empty your life.

Friends Only.

emptyyourlife — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:03:23 GMT

My Journal is now Friends Only.
If you are looking for my graphics, they are over at mellowmint.
Feel free to add me if you wish =)

(banner by rustycarousel )

Tutorial!

emptyyourlife — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:03:44 GMT

I felt proud of this icon, so I’m making a tutorial!

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01. Duplicate base and set to screen 80% (adjust according to base)

02.  Make a selective colour layer with these settings:
        Reds: -100, +28, +32, +47
        Yellows: -100, -40, -100, -17
        Cyans: +100, -60, -60, +100
        Neutrals: +20, 0, -19, +5

03. I want to make the reds and blues pop more, and make the rest of the colours look soft. So I added a hue/saturation layer. (This may or may not work for your image, but you can just fiddle around until you get something you like!)

Master-Saturation: +10
Reds-Saturation: +5
Yellows-Saturation: -100
Cyans-Saturation: +73

04. I added a new colour balance layer to soften the picture even more.

Midtones: -62, +12, -23
Shadows: -25, +13, -5
Highlights: +7, -1, -13

05. Another selective colour layer:
Reds: -91, 0, 0, 0
Cyans: -33, 0, 0, 0

06. Texture time! Add this texture: by bambinainnero and set to lighten 100%. I erased the bits over face.

07. Add this texture: also by bambinainnero set to darken 70%. I erased the bits over her face again, I also erased some of the pink up the top.

08. Add this texture: by innocent_lexys@dustypaper set to lighten 100%. Erase parts over face.

09. Add this texture: by serene_infinity set to softlight 100%.

010. Add this texture: by chaoticfae set to screen 100%.

011. Last texture! Add this: by crazy_delight set to softlight 50%. Erase bits around face.

012. I then added some text with the font Georgia, and set the text layer to softlight, then duplicated it. And you’re done!

- PSD HERE!
- Hope you enjoy this tut and that it's useful :)

60 icons & a wallpaper

emptyyourlife — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:40:13 GMT

- Models/fashion
- Kate Winslet
- Lord of the Rings
- Dan Rad

+ 1 Lord of the Rings wallpaper.

Hope you enjoy them!

1-5:
6-10:
11-15:
16-20:
21-25:
26-30:
31-35:
36-40:
41-45:
46-50:
51-55:
56-60:

Wallpaper!

New Community!

emptyyourlife — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:36:11 GMT

Hi guys,

I am so happy to promote a new graphics community run by zeldona , lucky_cloudy and myself! Please join to see updates of icons, banners, wallpapers, textures etc. We hope you enjoy it :)

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lots of stuff!

emptyyourlife — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:52:49 GMT

Here is a bunch of icons, banners and wallpapers!
Hope you all like them!

icons: dan rad, cate blanchett, kate winslet, elijah wood, emily browning, eternal sunshine, lord of the rings, taylor swift, benjamin button, dakota fanning, stock, emma watson.
banners: dan rad, kate winslet, emma watson, emily browning, eternal sunshine.
wallpapers: eternal sunshine, dan rad.

1-5:
6-10:
11-15:
16-20:
21-25:
26-30:
31-35:
36-40:
41-45:
46-50:
51-55:
56-60:
61-65:
66-69:

Banners.

Wallpapers:

- If you would like me to change the sizes to any of the wallpapers let me know!
- Feel free to add text to any you desire.

I must say, I'm very happy Kate Winslet won best actress! She is so wonderful in everything.

emptyyourlife — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:55:18 GMT

danrad_contest danrad_contest danrad_contest

29 icons.

emptyyourlife — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:14:10 GMT

- Eternal Sunshine
- Lord of the Rings
- Emma Watson
- Stock

1-4:
5-8:
9-12:
13-16:
17-20:
21-24:
25-28:
      29:

icons.

emptyyourlife — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:56:00 GMT

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind post!
They are mostly of Clementine. I like some, but I think others are a bit sloppy :P

I would also like to say Happy Birthday to lucky_cloudy !

icons.

emptyyourlife — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:42:45 GMT

- Babel
- Revolutionary Road
- Dan Radcliffe
- Emma Watson
- Finding Neverland
- Kate Winslet

Stock tuts

emptyyourlife — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:42:21 GMT

2 stock tutorials!

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More examples + PSD's under cut!

Base is by innocent_lexys at dustypaper.(She has now moved to infinite_muse!)

01. Drag this texture: by vol4itca over your base. Set to lighten %100

02. Duplicate your base (ctrl+ j), drag to top and set to soft light %100

03.      Make a new selective colour layer with these settings:
             Reds: -81, -39, +79, +52
             Neutrals: +52, +47, +26, +9
             Blacks: 0, 0, 0, +41

04.      New hue/saturation layer
            Master – 0, +11, 0

05.      Another selective colour layer:
           Cyans: +100, 0, -100, +100
           Neutrals: +41, 0, 0, 0

Set this layer to colour %100

06.      New colour balance layer:
             Midtones - +35, +6, +9
             Shadows: +29, +12, +15
             Highlights: +3, +14, +26

07. Add this texture: by vol4itca to your image, set to lighten %100

08. Add this texure: by innocent_lexys and set to screen %100

09. Add this texure: by innocent_lexys and set to multiply %50. I erased a bit over the girls face.

10. Lastly, and this texture: by crazy_delight and set to soft light %100. I also erased some around the girls face.

And you’re done!

PSD!

More Examples:

On the Kate one I duplicated the base, dragged it to the top and set to screen %100.

Base is by bea_lost@coloured_skies

01. Drag this texture: by vol4itca on top of your base and set to hard light %100

02. Duplicate base, and drag to top. Set to soft light %50

03. Put on this texture: by vol4itca and set to lighten %100

04.      New selective colour layer:
             Reds: -100, -1, +47, +4
            Yellows: -20, -29, +25, +20
            Greens: +100, -100, +45, +100
             Cyans: +100, +2, -100, +100
           Neutrals: +35, +5, +5, -6

05. Duplicate base and drag to top, set to normal %20

06. Add this texture: by crazy_delight nd set to softlight %100

07. Then add this texture: by crazy_delight and set to screen %100

The End!

I added text with the font Jellyka, Saint-Andrews’ Queen.

PSD!

More examples:

- Hope you enjoy the tuts!
- I'd love to see ressults if people would like to share!
- Join danrad_contest!!

icons and banners

emptyyourlife — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:21:10 GMT

icons:
- cate blanchett
- dan rad
- elijah wood
- gemma ward
- kate winslet
- lord of the rings
- stock

banners:
- cate blanchett
- kate winslet
- elijah wood

join!

emptyyourlife — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:12:43 GMT

If you're interested please join danrad_contest. A Daniel Radcliffe graphic contest community set up by the lovely zeldona! :)

danrad_contest danrad_contest danrad_contest danrad_contest danrad_contest
danrad_contest danrad_contest danrad_contest danrad_contest danrad_contest
danrad_contest danrad_contest danrad_contest danrad_contest danrad_contest
danrad_contest danrad_contest danrad_contest danrad_contest danrad_contest

icons

emptyyourlife — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:07:52 GMT

Some new icons!

- Dan Rad
- Stock
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Burn after reading

I'm not sure about some of the Dan ones :S
I was lacking inspiration!

Banner tutorial/psd

emptyyourlife — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:28:14 GMT

I made this banner last year, I don’t think I ever posted it!

But here it is with a tutorial!

001. Crop your picture and get it the size you’d like for your banner. Mine is 671x430

002. Selective colour layer:

Reds: -100, +30, +100, 0

Yellows: -57, +13, +17, 0

Neutrals: +23, 0, 0, 0

003. Another selective colour layer:

Reds: -100, 0, 0, 0

Yellows: -100, +5, -24, 0

Cyans: +35, -100, -100, 0

004. Last selective colour layer:

Reds: +16, 0, 0, 0

Yellows: -61, -41, 0, 0

Cyans: +100, +24, -100, 0

005. Add a colour fill layer with #E2FAF9 and set to colour burn %100.

006. Make another colour fill layer with #260202 and set to exclusion %100. Duplicate this layer and set to %40.

007. Duplicate base, drag to top and set to soft light %100.

HERE is the PSD with the colouring.

008. Flatten your image. (Layer-merge visible or shift-ctrl-E)

009. Make a new document the same size as your banner.

010. Fill the background with black # 000000

011. Put this texture on by tralala_icons set to normal %100. I resized and sharpen this so it could fit my banner correctly; you may or may not have to do this. Then erase the flat part on the bottom right corner with a soft rounded eraser brush. Adjust size of eraser to your liking.

012. Drag your picture on top, and set it to multiply %100

013. Then add this texture by ? (if it is yours let me know!) And set it to screen %100

014. Then you can add text with a font of your choice, I used the font Baskerville Old Face, and set it to overlay %100.

And you’re done!

Here is the PSD!

NOTE: You need to download both psds to complete banner.

Let me know if something makes no sense!

Hope this tutorial was helpful :)

icons and banners.

emptyyourlife — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:52:51 GMT

More of Dan Rad, Emma Watson and Stock!

16 icons.

emptyyourlife — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:19:12 GMT

8 - dan rad
4 - emma watson
4 - stock

SHH colouring tut/psd

emptyyourlife — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:46:13 GMT

More examples with same colouring:

psd included!

001. Duplicate base and set to screen 100%. (Change settings depending on base)

002. Selective colour layer:
Reds: -63, 0, +26, 0
Yellows: -19, 0, +20, +2
Cyans: +56, -29, +16, +100
Neutrals: +19, -5, +7, -1

003. Hue/saturation layer
Master: Saturation - +6

004. Another selective colour layer
Reds: -29, 0, -14, 0
Yellows: 0, 0, -14, 0

005. Third selective colour layer
Reds: -57, 0, -4, 0
Whites: -100, -100, -100, -100
Neutrals: -15, 0, +9, 0

006. Colour balance layer
Midtones: -41, +12, +27
Highlights: -25, -10, +16

007. Hue/saturation layer
Master: Saturation - +44

If you find the saturation is too high on your image you can just lower it to your liking.
Hope this tutorial is useful/helpful!

PSD HERE!

This will be my last post for a while. It's Christmas time and things are getting busy!

icons and banners.

emptyyourlife — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:36:26 GMT

Icons:
14 - Dan Rad
13 - Emma Watson
12 - Harry Potter
04 - Mr.G + Celine (SHH)
07 - Ja'mie King (SHH)

Banners:
2 - Dan Rad
3 - Harry Potter
2 - Ja'mie









Hope you enjoy the stuff!
You're welcome to add text to any of these if you wish to.

Resources

emptyyourlife — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:44:01 GMT

Updated my resources list. Thankyou everyone :)

If you're not on this list and you should be, let me know!

Brushes, Textures, Bases, tutorials etc:
tralala_icons
lifeisdolce
icon_extras
expose42
modelcouture
refuge33
artistique
don’t_be_so_base
dustypaper
lasirius
below_blues
toybirds
nokitas
phaantasia
sanami276
ewanism
loveicon
bea_lost at coloured_skies
dearest
serene_infinity
tearjerkericons
ultravioleticon
babliz

Tutorial lists, psd’s, etc:
psd tuts
snnat17
icon_colouring
fan-cifully

Fonts:
fontsforpeas
dafont

Chris Lilley post.

emptyyourlife — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:28:03 GMT

Icons:
- Daniel and Nathan (WCBH)
- Mr. G + Celine (SHH)
- Ja'mie (SHH)
- Chris (as himself)

Banners:
- Mr. G + Celine (SHH)
- Jonah (SHH)

icons and banners.

emptyyourlife — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:52:19 GMT

Emma Watson, Lord of the Rings and Dan Rad icons.
+ 4 Emma banners.







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psd post.

emptyyourlife — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:31:03 GMT

2 psd's!

psd here.

psd here.

Enjoy! ;)

icons and banners.

emptyyourlife — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:42:56 GMT

43 icons of:
- Abigail Breslin
- Gemma Ward
- Kate Winslet
- Kirsten Dunst
- Harry Potter/Hermione
- Daniel Radcliffe



Banners:
- Abigail Breslin
- Daniel Radcliffe











Banners:


Hope you like them!
If anyone would like a turorial/psd for any of my graphics feel free to ask!

2 banner tuts!

emptyyourlife — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:27:49 GMT

I made one with lots of textures and one with a few. I hope they are okay!
They are psd's, I figured thats easier for everyone :)

psd for banner #1: http://www.box.net/shared/sclz7aa7h1
psd for banner #2: http://www.box.net/shared/hipem29lde

here's an example of the 2nd one with a different picture and slightly different colouring:

icons.

emptyyourlife — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:21:12 GMT

dan rad.
rupert grint.
emma watson.
naomi watts.
models/fashion.










i hope you like them!