45 ICONS
+ Taylor Swift
+ Gossip Girl
+ Actresses Rose Bryne, Kristen Bell, Jennifer Morrison, Keira Knightley, Shenae Grimes

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TEXTURES 31: TINY TEXT

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:05:35 GMT

11 100x100 textures

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TEXTURES 30: DREAMY

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:30:38 GMT

8 100x100 textures

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TEXTURES 29: DREAMY

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:33:54 GMT

8 100x100 textures

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TUTORIALS 11 & 12: AMERICA & ROSE

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:12:30 GMT

>> Made in PS CS 2
>> Difficulty = Medium
>> Involves Selective Colouring, Levels, Flood Fills
>> NOT TRANSLATABLE! SORRY!

>>>

Both of these icons were requested and I didn't keep the exact PSD, thus the colouring is not exactly the same, but it's pretty similar so it's fine. This is the technique I've been using for most of my icons these days. Every now and then I'll do something different, but it's essentially the same. The main reason I couldn't duplicate it exactly was that I never actually pay attention to the numbers I using in my adjustment levels- it's just whatever looks best.

Personal remarks are in italics. All images are different; so please keep that in mind.

Thank you and enjoy!

Requested by: ilovessyou

01 // Start with your image.
I personally don't like to use the selection tool and then copy and paste. Instead, I like to have a blank 100x100 canvas and then move the full sized image around, so I can get the best cropping. Totally up to you

02 // Create levels adjustment layer.
This what I always do to all my images. It really makes a difference and makes it easier to work with..

RGB: 11, 1.30 244

03 // Ah yes. Now time for the tool I adore. Create a Selective Colouring adjustment layer. My settings;
REDS: -100, +30, +25, 0
YELLOWS: -29, -40, +18
WHITES: +100, -32, -49

04 // I wanted to bring out more of the cyan in the background and make the icon more vibrant so more selective colouring!! Create a Selective Colouring adjustment layer. My settings;
REDS: -55, +7, +10, 0
CYANS: +100, -54, -54
NEUTRALS: +15

05 // Create an empty layer, and fill it with #6a590c and set to Exclusion, Opacity 10%.

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06 // I then went back to the orignal layer, duplicated it and sharpened it slightly.

N.B This colouring really brings out the yellow and red in the image, it's probably not flattering for all images.

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01 // Start with your image.

02 // Create levels adjustment layer.

RGB: 10, 1.49, 232

03 // Create a Selective Colouring adjustment layer. My settings;
REDS: -100, +13, +13, 0
YELLOWS: -16, +12, +8
WHITES: +100, -100, -100

04 // Create an empty layer, and fill it with #6a590c and set to Exclusion, Opacity 10%.

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05 // Add this texture by xswaniconsx and set it to Lighten.
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06 // I then went back to the orignal layer, duplicated it and sharpened it slightly.

AND YOU ARE DONE!

Just to emphasise. TRIAL AND ERROR IS THE WAY TO GO!

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ICONS

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:11:12 GMT

25 ICONS
+ Actresses Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Rose Byrne, Blake Lively, Clemence Poesy
+ Taylor Swift

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TEXTURES 28: WATERCOLOURS

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:20:18 GMT

5 100x100 and 9 medium sized textures

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QUICK REMINDER

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:32:41 GMT

Hey Guys!

It's the term break and I have a two week holiday from school thus this community should be picking up a little in activity.

Quick reminder to people. If you are downloading my textures please comment. I mean I don't expect everyone to, but it's a little weird when only 5 people comment yet there are like 31 downloads. I don't check DA very often, thus I use comments to determine which textures people like and what they don't etc.

Two more texture sets are coming. They are already made, I just need to upload them and whatnot.

Cheers.

TEXTURES 27: MISC

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:32:41 GMT

8 100x100 textures.

Honestly I don't like these much. I don't even KNOW how people might use them. Yea.

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TEXTURES 26: HANDWRITTEN

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:17:26 GMT

5 400x300 texture PLUS 05 100x100 textures.

These aren't very good I'm afraid. I'm lacking ideas for textures... and frankly I should be studying. If you like them, then all's well.. if not *shrugs*

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ICONS

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:14:48 GMT

44 ICONS
+ Actresses Dakota Fanning, Ellen Page, Saoirse Ronan, Keira Knightley, Jessica Stroup
+ 90210
+ Wall-E

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Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:38:35 GMT

40 ICONS
+ Actresses Rachel Weisz, Elle Fanning, Keira Knightley, Dakota Fanning, Abigail Breslin, Kristen Stewart, Saoirse Ronan, Skye McCole Bartusiak
+ Taken

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HIATUS

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:56:07 GMT

I am on hiatus again. Yes sorry guys, it feels like I'm on it every second week or something. But it's just that I have my yearly exams in less than two weeks, and they are really important.

Sadly, school comes first.

Take care.

--mia

ICONS

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:26:02 GMT

30 ICONS
+ Actresses Keira Knightley, Emily Browning, Taylor Momsen, Emily Deschanel
+ The Duchess
+ Cold Case

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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:36:55 GMT

30 ICONS
+ Actresses Evan Rachel Wood, Kerri Russell, Kristen Stewart, Danielle Chuchran, Georgie Henley
+ Twilight
+ Cold Case

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OFF HIATUS

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:11:42 GMT

Yes guys, I'm off hiatus ♥. But I'm still quite busy with school, so don't expect a bunch of stuff to just pop up =]

Anyway just a little rant. I've been noticing this lately, and honestly whilst I can see why people might do it, I frankly wont.

Lately, it seems more communities are having entries set as private, putting passwords for textures, etc. For future reference, I won't be undertaking these measures yet [especially not the first one]. And yes I did say that this was a rant, but I feel personally feel it is annoying having people locking their entries, say after a day or so, because honestly it annoys me when I'm looking through icon communites [like iconlounge] through entries that have been posted months ago, and I feel frustrated when I need to join just to see maybe the handful of icons. Sure, I have no problem if I really like the artist's work, but honestly..idk. It bugs me. I don't want to feel like I'm FORCING people to join just so that I get large memberlist (which I know some people like that, hence they lock everything).

And as for textures, I won't be doing that [mainly because I don't know how], but whilst I do adore getting comments on my textures [and I know I get more download hits than comments] I haven't found this measure to be absolutely necessary as of yet.

Hope everyone is having a lovely Sunday. ♥

Cheers.

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