kaleidoscopic breathing exercise

FMA: Brotherhood, Sailormoon, Various x55

2009-08-02T15:12:07Z

Why do I always pick series that have crazy lighting and colours? XD;; Bakemonogatari and Casshern SINS are pretty to watch but horrible to icon.

Ristorante Paradiso is fun and enjoyable, fyi. Who doesn't like older megane bishies!? X3

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- Various x 25 (Bakemonogatari, Casshern SINS, Ergo Proxy, Ristorante Paradiso)
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood x 10
- Sailormoon x 20
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TOTAL = 55

Teasers

11	33	51

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Various
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1	2	3	4	5

6	7	8	9	10

11	12	13	14	15

16	17	18	19	20

21	22	23	24	25

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Do not customise; ask & receive

26	27	28	29	30

31	32	33	34	35

Sailor Moon
Do not customise; ask & receive

36	37	38	39	40

41	42	43	44	45

46	47	48	49	50

51	52	53	54	55

NOTES
#36 was entered in bssm_battle's "Plain Jane" challenge. (Create an icon without using text, brushes, masks, or any kind of automated function.) Hence the simplistic look. This is harder than you can imagine.
#37-53 were also created with the "Plain Jane" instructions in mind.
#54-55 were made from fanart by Little Wing.

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Assassin's Creed, Old Kingdom Series, Shakespeare x23

2009-08-02T09:39:31Z

It seems I only get to post once a year, lmao. X3 That's uni for ya. Expect another post later.

Some of these are really old, mostly the AC ones. Those I made around when I posted my Penny Arcade icons (so in '06). But I wanted to clear them off my computer. XD;

Also, sry about the randomness of them all!

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- Assassin's Creed x 10
- The Old Kingdom Series x 10
- Shakespeare x 3
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TOTAL = 23

Teasers

8	14	21

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Assassin's Creed
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1	2	3	4	5

6	7	8	9	10

The Old Kingdom Series
Do not customise; ask & receive

11	12	13	14	15

16	17	18	19	20

Shakespeare Quotes
Do not customise

21	22	23

NOTES
#1-3/6-10 is AC art from Penny Arcade artist Mike Krahulik.
#11-20 are from covers of Garth Nix's YA/fantasy novels, The Old Kingdom Series. Totally rec for reading.
#21: Romeo & Juliet. Friar Lawrence, Act II, Scene VI.
#22: Romeo & Juliet. Romeo, Act III, Scene I.
#23: Romeo & Juliet. Friar Lawerence, Act III, Scene III.

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BECK: MCS, Tekkon Kinkreet, Various x55

2008-07-10T09:26:12Z

I really love BECK, but boy is it a bitch to icon. The anime's colours and lighting are so messed up. @_@ However, I might do more, as I re-watch the series. So look out for that. (Maybe.)

+Go watch Tekkon Kinkreet. Now. You won't regret it!

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- Various x 20 (Crystal Blaze/Glass Maiden, Gintama, Soul Eater)
- Tekkon Kinkreet x 15
- BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad x 20
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TOTAL = 55

Teasers

7	21	42

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Various
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1	2	3	4	5

6	7	8	9	10

11	12	13	14	15

16	17	18	19	20

Tekkon Kinkreet
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21	22	23	24	25

26	27	28	29	30

31	32	33	34	35

BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad
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36	37	38	39	40

41	42	43	44	45

46	47	48	49	50

51	52	53	54	55

NOTES
#46-55 were made with images from the BECK: MCS fanlisting.

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Blood+, SZS, Sailormoon, Various x70

2008-02-14T12:12:55Z

It's been awhile. o_o; I guess university does that. XD;

Some of these are really old. Most notably the first Blood+, all SM, and the MKR ones.

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- Various x 15 (Magic Knight Rayearth, Ayakashi, Ghost Hound, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai, Shigofumi, PERSONA -trinity soul-)
- Sailormoon x 15
- Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (S1/S2) x 15
- Blood+ x 25
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TOTAL = 70

Teasers

26	33	50

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Various
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1	2	3	4	5

6	7	8	9	10

11	12	13	14	15

Sailor Moon
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16	17	18	19	20

21	22	23	24	25

26	27	28	29	30

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (S1/S2)
Do not customise; ask & receive

31	32	33	34	35

36	37	38	39	40

41	42	43	44	45

Blood+
Do not customise; ask & receive

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

NOTES
#17 won First Place @ senshi_awards
#64 won Best Colour @ anime_medley

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Penny Arcade x34

2006-10-29T07:45:06Z

I love this comic. You should all go read & laugh, k? Warning: Post contains explicit language. If that's not your thing, plz move along.

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Teasers

13	18	34

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Blanks
Credit Penny Arcade & moonwitch
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1	2	3	4	5

6	7	8	9	10

11	12	13	14	15

16	17

Icons
Credit Penny Arcade & moonwitch
Do not customise

18	19	20	21	22

23	24	25	26	27

29	29	30	31	32

33	34

NOTES
- Artwork used (C) Penny Arcade.
- Tables made using 77words' Icon Table Generator.
- Font in #18: BigNoodle Titling
- Font in #19: Anke Calligraphic FG

Sailormoon, Various x134

2006-06-12T08:30:52Z

I kind of went overboard with a certain border... >.>; Be warned.
Also, xenylamine bought me a $5 gift certificate for LJ, which I used to buy a paid account! She's so sweet. ♥

Big icondump o' dooooooom. Dial-up users beware.
In table-format, just because I think it looks better. All tables made using 77words' Icon Table Generator. Use it. Love it.

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Teasers

17	108	133

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Bases
No need to credit
Modify at will

1	2	3	4	5

6	7	8	9	10

11	12	13	14	15

16	17

Blanks
Credit
Do not customise

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

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58	59	60	61	62

63	64	65	66	67

68	69	70	71	72

73	74	75	76	77

78	79	80	81	82

83	84	85	86	87

88	89	90	91	92

93	94	95	96	97

98	99	100	101	102

103	104	105	106	107

108	109	110	111	112

Icons
Credit
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113	114	115	116	117

118	119	120	121	122

123	124	125	126	127

128	129	130	131	132

133	134

AWARDS
#19 won Best Colouring @ anime_medley
#47 won 2nd @ icompete
#62 won 2nd @ sm_ichallenge
#64 won Best Colouring @ anime_medley
#72 won 1st @ sm_ichallenge
#75 won 3rd @ sm_ichallenge
#77 won Best Colouring @ sm_ichallenge
#87 won Most Unique @ sm_ichallenge
#88 won Best Colouring @ anime_medley
#101 won 2nd @ senshi_awards
#103 won 2nd @ sm_ichallenge
#107 won 2nd @ sm_ichallenge
#114 won 3rd + Best Colouring @ senshi_awards
#115 won 1st @ bssmawards
#117 won 3rd @ sm_ichallenge
#121 won Best Colouring @ anime_medley
#125 won 2nd @ sm_ichallenge
#127 won Mod's Choice @ sm_ichallenge
#131 won 1st @ bssmawards
#134 won 1st @ sm_ichallenge

LYRICS
#113: Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You
#114: Counting Crows - Round Here
#121: Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching
#122: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
#123: Brand New - Secondary
#126: Barenaked Ladies - Falling For The First Time
#127: Five for Fighting - It's Not Easy (To Be Me)
#130: Vitamin C - Graduation
#133: Elastica - 2:1

Sailormoon, Various x84

2005-08-20T23:12:08Z

Geez. I've been sitting on these icons for way too long. XD;

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1. 2. 3.

BASES; Sailormoon, Hellsing, Bakuretsu Tenshi, Chobits, Mars

4. 5. 6. 7.

8. 9. 10. 11.

12. 13. 14. 15.

16. 17. 18. 19.

20. 21. 22. 23. 24.

BLANKS; Sailormoon, Hellsing, Bakuretsu Tenshi, Chobits, Mars

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.

ICONS; Sailormoon, Hellsing, Bakuretsu Tenshi, Chobits, Mars, Paradise Kiss

52. 53. 54. 55.

56. 57. 58. 59.

60. 61. 62. 63.

64. 65. 66. 67.

68. 69. 70. 71.

72. 73. 74. 75.

76. 77. 78. 79. 80.

TEXT; Lyrics

81. 82. 83. 84.

AWARDS
#32 won 3rd @ smicons_contest
#61 won 2nd @ smicons_contest
#62 won 3rd @ bssmawards
#64 won 1st @ senshi_pop
#67 won 1st @ senshi_chorus
#68 won 3rd @ bishoujo_awards
#69 won Wheel of Fortune @ i_variety
#74 won 2nd @ bssmawards
#79 won 2nd @ animestills

LYRICS
#52: Akeboshi - Wind
#53: 3 Days Grace - Burn (changed "you" to "it")
#54-61: Something I made up
#62: Amorphis - Alone
#63: Nightwish - Nemo
#64: The Butterfly Effect - Perception Twin
#65: Self-explanatory
#66-67: Power of Love (song from Sailormoon)
#68: The Butterfly Effect - Perception Twin (changed "of" to "the)
#69-70: Tool - Parabola
#71: Self-explanatory
#72-73: Dresden Dolls - Girl Anachronism
#74-77: Something I made up
#78: Self-explanatory
#79-80: Lacuna Coil - Reverie
#81-84: Snow Patrol - Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking

Sailormoon, X/1999, Hellsing x32

2005-04-19T20:37:07Z

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#3 back by popular demand. XD And it's up for grabs textless, which is a change.

1. 2. 3.

BASES; Sailormoon

4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.

BLANKS; Sailormoon, Hellsing, x/1999

10. 11. 12. 13.

14. 15. 16. 17.

ICONS; Sailormoon, Hellsing, x/1999

18. 19. 20. 21. 22.

23. 24. 25. 26. 27.

28. 29. 30. 31. 32.

AWARDS
#11 won Best Show of Emotion @ sailormoon_hush
#19 won 2nd @ animeawards
#21 won 1st @ senshicons

LYRICS
#18-19: Prodigy - Firestarter
#22-23: Vienna Tang - Eric's Song
#24-25: Chantal Kreviazuk - Boot
#26-27: 12 Stones - Back Up
#28-31: Sarah Blasko - Your Way (slightly modified: "her" instead of "your")

Sailormoon, Naruto, X/1999 x20

2005-04-05T04:33:39Z

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1. 2. 3.

BASES; Sailormoon

4. 5.

BLANKS; X/1999, Sailormoon

6. 7.

8. 9. 10.

ICONS; X/1999, Sailormoon

11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

AWARDS
#9 won 1st @ smicons_contest
#15 won Mod's Choice @ senshicons
#19 won 2nd @ bssmawards
#20 won 1st @ sm_awards

LYRICS
#1: Irving Berlin - Blue Skies
#2 & 20: To Earthward by Robert Frost (poem)
#11-12: Placebo - Protect Me From What I Want
#13-14: Blindside - About a Burning Fire
#18-19: Opening theme to Kare Kano

Old, Sailormoon, Various x36

2005-03-12T20:12:31Z

Bunch of old stuff thrown in so I can delete it off my computer. :)
+ Amazon Quartet request.

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1. 2. 3.

OLD; Various

4. 5. 6. 7.

8. 9. 10. 11.

12. 13. 14. 15.

BLANKS; Sailormoon, Various

16. 17. 18. 19.

20. 21. 22. 23.

24. 25. 26.

BASES; Sailormoon

27. 28.

ICONS; Various

29. 30. 31. 32.

33. 34. 35. 36.

AWARDS
#6 won 2nd @ bssmawards
#9 won 1st @ Wiccan_Icons on Deadjournal
#12 won 2nd @ anime_medley
#29 won Best Show of Emotion @ anime_medley
#32 won 2nd @ sm_awards
#35 won Mod's Choice @ bishoujo_awards

LYRICS
#6: Oh My Goddess! Lyrics
#9: The Whitlams - Cries Too Hard
#10-11: Aerosmith - Full Circle
#12: Dub Pistols - Cyclone
#14: Seether - Broken
#15: Xenogears - Small Two of Pieces
#29: Cibo Matto - Sci-Fi Wasabi
#30-31: Jack Off Jill - Surgery
#32: Placebo - Every You Every Me
#33-34: Nightwish - Ever Dream
#35-36: KMFDM - Light

Base credit for #3 goes to teh_indy

Underwater & Fade Effect: PSP8, AS

2005-03-05T01:12:57Z

This: to this:

Requirements:
- PSP8
- Animation Shop
- Patience (for you)
- Chocolate (for me)

For this tutorial, I shall refer to what you have selected for animation as "Image1".

1. Crop, resize, contrast, border, etc. Add all text that you want.

2. Click on Freehand Selection and make sure that you have it set to Freehand and Replace, as shown on the diagram below.

3. Outline the object that you wish to animate.

4. Copy and paste Image1 as a new image, preferably about 100x100 larger.

5. Click on Flood Fill and fill the areas around Image1 with a solid colour.

6. Go to File>Export>Gif Optimizer, and set your options to what is on the diagram below.

7. Press OK and export Image1 as a new picture.

8. Open Animation Shop and open Image1 as a new file.

9. Right click Image1 and select Insert Image Effect.

10. Change the scroll down menu to Underwater and the other details to what is on the diagram below.

11. Click on Customise and change the details to what is on the diagram below.

12. Run your animation a few times and delete any unnecessary frames. Fiddle around with speeds until you are happy.

**THIS NEXT PART IS OPTIONAL. YOU MAY FINISH AT STEP 12 AND CONTINUE ONTO STEP 17.**

13. Copy the first frame of the animation and paste it after your last frame.

14. Right click the (now) second last frame and select Insert Image Transition.

15. Change the scroll down menu to Fade and the other details to what is on the diagram below.

16. Repeat Step 12 again.

17. Now, open up your original image (that is, the pre-made icon with your text and whatnot on it) as a new file in Animation Shop.

18. Copy and paste the first frame until it has the same amount of frames as your animation.

19. Select all frames in both files and drag the animation until it is on top of your original file.

20. When you are satisfied with your animation, click the 'X' and save. Animation Shop will automatically optimise your animation. Make sure that the file is no bigger than 40kB (standard LJ icon size) and that you are happy with how it looks.

And that's it! I hope this was helpful to some people. ^_^

Examples of this animation on icons:

Any questions, criticism, broken links? Leave me a comment!

Edited to added: A similar tutorial for this effect for Photoshop and ImageReady, made by comeback, can be found here.

Sailormoon x20

2005-02-26T23:25:14Z

All icons except one have a still and an animated.

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1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6. 7.

8. 9. 10. 11.

12. 13. 14. 15.

16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

AWARDS
#3 won 2nd @ sm_awards
#4 won Mod's Choice @ bssmawards
#8 won Best Colouring + Best Use of Text @ anime_medley
#12 won 2nd @ smicons_contest
#18 won 3rd @ sm_awards

LYRICS
#4-5: Tadpole – Worn & Weary
#6-7: The Rasmus - In the Shadows
#8-9: Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peek A Boo
#10-11: Nightwish – Sleepwalker
#12-15: Oasis – Wonderwall
#16-17: Nightwish – Sleeping Sun

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