Scrapbook Graphics

I made these icons ages ago, but I hope they're still worth a look!

25 various icons on the Nationalmannschaft, with a few of Chelsea, Michael Ballack, and Harry Kewell thrown in. (By the way, numbers appear above the icon!)

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This was a project born primarily out of the lovely Strenesse photoshoot of the 'mannschaft from 2006. :)

( Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that. )

Feel free to friend me if you like what you see! Also, if you've got any suggestions for what I could do in the future, feel free to comment! I could use all the help I can get!

x-posted at ballack_icons, fussball_icons and soccer_icons

I'm a little surprised at myself for forgetting everyone here for so long, but even more shocked that people still have me on their friends' pages! (That's the real miracle.) The good news is I'll have more computer time now than ever, so I will make every effort to update more.

Until then, it might be safe to consider me on unofficial hiatus, but anyone who makes the effort to follow my journal would know that. ;-)

And now, to business!

20 random stock icons, made using Photoshop CS2.

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I was tinkering around with Selective Colour in PS one day and thought the sky would be a nice subject to work on. Of course, it got a little off track. :)

( Why dost thou look upon the sky? )

RULES

[x] comments are love, praise or critique!
[x] credit is greatly appreciated to scrapbookart in keywords
[x] absolutely no hotlinking

Feel free to friend me if you like what you see! A tutorial and another graphics update coming in the next few weeks.

x-posted to iconlounge, stock_icons and stockers

Dear Livejournal,

I have not forgotten you! School has not been kind to me and exams are coming up impossibly fast. Luckily, I managed to sneak on the computer this weekend during break and dug up an ancient set of textures. (Old is gold, right?)


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Made in PS CS2 one day whilst playing around with the pencil tool.

RULES

[x] comments are love, praise or critique!
[x] credit is appreciated to scrapbookart

Feel free to friend me if you like what you see. More goodies coming soon! (:

x-posted at icon_extras, icon_textures and texturize

Greetings to all! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I'm sorry for the long absence - clearly, working and going to school at the same time has its disadvantages.

However, I come with a gift! This could possibly be the start of a new series of textures.


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Made in PS CS2, with the help of ohfreckle's texture guide.

RULES

[x] comments are love, praise or critique!
[x] credit is appreciated to scrapbookart

Feel free to friend me if you like what you see. I'll try to whip something up in the next few days, before the new year! (:

x-posted at icon_extras, icon_textures and texturize

A while ago I made some ink splatter brushes in PhotoImpact, but never got around to using them. So now that I've found them, why not share?


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As you can tell, these would be used best as a background for an icon, or maybe even a polaroid? You could also use it like any other brush as well.

RULES

[x] comments are love, praise or critique!
[x] credit appreciated to scrapbookart

Feel free to friend me if you like what you see! (:

x-posted at 100x100_brushes, brushaddicts, and icon_extras.

Three cheers for tardiness! Sorry about the gap between posts ... I was applying for a job and was busy writing resumes and junk. But fear not, for I come with more resources!


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Made in PS CS2, with the help of weapon_icons's light texture tutorial.

RULES

[x] comments are love, praise or critique!
[x] credit appreciated to scrapbookart

Feel free to friend me if you like what you see! =)

x-posted at 100x100_brushes, icon_extras, and icon_textures

After my last resources post, a lot of people asked me how to use polaroids in icons. So, for the benefit of all, I've decided to write a tutorial on just that. (:

Lesson #2: Using Polaroids (Single-Frame)

We'll be making the icon I put up as an example in the last post, going from this to this:



Level: Beginner, but I'm assuming you know your program pretty well. No long-drawn explanations on where certain tools are. If you need help with that, go here.

Note: If anyone needs further clarification on this tutorial, you're more than welcome to ask questions!

( Say cheese! )

x-posted at icon_extras and icon_tutorial

Can you ever have enough polaroids? Apparently not. =P


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Inspired by the awesome tutorial on polaroids by meleada. =D

RULES

[x] comments are love, praise or critique!
[x] credit appreciated to scrapbookart

Feel free to friend me if you like what you see! =)

x-posted at 100x100_brushes, brushaddicts and icon_extras

ICON SET #01: Random World Cup 2006

And, to sort out some confusion, the numbers appear above the icon. ;-)

( On to the icons! )

Feel free to friend me for more icon updates! I promise, the next set will be MUCH better. (:

x-posted at soccer_icons

Hey guys! Just thought I might kick off this graphics journal with a little tutorial. (:

Lesson #1: Icon Basics

Today we're going to look at the basics of icon making with a simple yet sophisticated World Cup icon of the German loss against Italy yesterday. We'll be going from this to this:


Level: Written with labeled screencaps for a beginner unfamiliar with the software, with a few ideas for intermediate users.

Note: Some of this may seem a little redundant to people who are used to making icons (or at least to their program), but I think it's good if I start out with a rather long tut to base more advanced ones on later, so you'll know what I'm talking about then.

( On to the tut! )

Feel free to friend me for more tutorials, as well as icons and brushes made like this one!

x-posted at photoimpact and icon_tutorial

It is in this post that I will confess to my terrible crime of snagging an immense amount of graphic resources from other people. Without all of your amazing work, my icons, brushes, and tutorials would have undoubtedly been far worse than they are today. Thank you all! (:

All credits are in alphabetical order based on resource type.

IMAGES & PICSPAMS

[x] gettyimages
[x] jasmin2113
[x] stock.xchng

BASES & CAPS

[x] angelfish_icons
[x] ariane179254
[x] captainkay
[x] edele
[x] foresworn
[x] houseoficons
[x] time-and-space.co.uk
[x] ytiralc

FONTS

[x] dafont.com

BRUSHES

[x] arisubox
[x] colorfilter
[x] ewanism
[x] icon_collide
[x] latexandleather
[x] luminicity
[x] meleada
[x] misfitofthejedi
[x] lemonrocket
[x] oh_pants (at Braggadocio.org)
[x] ohpaintbrush
[x] resunik
[x] rhythmique
[x] ohfreckle
[x] seleneheart
[x] starlit_designs
[x] neke
[x] tsukicon
[x] twisted_frutie
[x] unmasked_icons
[x] yumei_k

TEXTURES

[x] _lookslikerain
[x] _promenadeicons
[x] arisubox
[x] colorfilter
[x] curlwurl
[x] ewanism
[x] iconistas
[x] inxsomniax
[x] kaien_kun
[x] ruthenia_alba
[x] tsukicon
[x] wash_when_dirty

TUTORIALS

[x] colorfilter
[x] grrliz
[x] noctuidae
[x] meleada
[x] ohfreckle
[x] weapon_icons

COMMUNITIES

[x] 100x100_brushes
[x] 100x100textures
[x] cap_it
[x] freshmakers
[x] fontaddicts
[x] icon_tutorial

HTML LIFESAVERS

[x] Icon Table Generator (by 77words)

HONOURABLE MENTION

[x] lukyduky14
-for letting me use your software to start experimenting with icons so very long ago. None of this would have been possible without you!

If you recognise something of yours I've used, and you are not already on this list, comment on this entry and I'll add you ASAP.