YAIRJ (yet another icon resource journal)

Ha! I lied...

Mar. 23rd, 2005 at 6:40 PM

Looks like there were more paper thingies to make into brushes, this batch courtesy of PSP's Scrapbooking Edition #3. I actually don't do scrapbooking; I bought a copy just for the textures.

Preview

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And an example icon; used three brushes from this set:

100x100 icon

As always, credit is appreciated, but not required.

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rubyjuls wrote:

Mar. 23rd, 2005 05:00 pm (UTC)

Oh wow, these are really cool. Saving :)

OMG, a Guts x Caska icon *_* Can I steal that to use?

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meleada wrote:

Mar. 23rd, 2005 05:03 pm (UTC)

Whoa. That was a fast comment! Sure, grab Guts and Casca if you'd like. For an example icon, it didn't turn out too bad! But then it's Guts and Casca... <3

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rubyjuls wrote:

Mar. 23rd, 2005 05:07 pm (UTC)

Hehe ^^; I just happened to be refreshing my FList when you posted :P Yay, thanks. There are not enough Guts x Casca icons in the world <3 (But then, I get the impression that's because people are getting more and more tired of her with the way things stand ;.;)

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meleada wrote:

Mar. 24th, 2005 09:14 am (UTC)

I can kind of relate to that. She's been crazy since around vol #13 and vol #29 was just released. Time for Miura to do something interesting with her character. I really do think he's headed in that direction, especially now that there's more character development with Farnese (gotta give her something to do when she no longer has to Protect!Casca!) but he's just taking his sweet time about it.

OTOH, I'm also kind of dreading what will happen when Casca gets her memory back. Mainly because I have a feeling Miura will cheerfully pour on the buckets of pain and angst. ;)

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hiddensarah wrote:

Mar. 23rd, 2005 05:42 pm (UTC)

Sweet, I snagged.

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invisiblelove wrote:

Mar. 23rd, 2005 05:46 pm (UTC)

Ooh they're very nice :) I'm a fan of your brushes, you're already in my info!

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celebren wrote:

Mar. 23rd, 2005 06:01 pm (UTC)

woo snagged!

and um also snagged a few of your other brush packs... i just kind of forgot to mention that in the threads.

*points to icon* used one of your brushes(with credit) there. by clicking on the base a few times with orange colour and then just a couple with white... and then made it transparent.

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meleada wrote:

Mar. 24th, 2005 09:16 am (UTC)

Hey, thanks! I like having a chance to see what people do with my brushes. Nice effect. :)

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celebren wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2005 10:09 am (UTC)

You're welcome.

I actually do that a lot now when using your brushes, though helps if the brush part is slightly 'blurred'...

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my_little_voice wrote:

Mar. 23rd, 2005 06:04 pm (UTC)

snagging

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plumcheeks wrote:

Mar. 23rd, 2005 06:10 pm (UTC)

LOVE!!!
Took the image pack...will credit.

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serpentinthesun wrote:

Mar. 23rd, 2005 06:15 pm (UTC)

Ooh. These look fabulous. Snagged, will credit. Thank you!

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the_wild_kat wrote:

Mar. 23rd, 2005 10:24 pm (UTC)

Hey girl, I am back again. Man, your brushes are the BEST . . . so beautiful in their simplicity and design . . . now I just need to find a good tutorial on how to use them. Guess I will check memories over at 100 brushes. Just wanted to say 'hi' again - Kat ^__^

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meleada wrote:

Mar. 24th, 2005 09:22 am (UTC)

Thanks!

Well, I'm just happy that I can find another use for all these files cluttering up my computer...and it's even better that people find them useful as well. :)

There's also a really nice list of tutorials over at the_indy that you might want to check out.

The best way to learn is just to play around with layers and various filters and opacities, colors, and of the eraser tool.

I'll do a brief tutorial for the brushes I just posted today (probably not until tonight) and maybe that'll help a little.

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mady_evans wrote:

Mar. 23rd, 2005 11:22 pm (UTC)

Wonderfull brushes^^
Taking,crediting too.

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eyeconic wrote:

Mar. 24th, 2005 12:49 am (UTC)

downloaded the image pack :-)

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funkimunki198 wrote:

Mar. 24th, 2005 01:17 pm (UTC)

Oh gosh, that is the funniest Bush icon I have seen in a long time. Haha.

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eyeconic wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2005 10:10 am (UTC)

thanks ;-)

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starfish1295 wrote:

Mar. 24th, 2005 03:39 am (UTC)

ooh lovely, will credit in user info.

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jevfa wrote:

Mar. 24th, 2005 04:11 am (UTC)

THNX, allready credited!!! :-)))

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_spuk_ wrote:

Mar. 24th, 2005 06:15 am (UTC)

Snagged! Thank you! ^^

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meleada wrote:

Mar. 24th, 2005 09:17 am (UTC)

Thanks to all of you for the feedback. Much appreciated! :)

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gwnn wrote:

Mar. 24th, 2005 10:44 am (UTC)

Snagged. Will credit

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souppy wrote:

Mar. 24th, 2005 01:20 pm (UTC)

:O These are neat! Taking nn Will credit!

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grrliz wrote:

Mar. 24th, 2005 03:03 pm (UTC)

Thank you for sharing!

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__dark_dreams__ wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2005 10:43 am (UTC)

wow i just wanted to say ive gone through and snagged all of your brushes, they are absolutely stunning! ive given credit on my resources page which can be found either through my memories or my under info. also i love the Guts and Caska icon, its beautiful, thanks again for the brushes!

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meleada wrote:

Mar. 26th, 2005 07:06 am (UTC)

You're most welcome! Great to meet another Guts and Casca fan, btw. :)

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highlander_fan wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2005 12:22 pm (UTC)

i love your brushes, and have d/led the images packs of some of them to make into brushes in PS7. I myself have made brushes, but they are nowheres as good as yours, so i was wondering if you could tell me how to make something differnt...

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meleada wrote:

Mar. 26th, 2005 07:04 am (UTC)

Thanks for compliments on the brushes! :)

The thing with my brushes is that very few of them are my original work. For various projects in the past, I've downloaded lots of texture, border, grunge, and collage images from sites like Istockphoto.com and Stock.Xchng, and even some older stuff from Getty Images and FreeFoto. The most recent batch of papercuts came from a bunch of scrapbooking images I bought at the JASCS/Correl site.

So I start with images created by people who are very good at what they do, which probably helps a lot. :) The other thing to keep in mind is that people who make icons need a large enough space to put their images and text so I try to align the busier elements to just one area of the brush. I also lighten up darker images before making them into brushes.

And it's just trial and error. Sometimes what I think will make a good brush ends up not working as well as I thought it would. It helps to just start playing around with things. I've had PSP 7 for about two years and I think I've figured out only about half of its features. :x

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fifmeister wrote:

Mar. 26th, 2005 09:55 am (UTC)

Snagged the image pack, thanks!

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_incendio wrote:

Mar. 26th, 2005 01:01 pm (UTC)

Downloaded the image pack. Your brushes are always amazing :). Will credit, thanks!

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shortnfunny88 wrote:

Mar. 26th, 2005 05:11 pm (UTC)

Lovely :) Will credit on my icon journal,

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pinkdiamonds31 wrote:

Mar. 27th, 2005 09:30 am (UTC)

Wow!! Again, gorgeous brushes!!

I have saved and will credit when I use, thank you.

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black_spinning wrote:

Mar. 27th, 2005 10:07 pm (UTC)

Wow, those are so beautiful. Taking, will credit.

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rillaith wrote:

Mar. 30th, 2005 04:11 pm (UTC)

These are lovely. Actually, I've snagged virtually all your brush sets - "Quality!" as a friend would say :) I'll be sure to credit as and when I use them - thank you for sharing your work!

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fancyfox wrote:

Apr. 1st, 2005 11:12 am (UTC)

So spiffy. Yoinked and will credit. Thanks!

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squinting_icons wrote:

Apr. 2nd, 2005 07:06 pm (UTC)

I think I've taken all the "Papercuts" ones (plus many of your other brushes). They're so awesome (especially the papercuts)! :) You're in my userinfo.

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