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it's time to move on

neversince — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:21:43 GMT

2010 seems the perfect time for moving on.

virtuosities is officially closed. syxstring moved on and it's time for me to do the same. i've appreciated and loved every bit of support you've given me here and i hope that you'll consider joining me at my new icon home, tattered_chucks. i do hope to see you over there!

if not, a sincere thank you for all of the amazing love you've shown this journal. cael and i truly do appreciate your generous encouragement of our artistic endeavors!

tattered_chucks tattered_chucks tattered_chucks

icon post 140

neversince — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:13:22 GMT

23 Generation Kill

01-04
05-08
09-12
13-16
17-20
21-23

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icon post 139

neversince — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:46:02 GMT

43 multi-fandom;
» 01-17 white collar
» 18-25 dexter
» 26-35 psych
» 36-43 the vampire diaries

white collar;
01-04
05-08
09-12
13-16
17

dexter;
18-21
22-25

psych;
26-29
30-33
34-35

the vampire diaries;
36-39
40-43

[-] resources
[-] no hotlinking!
[-] i don't care about credit, but comments are ♥!!

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icon post 138

neversince — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:45:39 GMT

27 Big Bang Theory quotes

01-03
04-06
07-09
10-12
13-15
16-18
19-21
22-24
25-27

[-] TELL ME IF YOU FIND A SPELLING ERROR! IT'S NOT RUDE, IT'S NECESSARY! :D
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Like what you see? FRIEND US. :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!

question!

neversince — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:08:42 GMT

what should i icon next?
white collar
alice (syfy miniseries)
generation kill
star trek
friday night lights
big bang theory
text/quotes
...something else?

Just curious as to your preference! ♥ I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season!

resource post

neversince — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:28:12 GMT

Hey guys, I'm doing some cleaning up around here, and one of the things I had to re-do was my resource post because for some reason I couldn't edit my old one. I cleaned up some dead links and because of photobucket's new bitchface policies, I'll be deleting some old icon posts where the icons don't show up anymore because I don't have the login information for some old accounts. I did purchase a photobucket pro account for use from now on, so hopefully nothing too new will have to be deleted. Thanks for your understanding while we are under a bit of construction! :D

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icon post 137

neversince — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:00:05 GMT

30 merlin (2x11-2x13)

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

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icon post 136: requests filled!

neversince — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:35:39 GMT

220 multi-fandom requests; all shareable

glee, robert pattinson, henry cavill, jonathan rhys-meyers, joseph fiennes, the vampire diaries, merlin, katie mcgrath, smallville, kristin kreuk, supernatural, jensen & jared, star trek, legend of the seeker, dollhouse, zac efron, ben affleck, kyle gallner, kristen bell, kate winslet, pride & prejudice, kate beckinsale, doutzen kroes, sandra bullock, taylor lautner, kristen stewart, heroes, arrested development, 30 rock, doctor who, greek, beer/wine stock, winter stock, fandom text

milena_barbosa;
glee
01 . 02 . 03
04 . 05 . 06
07 . 08

miss_sarac;
robert pattinson
09 . 10 . 11
12 . 13 . 14

catwench;
henry cavill, jonathan rhys-meyers, joseph fiennes in flash forward
15 . 16 . 17
18 . 19 . 20
21 . 22 . 23
24 . 25 . 26
27 . 28 . 29
30 . 31 . 32
33

bangaboomerang;
damon salvatore (the vampire diaries)
34 . 35 . 36
37 . 38 . 39
40 . 41

fairchilds;
the vampire diaries cast, morgana (merlin)
42 . 43 . 44
45 . 46 . 47
48 . 49 . 50
51 . 52 . 53

soulswallo;
the vampire diaries cast
54 . 55 . 56

harmonie15;
merlin, smallville (clark/lois)
57 . 58 . 59
60 . 61 . 62

trystanknight;
katie mcgrath (merlin), kristin kreuk (smallville)
63 . 64 . 65
66 . 67 . 68
69 . 70

floydsastar;
merlin, castiel (spn)
71 . 72 . 73
74 . 75 . 76
77 . 78 . 79

santacarlagypsy;
sam & dean (spn)
80 . 81 . 82
83 . 84 . 85
86 . 87 . 88

switch842;
jensen and jared
89 . 90 . 91
92 . 93

tifa;
jensen and jared; star trek
94 . 95 . 96
97 . 98 . 99
100 . 101 . 102
103

medie;
star trek
104 . 105 . 106
107 . 108 . 109
110 . 111

berryswirl;
legend of the seeker
112 . 113
114 . 115

angylone;
dollhouse
116 . 117 . 118
119 . 120

kalibreeze;
zac efron
121 . 122 . 123
124 . 125 . 126

lovelikewhoa;
ben affleck
127 . 128
129 . 130

troublesrollby;
scott evans
131 . 132

havemy_heart;
kyle gallner (jennifer's body), kristen bell
133 . 134
135 . 136

tsuu;
kate winslet, pride & prejudice (interest: costume dramas)
137 . 138 . 139
140 . 141 . 142
143 . 144

vaeltaa;
heroes
145 . 146 . 147

elle_blessing;
kate beckinsale, doutzen kroes, sandra bullock, taylor lautner/kristen stewart
148 . 149 . 150
151 . 152 . 153
154 . 155 . 156
157

splendory;
taylor lautner/kristen stewart
158 . 159 . 160

kopernik;
liz lemon, arrested development
161 . 162 . 163
164 . 165 . 166
167 . 168

lovingthecubs;
doctor who
169 . 170 . 171
172 . 173 . 174
175 . 176 . 177
178

belle_1220;
cappie/casey (greek), beer/wine stock, + bonus alcohol dings :)
178 . 179 . 180
181 . 182 . 183
184 . 185 . 186
187 . 188 . 189
190

bonus: alcohol dings;
191 . 192 . 193
194 . 195 . 196
197

variations;
198 . 199 . 200
201 . 202 . 203

lepapillon;
winter stock
204 . 205 . 206
207 . 208 . 209
210 . 211 . 212
213 . 214 . 215
216 . 217

caer;
fandom text
218 . 219 . 220

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[-] credit not necessary (but use neversince if you are going to)

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Unfortunetly making a move.

syxstring — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:01:02 GMT

After much time and consideration I have decided to part from virtuosities. My icons have changed a lot, so I figured a change in journals would be necessary as well. Plus, what can I say, I've always been somebody who needs change.

I've enjoyed my over two year stay here, and it was great. I love all of you, and thank you so much for all the support you have shown me here, and of course a special thanks for Christie, neversince, for being here with me!

If you would like to continue to follow my icons, you can do so at fallenlevees

Thank you so much everyone!

tis the season!

neversince — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:21:49 GMT

taking icon requests

no limits, no exclusions*, just ask
provide specific pics or let me surprise you
anything goes!

*okay, one exclusion. icons only. no large graphics, headers, etc.

Christie: Icon Post 135

neversince — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:59:19 GMT

87 multi-fandom;
01-27 merlin + cast
28-52 the vampire diaries + cast
53-64 friday night lights
65-74 flash forward
75-87 peanuts christmas

merlin + cast;
01-04
05-08
09-12
13-16
17-20
21-24
25-27

the vampire diaries + cast;
28-31
32-35
36-39
40-43
44-47
48-51
52

friday night lights;
53-56
57-60
61-64

flash forward;
65-68
69-72
73-74

peanuts christmas;
75-78
79-82
83-86
87

[-] no hotlinking!
[-] comments are ♥!!
[-] credit not necessary (but use neversince if you are going to)

Like what you see? FRIEND US. :)

Cael: Icon Post 101

syxstring — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:50:12 GMT

[23] Smallvile Season 9
[18] Ten Inch Hero
[29] One Tree Hill Season 7

01-05
06-10
11-15
16-20
21-25
26-30
31-35
36-40
41-45
46-50
51-55
56-60
61-65
66-66

Comments make my goddamn day.
Credit syxstring NOT virtuosities.
Hotlinking blows, and not in a positive life affirming way.
Nominations are more then welcome just let me know.

christie: icon post 134

neversince — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:21:51 GMT

01-14 the vampire diaries
15-21 true blood (eric only)
22-38 generation kill
39-49 fall & winter stock
50-66 someecards text (nsfw language)

the vampire diaries;
01-04
05-08
09-12
13-14

true blood;
15-18
19-21

generation kill;
22-25
26-29
30-33
34-37
38

fall & winter stock;
39-42
43-46
47-49

someecards text;
50-53
54-57
58-61
62-65
66

[-] image credits: stock xchng . peopleareshapes . home of the nutty . alex skarsgard central
[-] text credits: someecards . kevin & amanda fonts
[-] no hotlinking!
[-] comments are ♥!!
[-] credit not necessary (but use neversince if you are going to)

Like what you see? FRIEND US. :)

christie: icon post 133

neversince — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:23:33 GMT

01-24 Generation Kill
25-39 Supernatural
40-52 Halloween dingbats

generation kill
01-04
05-08
09-12
13-16
17-20
21-24

supernatural
25-28
29-32
33-36
37-39

halloween dingbats
40-43
44-47
48-51
52

[-] gk caps by peopleareshapes; spn caps by homeofthenutty
[-] dingbat fonts from dafont (ill october & kr boo lane)
[-] no hotlinking!
[-] comments are ♥!!
[-] credit not necessary (but use neversince if you are going to)

Like what you see? FRIEND US. :)

Yes, I am pimping this in my icon journal

syxstring — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:38:23 GMT

THE "WE'RE STILL HERE" FRIENDING MEME!

Cael: Icon Post 100

syxstring — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:16:01 GMT

[07] Vampire Diaries Episode 1.04
[16] Supernatural Episode 5.04
[15] The Devil's Rejects

01-05
06-10
11-15
16-20
21-25
26-30
31-35
36-38

Credit syxstring NOT virtuosities
Comments make my goddamn day.
Hotlinking blows and not in a positive life affirming way.
Nominations are more then welcome just let me know.

Cael: Icon Post 99

syxstring — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:04:20 GMT

[26] The Vampire Diaries (1.01-1.03)
[05] Supernatural (5.02)
[04] One Tree Hill (7.02)
+ 11 Vampire Diaries .gifs

01-06
07-12
13-18
19-24
25-30
31-35

Credit syxstring NOT virtuosities
Comments make my whole goddamn day
Hotlinking blows, and not in a positive life affirming way.
Nominations are more then welcome - just let me know.

Cael: Icon Post 98

syxstring — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:55:00 GMT

[24] One Tree Hill (including 7.01)
[13] True Blood
[31] Smallville
[10] Vampire Diaries (Episode 1.01)

01-05
06-10
11-15
16-20
21-25
26-30
31-35
36-40
41-45
46-50
51-55
56-60
61-65
66-70
71-75
76-78

I REALLY hate this batch, but I had to get them off my harddrive eventually.
Comments make my life.
Credit syxstring NOT virtuosities
Hotlinking blows, and not in a positive life affirming way.
Nominations are more then welcome just let me know.

Cael: Icon Post 97

syxstring — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:44:41 GMT

[36] Generation Kill icons

01-06
07-12
13-18
19-24
25-30
31-36

Comments make my damn day.
Credit syxstring NOT virtuosities
Hotlinking blows and not in a positive life affirming way.
Nominations are more then welcome just let me know.

Cael: If you're bored and want to help a boy out...

syxstring — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:42:21 GMT

Because I have been pretty experimental with my icons recently I was wondering (if you guys are bored, with nothing to do) if you want to do me a wonderful favor? Go through my icons (can be only really recent icons, or can go back months), and post in the comments your top favorite icons, and your top least favorite icons I have posted (maybe, 3 - 5 for both catagories?)

I would be extremely grateful, and it would be quite helpful to know what is liked and what is not.

Cael: Icon Post 96

syxstring — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:10:14 GMT

[17] Jensen Ackles
[21] True Blood

01-05
06-10
11-15
16-20
21-25
26-30
31-35
36-38

- Comments make my damn day
- Credit syxstring NOT virtuosities
- Hotlinking sucks and not in a positive life affirming way. Seriously though, with this new limited bandwidth please save to your own server.
- Nominations are more then welcome, just let me know.

Cael: Bandwith reminder.

syxstring — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:46:20 GMT

Hey everyone,

This is the first time I have encountered this problem, however I just got an e-mail from photobucket telling me that my bandwith for the month is almost at full capacity.

PLEASE DO NOT HOTLINK MY ICONS/GRAPHICS.

I appreciate all you guys support, and I love seeing people using my icons (really, it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling on the inside) but, please save them to your own server. I have a new icon post coming up and I really don't want to see it exceed my bandwith. I do save my personal photos that I post on my personal journal on that account as well, so please be respectful of that. Also, I do not have the money to upgrade to a premium account, nor do I have another e-mail address to register another account - so please, don't ruin the fun for everyone, just save to your own server.

christie: icon post 132

neversince — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:41:45 GMT

01-24 True Blood (207, 208)
25-40 True Blood quotes

01-04
05-08
09-12
13-16
17-20
21-24

25-28
29-32
33-36
37-40

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Christie: Tutorial #13

neversince — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:23:24 GMT

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Photoshop CS
Difficulty: Easy peasy!
Uses selective color; not translatable
.PSD included

01.
Cap from mediocrechick, cropped to 100x100.

02.
Duplicate layer, set to screen 100%.

03.
To get some of the reds out, we're going to do a selective coloring layer.
New adjustment layer >> selective color
Reds: 0 -23 0 0 (brings the magenta tones down)
Yellows: 0 0 +32 0 (brightens the yellow tones)
Neutrals: +12 0 0 0 (brightens the cyan/blue tones)
Blacks: 0 0 0 +35 (darkens the black tones/shadows)

04. >>
Paste this texture by cereal_killerz on Multiply 100% to put some clouds in the sky and give the icon some depth.

05. >>
Create a new layer and set it to Soft Light 100%. Color in the blue of the water and the yellow of the crown to deepen these areas of the icon.

How do I know what color to use?
I start with using the dropper tool on the icon to get the color that currently exists, then I pick a color that is a few shades darker for my purposes of coloring in. Always go darker than the color you are aiming for; the soft light setting will lighten the shade while you color. For the purposes of this icon I used #049CB3 and #9C8C06.

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To lighten it up a bit and give it some contrast with a light streak, I used this texture by iconseeyou. I rotated it 180° so it would look like the light was coming down from the sky rather than up from the water, and set it to Screen at 100%.

Finished!

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christie: icon post 131

neversince — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:43:35 GMT

38 multi-fandom;

[12] Carriers
[12] Where the Wild Things Are
[10] Generation Kill
[04] Reaper!Bones (Star Trek/Doom crossover)

carriers;
01-04
05-08
09-12

where the wild things are;
13-16
17-20
21-24

generation kill;
25-29
30-34

reaper!bones;
35-38

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