Violet Clouds

88 multifandom

born_butterfly — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:51:31 GMT

// Productive

Hey, long time no post.

01-04:: tv: castle
05-07:: tv: community
08-09:: tv: doctor who
10-10:: tv: don't trust the b-
11-15:: tv: fringe
16-30:: tv: game of thrones
31-37:: tv: gossip girl
38-38:: tv: happy endings
39-39:: tv: misfits
40-40:: tv: new girl
41-45:: tv: once upon a time
46-49:: tv: skins
50-53:: tv: supernatural
54-57:: tv: true blood
58-66:: tv: the vampire diaries
67-72:: movie: the avengers
73-76:: movie: harry potter
77-81:: movie: the hunger games
82-82:: movie: thor
83-88:: celebs: ian/nina, ed westwick, leighton meester, emma watson

tv: castle
[01-04]

tv: community
[05-07]

tv: doctor who
[08-09]

tv: don't trust the b-
[10]

tv: fringe
[11-15]

tv: game of thrones
[16-20]
[21-25]
[26-30]

tv: gossip girl
[31-35]
[36-37]

tv: happy endings
[38]

tv: misfits
[39]

tv: new girl
[40]

tv: once upon a time
[41-45]

tv: skins
[46-49]

tv: supernatural
[50-53]

tv: true blood
[54-57]

tv: the vampire diaries
[58-62]
[63-66]

movie: the avengers
[67-71]
[72]

movie: harry potter
[73-76]

movie: the hunger games
[77-81]

movie: thor
[82]

celebs: ian/nina, ed westwick, leighton meester, emma watson
[83-87]
[88]

♣ comments are always appreciated :)
♣ please credit
♣ don't hotlink
♣ don't steal and claim as your own
♣ don't alter in any way

78 multifandom

born_butterfly — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:11:29 GMT

// Good

I know it's been a while, I've been so busy these past few months but I managed to free some time to make a few icons :)

01-08:: tv: community
09-15:: tv: doctor who
16-23:: tv: fringe
24-24:: tv: glee
25-31:: tv: gossip girl
32-33:: tv: how i met your mother
34-36:: tv: icarly
37-38:: tv: lost
39-39:: tv: mad men
40-55:: tv: misfits
56-57:: tv: parks and recreation
58-58:: tv: pretty little liars
59-60:: tv: supernatural
61-61:: tv: true blood
62-69:: tv: the vampire diaries
70-71:: tv: veronica mars
72-77:: movie: harry potter
78-78:: celeb: leighton meester

tv: community
[01-05]
[06-08]

tv: doctor who
[09-13]
[14-15]

tv: fringe
[16-20]
[21-23]

tv: glee
[24]

tv: gossip girl
[25-29]
[30-31]

tv: how i met your mother
[32-33]

tv: icarly
[34-36]

tv: lost
[37-38]

tv: mad men
[39]

tv: misfits
[40-44]
[45-49]
[50-54]
[55]

tv: parks and recreation
[56-57]

tv: pretty little liars
[58]

tv: supernatural
[59-60]

tv: true blood
[61]

tv: the vampire diaries
[62-66]
[67-69]

tv: veronica mars
[70-71]

movie: harry potter
[72-76]
[77]

celebs: leighton meester
[78]

♣ comments are always appreciated :)
♣ please credit
♣ don't hotlink
♣ don't steal and claim as your own
♣ don't alter in any way
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long time no post, huh?

born_butterfly — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:58:34 GMT

// Accomplished

Thanks for providing me with images, I haven't iconed many of them yet but I'll get round to it :)

001-010:: tv: the vampire diaries
011-018:: tv: doctor who
019-026:: tv: icarly
027-032:: tv: gossip girl
033-038:: tv: misfits
039-042:: tv: supernatural
043-046:: tv: game of thrones
047-049:: tv: lost
050-052:: tv: skins
053-055:: tv: buffy the vampire slayer
056-059:: tv: bones, community, legend of the seeker, fringe
060-071:: movie: harry potter
072-073:: misc: requests
074-082:: celeb: emma watson (+ dan/rupert)
083-086:: celeb: karen gillan
087-091:: celeb: nina dobrev/ian somerhalder
092-102:: celebs: alexis bledel, mila kunis, dianna agron, leighton meester, james franco, candice accola, ed westwick, emma stone, james mcavoy, ewan mcgregor

tv: the vampire diaries
[01-05]
[06-10]

tv: doctor who
[11-15]
[16-18]

tv: icarly (also requested by sureofyou)
[19-23]
[24-26]

tv: gossip girl
[27-31]
[32]

tv: misfits
[33-37]
[38]

tv: supernatural
[39-42]

tv: game of thrones
[43-46]

tv: lost
[47-49]

tv: skins
[50-52]

tv: buffy (requested by delarges)
[53-55]

tv: bones, community, legend of the seeker, fringe,
[56-59]

movie: harry potter
[60-64]
[65-69]
[70-71]

misc: requests
[72-73]

celeb: emma watson (+ dan/rupert)
[74-78]
[79-82]

celeb: karen gillan
[83-86]

celeb: nina dobrev/ian somerhalder
[87-91]

celebs: alexis bledel, mila kunis, dianna agron, leighton meester, james franco, candice accola, ed westwick, emma stone, james mcavoy, ewan mcgregor
[92-96]
[97-101]
[102]

♣ comments are always appreciated :)
♣ please credit
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preview

born_butterfly — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:12:08 GMT

Hi *waves awkwardly* I know it has been AGES since my last icon batch but I just wanted to let you know I'm alive and have found my icon muse again so I am working on a new batch of icons which I'll post in the next week or so. In the meantime if you want me to icon any pics in particular then feel free to SPAM me :)

Here's a little preview:

240 REQUESTS + multifandom

born_butterfly — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:16:46 GMT

// Pleased

Phew 200 + icons! My biggest ever batch of icons. All requests are finished, I hope you like them because lately I swear I've forgotten how to make icons.

001-122:: REQUESTS (all shareable)
123-131:: tv: gossip girl
132-140:: tv: the vampire diaries
141-151:: tv: skins
152-161:: tv: misfits
162-169:: tv: community
170-174:: tv: glee
175-184:: tv: icarly, fringe, himym, buffy, lost
185-186:: movie: harry potter
187-194:: movie black swan
195-203:: celebs: andrew garfiled (+ his boyfriend jesse)
204-215:: celebs: leighton meester, ed westwick
216-228:: celebs: rupert grint, emma watson, candice accola (+michael trevino)
229-240:: celebs: marion collitard, jim parsons/kaley cuoco, darren criss, dianna agron, mina kulis, hayden panettiere, nicholas hoult

REQUESTS (ALL SHAREABLE)

outofwave (anna trov, gossip girl, esay a)
[01-04]
kateangel (fringe, misfits, the social network)
[05-09]
makarosh (rupert grint, antonio thomas, true blood, joshua jackson, misfits)
[10-14]
reebeeca (charmed, true blood, the vampire diaries)
[15-18]
pandavirus (misfits, carey mulligan, dominic cooper, an education)
[19-23]
shamethebells (dead like me, the mists of avalon, eva green)
[24-27]
winchesterx (matthew bomer, jensen/jared, anna/joshua, the tudors)
[28-31]
safina_chos (figure skating)
[32-34]
blighted_star (the vampire diaries, lost)
[35-38]
burntheflaws (lost, milo ventimigila, natalie portman)
[39-42]
ofraindrops (evangeline lilly, harry potter)
[43-46]
nottiem (sons of anarchy, downtown abbey, harry potter)
[47-50]
whatismuch (josh holloway, elizabeth mitchell)
[51-54]
editednightmare (sucker punch, misfits, black swan, the uninvited)
[55-59]
cajole (harry potter)
[60-63]
retroactiva (narnia, killing bono)
[64-66]
capelle (little women)
[67-70]
ballerines (keira knightley)
[71-73]
alinoook (the vampire diaries, community, florence welch, emma watson, misfits)
[74-78]
faded_facade (how i met your mother, misfits, legend of the seeker)
[79-83]
petitetiara (gossip girl, carey mulligan)
[84-86]
enchains (legend of the seeker, skins, gossip girl, bonnie wright)
[87-91]
littlemermaid (hayden christensen)
[92-95]
izi_sunshine (the vampire diaries, skins, luke pasqualino)
[96-99]
selline_s (leverage, legend of the seeker, ian/nina)
[100-104]
xxx_angelin_xxx (merlin)
[105-107]
aliasledger (lost)
[108-112]
murphyboy11 (doctor who)
[113-117]
lauranio (narnia + cast)
[118-122]

tv: gossip girl
[123-127]
[128-131]

tv: the vampire diaries
[132-136]
[137-140]

tv: skins
[141-145]
[146-150]
[151]

tv: misfits
[152-156]
[157-161]

tv: community
[162-166]
[167-169]

tv: glee
[170-174]

tv: icarly, fringe, himym, buffy, lost
[175-179]
[180-184]

movie: harry potter
[185-186]

movie: black swan
[187-191]
[192-194]

celebs: andrew garfiled (+ his boyfriend jesse)
[195-199]
[200-203]

celebs: leighton meester, ed westwick
[204-208]
[209-213]
[214-215]

celebs: rupert grint, emma watson, candice accola (+michael trevino)
[216-220]
[221-225]
[226-228]

celebs: marion collitard, jim parsons/kaley cuoco, darren criss, dianna agron, mila kunis, hayden panettiere, nicholas hoult
[229-233]
[234-238]
[238-239]

+ if you missed my t u t o r i a l

♣ comments are always appreciated :)
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my over-due tutorial i promised ages ago

born_butterfly — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:48:05 GMT

So, I know I've promised a lot of you a tutorial for months and I'm very sorry it took me so long. I also lost all my psds since my external hard drive died so I've had to recreate some of my colourings.

Tutorial

Going from THIS: to THIS:

Okay so this image is using similar colouring I used on THIS IMAGE on tumblr. A lot of people sent me messages about this colouring. First of all: Every image is coloured in different ways, they use similar approaches and similar colours but I add something different to each image of this grid. But the blue/green colours are using the same psd but with different tweaks each time. Here is the tutorial for it.

1. Duplicate your base and set it to over 51% (NOTE: Lately I find 'overlay' a lot more affective than 'soft light' It is worth using overlay rather than soft light in my opinion, just set overlay to a softer opacity).

2. New adjustment layer > curves (I'll post screencaps for this rather then giving the points because whenever I read tutorials the points never match up so I'm probably doing it wrong).

RGB
GREEN

3. New adjustment layer > curves

RED
GREEN
BLUE

4. New adjustment layer > Selective Colouring

REDS
CYAN (+83) MAGNETA (-26) BLUE (-37)

YELLOWS
CYAN (-90) MAGNETA (-29) BLUE (+100)

GREENS
CYAN (+68) MAGNETA (-56) BLUE (+100)

MAGNETAS
CYAN (+100) MAGNETA (+100) BLUE (+100)

WHITES
CYAN (+94) MAGNETA (-43) BLUE (-53)

NEUTRALS
CYAN (+29) MAGNETA (+1) BLUE (-6)

BLACKS
CYAN (-13)

5. New adjustment layer > Colour Balance

MIDTONES
(+6) (-20) (-8)

6. New adjustment layer > Hue/Saturation

HUE (-2) SATURATION (+28)

7. Viola:
Obviously the colouring won't work with all images so if you want something similar then I suggest you play around with the layers to get it to work with the picture you're using.

//

I've also had a lot of people asking me about my bright colouring. I've given out a few tips/tricks I've learnt on tumblr but I'll try and write down a few things that I find useful when using bright colours.

Tips/Tricks

1. DON'T be afraid to experiment. Even if your colouring turns out completely hideous and gross at least it's something useful to show you how NOT to colour and try and find the points where you've went wrong. I wouldn't suggest posting anything with hideous colouring if you really hate it. But it's all about trial and error at the end of the day in my opinion. It's probably why my style changes so much from each post: I LOVE experimenting with new things.

2. Don't COPY from other makers but be inspired by things they do. I love looking at other people's tutorials and psds but I find that a lot of people just then copy the tutorial exactly and don't add their own creative input. If you want your own 'style' then add your own spin on it, try adding textures or maybe a few different colours or something completely new that the maker hasn't thought of.

3. Don't be afraid to use a lot of layers when colouring (AKA don't worry about being a perfectionist). The colouring I've just done a tutorial for is a very small compared to some of my other colourings. I like my colours to look complete and I will often stare at something I've just made and think 'Even though this has 30 layers already it is not done by far.' I want to get it perfect so I never worry about how large a psd file is or how many layers I've used, I like to keep adding stuff to it, if only small tweaking, to make it look perfect.

4. In relation to using layers: One of the most important tips I’ve learnt when creating bright colours is: USE LAYERS AND LAYERS. To make sure your image doesn’t become grainy or pixelated, duplicating your base and setting the layers to screen and overlay is always a good trick. And if you want really bright saturated colours adding loads of layers of small amounts of saturation is much better than adding one layer of really harsh colours.

For example: IMAGE 1: // IMAGE 2:

The first image is using only one layer of hue/saturation. Sometimes you see icons which are oversaturated an awful lot and it definitely looks like they have just plastered on layers of saturation without thinking about it. There may not be a HUGE difference in these images as I only used one layer but you can see the harshness of the saturation on the swing chains and on Andrew's face (btw who I'm totally obsessed with and have many icons of him in my next post).

The second image is using more than four layers to achieve bright colouring. It's useful to use smaller amounts of hue/saturation and then adding on a layer using the vibrance tool: sometimes I find this even more affective than the saturation tool because it's great at brightening your image without adding as harsh tones as maybe the saturation would (and keep it from becoming grainy or pixelated to hell). I've also used the selective colouring tool which I'll talk about in point 5.

5. ~~totally quoting from my tumblr~~ Another thing which I always find help is the selective colouring tool. I’ve actually heard that some people don’t like images that are made with it but you have to learn how to use it properly and effectively rather than just plastering on pinks or reds because then the colouring can overpower the image and make it look too much. But say if you have an image which is blue and yellow but you really want the blues to POP more, then if you use the cyans/blues in the selective colouring tool it’s perfect to make them more vivid and vibrant. You could also use it to tone down the yellows in this case if you wanted the blue colours to be more prominent. If people tell you they don't like selective colouring and you feel put off by it: don't listen. I'm honestly surprised that some people don't like this method because I find it one of the most useful adjustment tools on PS.... just don't over-do it. Use small amounts. And sometimes it's more affective (or is it e-ffective.. idk I can't spell), just to use on ONE particualr colour to make it eye-catching.

6. Light textures are also great to add more vibrant shades into your images. I love using light textures by drankmywar and ohfreckle. You should check them out, I tend to use them a lot in my icons/picspams. They're also useful for creating dark shades and covering up any unwanted pixelation that may be caused by oversaturation. This is a light texture by drankmywar which I expanded because I loved the tone of yellow colour, I use it a lot on my graphics: .

7. As for final touches: CURVES (and I bold and capitolize because they are awesome) are always a wonderful thing to add to make sure the light/contrast balance is just right, this also helps in making sure your colours don't become pixelated. If there is any pixelation on any part of the image; I will sometimes use the smudge tool to blend it into the image so it dissappears.

8. I actually LOVE curves. I cannot make an art these days without using them. If you don't use them I really suggest that you at least try and experiment with them.

9. Another new adjustment layer I've come to love is the channel mixer. I've never really used it much before but I accidently clicked on it once and started playing around with it. Which goes back to my first point: experimentation :) I would never have learnt all I've learnt today without making truely disgusting colours first from playing around with different things.

10. This has nothing to do with colouring but when finishing an image I merge the layer and ALWAYS blur the completed graphic first before sharpening it. I found it quite useful because sometimes I worry my icons either look too blurry or too oversharpened. I find this a good balance.

//

I *hope* this was useful however. I'm never any good at explaning myself (plus I am a horrific speller) but since so many of you asked for some tips I figured I would share what I find most helpful/useful during the process of colouring an image.

- If I've made a mistake and you're having a difficult time with one of the steps in the tutorial then let me know.
- I will NOT be giving out a psd so please don't ask. Sorry.
- Please COMMENT to let me know if you're going to try it out.

PS- Requests are coming. Just over half way done :D

THANK YOU :)

born_butterfly — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:10:46 GMT

Wow! Thank you so much for all of you who are watching the comm! ♥ I would like to apologize for my lack of updates but my laptop broke and long story short... it's still half broken. I'd love to take some requests for you guys but I have to warn you: I have no idea when they will be finished (as I need to get my laptop properly fixed first) so keep that in mind :)

REQUESTS ARE CLOSED
If you would like something please provide pictures :) Saving spots is fine.

80 multifandom

born_butterfly — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 19:11:57 GMT

// Okay

01-36:: tv: gossip girl
37-50:: tv: the vampire diaries
51-57:: tv: misfits
58-60:: tv: glee, lost, buffy
61-68:: movie: harry potter
69-69:: movie: country strong
70-80:: celebs: harry potter cast, leighton meester/ed westick, nicholas hoult, nina dobrev/paul wesley

Long time no post, huh? Sorry for the lack of updates, no excuses really except I've been obsessed with tumblr and lost my icon muse. I'm also using a new image uploader I've never used before so let me know if you're having trouble with seeing any images :)

tv: gossip girl
(CB OBSESSED LIKE ALWAYS)
[01-05]
[06-10]
[11-15]
[16-20]
[21-25]
[26-30]
[31-35]
[36]

tv: the vampire diaries
[37-41]
[42-46]
[47-50]

tv: misfits
[51-55]
[56-57]

tv: glee, lost, buffy
[58-60]

movie: harry potter
[61-65]
[66-68]

movie: country strong
[69]

celebs: harry potter cast, leighton meester/ed westick, nicholas hoult, nina dobrev/paul wesley
[70-74]
[75-79]
[80]

♣ comments are always appreciated :)
♣ please credit
♣ don't hotlink
♣ don't steal and claim as your own
♣ don't alter in any way

99 icons, mostly GG and TVD

born_butterfly — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:57:21 GMT

// Excited

01-39:: tv: gossip girl (4.01-4.02)
40-64:: tv: the vampire diaries (2.01-2.02)
65-78:: tv: true blood
79-79:: tv: buffy the vampire slayer
80-83:: movie: harry potter, in bruges
84-99:: celebs: ed westwick, ed/leighton, nicholas hoult, chace crawford, dianna agron, penn/blake, leighton meester, blake lively, clemence poesy

tv: gossip girl
[01-05]
[06-10]
[11-15]
[16-20]
[21-25]
[26-30]
[31-35]
[36-39]

tv: the vampire diaries
[40-44]
[45-49]
[50-54]
[55-59]
[60-64]

tv: true blood
[65-69]
[70-74]
[75-78]

tv: buffy the vampire slayer
[79]

movie: harry potter, in bruges
[80-83]

celebs: ed westwick, ed/leighton, nicholas hoult, chace crawford, dianna agron, penn/blake, leighton meester, blake lively, clemence poesy
[84-88]
[89-93]
[94-98]
[99]

♣ comments are always appreciated :)
♣ please credit
♣ don't hotlink
♣ don't steal and claim as your own
♣ don't alter in any way

90 multifandom

born_butterfly — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:38:28 GMT

// Happy

01-14:: tv: community
15-22:: tv: skins
23-28:: tv: true blood
29-34:: tv: gossip girl
35-38:: tv: pretty little liars
39-42:: tv: glee
43-47:: tv: lost, fringe, icarly
48-64:: movie: inception
65-70:: movie: harry potter
71-87:: celebs: joseph gordan levitt, joseph/ellen page, marion cotillard, leighton meester, ed westwick, leighton/ed, leighton/blake, emma watson, rupert grint, johnny depp, debrah ann woll, dianna agron
88-90:: misc: wallpapers

+ I iconed a few of the pics you gave me years ago.

tv: community
[01-05]
[06-10]
[11-14]

tv: skins
[15-19]
[20-22]

tv: true blood
[23-27]
[28]

tv: gossip girl
[29-33]
[34]

tv: pretty little liars
[35-38]

tv: glee
[39-42]

tv: lost, fringe, icarly
[43-47]

movie: inception
[48-52]
[53-57]
[58-62]
[63-64]

movie: harry potter
[64-69]
[70]

celebs: joseph gordan levitt, joseph/ellen page, marion cotillard, leighton meester, ed westwick, leighton/ed, leighton/blake, emma watson, rupert grint, debrah ann woll, dianna agron
[71-75]
[76-80]
[81-85]
[86-87]

misc: wallpapers

[88]
1600x1200 // 1200x900 // 1024x768 // 800x600

[89]
1600x1200 // 1200x900 // 1024x768 // 800x600

[90]
1200x900 // 1024x768 // 800x600

Btw if you're having trouble seeing my icons let me know. A few of my links died on me earlier, I fixed them but you never know.

♣ comments are always appreciated :)
♣ please credit
♣ don't hotlink
♣ don't steal and claim as your own
♣ don't alter in any way

icon battle

born_butterfly — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:55:13 GMT

Icon Battle
hurtmybones Vs. born_butterfly

//
//

Gossip Girl

hurtmybones' icons:

born_butterfly's icons:

Glee

hurtmybones' icons:

born_butterfly's icons:

Merlin

hurtmybones' icons:

born_butterfly's icons:

Misfits

hurtmybones' icons:

born_butterfly's icons:

Skins

hurtmybones' icons:

born_butterfly's icons:

True Blood

hurtmybones' icons:

born_butterfly's icons:

♣ credit born_butterfly or hurtmybones if taking any.
visit hurtmybones @ lovesomeonelse! ♥

46 icons + eric/sookie wallpaper

born_butterfly — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:17:00 GMT

// Exhausted

Thanks to everyone who spammed me, unfortunately I haven't had time to icon many of the pics since I've only just come back from my first holiday of the summer (except for florescentia who I owe requests too - you'll find some of your icons here bb!). Here is a small post of icons which have been lying around for ages.

01-09:: tv: vampire diaries
10-17:: tv: true blood
18-22:: tv: gossip girl
23-27:: tv: lost
28-31:: tv: glee
32-33:: tv: how i met your mother
34-37:: movies: harry potter
38-46:: celebs: vampire diaries cast, ed/leighton, jared leto, emma watson, rupert grint
47-47:: misc: wallpaper

tv: vampire diaries (+ cast)
[01-05]
[06-09]

tv: true blood
[10-14]
[15-17]

tv: gossip girl
[18-22]

tv: lost
[23-27]

tv: glee
[28-31]

tv: how i met your mother
[32-33]

movies: harry potter
[34-37]

celebs: vampire diaries cast, ed/leighton, jared leto, emma watson, rupert grint
[38-42]
[43-46]

misc: wallpaper

1600x1200 // 1200x900 // 1024x768 // 800x600 [47]

♣ comments are always appreciated :)
♣ please credit
♣ don't hotlink
♣ don't steal and claim as your own
♣ don't alter in any way

spam baby spam

born_butterfly — Sun, 30 May 2010 11:50:34 GMT

Since my icon muse has gone bye bye lately (except for Lost because HELLO EPIC) and I am at a lost of what to icon ...

SPAM ME

I'd prefer fandoms I usually icon.
No disney stars/anime/horror..
These are not requests so I won't icon all the pics.
They may not be finished for a while...
Go nuts if you wish :P

26 lost "the end"

born_butterfly — Wed, 26 May 2010 19:46:44 GMT

// Good

01-26:: tv: lost (the finale)

Only two teasers due to SPOILERS. Be warned if you haven't seen the episode.
(I hope these teasers are not spoilery. If you think they are I'll take them down).

[01-05]
[06-10]
[11-15]
[16-20]
[21-25]
[26]

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37 multifandom

born_butterfly — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:02:46 GMT

// Tired

Thank you to everyone who voted for me at magicawards and besticonmaker. I'm honoured! ♥ Now I present you with a small blaaah batch.

01-02:: requests for scanky_chops
03-15:: tv: gossip girl (mostly chuck/blair)
16-20:: tv: vampire diaries
21-25:: tv: doctor who
26-33:: tv: true blood, lost, misfits, supernatural, glee
34-37:: celebs: alex skasgard, ian somerhalder, lost cast

requests skanky_chops
[01-02]

tv: gossip girl
[03-07]
[08-12]
[13-15]

tv: vampire diaries
[16-20]

tv: doctor who
[21-25]

tv: true blood, lost, misfits, supernatural, glee
[26-30]
[33]

celebs: alexander skarsgard, ian somerhalder, lost cast
[34-37]

Special thanks to blindbeats's awesome icon tips :)

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140 multifandom/requests

born_butterfly — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:13:17 GMT

// Drunk (haha i actually don't know how i'm posting this right now)

This batch is quite huge with a lot of blue going on, it wasn't meant to be but because of requests it got big :P Some of you have two icons, others have three. This was due to how creative I was feeling with the interests/pics you gave me. scanky_chops you still need to give me your pics if you still want some :)

001-067:: requests (ALL SHAREABLE)
068-083:: tv: vampire diaries
084-094:: tv: gossip girl
095-101:: tv: supernatural
102-107:: tv: legend of the seeker
108-113:: tv: glee
114-118:: tv: lost
119-123:: tv: true blood
124-133:: tv: merlin, buffy, doctor who, bones
134-140:: celebs: emma watson, jack/kaya, mark/dianna, gaspard ulliel

requests
(ALL SHAREABLE)

01-03 selline_s (will/emma, skins), 04-05 nottiem (sawyer/juliet)

06 nottiem (sons of anarchy), 07-08 prunae (nate/serena, leighton meester), 09-10 rolandcl (freddie/effy)

11 rolandcl (sophia/jensen), 12-14 doctors_girl (rachel/finn, sheldon/penny), 15 orangelusik (merlin/arthur)

16-17 orangelusik (merlin/arthur), 18-20 arie_turner (buffy, lost)

21-22 maestria (morgana, katie mcgrath), 23-25 norrskens (jeremy/anna, skins)

26-27 char_cohen (robert downey junior), 28-30 24_amends (one tree hill, glee)

31-32 mayush1 (ian somerhalder), 33-35 outofwave (damon/elena)

36-38 purely_distel (fringe, doctor who), 39-40 rubber_dick (supernatural)

41 rubber_dick (supernatural), 42-44 prettybutt (peen), 45 callingpiper (true blood)

46 callingpiper (skins), 47-48 ancientwhispers (imogen heap, josh groban), 49-50 odette_river (skins, legend of the seeker)

51-53 poshing (merlin, gaspard ulliel), 54-55 electrical_s (jeremy/anna, merlin/arthur)

56 electrical_s (skins), 57-58 orsonbrawl (matt/caroline, glee), 59-60 underworld (buffy, vampire diaries)

61-62 eatwe (daneel harris), 63-65 misstress_tink (buffy, sarah michelle gellar, rob pattinson)

66-67 midnitexsonata (ayumi hamasaki, a-lan) - hope these pics are of them lol i wasn't sure

tv: vampire diaries ~~i'm not obsessed with damon/elena or anything~~
[68-72]
[73--77]
[78-82]
[83]

tv: gossip girl
[84-88]
[89-93]
[94]

tv: supernatural
[95-99]
[100-101]

tv: legend of the seeker
[102-106]
[107]

tv: glee
[108-112]
[113]

tv: lost
[114-118]

tv: true blood
[119-123]

tv: merlin, buffy, doctor who, bones
[124-128]
[129-133]

celebs: emma watson, jack/kaya, mark/dianna, gaspard ulliel
[134-138]
[139-140]

#90 made for an emulation challenge, inspired by motorized
#124 made for an emulation challenge, inspired by prettybutt

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you ma bitches ♥

born_butterfly — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:48:54 GMT

Thanks once again to you ~~crazy~~ people who nominated me at magicawards and besticonmaker you're all sexy and I love you ;)

Anyway you can vote for me if you want ♥

Skins
True Blood
Vampire Diaries

&

Overall
Clean
Coloring (although my icons are from my pink stage xD)
Creative
True Blood
Vampire Diaries
Glee

Seriously guys, thanks <333

New batch will be posted soon, have to finish some elite_create requests first :) Preview of next batch:

♥

born_butterfly — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:38:45 GMT

Just wanted to say a BIG thank you to everyone who nominated me at magicawards ♥ Now I'm gonna be a PIMP WHORE.

Coloring
Complex
Overall
Glee
Gossip Girl

So if you want to vote for me you can if you wish :) Or if not me go and vote for your favs :)

I don't know when I'll be posting next. I've some personal stuff regarding my family going on so I don't have the motivation to make icons right now. I'll be back when I can.

41 gossip girl icons

born_butterfly — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:22:10 GMT

// Exhausted

I make too many Gossip Girl + Chuck/Blair icons :P

01-41:: tv: gossip girl (3.16-3.18)

3.16 "The Empire Strikes Jack"

[01-05]
[06]

3.17 "Inglourious Bassterds"

[07-11]
[12-16]
[17-21]
[22-24]

3.18 "The Unblairable Lightness Of Being"

[25-29]
[30-34]
[35-39]
[40-41]

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if ya love me..

born_butterfly — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:20:03 GMT

MY THREAD IS HERE

123 multi-fandom

born_butterfly — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:09:10 GMT

// Bored

Wow guys I just noticed I have over 1700 watchers! Thank you soo soo much everyone for watching and joining the comm ♥ I'm afraid due to piles of coursework I won't be doing requests for the time being but I made a butt load of extra icons for this post and decided to post it early for you :) Thanks again, you all rock my socks <333333

01-13:: tv: the vampire diaries
14-23:: tv: skins
24-31:: tv: veronica mars
32-38:: tv: gossip girl
39-44:: tv: true blood
45-50:: tv: glee
51-55:: tv: supernatural
56-60:: tv: misfits
61-65:: tv: dawson's creek
66-87:: tv: gilmore girls, merlin, charmed, smallville, legend of the seeker, how i met your mother, lost, the big bang theory, the oc, bones, angel
88-97:: movie: twilight series
98-98:: movie: a walk to remember
99-101:: music: lady gaga, muse
102-118:: celebs: celebs: kaya scodelario, blake lively, rachel mcadams + robert downey jr, kristen bell, chace crawford, ed westwick, jared padalecki, jensen ackles, harry potter cast, angelina jolie, rupert grint
119-123:: misc: textures

tv: the vampire diaries

[01-05]
[06-10]
[11-13]

tv: skins

[14-18]
[19-23]

tv: veronica mars

[24-28]
[29-31]

tv: gossip girl

[32-36]
[37-38]

tv: true blood

[39-43]
[44]

tv: glee

[45-49]
[50]

tv: supernatural

[51-55]

tv: misfits

[56-60]

tv: dawson's creek

[61-65]

tv: gilmore girls, merlin, charmed, smallville, legend of the seeker, how i met your mother, lost, the big bang theory, the oc, bones, angel

[66-70]
[71-75]
[76-80]
[81-85]
[86-87]

movies: twilight series

[88-92]
[93-97]

movies: a walk to remember

[98]

music: lady gaga, muse

[99-101]

celebs: kaya scodelario, blake lively, rachel mcadams + robert downey jr, kristen bell, chace crawford, ed westwick, jared padalecki, jensen ackles, harry potter cast, angelina jolie, rupert grint

[102-106]
[107-111]
[112-116]
[117-118]

misc: textures:

[119-123]

And if you haven't aready go and check out magicawards :)

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icon tutorial

born_butterfly — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:07:59 GMT

Icon tutorial requested by outofwave. Sorry dear but I couldn't get it to look the same as the orginal but I tried. The tut has a lot of layers and is mostly made using selective colouring.

Made using CS4. Non-transferable.

Going from this: to this: // Original:

01. Duplicate your base 3 times. Set the first two to screen 100% and the last to soft light 33%

02. New adjustment layer > Curves
Output: 133 // Input: 105
Should look this this

03. New adjustment layer > Selective colouring
REDS
Cyan: +32 / Magneta: +28 / Yellow: -31 / Black: 0
YELLOWS
Cyan: -35 / Magneta: +51 / Yellow: -61 / Black: 0
MAGNETAS
Cyan: 0 / Magneta: +32 / Yellow: +63 / Black: 0
NEUTRALS
Cyan: +9 / Magneta: -2 / Yellow: +2 / Black: 0
Set it to 12% opacity

04. Take this texture: by (i can't remember who made it sorry)
Set it to Multiply 41%

05. New adjustment layer > Selective colouring
REDS
Cyan: +29 / Magneta: +11 / Yellow: -20 / Black: 0
YELLOWS
Cyan: +9 / Magneta: +4 / Yellow: +50 / Black: 0
MAGNETAS
Cyan: 0 / Magneta: 0 / Yellow: +50 / Black: 0
NEUTRALS
Cyan: -1 / Magneta: -2 / Yellow: +3 / Black: 0

06. New adjustment layer > Colour balance
MIDTONES
+2 / +13 / +37
SHADOWS
-10 / -13 / +8
HIGHLIGHTS
-10 / +17 / +9

07. New adjustment layer > Selective colouring
REDS
Cyan: +5 / Magneta: +10 / Yellow: -15 / Black: 0
YELLOWS
Cyan: -19 / Magneta: +29 / Yellow: +23 / Black: 0
MAGNETAS
Cyan: 0 / Magneta: 0 / Yellow: +66 / Black: 0
NEUTRALS
Cyan: +45 / Magneta: +2 / Yellow: -7 / Black: 0

08. New adjustment layer > Curves
Output: 81 // Input: 61
Should look this this

09. New adjustment layer > Colour balance
MIDTONES
+9 / +32 / +5

10. New adjustment layer > Selective colouring
REDS
Cyan: -14 / Magneta: -2 / Yellow: -31 / Black: 0
YELLOWS
Cyan: 0 / Magneta: -14 / Yellow: -14 / Black: 0
NEUTRALS
Cyan: 0 / Magneta: 0 / Yellow: +2 / Black: -6

11. New adjustment layer > Brightness/Contrast
Bright: -3 / Con: +10

12. New adjustment layer > Vibrance
Vibrance: +27 / Saturation: -10
{if you don't have this feature you could play around with the Hue and Saturation}

13. New adjustment layer > Selective colouring
REDS
Cyan: -51 / Magneta: +38 / Yellow: +9 / Black: 0

14. New adjustment layer > Colour balance
MIDTONES
+10 / +27 / -5

15. New adjustment layer > Levels
RGB
Input: 20 / 1.03 / 255
Output: 0 / 2.55

16. Next I cropped the image like this: and used the same colouring. I then copy and pasted this second image onto the first and rotated it. I then used the lasso tool and eraser brush to get the result I wanted.

17. Finally I merged the images, duplicated the merged image and set it sharpen 46%. Then I rotated it.

Final result:

I hope that you understood that, I've never been good at explaining things :P If you're having any troubles or if I've missed a step let me know :)

NO PSD sorry
Let me know if it is helpful :)

pimp pimp pimp

born_butterfly — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:29:00 GMT

Hai guys go JOIN this awesome new comm if you haven't already!

{gif made by someone awesome}
werunthistown
TONY/EFFY/COOK. BECAUSE THEY ARE OT3.

39 gossip girl icons

born_butterfly — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:16:49 GMT

// Content

01-39:: tv: gossip girl (3.14 + 3.15)

3.14 "the lady vanished"

[01-05]
[06-10]
[11-15]
[16-20]
[21]

3.15 "the sixteen year old virgin"

[22-26]
[27-31]
[32-36]
[37-39]

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37 icons (gossip girl + skins)

born_butterfly — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:29:15 GMT

// Lazy

01-18:: tv: gossip girl (mostly nate/serena and chuck/blair)
19-37:: tv: skins (most cook/effy)

tv: gossip girl

[01-05]
[06-10]
[11-15]
[16-18]

tv: skins

[19-23]
[24-28]
[29-33]
[34-37]

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