IconDesign

icondesign — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 08:55:02 GMT

MOVED

From now on ALL of my icons will be posted at paper_designs. It's the new journal for me and withpaperwings_. I'm not deleting this journal, I'm way too attached too it. But for now all icons will be posted there. PLEASE feel free to friend it for updates.

To lure you there I have Hayden and Alicia keys icons

The rest at paper_designs

ICON REQUESTS

icondesign — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 16:46:55 GMT

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ICON REQUESTS

ICON REQUESTS

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09 10 11

01 whipping_boy
02 virginhuntress
03 tokyo
04 random_dork7189
05 little_yew
06 orangethoughts
07 jacob_grimm
08 fuckbeans
09 dream_in_red
10 starshines
11 anyatluny

Alicia Keys

icondesign — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 15:52:20 GMT

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Alicia Keys, part I for elite100

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05 06 07 08

09 10 11 12

13 14 15 16

17 18

Comments are appreciated. Experimental batch, you like??
Still working on your requests. sorry it's taking so long =(

TONS of new AFFILIATES

SORRY ITS BEEN SO LONG I LOVE YOU

icondesign — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 21:42:59 GMT

Sorry I've been taking so long with your requests =X. I've been grounded =(.

I'm working as quickly as possible though and requests ARE still open =)

Requests?!

icondesign — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 20:05:16 GMT

I'm going to take requests as of..now. 25 requests, first come first serve.

Rules.
Icons only! No headers or anything else.
1 icon per person
please provide a high quality image (I do not have time to go looking for images)
please provide text if you want text on the icon (or just say "be creative" and..I will)
Specify if you want tiny text or legible text.

Simple enough? K good =).

REQUESTS CLOSED

ATTN PAID ACCOUNT HOLDERS

icondesign — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 14:53:23 GMT

If you are a paid user and agree with the suggestion that the paid user's allowance of 100 MB of disk space (for phone posts, picture albums and icons) should be set up to allow for more user icons where desired, please leave a comment HERE.

PIMP LIKE THE WIND!!

icondesign — Tue, 31 May 2005 16:47:40 GMT

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Oz

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13

So...This was a really experimental batch..If you hate them...could you lie to me and say you love them so I can have some dignity?? OR hate them gently?

New AFFILIATES delire, fake_boheme_

Salad Fingers

icondesign — Sat, 28 May 2005 21:35:04 GMT

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+19 Salad Fingers

Salad Fingers!

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13 14 15 16

17 18 19

Not my best batch ever but...it's hard to make Salad Fingers look good. (If you are curious as to what Salad Fingers is, click the link at the top of the page =) ) (warning...kinda sorta the most morbid and entertaining thing...ever)

Caps thanks too chancetoburn

Lost

icondesign — Sat, 21 May 2005 21:03:57 GMT

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Lost, Exodus

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If you like what you see, feel free to friend my journal =).

Eve

icondesign — Sat, 21 May 2005 08:10:18 GMT

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Eve

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New affiliates: jisatsu_ and nocturne_love.

If you like the icons you see here, feel free to friend my journal. I won't mind =)

icondesign — Sun, 15 May 2005 12:09:15 GMT

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Alicia Keys (Elle Magazine)

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12.

13.

PIMP Lots of new affiliates, fake_boheme__, iconbitch, _illustriously, and iconofilth.

BTVS

icondesign — Sat, 14 May 2005 14:29:45 GMT

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BTVS
New Layout

2. 5.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Sorry there aren't many. I've been busy lately.

I'll have a big post next week. I promise =).

RESOURCE POST!

icondesign — Sun, 01 May 2005 09:05:54 GMT

I finally made a resource post =).
A few things to say firstest...
• This has sources I use and sources I think might be helpful to others
• Do NOT direct link to the images found in ANY of the galleries
• If you find something useful you think should be added, please tell me =).
• If there are any broken links, please tell me so I can fix them.

So with that said...

Television Caps
Movie Caps
Celebrites
Sports
Brushes
Textues
Gradients
Stock Photos
Tutorials by me
Tutorials by others
Helpful Stuff

Screencaps

TV
Angels In America thewlisian_afer
Arrested Development(1) toldthespiders
Arrested Development(2) __unwilted
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Desperate Housewives __unwilted
Family Guy(1) missing_buds
Family Guy(2) exhero
Invader Zim castledracula
Lost
Spongebob kamino

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Movies
A Beautiful Mind jacklemmon
A Series of Unforunate Events leenygirl
Beauty and the Beast prettywitchstar
Forrest Gump peacefully
Garden State oxoniensis
Harry Potter(1) castledracula,
Harry Potter(2) verylisa
Holes withpaperwings_
I Robot perletwo
Lion King, The peacefully
Love Actually elohvee
Mulan callmefreak
Napoleon Dynamite teh_indy
Nightmare Before Christmas, The callmefreak
Others, The lizka
Sandlot, The teh_indy
Shrek teh_indy

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Celebrities
Adriana Lima
Alicia keys(1)
Alicia Keys(2)
Alyson Hannigan
Angelina Jokie
Beyoncé Knowles(1)
Beyoncé Knowles(2)
Coldplay
Gwen Stefani
Halle Berry
John Legend
Keira Knightley
Liv Tyler
LPJZ teh_indy
Nicole Kidman
Usher
Utada Hikaru

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Sports
Angels
Dodgers
Lakers

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Brushes
__kali__ 1
aibi 1
crumblingwalls 1, 2, 3
icons_with_love1, 2, 3, 4, 5
inxsomniax1, 2, 3
kamino 1
my_wonderful 1
serendipitysho 1
teh_indy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Phirebrush

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Textures
Livejournal users
blimey_icons 1, 2, 3
icons_with_love 1
lvlwing 1, 2, 3
teh_indy 1

Outside of Livejournal
TRE-Xture
Oxonienses-Art

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Gradients
detoxcocktails #
crumblingwalls #, #, #, #
killprettyx #, #
oxoniensis #

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Stock Images
Free Images
Stock.Xchang
Getty Images

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Tutorials by me
#1 (Princess Bride Icon)
#2 (Mulan Icon and A. Keys Header)
#3 (Family Guy Icon)
#4 (Liv Tyler Icon)

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Tutorials by others
The following are tutorials by others that I have found useful.
6helterskelter6 #
blimey_icons #
findme_icons #
iargwath #
peasanticons #
sistasouljay99 #
solad_dodger #
withpaperwings_ #

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Helpful Stuffs
The following are communities and other resource posts that I've found to be helpful
cap_it
icon_tutorial
icontutorials
100x100brushes
photoshop_lover
icon_help
icongradients
crumblingwalls, Resource Post
dtissagirl An Icon Making Guide and Resource Post
_jems_ Basic Photoshop Guide
teh_indy, Resource Post and Do's and Don't-s
vyra Photoshop Not a Tutorial

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icondesign — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 18:38:02 GMT

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BTVS, The Gift

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.

Very expiremtnal batch. experimental being the keyword of that last sentance.
If you like them feel free to friend my journal.
If you don't like them can you tell me gently so I know not to try this trechnique again and so that I can retain some pride?? YAY pride!!

Oh. I put up a new layout. I'm not sure if I like it yet or not. Feedback?

LYKE OHEMMGEE A TUTORIAL!?!?!

icondesign — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 13:18:31 GMT

I made a tutorial to show my newest technique. I hope it's of use to someone.

NOTE This tutorial is NOT meant ot be followed exactly. Pick up little things and develop you're own technique from it. If I see a bunch of icons running around that look like mine I'll...inflict some kind of harm on you K?!...K!!

On to the tutorial. we will be going from This to This-->

So before we begin, I use Photoshop CS, but it should be easy to translate into other programs. It requires some knowledge of PS or PSP though.

We start with the original Image found HERE

Crop it and sharpen to get this -->

Here comes the complicated part. We're gonna use the levels tool K? so go to Image>adjustments.levels and mess around with the sliders on the bottom Like I do for almost every icon. My input levels for this icon are 25, 0.58 and 208. you should get this -->

See how its all...uglyfied and ...WAY too sharp?? well we can't have that so we're gonna whip out the handy dandy blur tool, opactiy at 60% and Blur her face EXCEPT FOR her eyes, eyebrows, lips and nostrils... (tip: when bluring I ALWAYS zoom in to about 500 or 600% and then blur. it's always easier)
Now we should have this -->

weee almost done. Next we take this light texture from lvlwing and paste it. set it on linear dodge and you should have this-->

annd I'll stop there =D

Anyway I hope this helped someone. Comments are always welcome =D
And again, PLEASE don't copy this tutorial exactly. it's meant for inspiration for new ideas and techniques that you can combine with your own existing techniques to create your own individual style.

icondesign — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:48:21 GMT

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

icondesign — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 18:43:52 GMT

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100 ICONS!!!
(Adriana Lima, Gwen Stefani, Keira Knightley, Liv Tyler, Shrek, John Legend, Beyonce/Destineys Child, Utada Hikaru, LOST.)

Preview

Adriana Lima

001 002 003 004 005

006 007 008 009 010

011 012 013 014

Gwen Stefani

015 016 017 018 019

020 021 022 023 024

025

Keira Knightley

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031 032 033

Liv Tyler

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039

Shrek

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045 046 047 048

John Legend

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054 055 056

Beyonce/Destiny's Child

057 058 059 060 061

062 063 064 065 066

Utada Hikaru

067 068 069 070 071

072 073 074 075 076

077

Angels in America

078 079 080 081

Lost

082 083 084 085 086

087 088 089 090 091

092 093 094 095 096

097 098 099 100

WEEEEEE!!!

If you like them, I would love comments :-D cause....making 100 icons and getting like 5 comments would be...kinda sad.

Also, If you like the icons please friend my journal

Female celebrities from superiorpics
Utade Hikaru pics from utada hikaru
John legend pics from johnlegend.com
Shrek pics from teh_indy
Lost pics from Lost Media
textures from blimey_icons
Light textures from lvlwing and teh_indy

ETA Do NOT hotlink!! I had to redo this entire post beacuse people hotlinked. please, upload to your own server..it takes little to no effort =).

Angelina Jolie and Random

icondesign — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:03:08 GMT

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Angelina Jolie
Misc

Angelina Jolie (I really hope I'm spelling her name right =\ )

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Misc
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Light textures from teh_indy and lvlwing
Comments always welcome =). If you would like to friend this journal, please do!

Usher, Alicia Keys

icondesign — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:47:54 GMT

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Alicia Keys, Usher

Usher

01. 02. 03. 04.

Alicia

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09. 10. 11. 12.

13.

Very Experimental but, if you like them then please, friend my journal!

icondesign — Sun, 20 Mar 2005 09:50:22 GMT

Tutorial o3

Start with the cap here. Crop and sharpen it to get this --->

Create a new layer. Fill with this Gradient ---> Set it on multiply. opacity 100

Create anotehr new layer. FIll it with this gradient---> Set it on multiply also. opacity 100

Duplicate the base layer, bring it to the top, set it on overlay. you should have this-->

Now just add text and your done.

ALmost all of my icons of Cartoons are done like this, two gradients on multiply then the base on top set to overlay. Mess around with different gradients to get different effects.

Tutorial Time!

icondesign — Sun, 20 Mar 2005 09:16:55 GMT

Wanna know how I did a certain icon?
Leave a comment to this entry with the link of an icon post you liked, and then number of an icon you would like to see a tutorial for. If I can't make that exact icon, I'll make one thats really similar.

I'm really bored and wouldn't mind making a couple tutorials soooo hopefully you guys will comment :).

icondesign — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:54:36 GMT

Sorry its taken so long to finish this. Here's the rest of the icon meme.
All rules apply.

PLEASE NOTE there are a couple that I didn't do because, I went out of order with this and I forgot who you were. So if you commented in my Icon mem post and didnt recieve an icon, let me know so i can make you one!

01) 02) 03) 04)

05) 06) 07) 08)

09) 10) 11)

1. Lilo and Stitch bambezzled
2.COld play (I think) carry_on
3.Angelina Jolie (sp?) dancingfreak101
4.Ellen Degenrous (sp?!) skippy1702
5.G-unit sparrowlover
6.Spongebob! stocco
7.Mariah ticketbooth_
8.SMG/Buffy cavalaxis
9.Lion King irrawaddyerik
10.Lion King swisspengwin
11.Beauty and the Beast tokyo

icondesign — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 13:30:16 GMT

01) 02) 03) 04)

05) 06) 07) 08)

09) 10)> 11) 12)

13) 14)

1.coldplay-star_drifter
2.takeshi kaneshiro-lethia
3.kylie minogue-deluxx
4.FOAMY!!!-katherine8504
5.QaF-d0rkfish
6.Ahlee Simpson-xoxkittyxox
7.Spider Man-whipping_boy
8.OutKast-tiny_dancer09
9.Alice in Wonderland-rare_flowers
10.Lost-mishey22
11.LA Dodgers! iliveforthis
12.Alyson Hannigan-hulmingbird
13.ALICIA KEYS!-getoffmycloud39
14.James Marsters- prettyfancy

COmment, credit, let me know if they are sharable.

Icon meme?? Say WHAT?1?!?

icondesign — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:44:14 GMT

SO guess what...

I got my 100 and first friend today. which means...

::drumroll::

time for another

ICON MEME

So..yeah. Leave a comment in this post. The only rules are that, you have something listed as an intrest in your userinfo, and that you actually use the icon i make you...atleast once cause...this is really time consuming. mmkay? so...Comment!!

Cut off will be at 25

THE ICON MEME IS NOW CLOSED!

(damn. that was quick!)

LPJZ

icondesign — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 18:46:46 GMT

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LPJZ

caps, light textures, and inspiration go to teh_indy. A couple of these look a lot like some of hers...it wasnt on purpose.

01) 02) 03) 04)

05) 06) 07) 08)

09) 10) 11)

If you like my icons, please Friend my journal. Only 4 more friends till I do another Icon meme.

Since....most of these are of Jay-z, I'll be making another post with more LP ones.