I just wanted to let everyone know that I have a new layout. So when you visit my icon journal and it looks different, you won't think you're in the wrong place.

It's been bothering me for a while that it was hard to see the links on the graphic background I was using for the entry area, so I went with a plain white background this time. Also, the layout is a little wider, but I tried not to make it too wide because not everyone has a widescreen monitor.

Please let me know if you see anything strange about this layout.

Just for fun lets go through the history of my icon journal layouts. Don't worry, it's short because this is only the third layout I've had here.

( A very brief layout history with pictures )

You probably noticed that I always have the water theme in my layouts. I just like it. I find rocks, flowers and architecture visually appealing so I put those elements in my header. I also tried to keep the colors soft and on the monochromatic side. I hope you all will still enjoy visiting my icon journal with the new layout. :)

*waves*

+ 9 Stock Photo Icons - Lady Bugs and Flowers
+ 73 Fated to Pretend - Moonlight icons 10 - 80
+ 11 Misc. Moonlight related icons: 81 was made for vampire_lims
82 - 88 are icontest icons mickbeth_stills Icons 83, 84, 85 and 86 placed in the contest.
89 - 91 are Alex O'Loughlin from NYCC
+ 5 Gerard Butler icontest icons. Icon #92 won 3rd place.
+ 3 MickBeth header/banners
+ 1 MickBeth wallpaper

Trying to icon that rooftop kissing scene was a bitch. I kind of gave up after the fifth icon. bleh. I hope the next kissing scene is in a nice bright room with a solid colored backdrop. Who cares if bright light is not romantic. :)

I iconed the whole dang episode. So much stuff happened I couldn't resist. And I still have a few quote icons I want to make. I'll save those for the next batch though. I did icon what I thought was one of the best quotes of the episode. By Josef of course. He always gets the best lines. :)

Please let me know if I spelt anything incorrectly. I messed around with color quite a bit in some of these icons. Icon #73 is my personal favorite.

Teasers:


( 9 Stock Photo Icons )
( 73 Fated To Pretend - 11 Misc. Moonlight )
( 5 Gerard Butler icontest icons )
( MickBeth Roof Top Kiss FO banner and header )
( MickBeth - Beach Picnic Header )
( MickBeth - Roof Top Kiss Wallpaper - 1440x900 )



+ Please comment. I'm curious about what people like and what they are taking.
+ I will be happy to customize any of the above graphics. This is limited to text of course. Leave a comment detailing what wording you would like.
+ Please do not alter any of my graphics.
+ Please credit either endlessdeep or phlourish_icons

Thanks for stopping by. :)

A thought I'd post a friendly reminder that Moonlight airs tonight with a brand new episode.



That's in less than 3 hours.

Moonlight News is never boring.

Catch up on all the Moonlight news.



Please join to recieve the weekly newsletter. mlnewsletter

Thanks everyone! :)

+14 Stock Photography icons - flowers mostly
+ 9 Moonlight icons - Mick St. John
+26 Battlestar Galactica icons
+16 Icontest Icons = Gerard Butler, Moonlight, Btvs
+ 2 Mick St. John - 1 FO banner and 1 Art Graphic
+ 1 Lee Adama banner
+ 1 Head Six banner
+ 1 Battlestar Galactica Wallpaper

I made a couple banners of Mick St. John in all his open-shirted wonder, strolling down the beach, and some icons to match. Also, a few icons of Mick's face when Coraline was trying to entice him to go away with her...from the Mortal Cure. He looks all vulnerable. Poor Mick. ;)

BSG
I haven't made any Battlestar Galactica graphics in a while, but I was inspired by all the hype about BSG starting up again and excited about finally finding out who the 5th Cylon is, so I made some icons and a couple of banners from the Season 4 promo pics. I don't have all the characters iconed, but I did a few of them. I'll probably icon the other characters for another batch.

I think Jamie Bamber/Apollo is OK, but I am by no means a big fan of his. But, I thought his promo photos were some of the better ones in the batch so I made a Lee Adama banner out of them. If you want the text changed to make it a header or a FO banner I will be happy to do that for you. Also, I can reduce the size, especially if you want it as a FO banner. I think the size it is now might be too big for an FO banner. Just let me know in a comment. Don't reduce the size yourself, because the text will look funny.

This is image heavy. I didn't realize I had so much stuff to post.

Teasers:

( 14 Stock Photography Icons )
( 9 Moonlight Icons )
( 26 Battlestar Galactica icons )
( 16 Icontest icons - Gerard Butler, BtVS, Moonlight )
( Mick St. John - 1 FO banner and 1 graphic - Alex O'Loughlin )
( Lee Adama banner - Jamie Bamber )
( Head Six banner - Tricia Helfer )
( Battlestar Galactica Wallpaper )


+ Please comment. I'm curious about what people like and what they are taking.
+ I will be happy to customize any of the above graphics.
I can reduce the size of any graphic, but I cannot make it larger.
I can change the text on any graphic or icon.
Please leave a comment detailing what wording you would like and/or what size you would like.
+ Please do not alter any of my graphics.
+ Please credit either endlessdeep or phlourish_icons

Thanks for stopping by. :)

Click the banners

Like everyone else I was "inspired" to make some graphics from the recently released promo photos for episode 13 "Fated to Pretend" of Moonlight.

For now, I have a couple of wallpapers. One Mick and Beth and one of just Mick which is kind of an experimental graphic using stock photography.

These could be SPOILERY for people who are trying not to be spoiled at all for new episodes of Moonlight so they are under the cut.

Oh, the mushy, romantic poems on the wallpapers I got from a journal I found at B&N, called "Desire". I like them. :)

( Mick and Beth wallpaper )
( Mick St. John wallpaper )

+ I don't mind if you alter the size yourself for use on your desktop, but please do not alter the size for use as a header or other graphic. It will just look weird.
+ I will be happy to change text or alter the size of the wallpapers for you. Just leave a comment here stating what you would like.
+ Please comment. Credit is unnecessary in this case since it's a wallpaper. I ask for comments because I like to know what people like and think of my graphics.
+ Please do not post these anywhere else. And please do not hotlink.

I'll have some headers, FO banners and icons of these promo pics later this week.

If you have a problem seeing the "actual size" of the wallpaper after you click on the link, please let me know in a comment.

Thanks so much for stopping by. :)

I just found out a little while ago that today is Sophia Myles birthday. I was going to wait till I had more icons and graphics to post, but since today is her birthday and all, I thought I'd go ahead and post these now. I made these yesterday, coincidentally.

Wallpaper and header made from this scan...Scan - Sophia Myles found at hires_hotties

Teasers:


( Sophia Myles - 12 icons )
( 1 header - Sophia Myles )
( 1280x1024 wallpaper - Sophia Myles )

+ Please comment, let me know what you like and what you're taking.
+ As usual if you want something different like an FO banner, different text or whatever from the above graphics please leave a comment letting me know what you want. I'd be happy to customize the graphic for you.
+ Please do not alter any of my graphics yourself.
+ Please credit either endlessdeep or phlourish_icons

Thanks for stopping by. :)

+ 25 Stock Photography Icons - Ireland and Kitties
+ 25 Moonlight Icons - Random
+ 7 Gerard Butler
+ 23 Icontest Icons - 6 BtVS, 14 Gerard Butler(kissing theme), 3 Moonlight
+ Gerard Butler - 1 header and 1 FO banner
+ Mick St. John - 1 header and 2 banners
+ Stock Photography - 2 headers and 1 FO banner

If you take something I would really really appreciate a comment. Even if you just say what number you are taking. It helps me to know what people like and it's polite.

I don't have any other explanations. Just a bunch of icons and stuff I've been working on. Oh, just one thing. There are icons to match the headers and friends only banners. :)

I added the "Before" photos for the castle and the boat. Links at the top of the graphic.

Teasers:


( Stock icons - Ireland and Kitties )
( Moonlight Icons - misc )
( Gerard Butler icons )
( Icontest Icons - Buffy, Gerard Butler, Moonlight )
( Gerard Butler - 1 header and 1 FO banner )
( Mick St. John banners and a header )
( Stock Photography - 2 headers and 1 Friend Only banner )

+ Please comment, let me know what you like and what your'e taking. I am curious.
+ If you would like text changed on any of the icons or graphics please let me know in a comment.
+ Please do not hotlink and please do not post my icons or other graphics anywhere else. They are for your personal use.
+ Please credit either endlessdeep or phlourish_icons

Thanks for stopping by. :)

I think the only place I haven't advertised my new community is here in my icon journal. What was I thinking?!

Anyway, in case you haven't heard, I have a new icontest community. It's called moonlightrumble Moonlight Rumble. It's like a LIMS except instead of someone being voted out every week, the icon makers collect points. Whoever ends up with the most points at the end of the 10 weeks/10 challenges wins.

Sign ups for Round 1 are being accepted right now, so if you are interested please head on over to the User Info page and find out all about the contest.

Sing ups close Sunday evening, March 2nd. That is also when your icon is due for challenge 1.



Sorry I didn't mention this here sooner, but there is still time to sign up and get your icons submitted.

Not an icon maker? No problem, you can still vote in the challenges. All you need to have is a LiveJournal and go ahead and become a member so you can keep up with the challenges.

I will be posting some new graphics within the next few days. I have banners with matching icons...stock photo(Irish scenery and kitties this time), Gerard Butler and Moonlight.

Thanks everyone!

A blending tutorial featuring Mick St. John. I'm kind of in love with every detail of Alex O'Loughlin's face, from his round forehead to his cleft chin and everything in between. ;)

We're going to be making this header from that lovely face: click the thumbnail


This tutorial was made using Photoshop CS2. We're going to blend again, using the "add layer mask" tool. I'm also going to show you how to use a "gradient map" to change the color of a screencap. This blending tutorial is a little easier than my last one.

( Blending on a black background )

I hope this was helpful. If there is anything you don't understand or you see any mistakes please let me know in a comment.

The header is, of course, up for grabs. If you want to use it and need the text changed please let me know. Please do not try to add text to it yourself. It will look weird.

Please credit phlourish_icons or endlessdeep if you use the header.

I love comments, so please leave one.

Thanks everyone. :)

Just a few icons for Valentine's Day.

+ 15 Stock Photo Icons - Hearts and Relationship icons
+ 19 Moonlight icons
+ 1 Mick/Beth Banner

Please comment and credit. Thanks. :)

Teasers:


( 15 Stock Photo Icons - hearts and relationships )

( 19 Moonlight Icons )

( 1 Mick/Beth Banner )


+ Please comment, let me know what you like and what your'e taking. I am curious.
+ If you would like text changed on any of the icons or graphics please let me know in a comment.
+ Please credit either endlessdeep or phlourish_icons

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Thanks for stopping by. :)

Here is the Gerard Butler wallpaper I used for the tutorial in the previous entry. Rough around the Edges - Blending tutorial

I made a second version with a different text, but only one size. If you need it resized please let me know in a comment.

Click on the thumb to download the wallpaper


( Gerard Butler WP - more sizes )

Please leave a comment. I love to know what people think. Thanks for stopping by. :)

endlessdeep

Blending Images

This tutorial is for alexandral and anyone else who wants to learn how to blend images. We are going to be making a wallpaper for your desktop. Beginners are welcome.



I'm wordy so be warned. But I think, if you're a beginner, the wordiness is helpful. But, I'll let you be the judge of that. :)

I use Photoshop CS2. You will learn how to use the "add layer mask" tool, the "Polygonal Lasso Tool" and how to "feather". I'm not sure if other graphic editing programs have the same tools, but they might have something similar. So even if you don't have Photoshop you might still be able to learn something from this tutorial or at the very least get some inspiration. I hope. :)

Beginners should be able to follow this tutorial. But, please don't look on this tutorial as a step by step tutorial. You will not be able to create the exact same wallpaper I have created. I'm going to show you where to find the tools I've used and how to use them, the rest is up to you. You can use the images I've used or use your own.

Most of the examples are linked and the graphics are reduced in size.

( Blending Tutorial - Rough Around The Edges )

( Blending Your Pictures )

If you have any questions or something is not clear please feel free to ask in a comment.

If this tutorial was helpful please let me know in a comment. I really like to get feed back on these things.

I hope I have helped some people to learn some new techniques and I also hope I've inspired you.

The wallpaper is up for grabs if you like it. You can find different sizes here. Please please comment and credit if you take it home with you.

I am going to do another blending tutorial using black and white photos on a black background. Kind of like my black and white Mick St. John wallpaper. Basically we'll be use the same blending techniques we've used here with a few differences, but since it's a black background it's a little easier.

Thanks for stopping by. endlessdeep

Remember I mentioned I made some Gerard Butler icons for an icontest? The icontest is over, so I can post these now! There is also a Timeline banner.

And I made a Gerard Butler wallpaper, which I agonized over for hours! And I still see things I want to change. So silly. Please comment if you like the wallpaper and take it home with you. His eyes are stunning aren't they? *sigh*

I entered 12 of these icons in Challenge 64 at gerrychallenge. The competition was tough, let me tell you. I managed to tie for second place with one of my icons. It's the first one in the teasers.

+ 20 Gerard Butler movie icons
1 - 8 Andre Marek from Timeline
9 - 17 The Stranger from Dear Frankie
18 - 20 Creedy from Reign of Fire
+ 1 banner and 1 wallpaper

Teasers:


( 20 Gerard Butler movie icons )
( Andre and Claire banner )
( Gerard Butler Wallpaper 1680x1050 )

+ Please comment, let me know what you like and what your'e taking. I am curious.
+ If you would like text changed on any of the icons or graphics please let me know in a comment.
+ Please credit either endlessdeep or phlourish_icons

I just wanted to let everyone know that I haven't been intentionally ignoring your comments. I realized the other day that I had an old e-mail address for this journal and so I wasn't getting e-mail notifications for comments. *pfft* I've fixed that now.

Anyway, I really do appreciate each and every comment.

Thanks so much for stopping by. :)

+ 9 Stock photo icons - Valentine related - hearts, swans and a rose
+ 15 Moonlight icons - Mick, Beth and Coraline. (Coraline is starting to grow on me)
+ 2 Moonlight Mick/Beth themed
+ 5 Stock Photo Art banners - hearts and swans

Not a huge entry this time. I'll have some Gerard Butler icons next time. I'm waiting for an icontest to end before I can post them.

So, I've been practicing my blending skills again with that first MickBeth banner. What do you think? It's made with screencaps from "The Mortal Cure" and a promo photo. The Mortal Cure caps are from the scene in the hallway. Mick's reaction struck me as very paternal. He would forgive Beth anything, which is a very parental thing to do. So yeah, he sees her in a very complex way and really, he's so much older, wiser and more experienced than she is. So he's very patient with her.

The caption I just kind of made up myself. The small text is from "Kite" by U2. (Yes, I use a lot of U2 lyrics in my graphics)

The other banner is the flip side of the coin. Sexy and amusing. We can all deal with this, right? They are not related, so it's ok, calm down. ;)
Quote is from the episode "B.C."

I made those last two Moonlight icons for an icontest and forgot to enter them. *pfft*

Please comment and credit. Thanks.

Teasers:



( 9 stock photo icons )
( 15 Moonlight icons )
( 2 Mick/Beth banners...screencap art )
( 5 stock art banners...swans and hearts )

+ Please comment, let me know what you like and what your'e taking. I am curious.
+ If you would like text changed on any of the icons or graphics please let me know in a comment.
+ Please credit either endlessdeep or phlourish_icons

Thanks for stopping by. :)

Hi everyone! I have oodles of stuff to share. :)

+ 6 Gerard Butler icons
+ 26 Moonlight icons - episodes 11 and 12 - possible SPOILERS in the icons
+ 3 Gerard butler graphics - user info banner, header, picture
+ 7 Moonlight graphics - Friends Only banners, user info banners, pictures and Wallpaper

I was going to say a bunch of stuff only now I can't remember what it was. Um.

Oh yeah, the words on the Moonlight wallpaper are U2 lyrics. Well except for that one line that Beth says.

And the graphics with white backgrounds will look good on your User Info page or ir you have a white background in your journal, they'll work there as well.

I'll be making more icons from eps 11 and 12 of Moonlight, eventually.

Comments are very much appreciated - Thanks

Teasers:


( 6 Gerard Butler icons )

( 26 Moonlight icons )

( Gerard Butler graphic )
( Header and User Info banner from the movie  )
( Mick - User Info banner )
( Mick St. John workout pictures )
( Mick - 1 black and white and 1 color Friends Only banners )
( Beth Friends Only banner )
( Moonlight Wallpaper - Mick and Beth )

+ Please comment, let me know what you like and what your'e taking. I am curious.
+ If you would like text changed on any of the icons or graphics please let me know in a comment.
+ Please credit either endlessdeep or phlourish_icons

That's all. Thanks for stopping by. :)

I don't like my icon posts to be outrageoulsy long, so I'm dumping these now.

Moonlight Icons - Mick, Beth, Josef, Lola, Coraline
BtVS/Ats Icons - Buffy, Spike, Angel, Cordy, Doyle, Anya, Xander, Drusilla, Lilah
Stock Photo Icons - flowers
FO Banners - Beth Turner from Moonlight

Sorry no "Love Lasts Forever" icons yet. It takes me longer than a day to get my icons made. LOL. But I do have icontest icons and a couple of Beth FO banners.

Like I said, most of the icons here are for Icon challenges and LIMS(Last Icon Maker Standing) contests. I've noted which icons I've made for what contests. Or something like that. :)

I think I've posted some of these before, maybe in my personal journal, but I can't remember which ones. So I'm just putting them all here.

I'm not going to get into what contests I won etc., But if you're curious as to how I did just click on the links below each group of icons to see my awards entry. Or Awards Entry.

If you're wondering about the Oops icon, I got tired of going back and re-numbering everything when I made a mistake, so now I have an oops icon. :)

Teasers:



( 8 Buffy/Angel icons for btvsats_rumble Round 1 )


Icons 9 - 18 were entered at moonlight_ic, the others are extras.
( 22 Icontest icons made for moonlight_ic )

Again not all of these were entered. Just icons 33 - 37, the rest are extras.
( 13 Icons for moonlight_lims Round 1 )

( 3 Stock Icons )

( MickBeth banner )

( Beth Turner of Moonlight - 5 icons and 2 FO banners )


+ Please comment, let me know what you like and what your'e taking. I am curious.
+ If you would like text changed on any of the icons or graphics please let me know in a comment.
+ Please credit either endlessdeep or phlourish_icons

Thank you for stopping by. :)

OK, I have a bunch of graphics. I made my first ever, I think, user info bars. I did some actor artwork type graphics with the actor's names on them. And then I made a couple of Friends Only Banners out of the same artwork. You'll see, there really isn't much need for me to explain. :)

I was looking through me computer files and found a Black Blackthorne header that I started and never finished. So I finished it and made a FO Banner out of it as well.

+ 3 Alex O'Loughlin icons
+ 4 Alex O'Loughlin art graphics
+ 1 Alex O'Loughlin Friends Only Banner
+ 2 Mick St. John of Moonlight User Info Banners
+ 2 Gerard Butler User Info Banners
+ 1 Paul Blackthorne FO Banner
+ 1 Paul Blackthorne Header

Teasers:




~~~IMAGE HEAVY~~~

( 3 Alex O'Loughlin icons )

( Alex O'Loughlin graphics and FO banner )

( Mick St. John User Info bars )

( Gerard Butler User Info Banners )

Link to my memories...Gerard Butler icons

( Paul Blackthorne Header and FO Banner )

+ Please comment, let me know what you like and what your'e taking. I am curious. It helps me know what to make.
+ If you would like text changed on any of the icons or graphics please let me know in a comment.
+ Please credit either endlessdeep or phlourish_icons

Thanks so much for stopping by. :)

Do you like Buffy. Do you like icontests?

btvsats_rumble will be starting it's Round 2 lims pretty soon. Now is the time to sign up. You can find all the information in the Sign Up Post

Happy New Year everyone! I have a tutorial to share with you. :)

I was asked to make a tutorial for this icon of Beth Turner from Moonlight.



Made using Photoshop CS2. Translatable to all graphics programs I should think. There is no selective coloring layers or anything like that.

I couldn't exactly remember all the steps, so I had to start from scratch to duplicate the icon. And since I had to do that I went ahead and used a different screencap, from the same scene so the lighting is similar.

Of course your screencaps are going to have different lighting so you'll have to play around with the opacity on your layers. Just, you know, experiment as always. :)

( First Bite Tutorial )

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. Comments are very much appreciated as always.

Thanks and I hope this is helpful and gives you some ideas and inspiration. :)