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006. Evanna Lynch: 10 Variations

blackestbird — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:07:00 GMT

10; evanna lynch
10 variation challenge

TEASER:

MY IMAGE: HERE

10 VARIATIONS: EVANNA LYNCH
BLACK & WHITE	B&W: COLOR SPLASH	MULTIPLE	WHOLE IMAGE	CLOSE CROP

UNUSUAL CROP	MIRROR	NATURE	SOLID BACKGROUND	HAIR

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10 more icons! Small post, but it's a 10 variations so I wanted to keep it on its own~ So. Gorgeous Evanna. I love this photoshoot she did, and got inspired to use it for a 10 variations for hogwartsicons. So here we have it! Oh, I guess some of the categories aren't as common?

Unusual crop: no half-face, no eyes and above
Nature: nature must be the focal, whether from the image itself, or texture etc. I over-used the trees from the base image, as a texture themselves.
Hair: I thought this was a really weird category, but I think her hairstyle actually works really well for this - pretty much just hair in the icon/hair as the focal.

Enjoy! ♥

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005. HP Icons

blackestbird — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 07:06:08 GMT

25; Harry Potter

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

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Believe it or not, I have never actually made rainbow-colored icons like this before, where the goal is to make the icons predominantly one color, and arrange them in rainbow-order. It was a challenge for the hogwartsishome sub-community sortedchallenge, and I had so much fun doing it that I decided to make a larger set! The top 5 are what I originally submitted, with the other 19 being created from the inspiration of doing my first rainbow set of icons. Enjoy! ♥

ALso, yeah, fail!icon maker, it's been ages since I updated here :c

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004. Icons: Multi-fandom

blackestbird — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 05:21:10 GMT

info & signups
It's likely most anyone who watches me has already heard of IQ & signed up possibly, but just in case!

25; multi-fandom
+ variations

1 - BARD	2 - BARD	3 - WIZARD	4 - ROGUE	5 -BARD

6 - WIZARD	7 - ROGUE	8 - WIZARD	9 - WIZARD	10 - WIZARD

11 - HERO	12 - HERO	13 - HERO	14 - WIZARD	15 - WIZARD

16 - BARD	17 - WIZARD	18 - BARD	19 - WIZARD	20 - WIZARD

21 - WIZARD	22 - WIZARD	23 - HERO	24 - WIZARD	25 - HERO

26	27	28	29	30

31	32	33	34	35

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First, hi! It's been foreveeeeeer! So, as implied by the beginning of the post, this batch of icons was made for theiconquest. Super excited, it is so much fun already! This batch has taken me like 2 weeks to make - but I blame a lot of that on cap-searching, since I used 25 different subjects. I would really REALLY love feedback on this batch, because I tried to intentionally do things a bit differently than normal, i.e. blocking. I NEVER do that! I intentionally tried the most for Wizard, because I feel my icons probably normally fall mostly under Hero & Rogue. If anyone is curious (who doesn't know already by seeing tons of other IQ posts ;D), the classes above each icon are for the following:

BARD - CHARM
Emphasis on text & emotion

HERO - POWER
Emphasis on coloring

ROGUE - AGILITY
Emphasis on cropping, simplicity/clean

WIZARD - MAGIC
Emphasis on complexity

Hope y'all enjoy! ♥

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003. Icons: American Horror Story, Avatar: The Last Airbender; Texture Set

blackestbird — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:40:51 GMT

1; avatar: the last airbender [s1x2]
14; american horror story [s1xasst]
+ variations
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1; texture set, sized for icons

avatar: the last airbender [s1x2]
[1]

Lol, I know that's random. I caught the first 2 episodes the other day, and I just wanted to make an Appa icon XD If I watch it more, I may do more icons of the series, seems like a fun show.

american horror story [s1xasst]
[5]
[9]
[13]
[15]

variations/rejects
[19]
[23]

ZIP | RAR

*Oops! My banner isn't labeled right in the uploaded folders.

I originally wanted to do more AHS icons, but I got pretty bored working with only those caps. That's why I never make huge batches; I just get bored of my selected subject XD I really love this show, so I will probably make more icons from it. I know some of these icons are a bit weird, being all bright & shiny when it's a 'dark' show, but I wanted to play with new textures that I had made as well as downloaded. I also really don't like some of them, but included them anyway since not everyone has the same tastes. Thanks & some credit to erzsebet at songburst for a tutorial on the solid color-bg icons; I followed it but tried to change it up a bit and make it my own too. I got a lot of really positive feedback [thank you so much for all the kind compliments! ♥] on my first texture set, so I wanted to make another one to share with my watchers. I hope y'all like these; enjoy! ♥

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Resources

blackestbird — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:05:25 GMT

New year, revamping resources. They'll be added to the list as I use them, instead of just as they've been downloaded. Links will be provided when possible, although past resources that I still use won't have links.

Textures:
self-made
ellaangelus
• 'passion colors everything'
• 'sanctuary'
• 'shangri-la'
erzsebet ⇢ songburst
• '001 - 004'
• '005 - 006'
innocent_lexys ⇢ satine_violet
• currently 1 individual texture, no 'set' info
miuwmiu
• currently 1 individual texture, no 'set' info
sweet_ven0m
• light textures
wiltedleaves
• 'dirty clouds'
dA [various users]

Screencaps:
• Downloaded/Files on computer
self-capped
dj_capslock [various users]
homeofthenutty [various users + galleries too]
lifeis_caps [galleries too]
puchre
• Galleries
Rawr Caps [site is down :c]
Disney Screencaps
shadowofreflect

002. Texture Set

blackestbird — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:48:01 GMT

1; texture set, sized for icons

Hi!

I am slowly coming back to the internet [took a pretty long hiatus from the internet in general due to some RL stress and the holidays on top of it]. I say slowly because I'm sick and am not gonna be throwing myself into things too much yet. Not that I've ever been terribly active with my graphics comm >.> But! I want to change that ^__^

I came across an amazing texture tutorial by my friend Liz [erzsebet at songburst] and decided I wanted to try my hand at some textures! I had tried one other time and gave it up quickly, but her tutorial was very helpful. Now, I'm not super amazed at my results, I honestly don't think many of them are that great, and I think they're gonna be kinda hard to use [although to be fair, I'm a bit out of sync~ with graphics making after having been away from it for a few months], but maybe someone can use these. Oh, and they really don't look anything like hers: I used her tips, but different imagery. Plus, she's just way better at it XD I highly recommend her graphics community ;D

I did throw together a quick icon, using some of the textures I made for this set:

Not the best thing out there, I just wanted to see if any of these were actually gonna be able to be used XD So, here is my first ever texture set of 20 icon-size textures - although some are just color variations, but the same texture. Let me know what you think, if this is something I should try to do more, that sort of thing ^^ Thanks to Liz for the wonderful tutorial on how to go about this! ♥

ZIP | RAR

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notice - re: activity

blackestbird — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:28:44 GMT

Hey everyone!

First, thanks to all those who have watched/joined the community! ♥

I just wanted to put up a really quick post, just to say I'm will be working on a graphics post soon. I've had a hectic couple of weeks, starting with my son's birthday. He got sick right after [wow, talk about crappy gifts ;D], and of course he pass it along to me, and I am just getting over it, and even not quite, still feeling a bit out of it. Anyway! That cut into my graphic-making time. But my second graphic post here at apalis will be up by next week, hopefully!

While I'm here, my affiliates page has been updated. Be sure to check out my affies, and of course if anyone you know is looking for affies, feel free to send them over - although of course, you've seen I'm not super active, so that's something many take into consideration ;D

Thanks for the patience ♥

001. Icons: Stock, True Blood; Banners: Stock

blackestbird — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 05:54:00 GMT

11; stock [birds]
9; true blood [s4x1]
3; stock banners [forests]
+ variations

stock [birds]
[04]
[08]
[11]

true blood [s4x1]
[14]
[17]
[20]

stock banners [forests]
[23]

variations
[27]
[31]
[32]
[34]

It's a pretty small post. A note on that: I won't often do large posts, simply because I tend to do a lot of effects, especially with textures, on my graphics, and it takes awhile to make even one icon. I had intended on doing like, the whole episode of True Blood, or at least the first half, but it would just take me so long and I really wanted to get a post up. Just expect my posts to be on the smaller side. Some aren't really that great. It's been a pretty long time since I really 'icon'd.' Thanks to erzsebet for new textures to play with! I need to put together a resource post. Lastly, hello to all my new watchers/members! ♥

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notice - re: activity

blackestbird — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 06:03:41 GMT

Hey everyone!

First, thanks to all those who have watched/joined the community! ♥

I just wanted to put up a really quick post, just to say I'm working on a batch of icons & some banners. I had a kinda crazy week, which ended in being without power for about oh...16ish hours at least? It only got turned back on a few hours ago, so yeah. That was fun -.- Anyway! That paired with a wedding over the weekend as well, cut into my graphic-making time. But my first graphic post here at apalis will be up within the week!

Thanks for the patience ♥

Pic Spam

blackestbird — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 06:17:45 GMT

This post is for you to spam me with photos you'd like to see me make into graphics. I may make icons, banners, maybe even layouts [although unlikely] if the images inspire me! There isn't a guarantee I'll make any graphics out of something you post; it just depends on if the image inspires me or not. It's likely I will though ;D. Photos should be at least MQ, although large, HQ is ideal. I'd prefer links if you have many images at once, or if you have a large or HQ image. Feel free to use thumbnails that link to the larger image as well - basically, keep in mind that this post is meant to 'spam' me, so any way to cut down on load time is preferable.

With that said, spam away! ♥

*Just wanna give a shoutout to awry for the inspiration of the banner itself, & to erzsebet for the inspiration for a few of the techniques used ♥*

Wanna Affiliate?

blackestbird — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:58:57 GMT

Wanna be affiliates? All I require is that you link back to apalis, and that the affiliate community/journal be lj graphics-related. I won't accept rating, sorting, roleplay, stamping, etc communities. Graphics communities or personal journals used for graphics are fine though.

If you want icon examples from me, I'll list some below, or go ahead and grab any of my icons from my posts, or any in my user icons that I have made [I credit myself/other makers in the comments]. Just save them to your own servers; I do not have a Pro Photobucket account XD. So, leave me a comment with your community/journal name and 3 examples here and I'll add you to the list!

Communities with multiple makers: If a community has multiple makers, I'll only be showing 1 image from each maker. Communities with 2 makers may provide 3 examples for each, but anything above that, only 1 please. To distinguish whose icons are whose, there is a hover feature: hovering over the icons will say which maker they belong to. This feature is only used for the multiple-maker communities/journals.

my examples

MAZEOFAMAP
cosmicfish ⇢ scatteredintime

SHIKON_ICONS ⇢ rhye

last updated: 10.18.11

step into my parlour

blackestbird — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:07:12 GMT

Last Updated: 08.24.11
Community Created: August 24, 2011
Layout Version: V1.0//Songbirds & Cages

Welcome to Apalis, a graphics community run by blackestbird.

I will mostly be posting icons, but may occasionally post banners, screencaps, tutorials, maybe even layouts.

Please be sure that you read the rules posted in the sidebar when taking any of my graphics, and of course follow them as well :D For your convenience, I will also post them in this post:
→ Please credit either blackestbird or apalis when taking.
→ Comments are nice, but not required.
→ Do not hotlink or edit the graphics. Nothing I make is a base.
→ Do not claim as your own.
→ Thank you & enjoy! :D

For the time being, membership will be open, unless a problem of not crediting or something like that arises. This means you don't really HAVE to join/watch it, but I'd love if you did!

Also, if anyone feels like promoting~ me, here's a form to put in your user info/pimping post in your journals!

If you do decide to pimp me, it'd be helpful to upload the image and replace the URL :3

Thanks, and I hope y'all enjoy my community! ♥