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Icons and colorbars: Asylum 08 (Supernatural convention)

2008-06-22T22:29:30Z

God, this place is a little bit neglected. Aikes. I bring goodies?

14 x icons
16 x colorbars

Does	this	tease?

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COLORBARS - there's two colourbars per guest (save Steve and Jason) with only a text difference.

OFFICIAL STUFFS:
Please comment&credit. Makes the world go 'round. (Credit either darkicedphoenix or purplephoenix03)
No hotlinking! Makes baby orphans cry.
With thanks to nyaubaby, abby_i, ramoniciu and justfreefallin for letting me free on their photos. If you want to know who provided a specific photo please ask and I'll point you in the right direction :)

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Icons: Jared, Jensen, Zac and text

2007-11-26T23:25:08Z

This batch of icons is... different. I was trying a new style, I hope you like!

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001-006 Jensen Ackles
007-012 Jared Padalecki
013-017 Zac Efron
018-023 Various text

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Zac Efron

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Various text icons

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Resource - icon textures 'frozen tundra'

2007-10-07T19:15:39Z

18 100x100 icon textures
Credit - darkicedphoenix

download the zip

Sorry for such a long break in resources! RL has been kicking my butt. Here's hoping I've managed to shake it! I've got some more bits and pieces on my harddrive which I'll get up soon. Do friend this LJ to keep updated, I'll friend you back asap!

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Headers and Icons - stock

2007-09-30T22:48:39Z

Wow, it's been a long time since I updated this place! I really hope it won't take me this long again, I do have a lot of unposted stuff on my harddrives, I'm just not confident enough to post them yet.

Anyhow, here be some icons and headers I've made from some stock photos: most of these are from my own photos, some are not.

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[001-006] stock

Preview:

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(Images are previews. Full sized versions are linked underneath)

1. 'Hope blooms' (click: 800x375)

2. 'True courage' (click: 800x375)

3. 'Night falls' (click: 900x375)

4. 'Colour the world' (click: 800x375)

5. 'A frozen moment' (click: 800x375)

6. 'A timeless moment' (click: 800x375)

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Resource - HiRes Stock set01

2007-05-28T00:05:15Z

*pets* poor darkicedphoenix, you're feeling neglected aren't you? I'm so sorry! RL wants to eat me! Plus, that thing, Asylum, kinda took up all my free time. Fangirling and squeeage is a full time job ya'know.

Anyway! I is back with more goodies! I promise to be more ~~faithful~~ frequent around here now, at least until September...

Here by my first HiRes stock image pack. Preview:

Pack contains 12 images:
7 x uber large (ie minimum 1600x1200)
2 x 1024x768
3 x 800x600

I have to point out that not all the stock is my own photography/artwork. Some is, the rest I have non-commercial rights to from their respective owners. I'm sharing them upon request and would ask that you respect our rights and rules. That being said, have a larger, none sideways version of the preview:

Download @ deviantART

Please comment if taking, and do let me know if you'd like to see more of this kind of thing :)
Like I said up there *points* I do have some stuff on here I've yet to upload and share and hopefully will do so soon. Thanks for being patient with me!

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Pic Spam - Supernatural 2x21 All Hell Breaks Loose pt1

2007-05-18T12:19:40Z

Pic spam of SPN 221 - All Hell Breaks Loose pt1 shifted from purplephoenix03

This post has right from START to END of the epi - 140 pics, all individually selected, editted and uploaded. WHEW.

NOT DIALUP FRIENDLY. Feel free to snag any and all, but please credit if you use. Gracias!

Once I get my grabby hands on last night's finale, have gotten over whatever I'll need to get over (cos DAMN, this show rocks!) I'll do a similar thing for that epi.

DISCLAIMER: This spam was put up in two parts - the first 42 pics went up last night and I was tired, so the commentary is quite sane. The rest went up this morning... yeah. I have no excuse *bows head*

Right! On we go!

Episode 221 - All Hell Breaks Loose - Part The First

'I want me some pah!'

It's never a good sign when the radio crackles...

Sulphur!

SAM!

Sam, this is NO TIME to be lazing about...

Gratuitous belly shot. Heee.

'Er, this can't be good...'

*tumbleweed blows through*

SAM: Andy?!

ANDY: Sam! What are *you* doing here?
SAM: I dunno!
ANDY: What am *I* doing here!
SAM: I dunno!
ANDY: Where *are* we!

SAM: Ava?!

Dude, she just kept THROWING HERSELF at Sam!

Lily and Jake

ANDY: There's this one guy I know, total dick, I use it on him: gay porn! All hours of the day!

DEAN: How we supposed to look for Sam?! Close our eyes and point?!

DEAN: I don't have time for this!
ASH: MAKE TIME!

Wassup?

I have *such* a kink for phone!Dean *yum*

*SLAM*

Oh the irony of this scene...

Sam, why'd you always have to be the good guy?!

SAM: Andy? You still with me, or what?
ANDY: Give me a minute, I'm still working through demons are *real*

Sam lost people too, he misses his Dean :(

JAKE: Salt?
SAM: It's a brave new world!

More gratuitous spam - Metallicar!

I GASPED SO LOUD WHEN THIS CAME UP, OMFG!

Oh DEAN :(

Dammit, Ash! Ash is now Ash. DUDE.

Yeah, cos being alone in the woods, that always ends well *headdesk*

'I can kill you with my braaaain' - and she can too!

How cute is Andy?! *sniff*

See, I *told* you it doesn't end well!

Five special children, sitting on the wall
Along came a demon, and made them feel so small
One of the children, suffered from a fall
Then there were four special children, sitting on a wall...

AVA: That's not chosen, Sam, that's dead!

ANDY: Have you got anything that Dean's touched?
AUDIENCE @ SPN FEST: *squeeeeee*!!!

D Hasselhoff?!

Pissed off!Dean

That doesn't look fun :/

*squints* Dude, quick headache, huh? *eye roll*

Dude, I couldn't get the cap, but for that split second when he throws his head back? OMG LE YUM.

Concerned!Bobby

DEAN: That's about as fun as being kicked in the jewels!

*Here endith part the first - So sorry, I fell asleep!!*

How'd that happen?!

Dude, you totally broke the tractor!

Come 'ere, you big hunk o'muscle, you. *fling*

*Oommf* Why do I always get the crazies?!

*listening to Jensen's bee story*

*AGAIN*

*SNORE*

*listening to Jensen's answer to 'what's your favourtite episode?'*

SHIT! That bee went down *my* pants this time!

Howdy, Sam

Dun dun dun!

Bitchface #6759

YED: You're not mad at me, are ya?

SAM: Why would I be mad? *foams at the mouth*

SAM: I'm as happy as PAH!

YED: Er... *consults Evil!Plan* Something's not right here...

YED: Uh uh uh! I told you guys in management, I need THREE spoons of sugar in my coffee, not two and a half! Who've I got to kill for a good PA around here?!

SAM: *considers* How about... Jake? No?

YED: Naaaah, I need someone *special*. Someone that'll make the fangirls CRY *evil muhahah*

SAM: You don't mean... YED! NO! NOT GORDON! ANYONE BUT GORDON!

SAM: Waaaaaiiiitttt a minute...

YED: Gordon?! Why are you my favourite again?!

SAM: *offended*

YED: Fine! Fine, I'll show you...

YED: Once upon a time, there was a man in a black trenchcoat...

SAM: No! I don't like this story! *reaches for Blankie*

MARY: Hunny? Can you keep the noise down?

YED & SAM: Sorry *contrite*

YED: ANYWAY! As I was saying, the man in the trenchcoat, well, he needed some red paint.

YED: And the baby wanted to wear lipgloss

SAM: That's not funny *bitchface*

MARY: Guys! Seriously!

SAM: It's not me, Mom, it's his fault!

MARY: *does Sam impression*

SAM: MOM, that ain't funny! Why you guys keep picking on me?!

SAM: ...shit.

SAM&JAKE: *is walking*

AVA: *is plotting*

ANDY: *is waiting*

ANDY: Man, the salt bag ripped!

AVA: Pretty patterns, pretty salt patterns... *is loopy*

AVA: Andy, Sam is going to be *so* mad at you!
ANDY: What's he gunna do to me?! *trembles*
AVA: He's gunna... make a bitchface! Possibly get choked again. You know, the usual.
ANDY: *unclenches* ...oh.

ANDY: Ava, I thought you said it'd just be the usual! This is NOT the usual!

AVA: Ooops? *laughs*

SAM: What's hanging, y0

SAM: *notices salt* DAMMIT, who did that?!

AVA: *tears of mirth* Oh Sam, you should have seen it! It was hysterical!

SAM: *unimpressed* I beg to differ

JAKE: So do I, bitch. What do I put on my fries now?!

DEAN: *singing* like a candle in the wind, on a cold dark lonely ni- wtf?

DEAN: Oh, it's ON

SAM&JAKE: *imitating duck walk*

SAM: *playing charades*
JAKE: YOU SUCK!
SAM: But Dean always guesses right!

JAKE: I give up dude, I'm just guna sit here

SAM: I believe I can fly! ...backwards!

SAM: *oomf*
JAKE: AHA, dude, you LAME

SAM: *knocks out Jake*
SAM: Who's lame now, bitch?

SAM: AND I DON'T SUCK AT CHARADES!

SAM: ...eh, whatever.

* Yeah, er, sorry folks! Enough of the mad hattery, I don't have it in me to be potty mouth over the next scene :( *

He looks so *relieved*!

As does Dean *pets*

SAM: Dean!

DEAN (AND EVERYONE WATCHING): Sammy, look out!

Gnnnneeergh :(

DEAN: Nooooooo!
US: Nooooo!

SAM: ...

:( *has no words*

For such a big guy...

...Sam is so floppy and doll-like...

...HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?! *wails*

DEAN: *checks*

Noooo :(

*is breaking*

*is floppy*

*head lolls*

DEAN: *in denial*

AUDIENCE: *also in denial*
ME: *clenching nereem's hand like my life depended on it*

DEAN: SAAAM!

*hugs*

THAT LOOK BREAKS ME EVERYTIME :(

...I can't...

*scrunches up face*

*wails*

*grabs onto stuffed unicorn*

oh... god...

*grabs tissues*

*hands out to all*

WAAAAH!

This shot...

...is achingly beautiful...

...and the music that's playing? OMG, EVERYTIME *wails*

*lip wobbles*

SAAAAAAAAAAMM!!

*fierce*

DEAN: No, no no no...

DEAN: *is accepting*

DEAN: *is breaking*

DEAN: *cries*

DEAN: *buries face into Sam's neck*

Dude, just capping that made me ache all over again *is sad*

PLEASE: to be not spoiling me, I've not even seen the promo's or dc's for 222.
I NEED ME THE NEXT EPISODE, KTHNX!

Game - Twisted Wishes!

2007-04-14T12:01:56Z

So, I thought I'd start something fun here, something, being the procrastination queen that I am, that will keep me away from lesson plans as long as humanly possible until I give into the inevitable and get them done. *breaths* whew, run on sentence!

OK, the way this works:

1. Poster 1 has a wish. 'I wish that...'
2. Poster 2 grants that wish, but adds a twist to the resolution. Then, said poster adds their own wish.
3. Poster 3 comes along and grants that wish, again with a twist. They add their own wish...
4. And so forth!

Example:

P1 = 'I wish elves would do my essay for me'
P2 = 'Wish granted! Except the magic elves have written your essay in Elvish and so when your teacher starts quoting the text and asking what you think you're up to you think she's gone nuts.
'I wish I was a ballet dancer'

Not the best example, but you can be as outrageous and snarky as you like! No being mean though, it's all for fun.

PS - Please pimp this! The more peope we attract, the better this will be :) Also, you can track this thread by pushing the little pin above *points*

I'll get us started:

'I wish someone would come and build me a swimming pool'

Layout headers - Supernatural

2007-04-11T23:47:31Z

Evenin' all! Hope you're all well :)

For the first time since I started making and coding layouts, I'm posting a bunch of layout headers ONLY. No codes to go with I'm afraid! If there's a demand I may add codes at a later date. But that'll probably be much later! Anyhow, here's a set of four Supernatural headers for y'all :) Enjoy!

Teaser:

NOTES:
A. DO NOT SAVE THE IMAGES! THESE ARE PREVIEWS. USE THE DOWNLOAD LINKS UNDERNEATH TO GET THE FULL SIZE VERSIONS!
B. Remember, each can be resized to suit your screen resolution :)

1. Preview:

Download: Click for full size = 900x400
Lyrics from Cold's 'When Angel's Fly Away'
TIP: If I coded this into a layout, I'd use shades of oranges and yellow for the text and black background

2. Preview:

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Lyrics from Cold's 'When Angel's Fly Away' again
TIP: This one is ideal for a forum banner also. Just resize and your ready to go! Please link back to this LJ if you do do this :)

3. Preview:

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Oh, I like this one muchly! I'm torn between No1 and this one as to which is my fav!
Lyrics are from Anberlin's 'Autobahn'.
TIP: Use a black background and blues/greens/white for the text

4. Preview:

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Some of you may recognize this one - I have a larger and slightly different version of this up as a wallpaper. Well, someone requested I make a header out of it as well, et viola!
Lyrics are from Saliva's 'Weight of the World'
TIP: I'd go for a black/grey/blue color scheme for this. Maybe throw in some dark green?

* Please comment telling me which one(s) you like/are taking. Feedback helps me decide what to do in the future!
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Thanks to all of you who have commented in the past, you guys rock :D. I've more bits and pieces coming, stay tuned!

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Resource - hot sunset gradents (set 01)

2007-04-05T01:00:40Z

My first set of gradients! *tear*
33 of them for you to do your worst :D
Credit - darkicedphoenix
Photo inspiration - whitepalms thanks babe!

download @ deviantART

(Made in CS2, should be backwards compatible with PS7 at least. If you require an image pack instead, drop me a comment and I'll get that up asap!)

There are a few more grad sets to come in the near future, whitepalms took the most awesome pictures of the sunset outside her house as you can see! Also, got some other resources in the works and I'm hoping to put some layout headers up soon also. As soon as I get this damn essay out of the way *grr*. Thanks to all of you who comment, you are all appreciated muchly! *hugs*

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Pic Spam - SPN Dean and the ladies S1

2007-03-28T20:39:45Z

I had a few issues with this spammage:
1. I couldn't decide on a theme for my spam. Any ideas you guys have for the future are most welcome!
2. After finally deciding on a theme, I located 40+ images and photoshopped EACH ONE, cos, hey, SPN caps? They dark. BUT. Before I could save them, laptop crashed *headdesk*
3. After crash, I couldn't remember all the pics I'd used. So instead of a picspam of both seasons to date, there are only S1 images under the cut. I shall do S2 another time!

Anyhow, I present to you: Dean Winchester's 'love of the ladies' :D All happy, grabby-hand piccies under the cut! (All editted by moi, feel free to snag. I threw in three behind-the-scenes piccies of happy!Jensen just for kicks. Hee)

Big brother! In age anyway ;p

No one is safe! Not even his brother's girlfriend. Shameless hussy.

Words cannot express the love for the facial expressions in the scene. *grabby hands* (Oh, to be that pen...)

Tongue!porn

Like a kid in a candy factory *rolls eyes*

This one is his 'Santa, I've been a good boy this year haven't I? Ooh, present!' face

See the twinkle?!

LOL, still kills me everytime :D

'How you doin?'

He's like DYING, yet he's still about the ladies. Well, at least he's consistant!

This one is shamelessly included on my part. Feel free to clean the monitor with your tongue, folks!

Guh, to wake up to THAT.

I'm so tempted to throw something at that shameless hussy. The bartender that is. See the look she's giving him? HE'S NOT A PIECE OF MEAT, MISSY!

Ahem.

'I talked to my producer... and he says he's scared of the fangirls. We got a third season girls, drinks on me!'

*aww/snort/giggle*

Oh my... he's thinking back to our wild night... *delusional*

Big bro's proud of lil bro. All together now: awwww!

Behind the scenes:

*is dead* My desktop at the moment folks. I forgot to change it before my yr10 lesson today, I didn't get ANYTHING coherent out of the girls for the first 15mins....

...not that I can blame them or anything!

And a nice happy shot of another version of J squared to finish the spammage. Woot!

Well, that made my crappy day brighter! Remember, future spams can be requested at the suggestions box. Take care y'all! Remember to mop up that drool on your way out, thanks.

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Meta essay - Supernatural 'Heart'

2007-03-26T17:33:10Z

I know I usually refer to this place as a graphics journal, but I'm thinking of changing that to my creative journal. So I can start posting a wider variety of things here for public consumption (be gentle!). Waffling aside, here be my first real meta essay...

My meta essay re: Dean’s tear in ‘Heart’. Kind of long windy, but hopefully not tl:dr!

A little back-story into the existence of this meta, if you will allow me. For the first time since this show began, I was spoilt for this episode. In that I knew about the Sam!Sex and the werewolf theme. I knew nothing beyond that, but the Sam!Sex was enough to reel me in like a cartoon character following that cloud of nummy!food smell into the bear trap. I spent a full day after the episode aired in the US in tortured agony avoiding my Flist like it had the plague (apart from one lapse in judgement that I paid for) as I waited for my copy to download. All of this ensured that I was *super* hyped to see this week’s instalment, to the point that I ditched all lesson plans and marking (responsible teacher, ahoy!) in order to watch.

I watched – my heart pounded, raced and broke all in a forty-minute span. I went from feeling amused, curious, grossed out, amused again, awkward, hot and heart-broken so fast it made my head spin. This, however, wasn’t atypical as every Supernatural episode has a similar effect on me. Watching Sam break was heart wrenching, but I remained dry eyed. However, the one solitary tear at the end of this episode killed me dead.

So, hopefully having recovered from this, I will now share why this one solitary tear spoke volumes re: the brothers’ road to this point and what this means for the future.

(Another reason for this meta was the surprisingly large number of people who loved the episode but considered the tear to be terrible OOC and pointless. Maybe I can persuade you otherwise??)

Silent Lucidity

I don’t intend to focus on the episode as a whole as that is a whole ‘nother meta waiting(begging) to be written and I have a class to teach in an hour! Instead, let’s look closer at the final scene at Madison’s apartment.

* Sam is silent as he processes the inevitability of what was about to happen, still unwilling to give up the fight, but slowly coming around.
* Dean, who understands Sam’s inner turmoil much better than what he gives away, spares his brother the pain of voicing the inevitable and in an apologetic and regretful manner he lists the future possibilities to Madison. I’d like to add a sidebar here and say this is one of the very few times that Dean shows compassion (albeit in his Dean way) to the ‘evil’ that they hunt. Remember that to Dean, all supernatural beings are evil and hence all should be killed. He likes to go in guns blazing, a la Rick from The Mummy (bad comparison, don’t shoot me!). It is Sam who points out the finer distinction of being supernatural and being supernatural&evil.
* Madison processes this in a manner I feel far too calm for one in her circumstance, but that’s just me.
* Sam, still processing, verbalises his pain. (The fangirls begin to sniffle)
* Madison then pulls out the big guns; the double-edged, serrated-for-extra-pain butchers knife; the heat-seeking kamikaze and turns to Sam, tears a’streaming and begs him to kill her. Her wording is significant:

‘I can’t do it myself; I need you to help me. I can’t live like this…You tried, I know you tried, this is all there is left. Help me, Sam, I want you to do it. This is the way you can save me. Please. I’m asking you to save me.’

It’s like a ghostly echo of the time that drunk!Sam extracted a similar promise out of Dean after he learnt of his ‘destiny’ (with less Tequila and manhandling), except now with Sam being put in his brother’s shoes. Also, Madison sees her future as a fate worse than death - becoming someone she’s not, having no memory/control of her actions, taking lives, hurting others… and so dying would be a more acceptable fate. Which, again, is exactly Sam’s motivation in Playthings.
* Sam’s fighting still. Really, that boy. Anyhow, Dean steps to the fore and takes the gun (which is actually quite a pretty gun. Ahem, back to the meta…) away from Madison. She keeps her eyes trained firmly on Sam, just as Dean is doing. Then, the moment that reality and inevitability comes crashing painfully down on Sam’s hope. Sam looks up at Dean, acknowledges that this must be and walks away before the pain envelopes him entirely.
* Dean, grieving for his brother (though, not all of it is showing yet – typically Dean), follows Sam out of the room to the strains of Queensryche’s Silent Lucidity. Now this is important. As soon as Sam left, Dean could have finished the job then and there. But instead, he chose to go after his brother and in his Dean-way ask permission to finish what needed to be finished.
* Sam takes a moment to break apart before banding together his courage, complete with shoulder hitch and jerky inhale. With tears flowing freely he pulls together the courage that eluded Dean in BuaBS and finished what Madison asked (or so we presume).
* It’s that courage that’s the nail in the coffin for Dean, that courage that I feel is the main driving force behind that tear. For reasons I shall now divulge…

Let’s back track slightly.

As mentioned and as we all know, Sam extracted a promise out of Dean in Playthings, a promise borne out of desperation, despair and an inordinate amount of courage. Sam fears going darkside, so much so that his current working theory is that if he errs so far to the side of the light, those long spindly fingers of the night won’t be able to get their claws into him. I think that Sam considers that something essential within him is already evil, hence giving him abilities, and it’s just biding its time. I don’t think that Sam has considered the possibility that his abilities are just abilities and that evil are planning on utilising them, rather than them being the root of evil. Me, I don’t know which to be true and don’t particularly wish to speculate as I like the 100mph blows to the gut that Kripke and co deliver consistently so fantastically well.
Back to the point – Sam considers this trip to the darkside as a fate worse than death and puts faith in the one person he can be sure that will be at his side when/if the time comes to pass. Thus, extracting that promise from Dean.

Talking of Dean… how many times can you kick this puppy before you realise that none of it compares to what he does to himself (as MegDemon helpfully pointed out)? Seriously, Dean has three heavy loads on his shoulders –
1.the fate of his Dad after the deal with the YED
2.the fate of Sammy/instructions from John
3.the promise he made to Sam
Not really going to touch on 1 for this meta. And, yes, I split the last two as I do believe them to be two distinct things – see end of BuaBS for proof.

He considers the instructions from John as an order, but he questions it ‘What kind of Father puts that on his kids?’ He considers this in order because it is too deeply ingrained in him not too.
However, Dean is not even considering that the promise he made to Sam will ever play out. He will always find another way. Again, look to BuaBS (or above quote) for proof. ‘I’d rather die’
As mentioned, MegDemon’s observation of no matter what she did to Dean, it still didn’t compare with what he did to himself was absolutely spot on, but in my humble opinion, I think that is a good thing. Meaning that no matter what you throw at him and try to get him to break, it won’t work for he stands up despite what he does to himself anyway. Despite all the guilt, the abuse and the belittling, Dean did not surrender or yield to despair. In that episode, he never broke, he never gave up. I think the experience of BUaBS helped Dean come to terms with his mission from John and make peace with it. But this peace has come with resolve, determination and a stubborn conviction that failure is not an option. Sam, when Dad told me that I might have to kill you, it was only if I couldn’t save you. Now, if it’s the last thing I do, I’m gonna save you.’

Sam tries (half-heartedly) to make Dean see that maybe one day Dean *will* have to fulfil his promise, no matter how much he doesn’t want too. But Dean is still adamant.

’You can’t run from this. And you can’t protect me.’
‘I can try’

With such faith, failure doesn’t even rate as a possibility.

Right?

Back to Heart and that tear… after leading you through all of that, I present to you my working theory behind the slow zoom, the lip wobble and the involuntary overspill…
Sam was put in the same position Dean found himself in Playthings (the promise/pleading) and in BUaBS (the reality) and possibly might again. And somehow, Sam reached into a place inside of him and drew his strength and courage and went through with it. Despite his belief that saving one soul at a time would redeem himself. Or, maybe because of it. Dean couldn’t do it in BUaBS and is no-where close to being able to do it any time in the future. And he knows this. And so he grieves for his own loss of faith and conviction re: saving Sam.
The tear also symbolises another scar/wound that Dean can't shield his brother from. Dean tried to spare Sam the pain, but Sam wouldn't let him. He knew that what Sam had to do was right and he knew that Sam having to do it was also right but seeing that it broke Sam yet he still managed to do it broke Dean for he knew that one day Sam's courage in that moment will come back and haunt him.

And the main reason (for me), the reason why this show works so well is the deep bond the brothers have (in a totally plutonic way – I’m not waving the Wincest banner at this time). A bond that often goes beyond words, like in that moment of crushing reality when Dean took the gun from Madison. Sam is all Dean has. Dean measures his life against the actions and reactions of his brother and father and seeing as [in his eyes] Dean has already failed his father, his only redemption is saving Sam against anything and everything (ref: his resolve at the end of BUaBS discussed above). So for Sam having to kill Madison, it also killed a part of him inside, the part that we saw at the end of Roadkill ‘Hope is kinda the point.’ – ie, the optimist. And so Dean died along with Sammy at the shot (see the flinch and the lip wobble?) because Dean couldn’t save him.

And that’s the whole point, right?

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Resource - icon lights set 01

2007-03-20T13:18:54Z

A collection of 16 100x100 icon light effects, inspiration unknown!
Credit - darkicedphoenix

download @ deviantART

Thank you to all that have commented in the past, during a time when finding time to play with graphics is hard, you guys brighten me up. You're all fantastic :D

I have a few more icon light/texture sets almost ready (just the preview bits and pieces to sort), as well as some new layouts, wallpapers etc. Possibly even some Supernatural icons... so do friend this LJ to keep updated! I'll friend you back asap :)

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Resource - icon textures 'deep ocean'

2007-03-12T18:32:08Z

A collection of 16 200x200 icon textures, inspired by the ocean.
Credit - darkicedphoenix

download @ deviantART

Thank you to all that have commented in the past, especially to those who commented on my icon base/textures with such wonderful words! You're all fantastic :D

I have a few more icon sets almost ready (just the preview bits and pieces to sort), as well as some new layouts and what not. Possibly even some Supernatural icons... so do friend this LJ to keep updated! I'll friend you back asap :)

(friend me to recieve the latest updates)

PS. you may be interested in the Great Friending Project. Do come along and join in!

Pic Spam - Channing Tatum

2007-03-11T02:13:34Z

I usually spam over at my personal LJ, but then I thought, why not here? It's sort of graphics related... right? Haha. I'll eventually re-post existing spams here also, if I remember where all the links are LOL.

Anyway! Today's spam features the lovely Channing Tatum, complete with rippling six pac and is requested by peachykeen1. Hope this cheers you up babe :)

(Approx 20 large-ish images under the cut, so beware dial up folks)

Ok, so I'm not up on the Channing news of late - what the HECK is that wround his neck?!

'Maybe if I wear enough clothes, the fangirls will mistake me for Joey!'

Now this is just... weird. It's either editted or he really can balance on his hand like that!

Not-so-dark, but surely broody :)

Classic!Channing. Those lips are speaking to you, I swear...

This pic amuses me so. I really can't say why!

Channing: Oooh, smokin'!

I can play hoops, rule at football/soccer, ride supercross, street dance... and you thought I couldn't box?!

Foot!porn

'nother Classic!Channing. I tell ya, I don't understand the lighting on this shot though.

Fangirls: *oogle/drool/faint* Channing: *snore*

*tarzan yell*

HEHE, he looks so *ickle*!!

*lmao* one of my fav scenes in the movie :) (Sorry for tininess :S)

And you wonder *why* Amanda Bynes wanted to join the Boys squad...

This promo... baffles me slightly. It's cool, don't get me wrong, but how does it relate?!

Silhoutte!Channing&Jenna. Well, almost.

Shake that groove thang'! _{I cannot believe I just said that o_O}

This shot's pretty. They look happy, no?

Had to include this, my inner slasher squeed upon sight LOL. Even though I'd never considered this pairing haha.

Aaaaand, to finish up, a special one I hunted up for peachykeen1 - nudity warning!

Thank you for viewing! Do comment on this picspam! Feel free to suggest futures topics too :)

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Layout #16 OTH Lucas&Peyton

2007-03-08T00:21:49Z

Evening all, hope you're having a good day/night! Today we have two orders of business:

1. So, I finally got myself a paid LJ and spent some quality time brushing up on S2 coding and making theme layers. And I'm finally seeing the merits of S2, I mean, if you have a paid LJ then its *fab*. It's not as good for free users as you're restricted to basic CSS, as with plus accounts. But, it still allows comment page customaizations and what not. So, my question to you is S1 or S2? Please take a few moments to fill in my poll! (Cos I can make polls now!)

View Poll: S1 or S2?

And while we're in a sharing mood, feel free to drop me any suggestions you may have about anything graphics related :)

2. The main reason for this post... new layout for grabs! A rather purdy Lucas&Peyton one, with smidgens of Naley thrown in for good measure. I'm really pleased with how this layout came together, so much so I took the time to make sidebar images this time!

Mini-preview:

Layout: One Tree Hill 'Pictures Of You'

Style: S1 Generator
Website: Required (ie, you must specify one in your user info, or the results won't be pretty! You can always point it to your LJ)
Default Icon: Doesn't matter.
Best view: 1024x768. Or even 1152x864
Nav banner: Codes are set for NO nav banner. Instructions included how to switch off this function or adapt codes accordingly.

Layout: Working preview

Screenshot:

Images:
The header
The background
The divider
Sidebar header 'About Me'
Sidebar header 'Dislikes'
Sidebar header 'Layout'
Sidebar header 'Likes'
Sidebar header 'Links'
Sidebar header 'Navigation'
Sidebar header 'Quotes'
You MUST upload to your own host. No direct linking!
(Image hosts listed here)

Overrides:

LASTN_HEAD<=
<title>:: sparkling angel :: layout by darkicedphoenix ::</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--

body {
overflow-x: hidden;
margin-top:220;
}

body {
background-color: #99cc99 !important;
background-image: url(http://yourhost.com/leytonforest_bg.jpg);
background-attachment:fixed;
background-repeat: repeat-y;
}

table, tr, td, .shadowed {
background: transparent;
}

table {
width: 550px;
margin-left: 20px;
margin-right: 100%;
}
table table {
width: 100%;
margin:0;
}
table table { 
border: 0;
}
table table table {
width: auto;
}
body, td, font, div, p {
font-family: Arial Narrow;
color:#ffffcc;
font-size:11px;
}
td.caption {
font-size:9pt;
}
p .index {
font-size:11px;
font-family: tempus sans itc;
color:#ffcc99;
letter-spacing:1px;
}
p table table td.caption {
font-size:11px;
font-family: Impact;
color:#ffcc66;
letter-spacing:1px;
}
table table table td.meta {
font-size:9px;
letter-spacing:2px;
}
.comments {
font-align:center;
}
a:hover {
cursor: crosshair;
}
a:hover {
filter: glow(Color=#cccc99,Direction=20);
height: 0;
}
BODY {
scrollbar-face-color: 669966;
scrollbar-highlight-color: white;
scrollbar-3dlight-color: white;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color: 006633;
scrollbar-shadow-color: 339966;
scrollbar-arrow-color: ffffcc;
scrollbar-track-color: 99cc99;
}
-->
</style>
<=LASTN_HEAD

LASTN_TALK_LINKS<=
<tr>
<td colspan="2" width="100%" class="comments" style="text-align: right">
%%readlink%%<a href="%%urlpost%%">come away with me</a>|<a href=http://www.livejournal.com/editjournal_do.bml?%%itemargs%%>edit</a> <center><img src="http://yourhost.com/leytonforest_divider.jpg"></center>
</td>
</tr>
<=LASTN_TALK_LINKS

LASTN_TALK_READLINK=><a href="%%urlread%%">%%messagecount%% lost in the ether</a>|
comments"> %%messagecount%% %%mc-plural-%%</a>

LASTN_WEBSITE<=
<div style="position:absolute; top: 365; left: 615; width: 160; height: 100%; visibility: visible;">

<center><img src="http://yourhost.com/leytonforest_navigation.jpg">
 
<a href="http://username.livejournal.com/calendar">Calendar</a> 
<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=username">Memories<a/> 
<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/update.bml">Update Journal</a> 
<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/modify.bml">Customize Journal</a> 
<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/username/37083.html">Friends Only</a> 
<a href="http://yoururl.com">Your custom friend group</a> 
<a href="http://yoururl.com">Your custom friend group 2</a> 
<a href="http://yoururl.com">Your communities</a> 
<a href="http://yoururl.com">Your communities 2</a></center> 
(In this section include all your LJ related links) 
</center>

<center><img src="http://yourhost.com/leytonforest_about.jpg"> </center>
Talk about yourself here! Anything you want.

<center><img src="http://yourhost.com/leytonforest_likes.jpg"> </center>
List your likes and loves

<center><img src="http://yourhost.com/leytonforest_dislikes.jpg"> </center>
List your dislikes and hates

<center><img src="http://yourhost.com/leytonforest_links.jpg"> </center>
<a href="http://yoururl.com">Your favourite sites</a> 
<a href="http://yoururl.com">Your favourite sites</a> 
<a href="http://yoururl.com">Your favourite sites</a> 
<a href="http://yoururl.com">Your favourite sites</a> 
<a href="http://yoururl.com">Your favourite sites</a> 
(Put as many links as you like. You may even want to put in categories, like Fan sites, Info sites)

<center><img src="http://yourhost.com/leytonforest_quotes.jpg"></center> 
Exactly as it says – a section for your favourite quotes, OTH related or not. Go wild!

<center><img src="http://yourhost.com/leytonforest_layout.jpg"></center> 
<center>Layout: v.18 Lucas&Peyton
© 2007 <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/~darkicedphoenix">darkicedphoenix</a>
best viewed at 1024x768 </center>
</div >

</map>

How to apply your new layout
Instructions can be found here

Color scheme:
When in the ‘Look and Feel’ section of the options, under ‘theme’, tick the custom colors option and plug into the table the three specific codes listed below. Don’t worry about the blanks.

If you have problems, check the troubleshooting section in the FAQs. I beg of you people, please check there first if you’re having problems. Most likely you’ll find the solution there! If it doesn’t help, then ask. Alternatively, head over to everything_lj .

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PS> you may be interested in the Great Multi-Fandom Friending Project or the OTH Friending Project. Do come along and join in!

Great Friending Project

2007-03-06T18:28:01Z

Ok folks, this lil humble LJ of mine gets a lot of traffic as people wonder in from all different fandoms to snag the goodies on offer. Considering that through this way I reach many people, I had a slightly radical idea.

Now now, don't get scared! I propose a multi-fandom friending meme project and I'm piloting it here. I'm just your humble host, you guys need to invite people to the party! Add your contribution and then go PIMP this post like crazy. Then come back and browse other people's submissions. Remember, you can track this thread to keep updated!

Final words: this will only work if we spread the love wide... you know you want too :)

All you need to do is simply grab the ready coded form below, fill it in and comment away!

* OPTIONAL: Visit the fandom-specific projects linked below and participate in those too!
(Want to see a particular project hosted? Drop a comment here!)

On with the pimpage!

TV Shows
Gilmore Girls friending project
Grey's Anatomy friending project
One Tree Hill friending project
Smallville friending project
Supernatural friending project

Music: Artists&Bands
Backstreet Boys friending project
Fall Out Boy friending project
Lostprophets friending project

Movies
Disney friending project

(Just to recap, remember all suggestions welcome here!)

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Multi fandom/resource post - Icon bases & Wallpapers

2007-03-06T00:32:08Z

Hey folks! I'm getting good at this updating regularly thing huh? *pets LJ* Hopefully I can keep it up, my second major uni placement begins next week and I foresee dark times ahead :s. But seeing that doing graphics keeps me sane, I'm determined to carve some time out and play :)

Moving on! I did a new layout for this place, do come on over and comment pwease? I'm a comment *junkie*, I require regular doses, haha. It's rather bright and colorful - it kinda took on a life of its own when I was doing it, as I had previously envisioned something dark and broody with a different topic matter, but never mind!

Ok, enough about me, let's see what I have for you...

Today's freebies:

14 Icon bases (OTH and Heroes)
[3] Peyton Sawyer
[8] Lucas Scott
[2] Claire Bennet
[1] Isaac Mendez

3 Wallpapers (3 sizes available in each)
[1] Justin Hartley / Oliver Queen (Smallville)
[1] Supernatural/Smallville
[1] Nick & Aaron Carter

Teasers:

Icon bases

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6. 7.
8. 9. 10. 11.

12. 13. 14.

Wallpapers

Download (save target as...): 1280x960 :: 1152x864 :: 1024x768

Download (save target as...): 1280x960 :: 1152x864 :: 1024x768

Download (save target as...): 1152x864 :: 1024x768
(Sorry, only two sizes in this one!)

Please comment&credit as required. For bases, a link back to this post/journal would be appreciated when you post your completed icons. Muchos gracias!

I have some more bits and pieces in the works at the moment, including (and not restricted to) three layouts, icon textures, large textures, pic spams and icon sets. See you soon!

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PS> you may be interested in the Great Friending Project. Do come along and join in!

Layout #15 One Tree Hill 'Pictures Of You'

2007-03-04T01:15:10Z

Hey y'all! New layout for you guys to yank, I had this up at my own journal for a while as well. I adored this episode on so many levels that I made the graphics for this layout that very night! Hope you like and will comment :) There's a friends only banner and matching icon included.

Also, I'm currently open to suggestions for future projects. I have some in the works and probably not a whole load of free time coming up, but I'm determined anyway! So feel free to throw your pennies into the pot, just be warned that I can't promise anything definate :)

On with the layout!

Layout: One Tree Hill 'Pictures Of You'

Style: Generator
Website: Required (ie, you must specify one in your user info, or the results won't be pretty! You can always point it to your LJ)
Default Icon: Doesn't matter, but I've made one.
Best view: 1024x768
Nav banner: Codes are set for NO nav banner. Instructions included how to switch off this function or adapt codes accordingly.

Layout: Working preview

Screenshot:

Images:
The header
The background
The divider
The icon
Friends Only Banner
You MUST upload to your own host. No direct linking!
(Image hosts listed here)

Overrides:

LASTN_HEAD<=
<title>::life in a glass house::</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--

body {
overflow-x: hidden;
margin-top: 290;
}

body {
background-color: #ffcc99 !important;
background-image: url(http://yourhost.com/OTH_picturesofyou_bgdip.jpg);
background-attachment:fixed;
background-repeat: repeat-y;
}

table, tr, td, .shadowed {
background: transparent;
}

table {
width: 500px;
margin-left: 228px;
margin-right: 100%;
}
table table {
width: 100%;
margin:0;
}
table { 
border: 1px dotted #330000;
} 
table table { 
border: 0;
}
table table table {
width: auto;
}
body, td, font, div, p {
font-family: Arial Narrow;
color:#990000;
font-size:11px;
}
td.caption {
font-size:9pt;
}
p .index {
font-size:11px;
font-family: Impact;
color:#FF3333;
letter-spacing:1px;
}
p table table td.caption {
font-size:11px;
font-family: Impact;
color:#FF3333;
letter-spacing:1px;
}
table table table td.meta {
font-size:9px;
letter-spacing:2px;
}
.comments {
font-align:center;
}
a:hover {
cursor: crosshair;
}
a:hover {
filter: glow(Color=#FF0000,Direction=20);
height: 0;
}
BODY {
scrollbar-face-color: ffcc99;
scrollbar-highlight-color: ffcc99;
scrollbar-3dlight-color: ffcc99;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color: 660000;
scrollbar-shadow-color: 660033;
scrollbar-arrow-color: 990033;
scrollbar-track-color: ffcc99;
}
-->
</style>
<=LASTN_HEAD

LASTN_TALK_READLINK=><a href="%%urlread%%">%%messagecount%% recommendation%%mc-plural-s%%</a>|

LASTN_TALK_LINKS<=
<tr>
<td colspan="2" width="100%" bgcolor="%%color:weak_back%%" class="comments" style="text-align: right">
%%readlink%%<a href="%%urlpost%%">What’s new?</a>|<a href=http://www.livejournal.com/editjournal_do.bml?%%itemargs%%>edit</a> <center><img src="http://yourhost.com/OTH_picturesofyou_divider.jpg"></center>
</td>
</tr>
<=LASTN_TALK_LINKS

LASTN_WEBSITE<=

<center>Tree Hill

<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=username">Pictures of You<a/> 
<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/update.bml">I Will Dare</a> 
<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/modify.bml">An Attempt To Tip The Scales</a> 
<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/username/37083.html#cutid1">Between Order and Randomness</a> 
<a href="http://yoururl.com">I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness</a> 
<a href="http://yoururl.com">Riders On The Storm</a> 
<a href="http://yoururl.com">Locked Hearts and Hand Grenades</a> </center>

<center>Prom Queen</center>

This section is up to you! Put anything you want, more links, some information about you, your likes/dislikes, a playlist, some pictures… use your imagination :)

<center>Layout: v.15 OTH ‘Pictures Of You’
© 2007 <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/~darkicedphoenix">darkicedphoenix</a>
</div >

</map>

Textures - 200x200 set 004 - Burning Sun

2007-03-01T19:24:24Z

A collection of 16 orangey red icon textures titled 'burning sun'
Credit - darkicedphoenix

download @ deviantART

Huge thanks to all of you who commented on the last set, you guys are fabulous :). As always, standard rules apply! Please comment if taking, I really do subsititute feedback for food! :D

My next texture set is almost ready, hopefully will get it up at/before the weekend. Uni is like a parasite on my free time but I'm fighting it *waves stick*. It will not eat me!

(friend me to recieve the latest updates)

PS> you may be interested in the Great Friending Project. Do come along and join in!

Resource - misc icon texture set 03

2007-02-22T10:25:19Z

A collection of 12 miscellaneous icon textures
Credit - darkicedphoenix

download @ deviantART

Huge thanks to all of you who commented on the last set, you guys are fabulous :). As always, standard rules apply! Please comment if taking, feedback=food! Feed the artist! :D

I have a few more projects close to completion which I hope to get up soon. Feel free to friend me to keep updated, I will friend you back!

(friend me to recieve the latest updates)

PS. you may be interested in the Great Friending Project. Do come along and join in!

Resource - misc icon texture set 02

2007-02-19T00:13:49Z

A second collection of 16 miscellaneous icon textures
Credit - darkicedphoenix

download @ deviantART

Standard rules apply! Please comment if taking, it provides me with motivation to make more goodies *nudge nudge*. Thank you to all who commented on my last set, I appreciated them muchly! I've been ill and I don't think I'd have finished this batch as quickly as I did without your support :)

This set has an overwhelming colour theme of purple/pink/red, which was *totally* unintentional! So next set I'm working on are blues/greens possibly some yellows thrown in. Hopefully up soon, but no definate date as I'm back at uni now. Yuck.

PS - If you also have an account over at deviantART, please mention your account name in your comment and I'll head over at friend you as a thank you :)

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PS. you may be interested in the Great Friending Project. Do come along and join in!

Resource - misc icon texture set 01

2007-02-16T23:58:37Z

A collection of 16 miscellaneous icon textures
Credit - darkicedphoenix

download @ deviantART

Standard rules apply! Please comment if taking, it provides me with motivation to make more goodies *nudge nudge*. I'm working on set 2 at the moment. I'm hoping to have it uploaded and shareable by Sunday (latest) :)

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PS. you may be interested in the Great Friending Project. Do come along and join in!

Layout #13 - Aladdin (A Whole New World)

2007-02-14T15:59:32Z

*shuffles in* Hi, remember me?! Yeah, it's been a long time! Some crazy stuff happened since, but I'm still around :) In fact, I'm currently in the middle of a huge finishing/updating spree. I've gotten fed up with incompleted/uncoded layouts just sitting on my computer doing absolutely NOTHING. So expect quite a few updates in the coming weeks! (as long as RL allows, of course ;))

So Aladdin is one of my favourite Disney movies ever. Well, I say that quite often to a variety of different Disney movies but it’s definitely one of my top 5. Below is my layout for this classic, and this time, it includes a Friends Only banner. I used this layout myself a long time ago and then it got lost in my myriad of files on my computer. I finally unearthed it and decided to share. Enjoy!

(PS: Feedback is a wonderful thing people :D)
(PPS: I made this a long time ago, so excuse the mad lack of skillz :s)

Layout: Aladdin

Style: Generator
Website: Required (ie, you must specify one in your user info, or the results won't be pretty! You can always point it to your LJ)
Custom Colors: Ah shucks, I think there was. Hold up *scrambles for codes* Yep, here we are: page link: #CCFFFF, page active link: #FFCCCC and page used link: #CCFFCC.
Default Icon: Doesn't matter
Best view: 1024x768

Layout: Preview

Image:
The header
The background
The divider
Side bar image
Friends Only Banner
You MUST upload to your own host. No direct linking!
(Image hosts listed here)

Overrides:

LASTN_HEAD<=
<title>~a whole new world~</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--

body {
overflow-x: hidden;
margin-top: 300;
}

body {
background-image: url(http://www.yourhost.com/aladdin_bg.jpg);
background-attachment:fixed;
background-color: #9999cc;
background-repeat: repeat-y;
}

table, tr, td, .shadowed {
background: transparent;
}

table {
width: 500px;
margin-left: 110px;
margin-right: 100%;
}
table table {
width: 100%;
margin:0;
}
table table table {
width: auto;
}
body, td, font, div, p {
font-family: Arial;
color:#FFFFFF;
font-size:11px;
}
td.caption {
font-size:9pt;
}
p .index {
font-size:11px;
text-transform:uppercase;
color:#FFFFCC;
weight:bold;
letter-spacing:1px;
}
p table table td.caption {
font-size:11px;
text-transform:uppercase;
color:#FFCCFF;
weight:bold;
letter-spacing:1px;
}
table table table td.meta {
font-size:9px;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:2px;
}
.comments {
font-align:center;
}
a:hover {
cursor: crosshair;
}
a:hover {
filter: glow(Color=#FF0000,Direction=5);
height: 0;
}
BODY {
scrollbar-face-color: 9999CC;
scrollbar-highlight-color: 9999CC;
scrollbar-3dlight-color: 9999CC;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color: 333366;
scrollbar-shadow-color: 666699;
scrollbar-arrow-color: FFCCFF;
scrollbar-track-color: 9999CC;
}
-->
</style>
<=LASTN_HEAD

LASTN_TALK_READLINK=><a href="%%urlread%%">%%messagecount%% found freedom</a>|

LASTN_TALK_LINKS<=
<tr>
<td colspan="2" width="100%" bgcolor="%%color:weak_back%%" class="comments" style="text-align: right">
%%readlink%%<a href="%%urlpost%%">do you trust me?</a>|<a href=http://www.livejournal.com/editjournal_do.bml?%%itemargs%%>edit</a> <center><img src="http://www.yourhost.com/aladdin_divider.jpg"></center>
</td>
</tr>
<=LASTN_TALK_LINKS

LASTN_WEBSITE<=
<div style="position:absolute; top: 510; left: 660; width: 220; height: 100%; visibility: visible;">
<center>{ World Map } </center>
<center><a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/username" alt="recent entries">cave of wonders</a> 
<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/username/friends" alt="friends">abu, rajah, genie</a>
<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=username" alt="userinfo">agrabah</a>
<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=username" alt="memories">crystal ball<a/>
<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/update.bml" alt="update journal">what now?</a>
<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/modify.bml">genie finger</a>
<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/username/37083.html">magic carpet ride</a> (Friends only entry) 

 
 
 
<center>ABOUT YOU (alternatively this section can go below the image)
 
 
Here you can list your likes, dislikes, fav tunes, anything you wish. Go wild, make this unique!</center>
 
 
 
 
<center><img src=”http://www.yourhost.com/aladdin_sideimage.jpg”></center>
 
 
 
 
<center>Layout: v.13 Aladdin and Jasmine
best viewed at 1024x768 resolution 
© 2007 <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/~darkicedphoenix">darkicedphoenix</a></center>
</div >

</map>

How to apply your new layout
Instructions can be found here

Color scheme:
* When in the ‘Look and Feel’ section of the options, under ‘theme’, tick the custom colors option and plug into the table the three specific codes listed above. Don’t worry about the others.

If you have problems, check the troubleshooting section in the FAQs. I beg of you people, please check there first if you’re having problems. Most likely you’ll find the solution there! If it doesn’t help, then ask. Alternatively, head over to everything_lj .

(friend me to recieve the latest updates)

Patterns - Jewels&Gems

2006-03-29T00:47:58Z

(EDIT 6th April: Image pack added)

This is my first ever pattern set. Call them textures, patterns, stamps, whatever you wish. The file is a *.pat file for use in Adobe Photoshop with the pattern stamp tool, but if you require an image pack to use in other programs, leave me a comment.

(NB - file was made in CS2, but is compatible in lower versions. PS7 for sure.)

-- Patterns - Jewelled

This .pat file contains 39 pattern stamps made from close ups of various gems and jewels.
Credit - darkicedphoenix

Each pattern is 100x100px repeating unit. Therefore in a 100x100 document, the pattern will only fit in once. In a 200x200 document, the pattern will fit in four times. And so on.

Below is an example of how these pattern stamps can be used to give variety and depth to your work. You can stamp with a 100x100 square brush. Alternatively, should you apply a pattern stamp with a texture brush, this adds even more depth to your original texture layer. You can also stamp with a border brush. Go on, have a go!

Additional tip: try experimenting with blending modes as well as brushes when using these stamps.

(Resources: texture brush 01 from blimey_icons and texture brush 02 & border brush from teh_indy)

download (*.pat) (deviantART link)
download (image pack) (deviantART link)

Icon samples
I've used these stamps as texture layers with different blending modes in the following icons. By the naked eye you can't really see the layer/s in question. But trust me, without them the icons would look different! (i think I'll post the with/without versions when I get back to my own computer for comparison)



(Icons are also shareable. Enjoy!) </div>
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Texture - The Summer Series set003

2006-03-29T00:47:30Z

The final instalment of the Summer Series texture sets (for now) Don't forget to tell me what you think!

-- Texture - The Summer Series

Set 003 - greens/yellows

A collection of 16 green/yellow 200x200 textures in .jpeg format.
Credit - darkicedphoenix

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Icon samples
coming soon!

Summer Series - Set 001
Summer Series - Set 002

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