V. 5 :: Made by MI

madebymi — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:23:36 GMT

Just a reminder that I've MOVED to outside_icons.
if you want to keep up with my updates, add me over there. Thanks!

madebymi — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:01:57 GMT

I've decided to move this journal to outside_icons. All future posts will be made there.

I've been so tired of logging in and out and in and out and I didn't want to restart madebymi as a community. I just wanted to start again from scratch. I've loved having this icon journal and I hope the new one will be just as successful. I'll be contacting all of the affiliates soon and letting them know of the change. I've posted a set of 64 icons and 1 header at the new location so please check it out. Here's a teaser:

[the rest are here]
Thanks, everyone, and I hope to see you at the new place. <333

madebymi — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 13:16:58 GMT

Hiatus

I have lots of ideas in my head for what to make icons of, but I have no time to make them between school and music lessons. I'm not closing down forever, or anything, and I'll be back to making graphics when I can. Thank you all for your nice comments and support! :)

Adrien Brody and Ian Somerhalder

madebymi — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:49:50 GMT

I did lots of things today that I've been meaning to do for a while. The resource page has been updated, as well as my personal awards page. There's a bunch of great new affiliates, so please check those out. Also, a new layout and the memories have been reorganized. Uh huh. Here are some icons.

Credit, comment if taking. No direct-linking or editing of any kind. Tiny text is decorative.

[8] Adrien Brody
[8] Ian Somerhalder

Moved here.

Lost Cast mood theme

madebymi — Sun, 23 Jan 2005 18:42:22 GMT

LOST CAST MOOD THEME (for Paid Accounts)

Featuring Dominic Monaghan, Evangeline Lilly, Emilie de Ravin, Ian Somerhalder, Josh Holloway, Maggie Grace, Matthew Fox and more. All of the photos are from appearances, photoshoots, that sort of thing. You need a paid account to use it.

Samples and download links moved here.

Oasis

madebymi — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:00:46 GMT

16 Oasis icons, because GOSH I love them. A few have just Liam on his own, as he's my favourite. <3 Comment/credit if taking. No direct-linking or editing. Thanks! :)

Moved here.

Lost + Alias + Jennifer x 2

madebymi — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 04:12:48 GMT

Comment/credit if taking. Please don't edit textless icons/direct-link/claim as your own. :)

[6] Lost
[8] Alias
[1] Jennifer Aniston
[3] Jennifer Garner

Moved here.

Pretty girls

madebymi — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 05:11:12 GMT

I'm back! Hope you all had as nice a Christmas break as I did. Comment/credit if taking. No redistributing, editing, or hot-linking. Tiny, unreadable text is for decorative purposes.

[9] Charlize Theron
[4] Kate Winslet
[5] Katie Holmes
[6] Sarah Michelle Gellar
[6] Angelina Jolie

Moved here.

Diane Kruger + Britney + Lost

madebymi — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:18:48 GMT

A very meager update. :/ I haven't had any inspiration or time lately. Comment/credit if taking.

[3] Britney Spears
[2] Lost (Kate)
[2] Diane Kruger
[1] Diane Kruger WP (in two sizes)

Moved here.

Love Actually, Lost, Jesus Christ Superstar, Nicole Kidman

madebymi — Tue, 07 Dec 2004 20:42:10 GMT

It seems the more icons I make, the suckier they get. Meh.

- Comment/Credit.
- Tiny text is decorative.
- No editing/direct-linking.

[12] Jesus Christ Superstar (Warning: Somewhat graphic images)
[20] Lost (Actors, Promotional shots, Confidence Man)
[13] Love Actually
[4] Nicole Kidman

Moved here.

Natalie Portman

madebymi — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 00:21:39 GMT

I felt creative today for some reason. 12 icons.

- Comment/Credit.
- Tiny text is decorative.
- No direct-linking.
- Textless icons are not bases; don't edit them please.

Moved here.

Good-lookin' fellers.

madebymi — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 16:19:12 GMT

Comment/credit. No direct-linking/editing. Tiny text is for decorative purposes, not meant to be read. I don't think anyone could possible read it; I know I can't. :D

[8] Jake Gyllenhaal
[4] Jonathan Rhys Meyers
[7] Jude Law
[6] Tobey Maguire

Moved here.

Keira Knightley

madebymi — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 23:32:29 GMT

Very small batch. Everything's of Keira Knightley.

[12] icons
[1] header with two matching icons

- comment/credit if taking
- comments are nice even if you aren't taking
- no editing ANYTHING, even things that look 'textless'
- don't direct-link. Bad things happen if you do.

Icons:
01/ 02/ 03/
04/ 05/ 06/
07/ 08/ 09/
10/ 11/ 12/

Header:

Credit 'madebymi' or 'vanillagoodness' in your userinfo, if you use this and don't remove the copyright tag. The code to put up a header is here if you need it. If you want any hex colour codes for it so you can make your layout match it, let me know.

Icon credits:
Gradients: crumblingwalls
Brushes: teh_indy, echac, crumblingwalls
Pics: keira_daily and keirapictures.com
Lyrics: 02 // "Break Away" - Kelly Clarkson
03 // "Colorblind" - World Without Sundays
04 // "Dinner Party" - World Without Sundays
09 // "She is Love" - Oasis
10 // "Colours" - Donovan

Header credits: (Links to their sites are on the resource page)
Textures: Orchidee, Tre, Envision
Brushes: Touchstone, Linzee
Lyrics: "Icarus" by Martin Simpson (I swear, this is the best song for creating anything. <33)

That's all, thanks!

Edit: OH and Happy Thanksgiving, American folks! Sorry, I tend to forget about the holidays that don't apply to me. :D

madebymi — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 19:21:45 GMT

Since this was getting a little confusing before, I thought I'd make a separate post for all affiliate-related stuff. If you have an icon journal and you'd like to affiliate, comment here and I'll add you to the affiliates list right away.

Also, you can check out the great affiliates I already have:

teh_indy
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puckle
anothericonlj
booster_rocket
_lunargraphics_
cosmonautical
tati_icons
glittericious
findme_icons
neverday
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silver_mascara
hp_bases
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swankyicons
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blimey_icons
angry_kangaroo
lunchbox_icons

Alice in Wonderland

madebymi — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:11:04 GMT

Hi, I'm MI and I make far too many icons. :X But these were so much fun. 19 Alice in Wonderland icons.

Comment and let me know what you're taking, and credit in keywords. No direct-linking or editing. I love comments, even if you're not going to take anything. :)

01/ 02/ 03/
04/ 05/ 06/
07/ 08/ 09/
10/ 11/ 12/
13/ 14/ 15/
16/ 17/ 18/
19/

Screencaps: stfu_anddance
Gradients: crumblingwalls
Brushes: teh_indy, echac, crumblingwalls
Lyrics: 13 - "Take Me Away" by Oasis.

Thanks!

EDIT: New layout!

10 Coldplay icons

madebymi — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:31:34 GMT

I haven't made Coldplay icons in soooo long. There aren't as many as I would have liked, nor are they as nice as they should be. I was going to do more, but I didn't want to break up the black and white/sepia colours going on in these.

As usual:
- comment and credit 'madebymi' or 'vanillagoodness' in keywords.
- no editing/direct-linking.

Comments are loved, even if you don't take anything.

01/ 02/ 03/ 04/ 05/
06/ 07/ 08/ 09/ 10/

Brushes are by crumblingwalls, teh_indy, and echac.

All of the pictures come from Kevin Westenberg, who is effing incredible. I wish he'd take pictures of Oasis, because I can't find any pictures of them and I want to make icons. ;_; If anyone has some good Oasis picture links puhlease let me know!

Lyrics:
01 - "Yellow" by Coldplay
02 - "Shiver" by Coldplay
05 - "Amsterdam" by Coldplay
06 - "We Never Change" by Coldplay
07 - "Amsterdam" by Coldplay
08 - "In My Place" by Coldplay
09 - "Clocks" by Coldplay
10 - "Politik" by Coldplay.

LOTR actors (some)

madebymi — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 19:56:05 GMT

Another small batch, all of people from Lord of the Rings. Because I love them. This set is really experimental.

If taking:
- Credit in keywords.
- Comment and let me know what you take.
- No direct-linking or editing anything.

[3] Elijah Wood
[2] Orlando Bloom
[3] Dominic Monaghan
[4] Liv Tyler
[2] Cate Blanchett
[1] Miranda Otto

01/ 02/ 03/
04/ 05/ 06/
07/ 08/ 09/
10/ 11/ 12/
13/ 14/ 15/

* A variation of #2 won First place at elijah_stills.

Credits (the usual culprits):
Brushes: teh_indy and crumblingwalls.
Gradients: crumblingwalls and one by me (whoo!).
Pictures: all over the place.

Lyrics:
02 - "Consecrated" - Christian song
03 - "Supersonic" - Oasis
04 - "Lithium" - Nirvana
08 - "Rock and Roll Star" - Oasis
13 - "Girl" - Tori Amos
14 - "You Shine" - Christian song.

And that's it. Thanks for all the nice comments lately. I do appreciate it although I usually don't have time to respond to every one. :)

Full icon tutorial

madebymi — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 07:16:47 GMT

I quickly wrote up the tutorial (sorry if there are errors!), on how to acheive this sort of style:

Written for PSP8.
1. So I started with this image, from Lost Media. It's fairly huge, so I had to crop it to a 338x338px square. I went to Image -> Resize and resized it to 100x100px. It was too blurry, so sharpened it by going Adjust -> Sharpness -> Sharpen. I ended up with this:

2. Then, I did the good old blue exclusion layer thing. I made a new Raster layer and flood-filled it with colour #080A1C. I copied the bottom layer and pasted it as a new image (Edit -> Paste -> Paste as New Image). I made this image black and white (Image -> Greyscale) and copied it. Then, I went back to the first image with the blue exclusion layer and pasted it on top, set to Soft Light. The layers looked like this:

(Soft Light 100%)

(Exclusion 100%)

(Background Image, Normal 100%)

I merged all of the layers (Layers -> Merge -> Merge All (Flatten)). This was the result:

3. I copied this new merged image and pasted it as a new image. I cropped the new image to 50px x 76px, like this:

Then I copied this and pasted it as a new layer on my other image (sorry if this is getting confusing). I used the move tool to move it around and came up with this:

4. I created a new Raster layer and used the paintbrush tool (the square default brush set at size 1) to outline the smaller picture of Kate in white (#FFFFFF).

5. I created another new Raster layer and selected another brush (the default round one, size 9, hardness set to 10). I painted a rough line going from the bottom half of the right side to the bottom left (all in white).

I gaussian blurred it (Just realized I've been calling that Gaucassian blur for forever). Adjust -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur. Radius should be set to 8. I ended up with this:

Now, flatten the image again (Layers -> Merge -> Merge All (Flatten).

6. I duplicated the layer (Layer -> Duplicate). Then, I played around with some gradients and eventually picked out this one, by crumblingwalls.

I flood-filled the bottom layer with the gradient, leaving the top layer untouched. There was no visible difference, since the top layer was set to normal. I changed the blending mode of that top layer from Normal to Screen (100%). It looked like this:

Ah hah. It was a little too faded, so I copied the screened layer (of Kate), pasted it as a new image, and made it black and white (Image -> Greyscale). I copied that and pasted it back on the image with the gradient, on top of the other layers. I set it to Soft Light.

Still not quite right, so I duplicated the screened (coloured) layer again, set it to Soft Light, and brought the opacity down to 42%.

I added a new layer to the very top and filled it with black (#000000). I set the blend mode to Soft Light, and brought the opacity down to 42%. This is what I had at this point:

I merged (flattened) all of the layers.

7. It came time for text. I made a new layer. I like my &'s so I went with one of those, in white. The font was Georgia, size 30. I set the blend mode for the layer to soft light.

I decided to just do some small text, it wouldn't get too cluttered. I love love love small text. I made a new layer for it, and used Georgia size 2 with the colour #252810 (picked out from the icon with the eyedropper). I used lyrics from Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah': "It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah". I did the text in all capitals with a space between each letter and two spaces between each word, except for 'hallelujah' which was much more spread out below. I brought the opacity of that text layer down to 72%.

8. I was feeling self-concious about not using enough brushes, so I used one of teh_indy's texture brushes:

I placed it on a separate layer on top of the others, in white, and set to 'Soft Light'.

9. Finally, I grabbed the simplest border brush I could (one I picked up a long long time ago):

I placed it on a separate layer, in black, set to Multiply at about 6 percent. I used a soft round eraser brush to erase the places where the border covered the white parts I'd done before.

This was my finished product:

Not a particularly amazing icon, but it gives you an idea of how to achieve the effect. I'm sorry if this was too confusing or not detailed enough. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll try to help. Hope this was somewhat helpful! :)

Lost icons + Kate/Sawyer wallpaper

madebymi — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 19:49:54 GMT

A really small update (more Lost). They kind of suck. Don't worry, I have some non-Lost sets planned and they'll be posted soon. I'm just a bit addicted at the moment.

Comment and credit. No direct-linking or editing.

[6] Kate/Sawyer icons
[5] Shipper icons
[1] Kate/Sawyer wallpaper.

01/ 02/ 03/
04/ 05/ 06/
07/ 08/ 09/
10/ 11/

Credits:
Gradients: crumblingwalls
Brushes: teh_indy
Pictures: Lost Media.

800x600 | 1024x768

Wallpaper credits
Lyrics: "Deep Inside of You" by Third Eye Blind
Screencaps: Lost Media
Textures: Orchidee and Tre
Brushes: Asunder and Touchstone.

Also thinking of doing a tutorial (maybe), so if there's a particular icon or effect from the past few posts that you'd like to see the tutorial on, please comment and let me know.

Thank you!

Edit: Also, new affiliates! glittericious and findme_icons! Check 'em out.

Beauty and the Beast

madebymi — Sun, 07 Nov 2004 23:13:36 GMT

I've decided to make icons of some of my all-time favourite movies, over the next little while. First up, Beauty and the Beast.

If taking:
- comment.
- credit 'madebymi' or 'vanillagoodness' in keywords.
- no editing or direct-linking.

01/ 02/ 03/
04/ 05/ 06/
07/ 08/ 09/
10/ 11/ 12/
13/ 14/ 15/

Credits
Gradients: crumblingwalls
Screencaps: peacefully and Secret Obsession
Brushes: quebelly, crumblingwalls, and teh_indy

More Lost

madebymi — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 21:37:32 GMT

First of all, new layout/userinfo/link buttons/everything. Let me know what you think! I'm not loving it but I needed a change.

Yeah all I can make icons of at the moment is Lost. I'm so very addicted to the show.

[22] Lost shipper icons (basically every single character paired up with every other character... well not quite).
[03] Random Lost icons.

If taking:
- comment.
- credit 'madebymi' or 'vanillagoodness' in keywords.
- no editing or direct-linking.

SHIPPER ICONS
01/ 02/ 03/
04/ 05/ 06/
07/ 08/ 09/
10/ 11/ 12/
13/ 14/ 15/
16/ 17/ 18/
19/ 20/ 21/
22/

RANDOM LOST
23/ 24/ 25/

** 23 is an entry for lost_chorus.

Lyric Credits
08 - "With or Without You" - U2
12 - "Wicked Game" - Chris Isaak.

Thanks to teh_indy for the brushes, angstyicons for the textures, crumblingwalls for the gradients and screencaps, and Lost Multimedia for the promotional shots.

Coming up next: I have no idea.

Lost - Christina Aguilera - Jude Law

madebymi — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 02:09:07 GMT

Small(ish) post of icons that have been accumulating. Figured I owed you guys something since I'm moving this week and will be unable to update for a while.

These are super experimental (Yay for tiny text and gradients and all that trendy stuff!). The teeny tiny text is just for decorative purposes and there would be no point in asking what it says cause I don't remember. =D

This entry has been left public on purpose so that I can link people from takenote_icons. It will be made friends only again in a few days. (The Lost ones were posted in losticons yesterday so I'm sorry if you're seeing them twice.

- comment and let me know what you take.
- credit 'vanillagoodness' or 'madebymi' in keywords.
- editing and direct-linking are just not cool.

L O S T
01/ 02/ 03/
04/ 05/ 06/
07/ 08/ 09/
10/

C H R I S T I N A A G U I L E R A

11/ 12/ 13/
14/ 15/ 16/

J U D E L A W

17/ 18/ 19/
20/ 21/ 22/

Thanks to crumblingwalls for the gradients (and decorative brushes) and teh_indy and parrotdroppings for the brushes.

Lyric credits:
01 - "Supersonic" by Oasis
03 - "Angels" by Robbie Williams
04 - "Comfortable Denial" by World Without Sundays
05 - "The Saddest Song"(?) by Annie Lennox
06 - "Red Dress" by Jonatha Brooke
07 - "With or Without You" by U2
08 - "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails
09 - "Falling Down" by World Without Sundays
12 - "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera
13 - "Morning Glory" by Oasis
15 - "Falling Down" by World Without Sundays
18 - "Red Dress" by Jonatha Brooke
20 - "Happiness" by World Without Sundays
22 - "Worth or Without You" - U2

I'm thinking of going public. I mean I'm going to have my subdomain set up soon and I'll be offering icons to the public there anyway so there'd be no point of having a friends only icon journal. *shrugs* Let me know what you think.

madebymi — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 01:53:09 GMT

Just letting you guys know: I'm making everything but the latest icon post private to save my bandwidth. I'm almost out of it for this month, since Photobucket switched things around, but I will make the entries viewable to you again once I get them transferred over to somwhere else. I'm working on a subdomain at the moment, thanks to my friend Melissa born2mugglz. I'll let you know when it's up and running; it'll be for all of my graphic art, and some icons and bases too.

Icons coming... sometime soon. Life is stressful at the moment.

Peter Pan

madebymi — Sun, 10 Oct 2004 02:40:32 GMT

A very small bath of Peter Pan icons for you, mostly Wendy. I know some people don't like her, but I think she's THE pretty. =D

- comment/credit.
- direct-linking is bad.
- textless icons are not bases. Don't edit them.

Screencaps by crumblingwalls and brushes are by teh_indy.

01/ 02/ 03/ 04/ 05/
06/ 07/ 08/ 09/ 10/
11/ 12/ 13/ 14/ 15/

The batch of bases from hell.

madebymi — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 03:42:21 GMT

I made a thwack-load of textless icons, all from random pictures on my hard-drive, left over from challenges and such. They're kind of boring and ugly, but I do like a few of them. =D

Please comment if taking. You make customize stuff from this post only but please credit me for the base. I will not be taking any customizations.

[3] Brad Pitt
[7] Brittany Murphy
[2] Cate Blanchett
[7] Charlize Theron
[4] Charisma Carpenter
[9] Dominic Monaghan
[6] Drew Barrymore
[10] Elijah Wood
[6] Jude Law
[6] Liv Tyler
[7] Meg Ryan
[4] Orlando Bloom
[3] Tom Welling
= 73 textless actor/actress icons

01/ 02/ 03/ 04/ 05/
06/ 07/ 08/ 09/ 10/
11/ 12/ 13/ 14/ 15/
16/ 17/ 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/ 50/
51/ 52/ 53/ 54/ 55/
56/ 57/ 58/ 59/ 60/
61/ 62/ 63/ 64/ 65/
66/ 67/ 68/ 69/ 70/
71/ 72/ 73/

Also, please comment here and let me know what you'd like to see icons of. Thanks!

Off to watch LOTR on CBC, although I've missed practically the whole thing anyway.

PS: Jennz, your wallpaper is basically done, I just have to add text and stuff. Sorry that I suck and didn't get it done sooner. *loves you*

PPS: Everyone check out my new affiliate, fortytwo_, run by emissivity. She is amazing. <3