Miconics

2 Large Abstract Textures

miggy — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:19:54 GMT

A couple of large-scale abstract (stone and paper-based) textures, free for use for being cut up for icons, manipulated for headers, adapted for further texture creation, etc. All the rules are on the DA pages, where these downloads are kept. These were fun, might do more. :)

Texture 01 by =illyria on deviant ART

Texture 02 by =illyria on deviant ART

Idol S7 semifinalist icons

miggy — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:28:20 GMT

A few icons for every S7 semifinal Idol contestant, plus a couple of miscellaneous ones at the end.

Previews:

Please comment & credit. Thanks!

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Created with angelamaria's Icon Table Generator @ Bauble

Brushes: Pixel Linework

miggy — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:31:48 GMT

Note: Older brushes are available again. I hadn't realized that, when I made a bunch of old personal entries private, I'd caught brushes with them. If you follow the brushes tag in this journal to the tag in my personal journal, you'll see where to grab them.

So anyway here are some crazy linework brushes in either 1 or 2-pixel thickness. I'm picturing these being used for texture generation, but hey, you all will have more imagination than I do! I am strapped for time right now and cannot take the time to make image packs, but I will try to do so in the future.

Please comment & credit back to miconics so people can see where to download the files. I'm not picky about where, at all... just so people can see where they'd grab the .abr if they make the effort to hunt for it.

1-pixel (.abr, Photoshop CS3) | 2-pixel (.abr, Photoshop CS3)

These are not very complicated brushes, so I have to think they would work with earlier versions. Let me know, and I shall be extra super conscious about making image packs if they only work with recent versions of Photoshop.

Enchanted Cartoon Icons

miggy — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:17:10 GMT

I did a round of the cartoon icons (ala Idol S6) to accompany the screencap Enchanted icons. Please comment and credit for this type of icon!

Enchanted Icons

miggy — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:17:49 GMT

My scanner and Photoshop are working again! I can finally do more illustration icons!

In the meantime, here are some super basic Enchanted icons from these wonderful caps.

Preview:

Please credit miconics if you take any, so that people can find their way back here to grab any of the others if they'd like.

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Created with angelamaria's Icon Table Generator @ Bauble

Penny Arcade icons

miggy — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:18:48 GMT

I wanted some nice simple Penny Arcade icons. I know I have city and cartoon icons that I owe you guys; a major move has NOT been helpful in that regard, so hopefully I should get those all finished up when I'm settled in at the new place!

Preview:

I guess credit if you want to point people to where they're found, but it's not like I spent much time on these. :)

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Created with angelamaria's Icon Table Generator @ Bauble

I just wanted to point everyone to my off-site icon blog, which I thought I'd set up in case of LJ craziness. It will only duplicate what's here, so no need to check it if you plan to hang around here, mostly! But I went ahead and set up the syndication feeds at IJ and JF (GJ was being uncooperative, database-wise) so you can watch the same content over there if you're wandering away from this site.

http://feeds.insanejournal.com/micons/profile
http://www.journalfen.net/userinfo.bml?user=micons

miggy — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:48:53 GMT

Well, those cartoon Idol icons seem to be going over well!

View Poll: #1004424

Idol Season Six: Cartoon Tour

miggy — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:12:43 GMT

Yes. Little cartoon versions of everyone going on tour.

I will freely admit that I am dorky enough to giggle at my own work, because look at how proud Phil is of that cow.

Samples:

Please comment and credit if you take any of these icons, seriously for this group! Though most aren't drawn to be seen at full-sized, you can check out the original artwork here.

Chris Sligh:

Gina:

Haley:

Sanjaya:

Phil:

Chris Richardson:

LaKisha:

Melinda:

Blake:

Jordin:

And, because I'm not an idiot and know it would be asked for if I didn't:

Blake Lewis Mood Theme

miggy — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:06:06 GMT

Preview:


Angry	Artistic	Depressed	Enraged	Flirty

Gloomy	Grateful	Loved	Nauseated	Scared

blake.zip

How to install: if you host on your own server.

1. Download the zip file. You'll see a folder with 132 images and a file called mood.txt.
2. Upload all images to a directory on a server that lets you access pictures remotely. (Just about any paid host, that is; Geocities and other free sites usually have this blocked. But something like Photobucket works.) Note the location of your images; it'll look something like http://www.yourserver.com/images/mood/ depending on where you decide to put them.
3. Go to the Livejournal Admin Console and enter moodtheme_create name des. Name will be what you want to title this mood theme, and would be like "American Idol," while Des is the description, and would be something like "Bringing hope to famewhores everywhere." So, to get that particular combination, you would enter the following into the admin console:

moodtheme_create "American Idol" "Bringing hope to famewhores everywhere"

This will give you a mood theme ID number.
4. Open mood.txt. Search for "12345" and replace it with the unique mood theme ID you just got through the LJ console. Search for "http://www.yourserver.com/" and replace it with the path to your icons. Remember to include the final slash.
5. Copy the altered contents of mood.txt and paste it into the admin console. Hit "execute."
6. Your custom mood theme is now available for selection. Go to the Customize Style page (while logged in), then click on the "Look and Feel" tab. Go to the drop-down menu under the "Mood Icons" title. Choose the custom set you just made; it'll be at the bottom of the list. At the bottom of the page, choose "save changes."

That's it!

How to install: if you use my hosting.

1. Go to the Livejournal Admin Console and enter moodtheme_create name des. Name will be what you want to title this mood theme, and would be like "American Idol," while Des is the description, and would be something like "Bringing hope to famewhores everywhere." So, to get that particular combination, you would enter the following into the admin console:

moodtheme_create "American Idol" "Bringing hope to famewhores everywhere"

This will give you a mood theme ID number.
2. Copy the contents of the following box into a text editor of your choice. Search for "12345" and replace it with the unique mood theme ID you just got through the LJ console.

moodtheme_setpic 12345 1 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/aggravated.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 2 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/angry.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 3 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/annoyed.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 4 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/anxious.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 5 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/bored.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 6 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/confused.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 7 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/crappy.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 8 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/cranky.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 9 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/depressed.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 10 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/discontent.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 11 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/energetic.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 12 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/enraged.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 13 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/enthralled.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 14 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/exhausted.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 15 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/happy.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 16 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/high.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 17 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/horny.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 18 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/hungry.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 19 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/infuriated.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 20 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/irate.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 21 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/jubilant.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 22 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/lonely.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 23 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/moody.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 24 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/pissedoff.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 25 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/sad.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 26 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/satisfied.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 27 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/sore.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 28 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/stressed.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 29 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/thirsty.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 30 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/thoughtful.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 31 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/tired.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 32 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/touched.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 33 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/lazy.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 34 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/drunk.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 35 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/ditzy.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 36 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/mischievous.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 37 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/morose.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 38 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/gloomy.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 39 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/melancholy.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 40 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/drained.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 41 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/excited.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 42 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/relieved.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 43 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/hopeful.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 44 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/amused.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 45 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/determined.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 46 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/scared.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 47 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/frustrated.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 48 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/indescribable.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 49 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/sleepy.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 51 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/groggy.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 52 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/hyper.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 53 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/relaxed.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 54 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/restless.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 55 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/disappointed.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 56 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/curious.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 57 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/mellow.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 58 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/peaceful.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 59 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/bouncy.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 60 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/nostalgic.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 61 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/okay.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 62 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/rejuvenated.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 63 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/complacent.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 64 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/content.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 65 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/indifferent.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 66 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/silly.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 67 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/flirty.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 68 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/calm.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 69 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/refreshed.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 70 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/optimistic.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 71 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/pessimistic.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 72 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/giggly.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 73 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/pensive.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 74 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/uncomfortable.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 75 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/lethargic.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 76 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/listless.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 77 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/recumbent.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 78 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/exanimate.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 79 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/embarassed.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 80 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/envious.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 81 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/sympathetic.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 82 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/sick.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 83 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/hot.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 84 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/cold.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 85 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/worried.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 86 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/loved.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 87 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/awake.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 88 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/working.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 89 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/productive.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 90 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/accomplished.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 91 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/busy.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 92 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/blah.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 93 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/full.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 95 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/grumpy.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 96 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/weird.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 97 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/nauseated.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 98 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/ecstatic.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 99 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/chipper.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 100 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/rushed.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 101 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/contemplative.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 102 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/nerdy.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 103 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/geeky.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 104 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/cynical.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 105 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/quixotic.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 106 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/crazy.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 107 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/creative.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 108 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/artistic.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 109 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/pleased.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 110 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/bitchy.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 111 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/guilty.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 112 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/irritated.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 113 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/blank.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 114 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/apathetic.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 115 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/dorky.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 116 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/impressed.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 117 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/naughty.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 118 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/predatory.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 119 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/dirty.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 120 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/giddy.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 121 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/surprised.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 122 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/shocked.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 123 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/rejected.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 124 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/numb.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 125 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/cheerful.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 126 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/good.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 127 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/distressed.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 128 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/intimidated.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 129 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/crushed.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 130 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/devious.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 131 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/thankful.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 132 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/grateful.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 133 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/jealous.jpg 70 45
moodtheme_setpic 12345 134 http://www.redshirts.net/moods/blake/nervous.jpg 70 45

3. Paste your edited list into the console and hit "execute."
4. Your custom mood theme is now available for selection. Go to the Customize Style page (while logged in), then click on the "Look and Feel" tab. Go to the drop-down menu under the "Mood Icons" title. Choose the custom set you just made; it'll be at the bottom of the list. At the bottom of the page, choose "save changes."
5. If you notice problems with your mood theme not showing up, please don't contact me if you see it's just a server not responding. (As opposed to a picture being deleted.) I don't have control over that server beyond sending them a service request, and I'll have already done so.

That's it!

Thanks to Blake Lewis Online for the caps!

Fashion

miggy — Mon, 21 May 2007 20:43:47 GMT

Icons made from posts over at foto_decadent. Thanks to the posters there for some really beautiful scans.

Preview:

Please comment and credit if you take any of these icons.

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Request Post: City Icons, Round 2

miggy — Mon, 21 May 2007 02:03:26 GMT

I'm doing a new round of city icons, and I want to know where you want represented!

(I'm linking to the post here, but trust me, the original post on my journal got lots of comments. Hence a new round. ;) )

I won't promise to do everywhere -- it's more dependent on being able to find a usable picture than the number requested -- but I'll give it a shot. So, leave a comment for the city you want!

Idol S6: Final Two

miggy — Sat, 19 May 2007 08:16:03 GMT

Blake and Jordin! Jordin and Blake! A stealth Cake hug! (How did that get in there?)

Pics from blakefans.net and jordin-fan.net.

Samples:

Please comment and credit if you take any of these icons.

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Brushes: Calligraphy Strokes & Splatters

miggy — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:48:20 GMT

Hand-drawn calligraphy strokes, all 100x100, make up the first set. The second's splatter images are offered in both 100x100 and 200x200, so you can move around the cursor a little and find the perfect area of the brush to use.

Please comment if you download these, and credit is appreciated. I don't care where — userinfo, a general credit post, your memories, your website, etc. — I just like for people to be able to find where to download the brushes if they like what you do with them.

Right click and save - Photoshop 7 | Image Pack
10 brushes + credit brush

Right click and save - Photoshop 7 | Image Pack
14 brushes + credit brush

Older Brushes

miggy — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:38:51 GMT

If you're looking for older brush posts, you can find them in their original posts in my journal.

http://miggy.livejournal.com/tag/brushes

There were just too many to bring over. All upcoming brush posts will be here, however.

Wallpaper-sized Textures

miggy — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:54:21 GMT

This is rather an odd texture post, but oh well. Behind the cut are five desktop wallpaper-sized textures (1024 x 768) that I just whipped up. Uses could be found for all kinds of stuff: sliced up and/or shrunk down for icons, applied as effects layers for headers, whatever. Click on the thumbnail images to get the full version of each image.

If you take any, please comment and credit somewhere. I'm not picky about where, I just like for people to be able to find the originals if they like what you've done with what you've taken. These textures are 100% available for use in making other textures / bases. If you want to cut them all up and insert text and brushwork and whatever, feel free.

Light Textures #2

miggy — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:53:12 GMT

More light textures! Unlike other texture posts, these are not posted individually alongside the zip. Why? Because this set contains 100 textures.

Quite frankly, that was a few too many files to build a display table around.

If you take any, please comment and credit somewhere. I'm not picky about where, I just like for people to be able to find the originals if they like what you've done with what you've taken. These textures are 100% available for use in making other textures / bases. If you want to cut them all up and insert text and brushwork and whatever, feel free.

Samples:

Download all 100 textures here. Right-click or "save file as" to make sure you download the zip correctly.

Light Textures #1

miggy — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:52:01 GMT

I played around with a technique described in awmpdotnet, and after some tweaking (must! have! more! saturation!), came up with this set. These are pretty fun to make, so if enough people like these, I'll probably make more sets. There are 18 total textures. I made all of them available individually if you want to pick and choose, or you can snag the zip file. If you take any, please comment and credit somewhere. I'm not picky about where, I just like for people to be able to find the originals if they like what you've done with what you've taken. These textures are 100% available for use in making other textures / bases. If you want to cut them all up and insert text and brushwork and whatever, feel free.

Samples:

Zip File

Watercolor Textures

miggy — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:25:57 GMT

I made some more textures, this group all with a watercolor feel. There are 18 total. I made all of them available individually if you want to pick and choose, or you can snag the zip file. If you take any, please comment and credit somewhere. I'm not picky about where, I just like for people to be able to find the originals if they like what you've done with what you've taken. These textures are 100% available for use in making other textures. If you want to cut them all up and insert text and brushwork and whatever, feel free.

Samples:

Zip File

Rusted Surface Textures

miggy — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:24:37 GMT

Since people seemed to like last night's texture sets, I went ahead and did another round. This post includes six sets of textures made from rusted surfaces. You can either snag the individual textures you like or download zipped sets. As always, please comment if you take any, and credit (somewhere) is appreciated, so people can find the textures if they like what you do with them. These textures are 100% available for use in making other textures. If you want to cut them all up and insert text and brushwork and whatever, feel free.

Samples:

Rust 1 - Right Click and Save

Rust 2 - Right Click and Save

Rust 3 - Right Click and Save

Rust 4 - Right Click and Save

Rust 5 - Right Click and Save

Rust 6 - Right Click and Save

Incoming Posts

miggy — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:22:42 GMT

I still have old brush and texture posts to bring over here. While I think their older dates should keep them from spamming your flists, let me apologize in advance if they do. (And I can't backdate posts in a community, to keep them in the right order. Argh.)

I'll only do a few at a time just in case they do show up anyway, and if they do, I apologize!

Texture-Fest

miggy — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:20:14 GMT

I've put together 8 sets of icon textures, grouped by color. I'm displaying each on its own, so you can grab only those which you like, and have also thrown them into zip files. Please comment if you take any, and credit (somewhere, I'm not picky) is appreciated! These textures are 100% available for use in making other textures. If you want to cut them all up and insert text and brushwork and whatever, feel free.

Here's the first group, all in blues:

Blues - Right-Click to Save

Black and White - Right-Click to Save

Golds 1 - Right-Click to Save

Golds 2 - Right-Click to Save

Greens - Right-Click to Save

Multi-Colored - Right-Click to Save

Reds - Right-Click to Save

Pastels - Right-Click to Save

Resource Post

miggy — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:20:51 GMT

Note: all links are set to open here. If you want to keep this post open, make sure to open any links you wish to visit in a new window.

If you're curious as to where I get the images, brushes, and other aspects that go into icon-making, this is the full list. Please don't ask to be pointed to a specific post by anyone to find one brush set in particular; I don't keep that information, I just credit the makers as they wish. Most of them will have their brushes, etc. on their website, in their memories, or linked somewhere from their main journal.

Index

Screencap Sources - The sources of the screencaps, magazine scans, and other graphics that serve as bases for my icons
Stock Images - Non-fandom images that can be used to enhance projects, or serve as bases all on their own. The listed sites provide royalty-free images
Brushes - The Photoshop (.abr) brushes I use. Those sized for icons and those sized to be used on much larger projects are all listed
Textures and Gradients - These provide extra depth and dimension to icons. Although textures can be slapped down on icons unaltered, I find it much more useful to adjust them for each individual icon
Actions - The Photoshop (.atn) actions I find useful. Again: although these can be used without any further alteration, it's a good idea to customize the effect you see after each use, as a bit of tweaking almost always gets it just right
Fonts - A illustrated listing of those fonts I use most frequently

Screencap Sources

American Idol
Bo Bice Online
Carrie Underwood Online
The Fedoration
IdolOnFox
Kelly Clarkson.ca
Rickey.Org
UKCGalleries
Vonzell Solomon.Org

The Amazing Race
CBS.com
TarFlies

Desperate Housewives
missmanics
The Suburbs

Doctor Who
mylildementor

Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy Shrine

Futurama
Can't Get Enough Futurama
Futurama Madhouse

Grey's Anatomy
dj43

Harry Potter
Bunnysneezes
Veritaserum

Hercules
withpaperwings_

Jossverse
Cappiness
The Freezeframe Network

Lost
numerocinco
crumblingwalls
sissi_blucas
Captivate 1.0

Multiple Topics
cap_it
Secret Obsession
peacefully

National Treasure
nordlicht

Pretty Woman
exotik

X-Men
Comic Candy

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Stock Images

Stock Exchange
Getty Images

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Brushes

"You sure have a lot of brush sources!" Yes, I do. I no longer use 90% of the brushes I've downloaded. However, I'm not positive if any of the older icons I still display use brushes which I have since deleted. Rather than take the chance of not giving credit where it's due, I simply list everything. Those brushes I frequently use have their link accompanied by an asterisk.

Outside Of Livejournal
8Nero.Net
VBrush
Brushabrusha (no longer active)
Annika von Holdt *
Insomniac Brushes (does not appear to be active)
Finfond
Classic.Tere-Art.Com
Dali Designs (no longer active)
Hoko
Dubtastic

Livejournal Users and Communities
100x100_brushes *
77words
aibi
aino_hakano *
anesthezeaic
bittenicons
brushaxbrusha
buffyx *
calixa *
callmefreak
_coquettish
counterglow
crazy_perfume
crumblingwalls
crystalkirk
dactyliotheca
inxsomniax
dragong
dtissagirl
ellicons
nyuszi
ewanism
exit47
wannablessedbe
fadeastride
ownthesunshine
gegenschein
gothic_nyx
grrliz_icons
_hakanaidreams
oh_pants *
hecatesknickers
hexicons
howlovely
icons_with_love *
ingenu0us
isabellecs
_joni
__kali__
katemonkey
kimberly_a *
leggyslove
elli
lostluck_icons
lovetheories
meleada
miggy *
moraya
lemonrocket
neverlandwendy
oxoniensis
pekeana
purposeicons
quebelly
saava
scarsonchest
september_icons
sinecure
spiffydaze
shagalote *
stickywicket
dark_soul_lost
neke
xenylamine
wednesday_icons
wherethewind__
whurledpeaz

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Textures and Gradients

anais_dirge
angry_kangaroo
awmp
bittersweet_art
blanket_icons
claudia6913
colorfilter
cosmo_mouse
damnicons
inxsomniax
eightlove
ewanism
dearest
grrliz_icons
iconistas
icon_textures
jubilli
kamino
soaked
lostluck_icons
missymw88icons
myrasis
oxoniensis
puppetarium
riceball
ohfreckle
wonton_graphics

Backgrounds:

luthien_black

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Actions

awmp has provided a large (and incredibly useful) bundle of actions here

The Adobe Studio Exchange is a large and very useful source of actions, as well as brushes, templates, and other features for all Adobe products

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Fonts

Frequently used fonts are listed in this post.

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State Landscapes

miggy — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:14:29 GMT

Those "I Love [City]" icons I did last year were popular, so here's a similar set I've been working on off and on for a while. (It takes a long to make yourself happy with a matching set this size.) I really liked the description made of the city icons that named them little postcards, so I did the same thing with the 50 states. There are clean "postcard" versions and ones with the name of the state. All of those are in the Amazing Race's font.

(I am a dork, la la la la la.)

Samples:

Please comment and credit if you take any of these icons.

Billie Piper

miggy — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:12:11 GMT

puppetoflove did a fantastic Billie Piper picspam, and I snagged some of the pictures to icon with. Some are more Billie-focused, while some focus on her as Rose.

(Rooooooooose!)

Samples:

Please comment and credit if you take any of these icons.

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Kat McPhee

miggy — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:10:42 GMT

OMG ICONS. Yeah, not very many, but I've got plenty of others in the making. :)

5 Katharine McPhee icons, and then this one icon of my favorite female contestants that I'll freely share with anyone else who likes this particular combo. Yeah, Kat's probably not going to win, but I can dream, right? Comment/credit as always, thank you! The Kat pics came from katharine-mcphee.org.

Sample:

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