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 ( Read more... )

Happy Christmas Everyone!

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Whee! I put up a new layout yesterday! :) It features Cate Blanchett and a quote by Helen Keller. :)

Have a good day! :)

A Few Announcements:
1.) As you may have noticed, if you have been watching for them, I haven't been keeping up with the "Flights Of Fancy" very well. (I had wanted to do it once or twice a month.) This year has been much busier than I had anticipated, and I'm not sure when/if life will slow down and I'm not sure when I will return to posting them ( Read more... )

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I use PaintShopPro9 to make my graphics. I rarely have as much time to play as I used to, but it is still an enjoyable past time.

I like to make icons from a variety of things, but the things I focus on the most are:

:: Fantasy tales such as Lord of the Rings or Ancanar.
:: Historical Costume Dramas such as Anne of Green Gables, Pride & ( Read more... )

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I've had a busy summer, but I'm hoping that I'll have more time to keep up with this again.

Flight of Fancy: 08
tempest_icons is one of a few artists who have the most influence on me. Her styles are unique, crisp, clean, and absolutely delightful.

Favorite Posts: Narnia, Austen Quotes, LOTR sets: #1, #2, #3.

I have a beautiful new layout up that was made for me by mata090680! :)
*hugs* Thanks Mata! :D

This tutorial was requested by peaceinyou. I'm sorry I didn't have time to write this before now, dear! All the icons in this post were made by following steps 1-3 for the color (and 4 when needed) and 5 for the black and white. This is sort of a 2-in-1 tutorial because there is only one step you need to do to make the icon black and white.


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