On an unrelated note, does anyone know of a service that's similar to Photobucket but...not Photobucket? Basically, I'm looking for a service that allows public album viewings, gallery-style displays and bulk uploads. Pretty much the old Photobucket sans recent developments re: size, bandwidth and quality. Any suggestions would be awesome! ♥

1 - Large light texture set
2 - Icon texture sets
10 - Fashion mag icons
10 - Dir en grey icons
15 - GLAY icons
9 - GLAY wallpapers (for each res)
4 - GLAY FO banners
1 - GLAY support bar


DeviantArt | MediaFire
( +2 icon textures )


( broken wings )


( can't touch this (doo dudu doo) )


( wild's soul )


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( +3 ship FOs )

And lastly, the support banner:

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By the way, if you guys have time, you should check out ice_cubed's profile layout. :3

1 - fashion header (900x300px)
2 - fashion FO banners
10 - fashion/stock icons
1 - Jiro wallpaper (9 different resolutions)
4 - GLAY FO banners
40 - GLAY icons


( fit for all your aquatic character journal needs! :D )


( with accompanying FO banners! )

( man, it's been some time since I've made icons like these! It felt...nice. :3 )



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( plus the rest of the band here! )


( naked king, you're forever star )

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This post is actually only a part of an originally bigger set I had in mind but I'm not very fond of making a very big post especially on graphics since that's going to take up a lot of bandwidth and cache and loading time so I tend to prefer the smaller posts. And, although I had intended to make more graphics today, Restaurant City (YES LOL I play that shit and ilit) released new features yesterday! So I think Imma take a quick break from PS to waste away in it. ♥ (And I just want to say that I wouldn't have bothered with the second Toshiya icon in the Dir set if he didn't look like Doc Manhattan in it. >.>;;)

Also, if you want to find out how the coloring/lighting of Icon no. 10 in the Dir set was done, I made a tutorial of it right here! :D

30 - Dir en grey icons
1 - Dir en grey FO banner
30 - GLAY icons


( In Toshiya's opinion, the existence of life is a highly overrated phenomenon. )


( HAY BRO )


( I can't think of a witty cut text save for, "Heeere's GLAAAY~" )

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Don't forget to check part 1!

65 more - Music Fair icons (feat. GLAY, Abingdon Boys School and Gackt from the 2009 June 06 episode)


( I never thought 'takkibisuto' is actually a word! )

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This post has a part 2 although that's particularly for the Music Fair icons since I have made a total of 130 icons which are basically re-colored, re-lighted, high contrast, decor-less icons of the guests. I was highly dependent on the caps my VLCSnap took and I did my best to fix the aspect ratio of the bases. ♥ Also, I'm sadly not very familiar with ABS so that's how the tags came about. I did my best to have an icon of each of the members, though!

And for the headers, if anyone is interested of using them but needing HTML/CSS help, don't hesitate to PM me, e-mail me or comment here about it. :D

6 - GLAY headers/banner things
65 - Music Fair icons (feat. GLAY, Abingdon Boys School and Gackt from the 2009 June 06 episode)


( Save for that one, the rest are from the TGV -Extra- gallery. )


( so many faces! )

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This post has been on the making for almost a month already, I swear. RL came in the way.

5 - Dir en grey icons
1 - Dir en grey banner thing (likely a header but)
1 - GLAY FO banner
9 - GLAY wallpaper
25 - GLAY icons


( they ought to NOT repeat this photoshoot style or I swear... )


( bigger hereunder )


( hashiru, hashiru, hashiruuu~~~ )


( bigger one )


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It's that time of the year again, gyz, wherein I shall be off and away from the city for a couple of days! They say most likely, we'll be there for around a week this time. :O So I guess you guys can look at this as a temporary-parting gift of sorts and I would have prepared something better if the news didn't arrive in short notice (and by short notice, I mean yesterday, I was told we'd be leaving on Monday and then suddenly, we might be leaving tomorrow. D:)

I intended to release more graphics along with these icons and wallpaper but if I push with that, I'm afraid I'll have to delay the release for a week and based on my experience, that usually just...leaves the graphics to stagnate in my HD. >.>;; If I'd had more time, as well, I swear this temp-parting post would not redundantly be of GLAY and Dir en grey alone but I swear, when I come back, I will prepare for a big non-fandom post.

Or at least, a post without GLAY or Dir. >.>;;

But for now, enjoy! And see you guys later~ :DDD

15 - GLAY icons
9 - Dir en grey wallpapers (I increased the number of resolutions.)


( It's mostly of Takuro BUT I'M NOT BEING BIASED and it's not my fault he's such a beautiful man. >.>;; )


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However, another GLAY icon set is imminent. Please do not bat your eyelashes on me.

26 - Tee Icons
50 - GLAY


( an icon for each occassion )


( lalala THE GREAT VACATION! I couldn't really understand what Teru was singing, then. >.>;; )

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I had wanted to make more GLAY icons but life is a disabler! First, my photoshop crashes my PC for the third time then my explorer randomly froze and then there was a quick loss of power in the neighborhood and all those happened while I was doing GLAY icons. >.> So I think I will just...take it as a sign to just finish everything in another icon batch?!

35 - Dir en grey icons
27 - GLAY icons


( There was a bit of catching up done. )


( How do you subtly depict sexiness? )

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Two days (at least two days here) before Christmas and it's always better late than never!!

50 more - Santa J-rockers!
(Bands/Artists: 12012, An Cafe, D'espairsRay, Gackt, Gilgamesh, Kiyoharu, L'Arc~en~Ciel, LiZ, MUCC, Nightmare, Screw, SuG, Sugizo, Yoshiki)

As always, if I interchanged any names again, please tell me and if you want moar Santa J-rockers, please comment with their names and faces. :DDD

Also, much thanks to dammitliz for helping me with the pictures and names for this set! You guys should go check out her Santa Johnny's Juniors for some pop-y fun. :DDD

And don't forget to check out the first batch of Santa J-rockers!


( It's like Jingle Bell Rock...only better! )

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An early Christmas present of sorts?? Minus the Dir en grey wallpaper that is and I had originally planned for this to be released along with a Miyavi icon set and another texture set but with the way things are going with my school life, I may have to postpone both until my Christmas break. D: So for now, here's part 1 of my supposed release!

7 - Dir en grey wallpapers (Edit; Now with 1280x800! Sry, bad HTML. >.>;;)
37 - Santa J-rockers! (Bands: 9mm parabellum bullet, alice nine., D, Dir en grey, GLAY, Kagrra,, SID, The GazettE) (Edit; Thanks to nana_rokku (after 58 comment parents? D:), I finally managed to right the wrong! :DDD I knew I couldn't get SID perfectly in one go... >.>;; Anyway, Santa Yuuya is up now!)

These are just some of the bands that I and dammitliz listen to (who I basically used as a basis (i.e. "Who else does Liz listen to...?") so I don't come out with just...9mm, Dir and GLAY. XD I'm not sure if anyone's already done it but I thought it'd be fun and it was actually more challenging than I'd prepared for it to be, lol. Implanting the santa hat onto their heads is easy enough but it's the picture hunting and more so, the name matching that made it a little more difficult. >.>;; So if you're looking for someone in particular and found that he's either misnamed (I am eyeing the 9mm boys as well as SID's Shinji and Yuya >.>;;), one J-rocker was double-iconned for the J-rocker you want or I completely neglected to icon him (which is likely if the band isn't 9mm, Dir or GLAY), just comment with your complaints! :D

For that matter and since Christmas really is all about unity, peace and harmony right?? The campaign doesn't end with Yuya(??)! If you have anyone you want iconned with a santa hat drilled into their heads, just comment with their name, band, and I'd love it if you added a picture of theirs -- the more recent, the better, the more they face front, the better. Pictures are also desired to be in normal lighting -- aka, no black and white, sepia tone, icey shades, etc because it'll make my life easier. XDDD

Also, I iconned whole bands and not like, just four members of a five-man band so unless specified, the Nao and the Kai you see here are, indeed, the Nao and the Kai that you think they are (by referring to the band list up there). Furthermore, some santa hats might look awkward and Kyo's was done on purpose. >.>;; If you want them redone, just comment. ♥


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( peace on earth, right? )

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I think I'll have another post coming up soonish. >.>;; Man, deprivation can do a lot.

50 - Dir en grey icons
35 - GLAY icons


( The recipe for today is...pairings! )


( Of course the internet is for porn...just ask Teru! )

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Again with the lack of life! :DDD

71 - Phoenix Wright (Justice for All and Trials and Tribulations?) icons


( ...can I say something? )

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At least I'm confident I can finish them. But, this might be my last post until my break comes in.

63 - Akazukin Chacha (Episode 2)
23 - GLAY
30 - Dir en grey


( furry doors and bad noses )


( lock on you. )


( wake up, leave your hesitation. wake up, show appreciation. )

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44 - Akazukin Chacha icons

Hurray for obscure fandoms! It must have started around the time I lost my PC due to some problems with the motherboard so I was stuck in the bedroom with TV -- but every 5:00PM, this local anime channel (dubbed animes, of course) showed Akazukin Chacha which was an anime I have sooo loved when I was just...maybe 15 or younger. I first saw it in Cartoon Network -- that time English dubbed -- and have loved it since. I think it helps that it's 2% plot and 98% crack, you know? And really, the trio are just so adorable and crazy. XD

Anyway, these icons are all from episode 1 of the series but I'm still not sure if I'm going to make icons of all 74 eps + OAV. >.>;; This also doesn't include the opening and ending since I'm still waiting for the creditless ones which...I'm still dling. <.<;;

Enjoy!


( the first time I saw the anime, I thought it was 'hallyup!'... )

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26 - GLAY icons
5 - Dir en grey icons
42 - Dir en grey wallpapers (It's not that much! It's...)
    >> 7 versions - Highlighted!Kyo
    >> 7 versions - Highlighted!Kaoru
    >> 7 versions - Highlighted!Die
    >> 7 versions - Highlighted!Shinya
    >> 7 versions - Highlighted!Toshiya
    >> 7 versions - No Highlights
    *scroll down for moar detailz

Also, angelamaria's icon table generator strangely does not work for now so Imma do this Jenni-style...kind of:


( yes, summerdays! )


( can has Glass Skin icons )

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31 - Shiroi Kumo icons (with a little cameo from his brother, Akai Kiri.)

Lol.

So here's a story: ( I got all wordy-like. )

Honestly, I didn't think I'd be able to whip up this many icons seeing as how I really do feel anime art is so flat (which happens if you've like, been iconing RL people for a looong time, already) and Kumo is...well...white. :/ And there's only so much you can do with whiteness but thank God for textures. And thank God for pretty art, too! 'cause really, FFU art makes me laff sometimes. Like, sometimes Kumo looks like a proper man okay, others he looks like he's about to get raped, the rest he looks like a dolt so I dunno. I'm still not forgiving the anime staff for pouring all the nice art on the last ep, though! So not on.

Maybe I'll make moar icons of the others soon. But for now *shuts up*


( what do you wander, search for? )

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(aka, I need a life.)

55 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney icons (as it's the only game my sister and I have beaten in the series so far. For those who haven't finished the game, there might be some spoilers ahead.)
6 - Dir en grey header/banner thingies


( OBJECTION! )


( abandon hope. )

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Liz had me saying it. But awesome pants indeed! It's confirmed that GLAY is doing a live in L.A. for the first time! Awesomepants, GLAY, you guys finally did it!

Awesomepants, too, that 9mm Parabellum Bullet's fanbase is growing. :DDD

Now, if only I had the whole set of GLAY's latest fanclub mag (no. 48, I think?), things would be so much better. ♥

14 - 9mm Parabellum Bullet
23 - GLAY


( I read somewhere that this band is going to be the next band to invade Japanese airwaves. :DDD )


( The Tired Out Dream )

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10 - Aki icons (from 10variations)
100 - 100x100 light textures (from GLAY's VERB PV) (what, they make good resources!)
10 - 800x600 scratchy textures (a refining of 'decay of existence' set)
14 - Dir en grey icons
10 - GLAY icons

Both icon sets were made...
a.) for samples of the light textures,
b.) because I got some silly ideas on some icons,
c.) I needed to get my mind off TWEWY. >.>;;

This'll probably also be my last post for the summer.



( I'd say this is Liz's fault? But really, it's mine. )


MGR | MU | SS | MF


MGR | MU | SS | MF


( you know money can buy anything )


( Insert VERB lyric here. )

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