lavenderspark: (Default)
I don't have many fancy things for icons, but I do use lots of websites for my caps and I have lots of fonts that I didn't make, so I figured I should probably post a resource list.

Sometimes I cap things myself, but most of the time I find them. The sites I use are:

disneyscreencaps[dot]com
xfphotos[dot]fredfarm[dot]com
ladymanson[dot]com
screencapped[dot]net
ffaupdates[dot]tumblr[dot]com
thetvshows[dot]us
midnight-texas[dot]wikia[dot]com
hq-screencaps[dot]tumblr[dot]com
cap-that[dot]com
movie-screencaps[dot]com
kissthemgoodbye[dot]net
timelessfans[dot]com
homeofthenutty[dot]com
fancaps[dot]net

Sites marked in bold are sites that I use the most often. I also use the lj communities cap_it! and FY Screencaps on occasion.

I get all my fonts from DA Font, or use the ones in my program. I'm not sure how to list those and show what they are... I'll figure that out and add my list when I do.

I'm not sure if this will work. I want to try and show what the fonts are, but I'm not sure they'll all be supported so I'll write the name outside the html code as well.

DAFont list:

Typewriter fonts:
1942_report
1942_report
moms_typewriter
moms_typewriter

Comic book fonts:
adventure
adventure
ka_blamo
ka_blamo
ka_boing
ka_boing

Fancy scripts:
hirondelles_des_alpes
hirondelles_des_alpes
Loveletter_no_9
loveletter_no_9
The_Constellation_of_Heracles
the_constellation_of_heracles

Bold scripts:
Viksi_script
viksi_script
Tale_of_Hawks
tale_of_hawks
Druchilla
Druchilla
Cheddar_Jack
cheddar_jack
Breeze
breeze
Bernadette_Rough
bernadette_rough
Hoodson_Script
Hoodson_script
Dillanda_Caligraphy_Script
dillanda_caligraphy_script

Dystopian fonts:
Assassins Dub
assassins dub
Darks_Calibri_Remix
darks_calibri_remix
Disturbo
disturbo
Scorched_Earth
scorched_earth
Wicked_Grit
wicked_grit
Woodcutter_Justice
woodcutter_justice

Handwriting fonts:
Troublemarker
troublemarker
Colors_of_Autumn
colors_of_autumn

Horror fonts:
Caracura
caracura
It's_Scary_Now
it_s_scary_now

Vintage fonts:
Steelworks
steelworks
Noir_Et_Blanc
noir_et_blanc
Copasetic
copasetic

Chalkboard fonts:
Bear_Hugs
bear_hugs
Fishfingers
fishfingers
Little Kid
little kid
Star_Black_Inline
star_black_inline

Design fonts:
Red_Moon_Rising
red_moon_rising
Fontdinerdotcom_Sparkly
fontdinerdotcom_sparkly

Misc/generic fonts:
Aberration
aberration
Avanti
avanti
Jack_in_the_Box
jack_in_the_box
Mr_Sunshine
mr_sunshine
SmartKid
smartkid
SwingSet_BB
swingset_bb

Iconning

Apr. 23rd, 2018 02:04 pm
lavenderspark: (sad)
Wanted to make some icons today (and a few days ago) but can't get any screencaps. Went to a site that I use to download some caps and got blocked with a 503 message. I sent an ask on their Tumblr to find out what's going on, but I don't know if I'll ever be able to access it again.

All I get is: "Your access to this site has been limited

Your access to this service has been temporarily limited. Please try again in a few minutes. (HTTP response code 503)

Reason: Manual block by administrator"

::sigh::

The problem the other day was that there were no caps for the show/ep I wanted to do icons of.

Icons!

Feb. 7th, 2018 03:14 pm
lavenderspark: (flowers)
Did a bunch of simple icons today and finished one I've been working on for a couple days. I'm pretty happy with how they came out. I'm still working on focus in my images, today I decided to focus on hands. :)

I started this one Monday and tried it in two different colors. Not sure which one i like better.
cupcake_shadowcupcake_purple


And these I just brightened the image a bit and used some depth/focus shifting on a few once I got them cropped down.
Both_HandsBoth_Hands_smallHand_CHands_LL_Hand

Icon Post!

Feb. 2nd, 2018 12:57 pm
lavenderspark: (frame)
So I don't know that I have enough icons to do a proper progress post for the year, but I have icons that I've made that I've never posted. So we'll just call this an icon dump for 2017. This isn't ALL of the icons I've made, but it's most of them.

January:
I didn't make any icons :(

February: )

March: )

April: )

May: )

June: )

July:
No icons :(

August: )

September: )

November: )

December:
Didn't have time for icons :(

Icons

Aug. 12th, 2017 10:02 pm
lavenderspark: (Default)
Made some icons last night. I posted some over in [profile] your_favorites, for the fantasy show challenge.

I'm feeling a bit rusty even though it's only been a couple months. I've forgotten where some things are and how others work, but it's slowly coming back. I'm trying to focus on making better crops. Making sure my subject is visible and the main focus.

Here's a bunch from Midnight, Texas:

city signdoorflyinggunswings


And a few from Younger:

zipperslashknife


S/N: if anyone can tell me what the html is to put space between my icons when making a table, I'd be very grateful! I hate that they're all up on top of each other. :/
lavenderspark: (glasses)
Made some more icons. Tried to just to more simple looking icons, just playing around with colors.

I am happy that I found a collection of Legion screencaps! Found them on simkl.




And then after talking about The NeverEnding Story, I wanted to make some icons from that as well. Unfortunately I only found one source (eternal fantasy) and the images were smallish. And of course the movie is from the 80s, so not exactly HD quality. I'll make my own caps if I decide to make more icons.




(hopefully those look right. I switched my image host to tinypic and they're using a .jpg even though my icons are .png :/)

Icons

Jun. 25th, 2017 09:14 am
lavenderspark: (frame)
Made these last night. They're not great, but I wanted to do something.

These were some I was going to do for the rainbow activity for [community profile] icontalking



And this one was for the favorite scifi movie challenge for [profile] your_favorites


The quality of the cap on that one isn't very good. I can't remember where I got them from. :/ If I do any more for this movie, I'll cap some new ones myself.

I'm also going to look into finding a new image hosting site since I can't seem to get photobucket to cooperate any more. Last night I couldn't even get the page to load and then when it did, I couldn't click on any of the links to copy them here.

Even now the page won't load on my computer. I had to open it on my phone and copy/paste the links into an email so I could get them on my computer. Super annoying. Especially with all the pop up ads.
lavenderspark: (frame)
I had some time last night and decided to try and improve some icons I've made recently. I've still got a couple I'm working on and a few I want to do, but here's a couple that I finished last night.

This one didn't need much improvement. Really the cap itself is gorgeous just the way it is, which is a testament of how good the cinematography was in this show. But I changed the font, moved it around and made sure the icon was actually square. It took me a while to realize I had a "square" cropping option...

Old New


I never posted the original of this one. I wasn't really happy with it, but at the time I couldn't figure out what was wrong with it/how to improve it. I think the text still needs work, but it looks MUCH better.





OldNew


I've discovered the "curves" tool and it has become my new favorite tool. It brightens things SO MUCH easier and cleaner/clearer than the "fill light" tool. Though that does still have it's uses.

[personal profile] tinny, would this be something I could post over at [community profile] icontalking? I'd love some concrit, but don't know if you want members randomly posting things.

Improvement

Mar. 3rd, 2017 02:47 pm
lavenderspark: (glasses)
I feel like my icons are looking MUCH better than they were. And I'm remembering where things are and what they do, so that makes things go a lot faster. My program updated today too, it now has a welcome screen with tutorials! I was surprised since it's PaintShop 7 and they're on like 9 or 10 now, but hey, I'll take it!

I spent some time yesterday screencapping a couple episodes of Emerald City and writing down any lines that stuck with me to use with icons. Tonight is the season finale!

I've got a bunch that I re-did and some new ones that I made when I re-did the Tumblr ones, but I think I'll work with those a bit more before I share them. Here's some I made today that I think came out pretty good.

lucas tall
never small
monster bw
monster

I think my favorite is the second one, with the tree. I LOVE the font in the first one and I'm glad I got it to work.
lavenderspark: (hair)
After some advice from [livejournal.com profile] tinnny, I redid two of the Tumblr sets to try and make them lighter. The first image in both sets looks better than the last two. :/ I didn't realize at first that some of the settings didn't auto save. :( In the future I can save them and reuse them for similar images. It's just hard to remember because MOST of the tools default to "last settings used" so I don't always pay attention to the settings.

First set )

Second set )

I've definitely got more fine tuning to figure out with the pixelation/softness/focus and once I remember to save the settings I use to lighten the image, the colors will match better. But these are MUCH brighter and easier to see than the first ones!

Icon Test

Feb. 7th, 2017 03:11 pm
lavenderspark: (hair)
Testing to see if PNG or JPEG works better for my icons. Not sure if it will matter, but these were saved as JPEG first and then I changed them to PNG. When I have more time I'll try to save some as PNG first.

Left side is JPEG, right is PNG

Ev FriendEv Friend2

Ev waste yellowEv waste yellow2

Ev wasteEv waste2

lucas mirror BWlucas mirror BW2

lucas mirror Disturbolucas mirror Disturbo2

West love greenWest love green2

Icons!

Feb. 1st, 2017 02:37 pm
lavenderspark: (hair)
So I've been watching Emerald City on NBC and the colors and scenery are amazing along with the characters and story. I hate waiting for Friday to watch a new ep. :(

BUT all the prettiness has inspired me to start making icons again! I've posted some banner sets on Tumblr, but since it likes to stretch images, it really isn't a good place to post icons. They come out all pixelated and weird. I'm sure there's a setting to fix that, but I don't know where it is.

I also figured out how to add more/new fonts to my graphics program! So I actually have some variety in my font choices now! Incidentally I also figured out how to add new brushes, textures, etc. Now I just have to find some that are compatible with Corel, not sure if the ones for Adobe will work or not. Of course, I should probably figure out how to use the brushes, textures, etc. I already HAVE before I get new ones...

Anyway... Here are some icons!

lucas mirror BWlucas mirror Disturbolucas mirror SE brownlucas mirror SE

I was inspired by the challenge at [livejournal.com profile] total_icontest of "mirror". I don't know that they're anywhere good enough to be in any kind of challenge, but it gave me some much needed direction!

Ev CJ friendEv FriendEv Decode friend
I think the last one is my favorite. I know the font is a little too small for icon size, but it's so perfect for her and for this image, I can't help it.

And these are the sets I've already posted on Tumblr, so I apologize if you've seen them already.
Large Size Sets )
And while I don't expect it, since I'm leaving this post open to the public...if you'd like to use my icons, you can, just please leave a comment and credit me. :)
lavenderspark: (hair)
I downloaded a bunch of images from the British Library yesterday (they have lots of new free images from books that are out of copyright) and spent today playing around with them a bit.

I have no idea what to do with this, but the titles of these booklets needed to be put together. Trashy romance novels of 1892!

Romance covers 1892

I didn't do anything except arrange them in what I thought to be a fun order. :)

I found a few illustrations that just begged to be colorized, so I played around a bit and figured out how to use the watercolor tool! It would work much nicer if I had a fancy drawing tablet, but I thought they turned out pretty nice.

water color kitty 300
Belle and the Dragon 300 Ha, didn't realize that there was a giant hole in the middle of the dragon one. Oops. It kind of looks like a heart though!

And then I did them in actual icon size. The dragon one loses some detail, so I don't think I'd ever use it as an avatar icon, but the kitty looks super cute in any size!

water color kitty 100
Belle and the Dragon 100

New Icon

Apr. 19th, 2016 10:41 am
lavenderspark: (hair)
Still can't figure out why GIMP ruins my images when making GIfs. I tried to download a plug-in, but it didn't show up in my software. I don't know what to do and the GIMP comm on here looks dead. :(

On the plus side, when making icons, they're tiny, so you can't really see how messed up the image is.

anbertree1

Screen caps from screencapped dot net and shanarachronicles dot net.

Icon set

Sep. 25th, 2015 12:59 pm
lavenderspark: (flowers)
Trying to play around with my program some more and learn how to better do some things.

Killjoys icon set )

Song lyrics are "Dark Paradise" by Lana Del Rey
Screen caps from [livejournal.com profile] yamiinsane123

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