Just a quick note that I put up a new layout. Twilight related this time. Pretty happy with the way it came out. :)

On a Twilight note - lims_twilight is open for sign-ups for their next round. I won't be participating this round - having a hard enough time remembering to make my icons for austen_lims but maybe next time. :) Still, thought I'd mention it if anyone wanted to participate. :D

And, just yesterday, my friend tinuviel428 created a new icon journal to house her icons. Check them out at different_sky - her work is fantastic! I've always thought so. :)

austen_lims

I'm planning on participating in my first LIMS (Last Icon Maker Standing) and I'm a bit nervous about it - I'm always afraid that I'll forget to get them in on time and stuff like that, but at the same time I'm kind of excited about it! Anyway, thought I'd promote it.

I put up a new layout that I made.... I think it's a bit overwhelmingly yellow, and perhaps a bit too faded, but there is still something I really like about it, despite that.... and I don't really feel like fussing with it anymore. ;) The little text is paraphrased from the Switchfoot song "This Is Home" from the Prince Caspian soundtrack. I was listening to it a lot when I was working on the header and it just seemed to fit the feeling of it, so I used it.

Sorry all I ever do is post about layout changes on here. I have plans to work on some icons that I can post at windsong_icons sometime in the near-ish future, and I'm also hoping to rework my paid account layout tutorial, with detailed picture instructions. It may take me a while to do it, but I'll get to both, eventually.

It always throws me for a loop when I see an icon I like and then realize "Oh! It's mine!" :D

This gorgeous layout was made for me by the beautiful and talented mata090680! Isn't it lovely?

(I've been meaning to put it up for about a month now, but I've been rather busy.)

This beautiful layout was made for me by the lovely pale_ink at fairytalemoment. It uses my favorite screencap of Arwen, and I love how she made it in black and white. Gorgeous!

I put up a new layout last night. It features my latest obsession... Twilight. I'm still undecided whether I prefer the header in B&W or color, so I may or may not be switching it back and forth over the next few days. Also, I'm hoping to edit my user info page soon. It badly needs to be updated.

Wow. I haven't written a tutorial since the summer of 2006! Yikes! This tutorial is based off of this set of icons and was requested by elerrina_amanya. Part 1 explains the steps I take on almost every icon I've created for at least the past year, if not longer. I thought it deserved to be seperated from the rest of the tutorial.



Image program: Made in PSP9 (Probably would work on lower versions.) Probably is translateable to PS.
Level: moderate beginner to intermediate (Because of the adjustment layers.)
Additional Tools: These textures from graphic_sl - Circle Texture, Curved Texture
Notes: Please do not duplicate my icons, or the icons in this tutorial. See tutorial for additional notes.

( Tutorial #9 )

I look at all the digital cameras out there and I feel completely clueless and overwhelmed with all the choices. For years I've had a Canon PowerShot A60, but it's not working anymore and I really need a new camera by the end of the month. It was an okay camera while it worked, except the pictures tended to be too grainy.

What would you suggest for someone who is looking for a good, but very affordable camera?

(I love the pictures I've seen taken with the Canon Rebel but it is way beyond my price range and that thing is huge and scary! And besides, I'm not a very good photographer and I know that any camera won't help that out much. I'm not even very good at understanding the lingo, like, Macro, SFL-or whatever it's called, etc.)

If you have any suggestions, I'd really appreciate hearing from you. Thank you!

I will no longer be posting icons at greenwoodicons, instead my close friend autumnjoy kindly gave me a new at windsong_icons. Please join us over there! If you haven't visited before, [autumnjoy] is an amazing, sweet, lovely person and a very talented icon maker!

And... I have icons! Just click the banner below. :)



(P.S. I'm sorry if you're getting spammed with posts from me tonight.)

Just that I have a new layout that I made the other day and put up lastnight! :)

These people are truly fantastic I think they're some of the best icon makers in the world. Their styles are beautiful, colorful, elegant, and perfect. I hope that in some small way I can say thank you to them through this post for their inspiration and encouragement to me as an icon maker. :)

( Fantastic! )

"For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"
-Esther 4:14 {NKJV}

You were born for such a time as this. Before the foundations of the world, God knew the plans He had for you. Put your trust in God. Do not be afraid.

It's been a while, so I thought a change was in order and made a new layout! :) Hope you like it. :)

1.) I wanted to let you all know that I have decided to close violetberry as I have not been able to "connect" with it very well. However, I have opened up shop again with roguefae at a brand new icon journal featuring both of our icons. I'd like to welcome you to join us at greenwoodicons which is indeed named after a certain handsome elvish princeling. :D

2.) I have also decided to close down several of my icon communities. I have a lot of things going on in my life right now and this was one way that I felt I could cut down on unnecessary stress.

1.) I am moving my icon journal from _laceparasol to violetberry and I just thought you guys might be interested in knowing that. :)

2.) Seeing that [_lotr100] appears to have been abandoned I've created fellowship100. It's something I've been considering for some time, but I thought [_lotr100] was too great an idea to be abandoned! If that sort of thing interests you, I hope you join! :)