The Icon Essentials

icon_essentials @ 2005-02-11T00:36:00

2005-02-10T21:37:57Z

Posting a couple brushes I made... one of background dots (used to make my current icon) and one of different textures from a tunnel I photographed. You can find them both HERE.

icon_essentials @ 2004-10-22T18:57:00

2004-10-22T02:00:59Z

Ok.. Some more brushes for Photoshop 7; poloroids and tape! Preview and download info can be found *drum roll*.. HERE!!
Please make sure you read the entry to find out more about these brushes. Not all brushes are included in image pack as some just are meant to be used as only brushes ect.. ( GO!! )

Mmm PS7 brushes, image packs included.

2004-10-18T06:50:56Z

First post in this community *waves* made some PS7 brushes 100x100 which include splatter poloroid brushes aswell as some grunge masking brushes HERE! Enjoy ♥

icon_essentials @ 2004-09-22T20:34:00

2004-09-22T20:34:29Z

Broadway is dark tonight
A little bit weaker than you used to be
Broadway is dark tonight
See the young man sitting
In the old man’s bar
Waiting for his turn to die

The cowboy kills the rock star
And Friday night’s gone too far
The dim light hides the years
On all the faded girls

Forgotten but not gone
You drink it off your mind
You talk about the world
Like it’s someplace that you’ve been

You see you’d love to run home
But you know you ain’t got one
And you’re livin’ in a world
That you’re best forgotten around here

Chorus

You choke down all your anger
Forget your only son
You pray to statues when you sober up for fun
Your anger don’t impress me
The world slapped in your face
It always rains like hell on the losers day parade

You see you’d love to run home
But you know you ain’t got one
’Cause you’re livin’ in a world that you’re best forgotten
And when you’re thinkin’ of a joke
And nobody’s gonna listen
To the one small point
I know they been missin’ round here

Chorus

You see you’d love to run home
But you know you ain’t got one
’Cause you’re livin’ in a world
That you’re best forgotten
And if you’re thinkin’ of a joke
Do you think that they’ll listen
To the one small point
I know they been missin’ round here

Here in this diary, I write you visions of my summer
It was the best I ever had...
There were choruses and sing-alongs, and that unspoken feeling
Of knowing that right now is all that matters.

All the nights we stayed up talking
Listening to 80's songs,
And quoting lines from all those movies that we love
It still brings a smile to my face.

I guess when it comes down to it...

Being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up
These are the best days of our lives
The only thing that matters is just following your heart
And eventually, you'll finally get it right.

Breaking into hotel swimming pools,
And wreaking havoc on our world
Hanging out at truckstops just to pass the time
The blacktop's singing me to sleep.

Lighting fireworks in parking lots
Illuminate the blackest nights
Cherry Cokes under this moonlit summer sky
2015 Riverside, it's time to say goodbye.

Get on the bus, it's time to go!

Being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up
These are the best days of our lives
The only thing that matters is just following your heart,
And eventually, you'll finally get it right.

Get it right...
Get it right...

Being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up
These are the best days of our lives
The only thing that matters is just following your heart,
And eventually, you'll finally get it right.

Being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up
These are the best days of our lives
The only thing that matters is just following your heart
And eventually, you'll finally get it right.

you got a fast car
and I want a ticket to anywhere
maybe we make a deal
maybe together we can get somewhere

any place is better
starting from zero got nothing to loose
maybe we'll make something
but me myself I got nothing to prove

you got a fast car
and I got a plan to get us outta here
I been working at the convenience store
managed to save a little bit of money
we wont have to drive too far
just 'cross the border and into the city
you and I can both get jobs
and finally see what it means to be living

you see my old man's got a problem
he lives with the bottle that's the way it is
he says his body's to old for working
his body's young to look like his
my mama went off and left him
she wanted more to life than he could give
I said somebody's got to take care of him
so I quit school and that's what I did

you got a fast car
but is it fast enough so we can fly away we gotta make a decision
we leave tonight or live and die this way

I remember we were driving driving in your car
the speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
city lights lay out before us
and your arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder
and I had a feeling that I belonged
and I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

you got a fast car
and we go cruising to entertain ourselves
you still ain't got a job
and I work in a market as a check out girl
I know things will get better
you'll find work and I'll get promoted
we'll move out of the shelter
buy a big house and live in the suburbs
you got a fast car
and I got a job that pays all our bills
you stay out drinking late at the bar
see more of your friends than you do of your kids
I'd always hoped for better
thought maybe together you and me would find it
I got no plans I ain't going nowhere
so take your fast car and keep on driving

you got a fast car
but is it fast enough so you could fly away
you gotta make a decision
you leave tonight or live and die this way

To every broken heart in here
Love was once a part, but now it's disappeared
She told me that it's all a part of the choices that your making
Even when you think you're right
You have to give to take

But there's still tomorrow
Forget the sorrow
And I can be on the last train home
Watch it pass the day
As it fades away
No more time to care
No more time, today

But we sing
If we're going nowhere
Yeah we sing
If it's not enough
And we sing
Sing without a reason
To ever fall in love

I wonder if you're listening
Picking up on the signals
Sent back from within
Sometimes it feels like I don't really know whats going on
Time and time again it seems like everything is wrong in here

But there's still tomorrow
Forget the sorrow
And I can be on the last train home
Watch it pass the day
As it fades away
No more time to care
No more time, today

But we sing
If we're going nowhere
Yeah we sing
If it's not enough
And we sing
Sing without a reason
To ever fall in love

Well we sing if we're going nowhere
Yeah we sing if it's not enough
And we sing
Sing without a reason to ever fall in love

But we sing
If we're going no where
Yeah we sing
If it's not enough
And we sing
Sing with out a reason to never fall in love
To never fall in love again

icon_essentials @ 2004-09-19T11:01:00

2004-09-18T18:01:34Z

Im going to make this community Open for all to post under the categories. Sorry for not being able to mod this place right, but life is insane, and I still cant handle it.

SO please go to the user info and follow its guidelines. EVERYONE CAN POST NOW ONCE THEY ARE GRANTED ACCESS
-Chris

icon_essentials @ 2004-06-21T04:22:00

2004-06-21T04:17:32Z

New Templates.

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Pardon the red line on the last one. I'm to lazy to fix it.

Lyrics

2004-05-24T22:13:46Z

Foo Fighters
I am a one way motorway
im the one that drives away
then follows you back home
i am a street light shining
im a wild light blinding bright
burning off alone

it's times like these you learn to live again
it's times like these you give and give again
it's times like these you learn to love again
it's times like these time and time again

i am a new day rising
im a brand new sky
to hang the stars upon tonight
i am a little divided
do i stay or run away
and leave it all behind?

it's times like these you learn to live again
it's times like these you give and give again
it's times like these you learn to love again
it's times like these time and time again

Train
Now that she's back in the atmosphere
With drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey, hey
She acts like summer and walks like rain
Reminds me that there's time to change, hey, hey
Since the return from her stay on the moon
She listens like spring and she talks like June, hey, hey

Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated

Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking at yourself out there

Now that she's back from that soul vacation
Tracing her way through the constellation, hey, hey
She checks out Mozart while she does tae-bo
Reminds me that there's time to grow, hey, hey

Now that she's back in the atmosphere
I'm afraid that she might think of me as plain ol' Jane
Told a story about a man who is too afraid to fly so he never did land

Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back to the Milky Way
And tell me, did Venus blow your mind
Was it everything you wanted to find
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there

Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your best friend always sticking up for you even when I know you're wrong
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance five-hour phone conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had . . . and me

Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back toward the Milky Way

Chantal Kreviazuk
Time, where did you go?
Why did you leave me here alone?
Wait, don't go so fast
I'm missing the moments as they pass
Now I've looked in the mirror and the worlds getting clearer
So wait for me this time
I'm down I'm down on my knees I'm begging for all your sympathy
But you (I'm just an illusion) you don't seem to care (I wish that I could)
You humble people everywhere (I don't mean to hurt you)
Now I've looked in the mirror and the worlds getting clearer
I'll take what you give me. Please know that I'm learning
So wait for me this time
I should've know better
I shouldn't have wasted those days
And afternoons and mornings
I threw them all away
Now this is my time
I'm going to make this moment mine.
(I shouldn't have wasted those days)
I'll take what you give me. Please know that I'm learning
I've looked in the mirror
My world's getting clearer
So wait for me this time

Faith Hill
if i had just one tear
running down your cheek
maybe i could cope
maybe i'd get some sleep.
if i had just one moment at your expense
maybe all my misery would be well spent.
could you cry a little
lie just a little
pretend that youre feeling a little more pain.
i gave, now im wanting something in return
so cry just a little for me.
if your love could be caged
honey, i would hold the key.
and conceal it underneath
that pile of lies you handed me.
and you'd hunt and those lies
they'd be all you'd ever find.
and that'd be all you'd have to know
for me to be fine.
and you'd cry a little
you'd die just a little
and baby i would feel just a little less pain.
i gave now from wanting
something in return
so cry just a little for me.
give it up baby
i hear youre doin fine.
nothins gonna save me
i see it in your eyes.
some kind of heartache
honey give it a try.
i don't want pity,
i just want what is mine

Jason Mraz
Was it you who spoke the words that things would happen but not to me
Oh things are gonna happen naturally
And taking your advice I'm looking on the bright side
And balancing the whole thing
But often times those words get tangled up in lines
And the bright lights turn to night
Until the dawn it brings
A little bird who'll sing about the magic that was you and me

Cause you and I both loved
What you and I spoke of
and others just read of and
Others only dream of the love that I love

See I'm all about them words
Over numbers, unencumbered numbered words
Hundreds of pages, pages, pages forwards
More words then I had ever heard and I feel so alive
Now you and I, you and I
Not so little you and I anymore
And with this silence brings a moral story
more importantly evolving is the glory of a boy

you and I both loved what you and I spoke of
and others just read of and if you could see now
well I'm already finally out of

and it's okay if you have go away
just remember the telephone works both ways
and if I never ever hear it ring
if nothing else I'll think the bells inside
have finally found you someone else and that's okay
cause I'll remember everything you sang

you and I both loved what you and I spoke of
and others just read of and if you could see now
well I'm already finally out of words.

A Note From the Moderator

2004-04-27T23:54:32Z

A quick apology to everyone here. I have been un able to obtain time to maintain this community properly while also not being able to make any contribution to this place graphically.

However, just cause I am not here does not mean you can go off and break the rules. So please don't.....however if you wish to give forth some ideas to make this community better I am more than willing to hear it.

If you have any ideas that you wish to put forward you may post a comment here, e-mail me, IM me or even add my journal and talk through that.

Contact Details :
E-mail : budlik@livejournal.com
MSN : fatal_four@hotmail.com
AIM : hippunkrocker

I apologize even more dearly to the people who applied and haven't received a response. I still have some of the applications but since my computer was formatted a lot of the saved applications have disappeared. So if you submit a application twice I wont mind

Again I emphasize the point, please feel free to get to know me and add my journal budlik as you please.

thanking you,
Chris

icon_essentials @ 2004-03-28T02:34:00

2004-03-28T00:35:51Z

I returneth. I was having trouble with my servers and such and so haven't been doing much of anything as of late. But if you were looking for my templates, I have put up the zip files once more. If you're interested, they can be found over at Mint Tea Lite. Enjoy ^_^

Mini-Movie Icons Tutorial

2004-03-21T15:22:56Z

How to make a mini-movie icon like this:

Find out how - relies heavily on images, far too much for me to post it all here as it would kill my bandwidth.

icon_essentials @ 2004-03-19T22:42:00

2004-03-19T19:42:57Z

I'm a newbie here, so I wanted to say hi to everyone and share a few brush sites. I checked out the memories, and I didn't see these brush sites listed, so I'm listing them now, and if they were listed, I'm really sorry I missed seeing them =/

insomniac brushes

She makes really nice brushes. She currently has 40 sets of brushes for Photoshop 6 or higher. She also has stamps in which you can remake the brushes in paintshop. There's some really nice star sparkles brushes and some screen brushes as well.

Vanilla Dreams

Another site that has amazing brushes! I use her brushes a lot. She currently has 138 sets of brushes for Photoshop. There are 7 pixel sets and 30 different swirls sets and lots more! There's even 6 animanga sets.

I hope I posted everything okay. Don't wanna make a mistake my first time around =P

Welcome

2004-02-18T18:29:50Z