new icon journal |
[11 Jul 2005|12:28pm] |
Just in case there's anyone still hanging around here that hasn't picked up the news yet, I have moved over to theoldvicarage - all my icons and other graphics will be posted there from now on. It's a friends only journal however so you will need to comment on the first post on there to be added. Thank you! xxx
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Requests |
[13 Jun 2005|12:57am] |
I'm quite bored, wanting to make icons but I'm bored with all my pictures. So I have decided to open up another requests post! If you want me to accept your request, you have to follow the rules. Hee, I am strict. Sort of.
Your request must include:
- the URL of the picture you want. No actual images, just the URL.
- any text you wish to use. Please don't have any sequences that are too long, it makes my brain hurt. I'm useless with text.
- any specifics. Particular style I've used in the past? Particular colours? brushes? anything?
I'd rather not make icons with anything that may be seen as offensive on or anything. I just don't feel comfortable with it. I suppose you can say I have the right to turn anything down. Which I do.
ETA: No new requests please! I've suddenly found myself quite busy and with little muse. This always happens at the most inopportune moments.
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Carole Lombard, Marlene Dietrich and Jean Harlow |
[07 Jun 2005|04:32pm] |
I want to do a series of icons featuring lots of different classic actresses, some of which I've never iconed before. First lot: Carole Lombard, Marlene Dietrich and Jean Harlow, three lovely ladies of the 1930s. If anyone has any specific suggestions for future posts, let me know. I have ideas for two sets but I'm open to more.
Rules: Remember to credit and comment if you take anything, don't hotlink or customise a thing. Thanks!
Teasers:

( Satin and lace, I used to call her funny faceCollapse )
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Marilyn Monroe |
[01 Jun 2005|10:48pm] |
So here it is at last! My big Marilyn post. I've been working on them this afternoon (although not that much, I've been looking after my seven year old nephew which makes work hard) and of course for the last fortnight or so and they're finally ready for Marilyn's birthday which is today - 79 year since she was born back in 1926. Yey. The styles in here are SO mixed. I personally like the ones I made today best. The last few. So yes. I hope you enjoy them. Oh and there are... 46 I think.
Remember to credit and comment, don't hotlink AT ALL and don't customise. Thanks!
Teasers:

( The way you're acting lately makes me doubtCollapse )
ETA: Looks like my Photobucket is back up! Yey!
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[27 May 2005|04:41pm] |
My Photobucket's bandwidth has just exceeded. Literally just now. So my icons are going to be down until I can get them a new home which may take a while.
But the main thing I want to say is this - it looks like they're down due to hotlinkers. Comparing the stats and all that. My account is relatively new, it was only created at the beginning of March, and I used other accounts for a lot longer than this without the bandwidth exceeding. Almost all of my non-icon pictures are uploaded onto other servers because I want to save the bandwidth and whatnot. So I really can't see how it can be possible for it to be any other way. The amount of hits I've received are phenomenal.
So yes, I just want to remind everyone not to hotlink ever. Not from me, not from anyone else. I'm glad that I'm not paying for this bandwidth or I'd be losing money. Everyone who does is spoiling it for other people. People can't see my icons and the hotlinkers obviously can't as well. So yes, I'm pretty annoyed.
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Audrey Hepburn |
[16 May 2005|09:11pm] |
Felt like making some Audrey icons, so why not? I've become more of a fan of hers than I had been before whilst making these - I went on many picture searches and stopped by some websites that I'd never been to and found out some new things! So... I don't know what that proves really, but here we go. I've really been overusing techniques, styles, brushes, fonts and textures on these, but then when don't I? Also, this is my biggest set in ages. Inspired by Saturday Night Fry which is weird as I don't think these bear any resemblance to that radio show, but... I can't make icons without listening to it at the moment =/
- You must comment if you take anything. - Do not customise anything. Textless icons are not bases. - CREDIT ME! don't forget the underscore. - Don't hotlink.
Teasers:

( One in a millionCollapse )
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Grace Kelly |
[15 May 2005|03:26am] |
I told you all I'd be back with a Grace set! I never lie ;) I changed styles two icons in, hahah. Very happy with some of them, not so happy with others. It's also a very colourful set! I love colours. Not sure why her hair is so pink in some of them though =/ These icons were brought into the world with the help of Saturday Night Fry and diet cola with lemon.
- You must comment if you take anything. - Do not customise anything. Textless icons are not bases. - CREDIT ME! don't forget the underscore. - Don't hotlink.
Teasers:

( I'm making believeCollapse )
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Natalie Wood |
[05 May 2005|08:38pm] |
Natalie Wood icons! I've been meaning to make more Natalie icons for aaages, and I know how much certain people love her, so I thought I may as well give it a go. I'm quite chuffed with the results actually ;)
- You must comment if you take anything. - Do not customise anything. - CREDIT ME! Don't forget the underscore. - Don't hotlink. It'll use up my bandwidth and then no one else will be able to view my icons. Thanks!
Teasers:

( In my heart he'll be a somebodyCollapse )
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David Tennant, Madeleine Carroll & The 39 Steps |
[04 May 2005|11:35pm] |
First off, I just want to say that this batch was painful. I always have to post even numbers (if I can help it). I got stuck at 19 and really couldn't make another icon to save my life. I was considering posting it at 19 when I just made another icon, just now. Bizarre. Secondly, I know that these won't be my most popular set ever, specifically the David Tennant side. Almost everyone who has friended this community has done so for the classic movie stars, and what's some British TV & stage (and technically film) actor who no one has heard of doing in my icons? Well, he's a great actor, starred in my favourite drama so far this year (the absolutely incredible Casanova which is one of the reasons why I love the BBC so much right now) and is rather good looking. And he's going to the next Doctor Who! Everyone should go and... I don't know. Download something he's in. Now. Thank you! OH! And he's going to be in the next Harry Potter film. In other words, he's going to be EVERYWHERE.
- You must comment if you take anything. - Do not customise anything. This includes ANIMATING these icons. I'm fed up with people animating my icons. - CREDIT ME! Don't forget the underscore. - Don't hotlink. It'll use up my bandwidth and then no one else will be able to view my icons. Thanks!

( You met someone and now you know how it feelsCollapse )
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Joan Crawford and Clara Bow |
[27 Apr 2005|07:08pm] |
You know, I was going to post these on Monday night but I fell asleep. Woke up on Tuesday morning with a cold and being so deliriously ill (when I say I'm deliriously ill, I really mean that I have a sore throat and a sniffle and I'm just pathetically whimpering and eating just ice cream and far too many throat sweets than is good for me. I'm kind of dazed. The lucozade hardly helps matters) I could hardly remember to post these. But then I did! Just now! I'm so glad. Anyway, onto the icons - hmmm. I think the Clara ones are quite boring and the Joan ones are odd. Somebody might like them and take them to live with their other little iconses (see, the cough sweets... they're not good for me).
Teasers:
( Scent of the pine, you know what I meanCollapse )
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The Beatles |
[25 Apr 2005|02:18pm] |
It seems like forever since I made Beatles icons. Well, it is forever. About four months, which is shocking. Shocking! I remember the good old days when I made Beatles icons before I eat, slept, breaaaathed. Okay, I'm being far too melodramatic but it's a sunny day and I'm in a strangely good mood. Hurrah! Anyway, here we have twelve icons - seven group, one of two memebers and one each of each of the boys. I try to make each icon totally different (well, apart from the two that are identical in all but colour) so... yeah. Hope you like them!
Please remember to comment and credit! Also, none of these are customisable and please please please don't hotlink.
Teasers:

( As long as the guy's a millionaireCollapse )
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Olivia de Havilland |
[25 Apr 2005|12:27am] |
Uhhhhm. Well, first off I should say that these icons are quite influenced by dtissagirl whose lovely work I've been looking at this evening. Also I've been watching a programme on kid's TV and had it on in the background when 3-7 were being made. I honestly feel like I was trying to make each icon more terrifying than the last. Oh, and did I mention that I've had far too much caffeine? Faith + kid's TV + caffeine + Photoshop = blinding icons with scary clashing colours and repeating images EVERYWHERE. PS they're not really as bad as I'm making them out to be, I'm trying to get you all interested (if anyone ever reads my crazy ramblings). Oh, and I don't know how many Olivia fans there are out there. I can name... three. So these may not be my most popular set evah. But please comment! Comments make me happy.
Teasers:

( In which I team together bright blue, bright orange and bright green and discover a new font. Hoorah!Collapse )
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Elvis Presley & Gone With The Wind |
[20 Apr 2005|02:28am] |
This post is brought to you by copious amounts of coffee, Audioscrobbler, Michael Bublé and a decided lack of sleep at the appropriate times. I'd also like to throw in insane anger (or maybe frustration) at my cat who's just wandering around yowling constantly. Right now as it goes. It's enough to make the song I'm listening to very appropriate.
Comment, credit, don't customise or hotlink and just generally be nice.
Teasers:

( The world is treating me bad, miseryCollapse )
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Lauren Bacall |
[17 Apr 2005|12:30pm] |
More icons. Well, I do have to do something when I can't sleep. I was trying out some red. Yes, lol. I really do think Lauren Bacall is one of the most wonderful actresses. I saw her on Parkinson last week and she made me laugh so much. She's also seems really young & vivacious for her age. So I kind of had to make icons ;) Oh, and I keep meaning to pick up her book. To anyone who has read it - is it any good?
Teasers:

( Gimme gimme that thing called loveCollapse )
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