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Request post

aquietmess — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:02:20 GMT

Okay, landofart is hosting a "~~Riddle~~ Tutorial Me This" challenge. The task is to create / write up tutorials set at different levels - meaning 3 newbie, 3 intermediate and 3 experts tutorials. I really doubt, that I'll be able to do anything at an expert level, but I think I could give it a try.

Anyway, since I have some trouble deciding on my own on what to do a tut, I'll take requests. If anyone is interested in anything - icons, wallpapers, etc. just leave a comment.

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movies20in20 - round 20

aquietmess — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:33:24 GMT

Okay, these are are done last minute and normally I don't do movies, but I hope they turned out fine. Anyway here are my entries for round 20 - Free For All at movie20in20.

[01-10] Themed (3x Becoming Jane, 1x Captain America, 1 A Walk To Remember, 1x Tina - What's Love Got To Do With It, 2x The Princess Diaries 2, 1x Transformers 2, 1x Anna Hathaway)
[11-15] Category - Genres (Two Weeks Notice, A Walk To Remember, Captain America, The Princess Bride, Doom)
[16-20] Artist's Choice (Doom, Captain America, Transformers 2, The Princess Bride, Tina - What's Love Got To Do With It)
+ 4 Alternatives (Anne Hathaway, Star Trek XI, Two Weeks Notice, 300)

THEMES

brunette	duotone	evil	expression	favorite movie


inside	movie star	off center	outside	ship

SPECIAL - Genres

#1 (comedy)	#2 (drama)	#3 (action)	#4 (family)	#5 (sci-fi)

ARTIST'S CHOICE

#1	#2	#3	#4	#5

ALTERNATIVES

1	2	3	4

- comments and criticism are appreciated ♥
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season20in20 - round 09

aquietmess — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:10:20 GMT

Well, it's been some time since my last post, but here my entries for round 9 at season20in20. This time I claimed season 2 of Stargate Atlantis.

[01-10] Themed
[11-15] Category - Tiny Text
[16-20] Artist's Choice
+ 9 Alternatives

Themes

Alive	Arial	Center Crop	Guilt	Rain

Recycle	Sense	Story	Summer	Sweet

Category - Tiny Text

Category #1	Category #2	Category #3	Category #4	Category #5

Artist's Choice

AC #1	AC #2	AC #3	AC #4	AC #5

ALTERNATIVES

1	2	3	4	5

6	7	8	9

- comments and criticism are appreciated ♥
- watch / join

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greendale20in20 - round 02

aquietmess — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:54:12 GMT

My literally last-minute entries for round 02 at greendale20in20. My pick was the season one episode "The Science of Illusion".

[01-10] Themed
[11-15] Category - Characters
[16-20] Artist's Choice
+ 7 Alternatives

10 THEMES

action	broken	fav moment	contrast	love

center crop	large text	blocking	bright colors	removed background

5 CHARACTERS

one	two	three	four	five

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

one	two	three	four	five

ALTERNATIVES

1	2	3	4

5	6	7

- comments and criticism are appreciated ♥
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Cartoon, Star Trek and Warehouse 13 icons

aquietmess — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 22:08:29 GMT

Well, here's a new multi-fandom post. All Star Trek icons were entries or alternatives for frontier_lims. And I once more tried my hand with cartoon/animation caps.

Hm, the next post will probably be a tutorial. It's been some time since I did the last one :)

[01-12] Justice League, Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (1x), Wonder Woman (2x)
[13-22] Young Justice
[23-33] Star Trek - The Original Series, Star Trek - The Next Generation, Star Trek - Deep Space Nine
[34-44] Star Trek - Voyager, Star Trek - Enterprise, Star Trek XI (1x)
[45-49] Warehouse 13
[50-52] The Mentalist
[53-56] Criminal Minds
[57-60] Breakout Kings

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- comments and criticism are appreciated ♥
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greendale20in20 - round 01

aquietmess — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:18:49 GMT

Here are my entries for the first round at greendale20in20, where I claimed the character Annie Edison

[01-10] Themed
[11-15] Category - Colors
[16-20] Artist's Choice
+ 6 Alternatives

10 THEMES

alone	night	hello	name(s)	blue

negative space	black and white	blending	textures	close up

5 COLOURS

red	orange	yellow	green	blue

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

artist's choice 1	artist's choice 2	artist's choice 3	artist's choice 4	artist's choice 5

ALTERNATIVES

1	2	3

4	5	6

- comments and criticism are appreciated ♥
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thecloser20in20 - round 02

aquietmess — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:12:35 GMT

Here are my entries for round 02 at thecloser20in20, where I claimed Brenda Leigh Johnson.

[01-10] Themed
[11-15] Category - Out Of Character
[16-20] Artist's Choice
+ 10 Alternatives

10 THEMES

Internet Slang	Texture	Headless	Sepia	Mirror


4 Square	Top	Crossover	Lonely	Surprise

CATEGORY - Out Of Character

Category #1	Category #2	Category #3	Category #4	Category #5

ARTIST'S CHOICE

Artist's Choice #1	Artist's Choice #2	Artist's Choice #3	Artist's Choice #4	Artist's Choice #5

ALTERNATIVES

1	2	3	4	5

6	7	8	9	10

- comments and criticism are appreciated ♥
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Criminal Minds, Community and The Mentalist icons

aquietmess — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:58:46 GMT

Well, before the next rounds of 20in20's start, I thought I post all the icons I did in the last few weeks and also the icons I did for ic0nfest. I also tried to icon Justice League for the first time - cartoon screencaps are definitely harder to work with than "normal" screencaps :)

[01-21] ic0nfest icons (2x AJ Cook, 3x Community, 6x Castle, 3x The Cutting Edge, 5x Katie McGrath, 2x Veronica Mars)
[22-38] Criminal Minds
[39-43] The Mentalist
[44-48] Community
[49-59] NCIS: Los Angeles
[60-68] Justice League (4x), Legend of the Seeker (2x), Leverage (3x)

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- comments and criticism are appreciated ♥
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scenes20in20 - round 01

aquietmess — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:50:24 GMT

Here are my entries for the first round at scenes20in20, where I claimed season 4 of Criminal Minds.

[01-05] Themed - Passion
[06-10] Themed - Negative Space
[11-15] Category - 4 Squared
[16-20] Artist's Choice

Passion #1	Passion #2	Passion #3	Passion #4	Passion #5

Negative Space #1	Negative Space #2	Negative Space #3	Negative Space #4	Negative Space #5

Four Square #1	Four Square #2	Four Square #3	Four Square #4	Four Square #5

AC #1	AC #2	AC #3	AC #4	AC #5

ALTERNATIVES

1	2	3	4	5

- comments and criticism are appreciated ♥
- watch / join

4 textures sets

aquietmess — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:27:13 GMT

Okay, I'm still unsure about these, but since I already posted some year old icons, I thought why not also these. I sometimes use these textures myself, but I'm not sure if someone else will find them useful. Sets 1 and 2 were made for the textures challenges at goodtextures, the others set I made just for my own fun :)

download @ mediafire
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download @ mediafire
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download @ mediafire
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download @ mediafire
zip

- comments and criticism are appreciated ♥
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And sign ups are still open at canceled20in20

startrek20in20 - round 20

aquietmess — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:39:49 GMT

Well, this is my last 20in20 for this month. For the 20th round of startrek20in20 I claimed T'Pol and somehow Trip sneaked into a few of them ;)

[01-10] Themed
[11-15] Category - Previously on... Guess who
[16-20] Artist's Choice
+ 7 Alternatives

10 THEMES

Reflection	Emoticon	Adorkable	One Word	Favourite


Outside	Friend/Enemy	Partial Colour	Different Species	Warm

5 CATEGORY - PREVIOUSLY ON...Guess Who

#01	#02	#03	#04	#05

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

AC #01	AC #02	AC #03	AC #04	AC #05

ALTERNATIVES

1	2	3	4

5	6	7

- comments and criticism are appreciated ♥
- watch / join

And a litlle pimp for a new 20in20 I created:

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character20n20 - round 18

aquietmess — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:50:16 GMT

I've been a busy bee and finished my claim for character20n20's round 18. My claim was Kensi Blye from NCIS: Los Angeles.

[01-10] Themed
[11-15] Category - Memorable
[16-20] Artist's Choice
+ 8 Alternatives

10 THEMES

Blue	Color Splash	Looking Up	Multiple	Pain


Precipitation	Scream	Ship	Stubborn	Text

CATEGORY ~ Memorable

Cat #1	Cat #2	Cat #3	Cat #4	Cat #5

ARTIST'S CHOICE

artist's choice 1	artist's choice 2	artist's choice 3	artist's choice 4	artist's choice 5

ALTERNATIVES

1	2	3	4

5	6	7	8

- comments and criticism are appreciated ♥
- watch / join

And a litlle pimp for a new 20in20 I created:

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Criminal Minds, Castle and The Mentalist icons

aquietmess — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:40:15 GMT

And it's done, the last part of my 2009/2010 icons. Until now I didn't notice how many icontest I actually entered :)

[01-11] Criminal Minds
[12-54] Castle
[55-78] The Mentalist

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- comments and criticism are appreciated ♥
- watch / join

And a litlle pimp for a new 20in20 I created:

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Primeval, Dollhouse, Haven and Alice icons

aquietmess — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:24:36 GMT

And more icons from last year, heck even 2009. The quality may varysince I tried out different things during the icontests.

[01-06] Primeval
[07-25] Dollhouse
[26-31] Haven
[32-52] Alice (SyFy)

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- comments and criticism are appreciated ♥
- watch / join

And a litlle pimp for a new 20in20 I created:

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Star Trek and Stargate icons

aquietmess — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:48:57 GMT

Puh, I finally got around to go through my folders with the icons I made last year for icontsts, lims and the various land-comms. This first post covers Star Trek and Stargate.

[01-16] Star Trek - The Original Series
[17-25] Star Trek - The Next Generation
[26-35] Star Terk - Voyager (3x), Star Trek - Deep Space Nine (3x), Star Trek - Enterprise (4x)
[36-42] Star Trek XI
[43-57] Stargate Atlantis
[58-68] Stargate, Stargate Universe (1x)

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- comments and criticism are appreciated ♥
- watch / join

And a litlle pimp for a new 20in20 I created:

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season20in20 - round 05

aquietmess — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:59:47 GMT

So, here are my entries for round 5 of season20in20. I did claim the first season of Chase, which unfortunately has been canceled this week.

[01-10] Themed
[11-15] Category - One Cap
[16-20] Artist's Choice
+ 10 Alternatives

Themes

Beauty	Behind the Scenes	Home	Music	Nature

Polka Dots	Quote	Red	Texture	Tragical

Category - One Cap

Category #1	Category #2	Category #3	Category #4	Category #5

Artist's Choice

AC #1	AC #2	AC #3	AC #4	AC #5

ALTERNATIVES

1	2	3	4	5

6	7	8	9	10

- comments and criticism are appreciated ♥
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dramedy20in20 - round 05

aquietmess — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:32:20 GMT

Puh, I nearly totally forgot that I signed up for dramedy20in20, where I claimed NCIS: Los Angeles. Well, here are my entries for round 05 - all done today :)

[01-10] Themed
[11-15] Category - Not 100x100
[16-20] Artist's Choice
+ 8 icons I made for ncis_la_stills

10 THEMES

Faceless	Sad	Food	Dressed Up	Full Body


Dark	Reading	Text Only	Writing	Two

5 CATEGORY – NOT 100x100

Category #1	Category #2	Category #3	Category #4	Category #5

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

Artist's Choice #1	Artist's Choice #2	Artist's Choice #3	Artist's Choice #4	Artist's Choice #5

1	2	3	4

5	6	7	8

- comments and criticism are appreciated ♥
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augustian_dream is now spectacled

aquietmess — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:09:23 GMT

Hi everyone,

this is just a short notice that I renamed this comm. So if you're wondering what this spectacled comm is, it's mine. I just happy with the name anymore and needed a change.

Bye :)

startrek20in20 - round 17

aquietmess — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 16:18:19 GMT

Here are my entries for round 17 at startrek20in20. My claim for this round was Leonard "Bones" McCoy played by Karl Urban in Star Trek XI.

[01-10] Themed
[11-15] Category - Positions
[16-20] Artist's Choice
+ 5 Alternatives

10 THEMES

Four Square	Hair	Sexy	Guess Who	Punctuation


Red	Door	Sitting	Out of Character	(Does Not) Approve

5 CATEGORY - POSITIONS

left	right	top	bottom	center

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

AC #01	AC #02	AC #03	AC #04	AC #05

ALTERNATIVES/REJECTS

- comments and criticism are appreciated ♥
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2 picspams: John/Elizabeth and Daniel/Vala

aquietmess — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:03:18 GMT

Okay, these are my quasi last minute entries for I'm a Shipper! challenge at stargateland. I'm not really happy with these, ... but here they are.

First a picspam of one my favourite sci-fi ships John Sheppard and Elizabeth Weir from during season 1 of Stargate Atlantis.

And second Daniel Jackson and Vala Mal Doran during season 10 of Stargate SG-1

(to see everything in it's actual size click on the pictures)

Elizabeth Weir fanmix

aquietmess — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:05:28 GMT

Here's my mix for the iPod challenge at stargateland. I decided to make a mix for Elizabeth Weir.

As for the choice of music, I imagined that leading Atlantis is a pretty stressful job and that she needs every now and then a little time off. Therefore the mix contains tracks that I think are relaxing and "soothing" - though the last few tracks are a bit more "energizing"

01 Enya - Exile link
02 Loreena McKennitt - Prospero's Speech link
03 Vienna Teng - Lullabye For A Stormy Night link
04 Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon - Remains link
05 Brooke Fraser - Hymn link
06 Hayley Westenra - Prayer link
07 Loreena McKennitt - Penelope's Song link
08 Hayley Westenra - Across The Universe Of Time link
09 Katherine Jenkins - Who Wants To Live Forever link
10 Hayley Westenra - Summer Rain link
11 Enya - Anywhere Is link

Bonus Track:
12 Brooke Fraser - Something In The Water link

Download all tracks and cover: rar // zip

I hope you like it :)

Claudia Brown picspam

aquietmess — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:39:35 GMT

And here's part 2 of my scifiland Big Bang - a picspam of Claudia Brown from Primeval.

(to see everything in it's actual size click on the pictures)

Various sci-fi icons and wallpapers

aquietmess — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:25:41 GMT

Well, here's part 1 of my "last minute" entry for the scifiland Big Bang.

ICONS
[01-08] Battlestar Galactica
[09-15] Primeval
[16-20] Stargate Atlantis
[21-27] Star Trek - The Original Series
[28-31] Star Trek - Voyager (2x), Star Trek - The Next Generation (2x)

WALLPAPERS (size 1440x900)
2x Stargate Atlantis, 1x Star Trek - The Original Series, 2x Star Trek - Enterprise, 2< Dollhouse, 1x Battlestar Galactica

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- comments and criticism are appreciated ♥
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startrek20in20 - round 16

aquietmess — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:38:36 GMT

And here's my second 20in20 for this month. The theme for this round at startrek20in20 was "free for all", which means there are icons from all Star Trek shows and the latest movie.

[01-10] Themed
[11-15] Category - Names
[16-20] Artist's Choice
+ 6 Alternatives

10 THEMES

Non-Human	Fight	Parent/Child	Dirty	Black & White


Fragile	Food	Back in Time	Puzzled	Wrath

5 CATEGORY - NAMES

#01	#02	#03	#04	#05

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

AC #01	AC #02	AC #03	AC #04	AC #05

ALTERNATIVES

- comments and criticism are appreciated ♥
- watch / join

season20in20 - round 01

aquietmess — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:54:51 GMT

I signed once again up for a bunch of 20in20's this month and this is the first I finished. Late, I know, but here are my entries for the first round of season20in20, where I claimed the first season of Community.

[01-10] Themed
[11-15] Category - Emotions
[16-20] Artist's Choice
+ 8 Alternatives

Themes

Accessory	Blue	Fave Scene	Finale	Hush

Levels	Negative Space	Season	Sky	Two

Category - Emotions

Category #1	Category #2	Category #3	Category #4	Category #5

Artist's Choice

AC #1	AC #2	AC #3	AC #4	AC #5

ALTERNATIVES

- comments and criticism are appreciated ♥
- watch / join

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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