Dungbombs Icons

zeroh

2007-01-17T01:54:41Z

I've moved!

I moved a couple months ago to a new icon journal. I know I should have repeated the message sooner, but I sort of forgot. Oops!

I'm now at zeroh. I will no longer post icons here at dungbombs.

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Moved!

2006-10-05T20:37:46Z

I've moved!
After two great years at dungbombs, I've started a new journal for my graphics. I will no longer be updating this journal. There are already three icon posts in the other journal, so feel free to check those out. I'm really grateful for all of the watchers and visitors of this journal; I hope to continue to see your bright shining faces! Aww.

P.S. In case you need it six times:
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dungbombs @ 2006-06-05T15:48:00

2006-06-05T19:49:23Z

It's been a while, but now it's summer! 85 icons, spanning the ages (lol). Hopefully I'll start updating more often, eliminating these awful times when I'm not happy with all the icons.

Comment, credit, no alterations, no hotlinking.

Actors:

Alexis Bledel
01. 02. 03. 04.

Emilie de Ravin
05.

Reese Witherspoon
06.

Movies:
Dead Poets Society
07. 08.

Hero
09. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19.

Howl's Moving Castle
*85. 20.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
21. 22. 23.

Princess Mononoke
24. 25.

Porco Rosso
26. 27.

Whisper of the Heart
28. 29. 30. 31.
32. 33. 34.

Walk the Line
35.

Music:
Erlend Øye
36. 37. 38. 39.

Feist
40. 41. 42.

Iron & Wine
43.

Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins
44.

Sufjan Stevens
45. 46. 47.

Taylor Hicks
48. 49. 50. 51.

Television:
Gilmore Girls - Warning: Season 6 finale icon!
52. 53. 54. 55.
56. 57. 58. 59.
60. 61. 62. 63.
64. 65. 66. 67.
68. 69. 70. 71.
72.

Lost
73. 74. 75. 76.
77. 78.

Miscellaneous:
Photography - Taken by me
79. 80. 81. 82.
83. 84.

My resources.

Exclusive (lol)!

2006-04-17T21:47:35Z

I guess this would be what I would call a graphic garage, yard, rummage, etc. sale. I went through a bunch of my old files and came up with what I have here. Some of it I have used for myself, planned to give to other people and for whatever reason didn't, or just made and left. Some of it is almost two years old though, so I guess you'll see a lot of variation and oddness (re: everything, LOL).

Only watchers and people stumbling upon here will see this stuff. I guess you could say it's ExClUsIve, lol! (p.s. layout change dungbombs)

Comment, credit, no alterations, no hotlinking.

Click on the thumbnails and right-click save image as. You might have to click it once again to see the full size.

Actors:

Alexis Bledel
01. 02.
03.

Emma Watson
04.

Evangeline Lily
05.

Movies:

Harry Potter
06. 07.

Studio Ghibli films:
Castle in the Sky (image is animated)
08.

Howl's Moving Castle
09.

Spirited Away
10. 11.

Tuck Everlasting
12.

TV:

Gilmore Girls - Rory/Jess
13. 14.
15.

Lost - Sawyer/Kate
16.

Miscellaneous:

Misc. Photo
17.

For the headers credit is good but not required.

18. 19. 20. 21.
22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29.
30. 31. 32. 33.
34. 35. 36. 37.
38. 39. 40. 41.
42. 43. 44. 45.
46. 47. 48. 49.

18-00 Amelié
19-23 Alexis Bledel
24-00 Carl Barât
25-26 Castle in the Sky
27-00 Evangeline Lily/Kate
28-00 Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler
29-32 Gilmore Girls
33-36 Harry Potter
37-00 Jennifer Garner
38-00 Misc. layout icon
39-44 Random seizure inducing icons
45-46 Spirited Away
46-00 Sailor Moon
48-00 Star Wars III
49-00 Tuck Everlasting

My resources.

April Fools!

2006-04-01T18:35:11Z

Icons. 20 icons.

Comment, credit, no alterations, no hotlinking.

Movies:

J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter
01. 02. 03. 04.

Music:
Britney Spears
05.

Fall Out Boy
06.

Television:
Gilmore Girls
07. 08. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14.
15.

Lost
16. 17. 18. 19.

The O.C./Veronica Mars/House
20.

My resources.

dungbombs @ 2006-03-15T19:33:00

2006-03-15T16:33:43Z

125 icons. I figured out that I left some out AFTER I numbered 119 of them. The ones with the "*"s are the ones added in later.

Comment, credit, no alterations, no hotlinking.

Actors:

Alexis Bledel
001. 002. 003. 004.
005. 006.

Milo Ventimiglia/Alexis Bledel
007. 008. 009. 010.
011.

Movies:
Dear Frankie
012. 013. 014. 015.
016. 017.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
018. 019. 020. 021.
022. 023. 024. 025.
026. 027.

High School Musical - For everyone, but dedicated to my HSM loving friends
028. 029. 030. 031.
032. 033.

Ocean's 12
*120. *121.

Music:
Belle and Sebastian
034.

Bright Eyes
035. 036.

Cat Power
037. 038. 039.

Death Cab for Cutie
040. 041. 042. 043.

Elliott Smith
044. 045.

Feist
046. 047. 048. 049.
050. 051.

Jenny Lewis
052. 053. 054. 055.
056. 057.

Rilo Kiley
058. 059. 060.

Television:
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
061. 062. 063.

Gilmore Girls
064. 065. 066. 067.
068. 069. 070. 071.
072. 073. 074. 075.
076. 077. 078. 079.
080. 081. 082. 083.
084. 085. 086. 087.
088. 089. 090. 091.
092. 093. 094. 095.
096. 097. 098. 099.
100. 101. 102. 103.
104. *122. *123.
*124. *125.

Lost
105. 106.

Pokémon: Indigo League
107. 108. 109. 110.
111. 112. 113.

Miscellaneous:
JK Rowling
114.

Stock Images
115. 116.

Wicked
117. 118. 119.

My resources.

dungbombs @ 2005-12-22T23:05:00

2005-12-22T20:11:14Z

130 icons. Merry Christmas! (Happy Holidays!)

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Actors:

Emma Watson
001. 002.

Movies:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
003. 004. 005. 006.
007. 008. 009. 010.
011. 012. 013.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
014. 015. 016. 017.
018. 019. 020. 021.

Music:
Arcade Fire
022. 023. 024.

Bob Dylan
025. 026. 027. 028.
029. 030.

Bright Eyes
031. 032.

Coldplay
033. 034. 035. 036.
037. 038. 039. 040.
041.

Kings of Convenience
042. 043. 044.

Sufjan Stevens
045. 046. 047. 048.
049. 050. 051. 052. 053. 054. 055.

Television:
Gilmore Girls
056. 057. 058. 059.
060. 061. 062. 063.
064. 065. 066. 067.
068. 069. 070. 071.
072. 073. 074. 075.
076. 077. 078. 079.
080. 081. 082. 083.
084. 085. 086. 087.
088. 089. *130.

Lost
096. 097. 098. 099.
100. 101. 102. 103.
104.

Pokémon: Indigo League
105. 106. 107. 108.

Bewitched
109.

Fulfilled Requests:
Winter/Holiday Requests Fulfilled - Shareable
110. 111. 112. 113.
114. 115. 116. 117.
118. 119. 120. 121.
122. 123. 124. 125.
126. 127. 128. 129.

My resources.

dungbombs @ 2005-11-01T11:10:00

2005-11-01T08:12:25Z

125 icons. I am really going to try very hard to make smaller posts. These just happen. I really am trying! I am always losing one or two this way.
Anyway, it's my first time EVER without posting any Harry Potter icons with an icon entry. I feel kind of bad breaking it, but...

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Actors:

Alexis Bledel
001. 002. 003. 004.
005. 006. 007. 008.
009. 010.

Milo Ventimiglia
011.

Milo Ventimiglia/Alexis Bledel (cutest couple EVER)
012. 13. 013.

Movies:
Howl's Moving Castle
014. 015. 016. 017.
018. 019. 020. 021.

Music:
Sufjan Stevens
022. 023. 024. 025.

Television:
Gilmore Girls
026. 027. 028. 029.
030. 031. 032. 033.
034. 035. 036. 037.
038. 039. 040. 041.
042. 043. 044. 045.
046. 047. 048. 049.
050. 051. 052. 053.
054. 055. 056. 057.
058. 059. 060. 061.
062. 063. 064. 065.
066. 067. 068. 069.
070. 071. 072. 073.
074. 075. 076. 077.
078. 079. 080. 081.
082. 083. 084. 085.
086. 087. 088. 089.
090. 091. 092. 093.
094. 095.

Lost
096. 097. 098. 099.
100. 101. 102. 103.
104. 105. 106. 107.
108. 109. 110. 111.
112. 113. 114. 115.
116. 117. 118. 119.
120. 121. 122. 123.
124. 125.

My resources.

dungbombs @ 2005-10-08T12:12:00

2005-10-08T09:14:21Z

A. I've been lazy with posting these, and I'm hurting for it now. It's a pain to code for 182 icons! Two icons got lost in the process (I'll put them in if I find them.), not to mention... many other little things. I apologize for the mess!
B. I changed the layout dungbombs.
C. The icons with the "*" near them mean that I had to put them in later.
D. I hope this isn't too complicated... and ENJOY!

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Actors:

Alexis Bledel
01. 02. 03. 04.
05. 06. 07. 08.
09. 10. 11. 12.
13.

Christian Bale
*182.

Emmy Rossum + Gerard Butler
14. 15.

Kate Winslet
16.

Lauren Graham
17. 18.

Milo Ventimiglia
19. 20. 21. 22.
23. 24. 25. 26.

Nicole Kidman
27. 28. 29.

Natalie Portman
30. 31. 32. 33.

Zooey Deschanel
34.

Music:
Aqualung
35. 36. 37. 38.

Bright Eyes
39. 40. 41. 42.
43. 44.

Interpol
45. 46.

Muse
47. 48.

Sufjan Stevens
49. 50. 51. 52.
53. 54.

Movies:
Howl's Moving Castle
55. 56. 57. 58.
59. 60. 61. 62.
63. 64.

Harry Potter - Goblet of Fire
65. 66. 67. 68.
69. 70. 71. 72.
73. 74. 75. 76.
77. 78.

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
79.

Tuck Everlasting
80.

Television:
24
81. 82. 83. 84.
85. 86. 87. 88.
89. 90. 91. 92.
93. 94. 95. 96.
97. 98. 99. 100.
101. 102. 103. 104.
105. 106. 107. 108.
109. 110. 111. 112.
113.

Gilmore Girls
114. 115. 116. 117.
118. 119. 120. 121.
122. 123. 124. 125.
126. 127. 128. 129.
130. 131. 132. 133.
134. 135. 136. 137.
138. 139. 140. 141.
142. 143. 144. 145.
146. 147. 148. 149.
150. 151. 152. 153.
154. 155. 156. 157.
158. 159. 160. 161.
162. 163. 164. 165.
166. 167. 168. 169.
170. 171. 172. 173.
174. 175. 176. 177.
178. 179.

Miscellaneous:
Miscellaneous Animated
180. 181.

My resources.

dungbombs @ 2005-07-12T17:06:00

2005-07-12T14:06:35Z

I know I haven't made icons in quite a while. Truth is, I have, but I just haven't put them here yet. Some of these are SO old, and I basically hate them, but I'm posting them anyway. I know I promised some of you certain icons that aren't here, but I'll include them in the next post. 71 icons in this.

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Eisley
01. 02.

Gone With the Wind
03. 04. 05. 06.
07. 08.

09.

Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
10. 11. 12. 13.
14. 15. 16. 17.
18.

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
19. 20. 21. 22.
23. 24.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
25. 26. 27. 28.
29. 30. 31. 32.
33.

Gilmore Girls/Alexis Bledel
34. 35. 36. 37.
38. 39. 40.

Harry Potter Actors
41. 42. 43. 44.
45. 46.

Harry Potter (Movies, etc.)
47. 48. 49. 50.
51. 52. 53. 54.
55. 56. 57. 58.
59. 60. 61. 62.
63. 64. 65. 66.
67. 68. 69. 70.

71.

72. 73. 73.

My resources.

The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - World Premiere Trailer

2005-05-10T16:42:45Z

145 640x268 screen caps for The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe world premiere trailer.

( Rules and samples )

Comment and credit (dungbombs or zerohundred) please.

dungbombs @ 2005-04-24T01:15:00

2005-04-23T22:32:57Z

I'm sorry I haven't made icons for a while. I feel pretty bad about that... I'm going to post some soon, but for now I'll just post these backgrounds. I orginally had it as just the Rory/Logan (Gilmore Girls) wallpaper, but I wound up making an identical one with Alexis Bledel too. The lyrics are from Cake's "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps".

800x600 // 1024x768

800x600 // 1024x768

Please don't forget to comment and credit :)

dungbombs @ 2005-04-01T22:38:00

2005-04-01T19:51:02Z

Okay, I'm trying to be really experimental here, and so I want to know what everyone thinks. Everyone has been using the same old kinds of styles, and I'm just really into color this time around. I really think they turned out a lot better than some stuff I've made in the past! I'm also into some new kinds of ships. So anyway, I've only made 12 because I'm trying to update more often. Here they are!

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o1...

o2...

o3...

o4...

o5...

o6...

o7...

o8...

o9...

1o...

11...

12...

Oh yeah... April Fools ;)

My resources.

dungbombs @ 2005-02-26T17:05:00

2005-02-26T14:14:02Z

Okay, I'm getting a bit faster at posting these. It's hard not to want to hoard them all. I finished all the icons people requested, so you can find those here. 40 icons in all.

A few other notes would have to beeee that I changed the layout (dungbombs), and that I defriended everyone. No, I didn't single any certain person out. I just figured it would be easier not to friend people back for various reasons.

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Tuck Everlasting

01. 02. 03. 04.
05. 06. 07. 08.
09. 10. 11. 12.

Harry Potter - Goblet of Fire
13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24.
25. 26.

Harry Potter - Ships
27. 28. 29. 30.
31.

Requests Run mouse over to see what the fandom is. Anyone can take these.
Note: I included all wanted text, even if it is unreadable.

32. 33. 34. 35.
36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

My resources.

dungbombs @ 2005-02-16T00:15:00

2005-02-15T21:39:46Z

I've come to the decision to start making smaller icon posts, but more frequently. Usually, I would have waited until I had more icons finished, but since I'm eager to begin this new habit, I am posting these now. There are 49 icons in all. Enjoy :)

(Also, I'll try to post the requested icons soon)

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Background: Desktop use only.

Icons from My Photography

01. 02. 03.

A Series of Unfortunate Events

04. 05. 06. 07.
08. 09.

Alexis Bledel, Gilmore Girls

10. 11. 12. 13.
14. 15.

16.

17. 18. 19.

Digimon - Dedicated to all of my Digimon-fan friends

20. 21. 22. 23.
24. 25. 26. 27.
28. 29. 30. 31.
32. 33.

Harry Potter/Actors

34. 35. 36. 37.
38. 39. 40. 41.
42. 43. 44. 45.
46. 47. 46. 47.
48. 49.

50.
800x600 // 1024x768

The Secret Garden

51.

My resources.

dungbombs @ 2005-02-05T20:26:00

2005-02-05T17:35:23Z

I'm going to take icon requests :O I feel silly doing it, but if it will brighten your day, then, um, YAY lol. (It might take a little while for them to come up in my icon posts)

Okay, the rules.

1. One icon per person
2. You must include a high-quality image*. If it is very big in size (not a bad thing), please put it as a link.
3. Images must not be obscene.
4. The icon will be sharable.
5. I might not make it. *shrug*

*If you are unsure about the quality you may post it and I'll tell you :)

Feel free to include a suggestion for text.

Format:
Image/Link to Image: Picture Subject is...? (Fandom, etc.): Text Suggestion:

Also, since this is a nuisance of a no-icons post, I have some questions. If you could answer, I'd love you seven jillion times more than anything, pretty much.

1. Are you able to see the text on the main journal page? (dungbombs)
2. Do you prefer me to post many icons at once (like I have been doing), or in individual "slices" (example: teh_indy)? Many/slower VS. Fewer/faster.
3. Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks!

ETA: Another question in the format.

Thanks everyone, all of this is currently closed :)

dungbombs @ 2004-11-22T22:30:00

2004-11-22T20:06:21Z

Dedicated to callmefreak <3

Note: While this is an icon tutorial, I also tried to include some tips that are just good to know. Sometimes you’re not working with top-quality images, and I’ve tried to include some things you can do to make it look a little better.

Important: I am using Paint Shop Pro 8, but I’m pretty sure it’s translatable to at least Photoshop. Nothing to out of the ordinary in my steps. Assume when I’m doing something different that it’s on a new layer. You can never have too many layers, say I, the girl who usually winds up with 50+ layers (not this time ;)
Please remember tutorials are ways of learning new techniques. It is not meant to be used as a means of duplicating an icon exactly the same as mine.

I start of this picture of Jamie Waylett and Bonnie Wright (view it here). I kind of just want Bonnie, so I crop Jamie off the picture to begin.
Before I crop and resize the picture I want to get rid of the red-eye, but Paint Shop Pro 8 has a crap way of getting rid of red-eye, (make a new layer) so I just get out the freehand selection tool, put it on point to point with feathering at 1. I just go around the pupil (the black part). Do just one eye at for now. Fill it in with black (#000000) and put the opacity on 25. Looks more natural now, doesn’t it?

Do the same with the other eye (on a new layer). It’s not perfect, but it’s good enough for an icon.

I want to take some of the shininess off her skin, so I go to the original layer and duplicate it. I get the soften tool out at size 7 and opacity 30. Avoid her eyes, hair, lips, and the edges of her skin (think SKIN here). It’ll mess things up a lot if you just fuzz up everything.

The difference is oh-so subtle. This step isn’t necessary, but it adds to it somehow. And you’re probably annoyed that you’re doing all this work before even getting it icon sized, but I can’t tell you how much it helps to work on a bigger surface.

The picture is cute, but it’s kind of blah. The coloring is weird. I “Copy Merged” (edit > copy merged) and paste it as a new layer (on top). Go to Adjust > Brightness and Contrast > Brightness/Contrast with the brightness at 10 and the contrast as 25; another subtle yet effectual step.

Alright, now that we’ve improved the image one hundred million times, let’s MAKE THE ICON. Please do, Kristen. You’ve kept us all waiting with these steps.

FYI, I am an obsessive “copy merged” fan. If you have some other way of doing it, do it. But I’m just going to tell you how I make my icons. Just a warning, lol.

Copy merged, if you will. Paste as a new image (I just like to do this so I don’t get confused with 500 layers).

Crop and resize. Copy merged, paste as new layer. Sharpen once. Duplicate and sharpen again, only put that layer at 20% opacity.

Copy merged, paste as new layer. Go to Adjust > Hue and Saturation > Hue/Saturation/Lightness, with hue, saturation, and lightness all at zero. Basically, make it black and white.
Put the blend mode at exclusion, and the opacity at 25. Duplicate the layer and put that blend mode at soft light and the opacity 100%. (I do this in almost all my icons!)

I make a new layer, flood fill it with a beige-y kind of color (#BEA88B) and set the blend mode on Darken, opacity 60.

With the same brown I use some of teh_indy’s brushes to add some texture (each on its own layer).

Copy merged, paste as new layer (again, yes!). Blend mode: Burn; Opacity; 70.

Aw, I like it enough to keep it just like this. BUT, that would be a little more simple than the look I am going for.
I flood fill the image (on a new layer) with a gradient by crumblingwalls (angle: 30). I put it on screen 55%.

I flood fill the image with #BEA88B and set it on color legacy 30%.

I make new layer, flood fill it with #201C1E (dark grey) and set it on burn 10%.

Flood fill a layer with another of crumblingwalls’s gradients (angle: 35). Blend mode: Burn; Opacity: 30.

Adding another brush by teh_indy with the color #BEA88B, opacity 20. The second one is mine, also set at opacity 20. I got the freehand tool (feathering: 35) and cleared away some of the brush from her face.

I think that adds a bit to the overall look. I want some little border-type detailing going on, so I get out a torn paper brush by freak_icons and use that same #BEA88B that I keep using. I place it at the bottom. I kind of want the higher part facing the other way, so I mirror the image. I want it to fade off a little bit, so I take out the selection tool (feathering: 25) and clear away some (not all) of the edge. I like the look, but it’s a little too faint, so I duplicate the torn off edge twice.

I think the picture is still yet lacking. It needs a burst of color. Using teh_indy’s brilliant ink spot brushes, I choose several and place them haphazardly in the corner. The first is #703A19 set on burn 35. The second is #2A1D0A set on soft light 100. The third one is #854211 burn 45. I took the selection tool to all of them and cut some of the corners so they faded off a little bit.

Text now! I found a line I liked from Green Day’s song “Extraordinary Girl” which is “she's an extraordinary girl in an ordinary world”. I don’t know if I’m going to use all that, but it gives me somewhere to go with the text. I’m using one of my favorite fonts EVER, and it is called “timtastic!” You can find it at dafont.com). I wrote “EXTRAORDINARY” in all caps (size: 12; kerning: 500). The color is #DCCEBE. I turned it into a raster layer so I could feather off the corners (feathering: 20).

Going to totally “rip off” other icon makers (*wink*), with this one effect they’ve done with text. I don’t know who started it, and I’ve seen more than one person do it, so I’m figuring that they won’t mind if I feed off of their creativity. I put the kerning still on 500 and the size 8 and wrote a couple of lowercase Xs. I titled it a little and put it right under the “extraordinary”. Lowered the opacity to 70. Decided last second to make a new vector layer and put “girl” next to the Xs (size: 8; kerning: 1000; titled slightly)

I think this icon is okay without a border, but I do want to add one more thing to the chaos. I get the font “Traditional Floral Design II” (found at dafont.com) and type in something random (same color as the other fonts; size 48; kerning 0) and tilt them in both corners and feather a bit of them off (you have to turn it into a raster layer first). I put the opacity at 75.

AND WE’RE DONE! Yay! Here’s what we’ve ended up with:

Links to Items Used in This Tutorial

crumblingwalls's gradients used: [1] [2]

teh_indy's brushes used: [1] [2]

freak_icons's brush used: [1]

Dafont.com's fonts: [1] [2]

I'd love to hear from you if you found this tutorial helpful! Feel free to use the icon, but please credit me.

dungbombs @ 2004-10-30T16:14:00

2004-10-30T14:35:04Z

Not as many as the last two times, but there are still quite a few. A lot of headers this time, but still many icons. I hate hate hate Photobucket right now. They won't let me link the stupid headers. I put them at the bottom, but it ~~might~~ will make the page take ~~500 years~~ a while longer to load.

Comment, credit (dungbombs or zerohundred), no alterations, no hotlinking.

George Bush

01. 02. 03. 04. 05.

Spirited Away

06. 07. 08. 09. 10.
11.

Lord of the Rings (Eowyn)

12. 13. 14.

15.

16. 17. 18. 19.

20.

21. 22. 23.

24.

25. 26.

Harry Potter (actors + movie)

27. 28. 29. 30.31.
32. 33.

Harry Potter (ships [still a strong H/Hr though!])

34. 35. 36. 37. 38.
39. 40.

Harry Potter (banners and icons)

41. 42.

43. 44. 45. 46.

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49. 50. 51.

52. 53.

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Full-sized banners (because Photobucket is an IDIOT. I'm going to try and fix this)

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dungbombs @ 2004-09-28T21:18:00

2004-09-28T20:03:59Z

Well, apparently large numbers are addicting because I've made 86 icons. Yes. Going slightly mad. And now that I've coded it all I need to go take something for this terrible headache.
So, all in all, 86 icons and 3 journal headers.

Comment, credit, no alterations, no hotlinking.

NY Yankees

01. 02. 03. 04. 05.

Kiki's Delivery Service

06. 07. 08. 09. 10.

Lord of the Rings (Return of the King)

11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Harry Potter (actors)

---tutorial
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
41. 42.

Harry Potter (movies + b.w. as ginny)

43. 44. 45. 46. 47.
48. 49. 50.

51. 52. 53. 54. 55.
56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
61. 62. 63.

Harry Potter CoS Engrish Caps

Note: These come from the infamous Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Engrish caps (so horribly translated that it said completely WRONG things). Up until a few days ago the site with the captions was running fine. For some reason the site has been removed by the site's host, and I don't think it's coming back. Anyway, for a few last laughs... (note: the last two have mild cursing and are linked)

64. 65. 66. 67. 68.
69. 70. 71. 72. 73.
74. 75. 76.

Dedicated to the lovely uponadream (wth)

78. 79. 80. still 81. animated

Journal Headers - Click to see full size

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86. 87. 88. 89.

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dungbombs @ 2004-09-12T18:14:00

2004-09-12T15:19:04Z

Well, in comparison to my last tutorial, this will be a very simple one. Mostly because I about died writing up the last one.

I am using Paint Shop Pro 8, but I’m pretty sure it’s translatable to at least Photoshop. Nothing to out of the ordinary in my steps. Assume when I’m doing something different that it’s on a new layer. You can never have too many layers, say I, the girl who usually winds up with 50+ layers (not this time ;)
Please remember tutorials are ways of learning new techniques. It is not meant to be used as a means of duplicating an icon exactly the same as mine.

For this icon I chose THIS rather crappy picture of Dan and Emma on TLR (?) in the US. Yay for crappy Dan and Emma picture. When you resize it you don’t really notice the fuzzy jpg-y-ness of it, so it doesn’t really matter.

I cropped it, resized it to 100x100 and duplicated the base once. Okay, on the duplicated layer sharpen (adjust > sharpness > sharpen) once. Adjust the brightness/contrast (brightness -5, contrast 12). You with me? Here is where we are at.

Alright, duplicate the sharpened layer. You Go to adjust > hue and saturation > hue/saturation/lightness. Have everything set on 0 (top on “master”) except for saturation, which you set on -100%. Set the black and white layer on Exclusion 50% (this will give it a flat look). Duplicate the exclusion layer, and set this new layer on Soft Light 100%.

I picked a red/yellow/purple gradient by crumblingwalls on Burn 20%.

Next I chose a teal/brown/gold gradient by her, and set it on Multiply 80%.

Go to layer > new adjustment layer > hue/saturation/lightness. Set it at saturation -33 and lightness 11.

Another gradient by crumblingwalls, this time a purple/lavender color set on Dodge 25% (to lighten it up).

Now we have the basic “shape” of the icon. Because it’s rather simple looking, I want to do something a little more unusual for the border, while still keeping it simple.
Using the freehand selection tool, set on point by point and feathering on 1, I draw out a messy square (not too thick). Go to selection > invert so you can have the edge to work on (other wise you would be working on what was inside the selection, and we don’t want to do that).

Go back to the Soft Light black and white layer and making a new layer on top. I selected a color from the image (#A6907D), a muddy grey color. Flood fill the new layer/border with it.

I like the way it looks already, the simplicity of it. I still want to make everyone aware that it’s a border though, so we’ll add some brushes to it.
Soooo, selecting a dark grey from the icon (#1F1F20), I apply a brush by teh_indy (don’t forget to do this on a new layer). I’m satisfied with this tiny touch of texture, so I “select none”.

I want to add a border around the inside of the border (kind of like matting is to a frame), so going back and selecting the solid border color (#A6907D) layer, I go to effects > 3d effects > drop shadow. Since there are like, five hundred settings for the drop shadow option, I’ll put them factually below.

Vertical: 2; Horizontal: 2; Opacity 100; Blur 0; Color #1F1F20 (same grey as stated above). Shadow on new layer checked.

Okay, do this, and then go back to the solid color layer and go back to drop shadow. The settings should be the same, except this time set vertical and horizontal to -2. You now have a solid dark grey border.

I’m happy with it except I don’t quite like the strength of the border, so I set both shadow layers to 60%.

Okay, all that’s really left is text! Usually, unless I have a text revelation, I use illegible text, or very small text. So, go back up to the top layer, and make a new vector layer.
Being the way the icon is, unless I make a new place for text, you won’t really be able to see anything I write, so I’m not even going to try very hard with visibility.
I’m using Arial at size 3, kerning 1000. The color is #8E775C, one of the lighter colors from the border (make sure the foreground color is turned off and the background color is the one on). I chose “FRESH NEW STARTS” for the text (from an Mxpx song). Not really because it made an enormous amount of sense, but because it was from the song I was listening to :P I’m lazy that way with text. I placed it somewhere in the middle-bottom-ish area.

It doesn’t seem like enough, so making a new vector layer I started writing some random/gibberish text setting the size at 2. I made a few rows of text in a somewhat pleasant manner of arrangement, just to add some interest. Set the opacity to 80%.

And we’re done! That wasn’t so bad, was it? We both made it through, and at least I’m not dead. You might be, but… well, yes ;) I hope you had fun, and learned some stuff as well. Feel free to use the icon, but please credit dungbombs or zerohundred. If you followed along exactly as well, I would ask that you do not distribute your version of this icon. Thanks!

Notes:

crumblingwalls’s gradients that I used can be found HERE and HERE.
teh_indy’s brush that I used can be found HERE.

Questions and comments are welcomed :D

dungbombs @ 2004-09-12T16:08:00

2004-09-12T13:21:08Z

I have 3 brush sets for you today. I've already been using them loads, but I finally set them up to have for people to download. I have them for PSP8 and the image packs for everyone else. Enjoy!

Right click and "save target as" please.

Casual Set

Download for PSP8
Download image pack

Text Set

Download for PSP8
Download image pack

Fleur Set

Download for PSP8
Download image pack

Please credit either dungbombs or zerohundred if you use them, and commenting is preferred.

dungbombs @ 2004-09-03T20:24:00

2004-09-03T17:31:18Z

The other day I took screen captures of Hidalgo. I took 365 caps (of the entire movie), and they are free for use.

One thing I ask would be that if you do use them to credit me once. It took me quite a while to cap all of it, so I think it doesn't seem to outrageous to ask for one mention (either dungbombs or zerohundred) :)

You can find them HERE.

Comment if you're using, and please don't hotlink.

dungbombs @ 2004-09-03T17:15:00

2004-09-03T15:36:06Z

For dungbombs' grand opening, I thought I would go all out with the icons. Seriously, I've never done this many at one time (52 icons and 4 manipulations!). Anyway, I've got so much in here for you. Enjoy ;)

Comment, credit, no alterations, no hotlinking.

Bush-Cheney 2004

01. 02. 03. 04. 05.

Hidalgo

06. 07. 08. 09. 10.

Harry Potter (actors/jkr)

11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Harry Potter (movies)

21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
31. 32.

Harry Potter (harry/hermione)

33. 34. 35. 36. 37.

Harry Potter (art- coloring book, seviet)

38. 39. 40. 41. 42.

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The Village

43. 44. 45. 46. 47.
48. 49. 50. 51. 52.

Harry Potter Manipulations - Click to see full size

53. 54.
55. 56.

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