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43 stock + 19 fashion icons

cardcaptur — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:51:54 GMT

Finally, a batch of stock and fashion icons! Its been a long time since I posted fashion icons, I can't even remember when I posted them last. Stock has always been my first love so it was only a matter of time before I posted one again :P
All most all of these icons were entries for icon contests over various places. This would kind of qualify as a icon dump as many of them would be months old ^^

43x stock icons
19x fashion icons

PREVIEW:

STOCK:

01. 05.
06. 10.
11. 15.
16. 20.
21. 25.
26. 30
31. 35.
36. 40.
41. 43.

FASHION:

01. 05.
06. 10.
11. 15.
16. 19.

2 banners + 4 wallpapers

cardcaptur — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:20:29 GMT

More graphics as part of the challenges at landofart :P
I have tones of icons waiting to be uploaded so lets see when I get around to posting them. Also since I recently learned how to make GIF graphics, I might make a batch of those as well ;)

2x Banners (stock)
4x Wallpapers (2 stock + 2 Avatar: the Last Airbender) - size 1440x900px
4x Fashion 'Friends Only' banners

PREVIEW:

CHALLENGE 28: TEXT AND NOTHING BUT TEXT

Banner:

Wallpapers:
(1440x900 px | click on thumbnail to see full version)

CHALLENGE 44: FRIENDS ONLY

30 doctor who icons

cardcaptur — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:31:36 GMT

Okay, confession: I have never even seen a promo, let alone an episode, of Doctor Who (*gasp*). So for the base challenge at landofart I thought I'd try something I've never iconned before and decided to settle with Doctor Who. I've always wanted to try my hand at iconing DW especially because of all the beautiful icons of the fandom that neke makes ^^
Personally I am quite pleased with enough products to deem this a successful experiment ;P
I'll probably attempt to catch up with the last two series of the show considering that's when a new Doctor was introduced (or at least that's what wiki tells me :P).

If you see any base(s) made by you and would like to be given credit for them please let me know & I will oblige :)

30x Doctor Who icons

PREVIEW:

DOCTOR WHO:

01-05
06-10
11-15
16-20
21-25
25-30

4 stickers.

cardcaptur — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:41:44 GMT

Entries for the "Sticky Fingers" challenge at landofart. You can probably tell from the stickers that after the first one my creative juices started drying up ^^

4x Stickers (2 Fashion, 2 Stock)

PREVIEW:

(click on the images to see the full version)

35 stock + 33 white collar icons

cardcaptur — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:29:59 GMT

Initially the batch was just going to be 15 stock icons, but then I thought I'd let it get bigger. And we know what happens when you put off posting stuff... it never get posted till its too old xD
Finally posting them because I wanted to get something out before I went on my short hiatus :P
Most of the icons were created for contests.

35 x Stock icons
33x White Collar icons

PREVIEW:

STOCK:
01-05
06-10
11-15
16-20
21-25
26-30
31-35

WHITE COLLAR:
01-05
06-10
11-15
16-20
21-25
26-30
31-33

Also, a quick promotion for the new land community, therainbowtree started by neke

F.A.Q. | JOIN?

(mini) big bang.

cardcaptur — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:19:52 GMT

Okay, so as part of the Mini Big Bang challenge at landofart, we had to make graphics worth 100 points. Here are my entries ^^

04x Gemma Ward icons
01x White Collar picspam (Neal/Sara)
01x Grey's Anatomy picspam (Cristina Yang)
01x Avatar: the Last Airbender lovebar
01x White Collar wallpaper

PREVIEW:

Icons: Gemma Ward

Color/Lovebar: Avatar: the Last Airbender

Picspam: Grey's Anatomy (Cristina Yang) | White Collar (Neal/Sara)

Wallpaper: White Collar

1024x746 | 1440x900

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20 white collar icons

cardcaptur — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:11:14 GMT

Okay, so this is my first attempt at a 20in20 challenge and since White Collar is the only fandom i enjoy iconning at the moment, I guess its no surprise these icons are for wcollar20in20 :P

20x White Collar icons (Season 03, Episode 06 - Scott Free)

PREVIEW:

THEMES

Blend	Corner Crop	Eyes	Guess Who	Large Text

Multilevel	Negative Space	Plus One	Villain	Vivid Colors

5 CATEGORY - Crops

#1	#2	#3	#4	#5

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

#1	#2	#3	#4	#5

26 stock icons

cardcaptur — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:54:52 GMT

Finally making a icon post after almost three years!
This batch is pure stock (♥), mostly from all the contest I entered recently and some are two to three years old :P
Hope you guys like them :)

26 x Stock Icons

PREVIEW:

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.

tutorial #9

cardcaptur — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:03:58 GMT

Hello Everyone! To say long time no see is definitely an understatement :P
I was hoping to make my first "comeback" post a icon post but I guess that will happen later :P

I'm recreating this icon today as requested by kateliciously who was just being totally awesome for helping me out with the tutorial challenge at landofart :D
Okay so lets get down to the tutorial.

Programme Used: Photoshop CS
Difficulty Level: Easy/ Beginners
Translatable: Yes

Step 01: Choose your image and crop it as per your choice.
My image was one of the images provided for one of the challenges at bwlims (about 2 years ago lol).
I cropped the portion I want to use and then placed the image a 100x100 blank file.

Original | Crop | Base
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Step 02: Filling the blank area.
I created a lyer below the image and filled it with the colour of the background in the image. In my case it was #8E9990 ().

Step 03: Blending the backgrounds.
You can do this by erasing the parts of the background in the original image, but I prefer to use Layer Masks because I am really poor with the brush.
After the backgrounds were merged, I used the smudge tool to smoothen the skin of the subject.

Step 04: Brightening the image.
To do this part, I used a texture by iroppoii. I set the layer mode to Soft Light and reduced the layer opacity to 30%

Texture | Icon
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Step 05: Adding a texture to the backgorund.
Okay, so the background looks rather blank so I decide to fill it with a sratch/grain texture. I used a texture by moskitoo (found at sevenstates).
The original image is quite large so I cropped it and inverted the colour (Image Menu > Adjustments > Invert OR Ctrl + I).
I put the cropped texture on top and set the blend mode to Multiple and leave the opacity at 100%. Then, I duplicate this layer once.

Original Texture | Cropped Texture | Inverted Texture
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Step 06: Brightening the icon some more :P
I duplicated the first texture layer (Step 04) and brought the layer copy on the top. No changes in layer mode or opacity.

Step 07: Desaturation.
Normally people start out by desaturation their base image (Image Menu >Adjustments > Desaturate OR Shift + Ctrl + U), but I prefer to do it using fill layers.
I create a new layer on top and then fill it with white (#FFFFFF) and set the layer mode to Saturation. Instead of white black (#000000) can also be used.

Step 08: Adding some contrast.
I created a new layer on top and used the "Apply Image" option (Image Menu > Apply Image).
This option allows you to merge the visible layers without actually merging the layers.
If you use programme which lacks this option, you can use the Copy Merged option (Shift + Ctrl +C) and paste the copy on the top.

Step 09: Adding some more contrast.
Put a Brightness/Contrast layer on top (Layer Menu > New Layer Adjustment > Brightness/Contrast).
The setting I used were Brightness - +7 and Contrast - +26

Step 10: Tada! You're icon is done!

Layer Palette

33 random icons

cardcaptur — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:56:04 GMT

I seem to be getting better and better at pulling off vanishing tricks :P
Though since I have only two classes left this year, I plan on posting some more stuff soon, probably a stock icons batch and then a request icons post(?). For the moment, I'm just posting an icon bump.

All the icons in this post were entered at bwlims either in Round 04 or Round 05 (both of which I won :P). This is a completely random batch in terms of subject. Hopefully you'll find sometime you like :P

33 x Icons (Random)

PREVIEW:

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.
30. 31. 32. 33.

17 stock + 9 grey's anatomy + 7 leona lewis icons + 3 banners

cardcaptur — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:07:44 GMT

Wow. It has been a LONG LONG time since my last post. I am really sorry for the sudden disappearance of both jennijube and me. We got swamped with real life. Hopefully we'll be able to do a better job keep up with this community :)
Anyways, a new graphics post which has been lobe overdue. Hope you guys like the stuff.

17 x Stock icons
9 x Grey's Anatomy icons
7 x Leona Lewis icons
2 x Banners (Fashion)

PREVIEW:

STOCK:
01. 02. 03. 04.
05. 06. removed 07. 08.
09. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.
17.

GREY'S ANATOMY:
01. 02. 03. 04.
05. 06. 07. 08.
09.

LEONA LEWIS:
01. 02. 03. 04.
05. 06. 07.

BANNERS:

FASHION:

p.i.m.p

cardcaptur — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:07:46 GMT

New community stock_one by kisuncha :)
Here you'll write which theme you want to challenge
and the one that'll have the biggest number of votes is our theme.
[join | friend | track]
Be a true LJ-er and join :P

39 icons + 4 banners

cardcaptur — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:45:16 GMT

AH HA! The request are finally done! :D
It wasn't easy but I did all the 21 requests... finally! The batch is very diverse in both subject and style.
The styles I used are very different for me because I wanted to try new things :P
Everything is shareable.

39x Random icons
04x Banners (Jennifer Hudson, Mika, Sunflowers, Gossip Girl)

PREVIEW:

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.

1-2: 60mph - candy, Audrey Kawasaki | 3-4: elfandali - Emily Browning, butterflies | 5: firefly_angel21 - quote request | 6-7: helenbutterfly - strawberries, angels | 8-9: ibelonginnarnia - Sheryl Crow, the Chronicles of Narnia (Aslan) | 10-11: ireniclove: fashion, music | 12-13: kilerkki - sunset, writer's block | 14-15: mahalia_baby - breathing, Emiliana Torrini | 16-17: modusgendi - Avril Lavigne, Hilary Duff | 18-19: neo_valkyrie - Jesscia Stam, Aishwarya Rai | 20-21: neskanya - hide in a sweaters, Arianna Savall | 22-23: pokecharm - Kelly Clarkson, Charmander | 24-25: ponkie - photography/cameras | 26-27: purple_wings - ferris wheel, Gaspard Ulliel | 28-29: soliloque - Gossip Girl | 30-31: thesoundofblue - Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings | 32-33: tickled_orange - flemingos, swings | 34-35: vaniljapaaryna - image requests

Banners:
dreamon_dreamer - Jennifer hudson

la_guinevere - image request (Mika)

narue - sunflowers

Extra:
01. 02. 03. 04.

hellos

cardcaptur — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:24:28 GMT

Hey, I am so sorry that the request icons are not posted yet, I have finished 95% of them but I cannot do the remaining till I finish my school work which will be by Wednesday. So, the requests will definitely be posted by Friday-Saturday :)
Sorry for the wait :P

200+!

cardcaptur — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:09:37 GMT

jennijube and I cannot thank you guys enough for making this community so successful! We really appreciate each and every one of your support :*

We have ~~212~~ 214 members and 262 watchers! YAY! :D

So, in keep with the tradition, I will accept requests for interest icons/banner for the first 20 commenters :)
You can ask for 2 icons or one banner. If you would like me to icon a specific image then you're more than welcome to ask for it :)

[20/20] + 1

Graphics will be posted by the end of the next week :p

20 icons

cardcaptur — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:58:27 GMT

Like I did with eternalphoenix_, I did another collaboration with kisuncha :D
I tried to use different styles, ones that I wouldn't normally use or have not used before. Hope you guys like them :D

20x Random icons

PREVIEW:

kisuncha's icons are here!

01. 02. 03. 04.
05. 06. 07. 08.
09. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19. 20.

Happy New Year!

cardcaptur — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:25:03 GMT

Happy New Year!!!

6 stock + 5 fashion + 12 celeb icons

cardcaptur — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:59:48 GMT

HHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! I'm back! :D
Its been about two months since I went on hiatus and I hope everyone is doing great. :)
Here are some of the icons I made recently :)

06x Stock icons
05x Fashion icons
12x Celeb icons (Mariah Carey, Alexis Bledel & Rosario Dawson)

PREVIEW:

STOCK
01. 02. 03. 04.
05. 06.

FASHION
01. 02. 03. 04.
05.

CELEBS
01. 02. 03. 04.
05. 06. 07. 08.
09. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14.

1-2: Mariah Carey, 3-10: Alexis Bledel, 11-14: Rosario Dawson

Pimping: claire_lims

Hiatus.

cardcaptur — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:27:30 GMT

Hey guys,

I just wanted to let everyone know that I am going on an indefinite hiatus and won't be returning to LJ till... god knows when. I just have to really concentrate on my school year because I feel like I'm loose track. I hope you guys keep enjoying jennijube's graphics instead :)

Thank you to everyone who's ever commented on a single post I've ever made and thank you even more if you used my crappy stuff :P

LOTS of love,
Jay Jay a.k.a cardcaptur ;)

You guys should check out the fabulous other graphic makers out there like eternalphoenix_, fleetingimpasse, kisuncha, eriised, infinitiva and all the other affiliates we have :)

9 banners

cardcaptur — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:02:18 GMT

I know I have been missing but I have my exams going on :(
And this post isn't that much either. Just a few banners I'd made a long time ago but never got around to posting :/

6 x Celeb banners (2 Rosario Dawson, 2 Mariah Carey, 1 Jennifer Hudson & Beyonce)
2x Fashion banner.

Rosario Dawson:

Mariah Carey:

Jennifer Hudson:

Beyonce Knowles:

Fashion:

If you want any text to be added or vice-versa, please tell me and I will do it for you.
Else it won't look good :(

20 stock icons + 5 banners

cardcaptur — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:20:52 GMT

New batch! :D
Most of these are contest entries (1-14 icons) so some are about a month old :P
Hope you guys like them :D

24x Stock icons
05x Banners (2 fashion + 3 stock)

PREVIEW:

Stock 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.

Banners:

01.

02.

03.

04.

05.

20 icons

cardcaptur — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:01:27 GMT

Okay, so its been a while since I posted but uni has just been crazy and has practically taken over my life. I'm sure most of you understand what I mean :p
Anyways... about two weeks or so ago eternalphoenix_ and myself decided to make a simultaneous icon post. We would also use the same images except that we would crop the images for each other. And so we ended up making 20 icons each of the same images.... here is the result to that sort of "collaboration" :p
eternalphoenix_'s icons can be found here :)

20x Random icons

PREVIEW:

Random Icons:
01. 02. 03. 04.

05. 06. 07. 08.

09. 10. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15. 16.

17. 18. 19. 20.

5 stock banners!

jennijube — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 08:07:08 GMT

Wow, so, after uhhh, forever, I decide to make some things. 5 stock banners to be exact =). No icons to go with them because I'm lazy, but if enough people persuade me, maybe I'll make some.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

I know, I know, I kind of cheated with the text, but that's all I've got for now.

Enjoy | Credit and Comments are ♥ | DO NOT Hotlink or Claim as your own creations

18 Stock + 10 Fashion + 15 Avatar icons

cardcaptur — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:49:57 GMT

Well... Its been a while since I posted some new stuff but I have been really busy with college and stuff. I hardly get anytime these days. I have no idea when I'll post a new batch again but hopefully it'll be soon :/

Anyways, this is a assorted batch with three different subjects. Enjoy :)
And comments are love :D

18 x Stock icons
10x Fashion icons
15x Avatar: The Last Airbender icons

PREVIEW:

Stock:
01. 02. 03. 04.

05. 06. 07. 08.

09. 10. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15. 16.

17. 18.

Fashion:
01. 02. 03. 04.

05. 06. 07. 08.

09. 10.

Avatar: The Last Airbender:
01. 02. 03. 04.

05. 06. 07. 08.

09. 10. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15.

tutorial #8

cardcaptur — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:50:19 GMT

Just a quick tutorial for some anime screencap coloring :)
The icon was made using Photoshop 7.0. The tutorial uses Color Balance and Fill Layers.

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1. Crop your base, mine is this screencap of Toph from Avatar: The Last Airbender that I got from whoresque

2. Duplicate your base and set layer mode to "Multiply". Optional: If you want you can sharpen your image, I did.

3. Now make a new layer and fill it with #E1E1E1 or and change the layer mode to "Soft Light".

4. Again make a new layer and fill it with #AABAC0 or and change it to "Soft Light" as well.

5. One more new layer and fill it with #BBC0AA or and again change it to "Soft Light". I used a green fill layer because I wanted to enhance the greens in the icon, you can use any other one you like.

6. Make a new layer and fill it with #FADFD3 or and change it to "Soft Light".

7. Now duplicate your base image and drag it to the top. Change the lasyer mode to "Soft Light" and duplicate it once. If you think your icon is blurry, you can sharpen one of these two layers.

8. Next I add a "Color Balance" layer (Image >> Adjustments >> Color Balance).
Midtone: +8, +15, +15
Shadows: -20, +13, +32
(The settings are such that they increase the greens in the image. You can change them according to your image.)

9. Now I paste this texture that I cropped from a larger texture by tokyo. Change the layer mode to "Screen".

10. This step is optional. I thought the colors were a bit too bright so I wanted to tone them down a little. So, I created a new layer and filled it with #DBDBDB or , and changed the layer mode to "Multiply", also reduced the layer opacity to 40%.

Other examples of same technique with minor changes in the "Color Balance" layer:

Comments are always nice, especially with your results ;)