When did grunge become a trend? What is this? I take a two-month break and all of a sudden it's like the visual representation of the 90s has exploded all over the "scene." I shouldn't be pissed because, I don't know, it's flattering, right?

But I'm not unique anymore, and THAT pisses me off. I developed my own style; why can't everyone else?

This is so discouraging. I had a bug to make something, but it's been sufficiently squashed by the knowledge that, no matter what I make from now on, it will never again blow any minds. Because even if it's the best work I've ever done, it'll only be, at the most, the best piece in the current fad. And even when this phase eventually fades into something new, people will look at my stuff like I'm just a one-trick pony holding onto a style that was popular for a while.

This whomps.

Am I being melodramatic?
Probably. But cut me some slack; I'm hungry. I think I'll go scarf some candy.

Made a new layout. It's simple; simple is nice. My ring and pinky fingers have been sorta numb and tingly all day, and it's really starting to freak me out. WebMD had nothing for me -- my money was on Carpal Tunnel, but apparently that wouldn't be affecting the fifth finger. It's probably MS, right? But at least that means I'll live until I go to the doctor for my pre-college physical on Friday.

THINGS I CAN'T STAND RIGHT NOW:

1. Hearing about Harry Potter.
2. Supernatural / Heroes / House / Grey's Anatomy / Garden State.
3. The Plain White T's.]
4. Grunge textures - they're not new; I've been using them for years.

My mood is pretty antagonistic, obv, but I figured I'd actually get off my ass and update. Even if it is with this batch of boy-on-boy porn icons I made last week. Nothing fancy on 'em, either, so as to avoid detracting from what's really superfab: ye olde images.

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So, I capped the theatrical trailer for Apocalypto. Because I can't cap the movie (don't ask why; I don't have that kind of time). But these turned out well, since the video was real high-qual and, as a Quicktime format, I could go frame-by-frame. Good stuff.

There are sixty-five pictures in all, each 639x272, zipped for your convenience! (See a sample here.)

DOWNLOAD (7.04 MB)

Just some tree icons today. Made with my new coloring technique (that has nothing to do with selective coloring--SO THERE).

I think they turned out well.

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[ mood | bored to high hell]
[ music | Metallica's "No Leaf Clover" ]

Not much today. I had good intentions of making a buttload of hotboy icons, but got sick of looking at a 100x100 square after a half-hour. So, there are only fourteen. But they're of TJ Moore! Who's been one of my favorite DNAboys since, er, I knew what a DNAboy was. (Since before the agency site went Flash--EONS AGO.)

I think he would make a top-notch 'soandso Jordan' on some HP site, don'chuthink?



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[ mood | restless ]
[ music | Blind Guardian's "Precious Jerusalem" ]

Alright, I'm going to stick with this layout for a while, I promise. Made it special and everything - even though it's not incredibly special, itself. But boys with hands in their pants + webcam ODs = ART, right?

I've been making a lot of headers recently, despite the fact I have nothing to...head.

Look for some new short stories 'n' stuff in the near future - 'cause I've been exposed to a lot of weird/macabre/demented stuff in the past couple days (thanks to the Discovery Channel, Wikipedia, and that video of Kenneth "MrHands" Pinyan and his equine friend). Great catalysts right there.

AND. Did you know that SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE, has an audio recording of the first six minutes of Tim Treadwell's fatal bear-maul? I would pay big bucks for that, fo'real. Though, for some reason, I have a feeling he didn't even wake up, y'know? 'Cause he was still in the tent and everything. What a bitch. What irony.
Like, the DEFINITION of irony.

Lately, I've been having a lot of trouble dealing with the Liar's Paradox. It's constipating my brain.

At two o'clock, I will have been awake for twenty-four hours. And that'll also mark the third day I've been wearing this shirt. And about the bajillionth day since I washed my hair (it's such a fuckin' hassle!). But it's not like I have to go anywhere, right?



[ mood | even hungrier ]
[ music | Buddhist Monks of Maitri Vihar Monastery's "Three Mantra Chant" ]

Why do I get the feeling I'm going to be making a new layout every two weeks for the rest of my life but never actually updating a damn thing? Or I could just pretend to update by slapping up a grab-bag of icons! Wahoo!
Knock yourselves out.



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1-6 = Cliff Burton
7-16 = Blake Lively (requested; never used)
17-53 = red-headed men gingers




[ mood | hungry ]
[ music | Bullet For My Valentine's "Tears Don't Fall" ]

I made some brushes. Blare the trumpets, right? It was for - what else? - a challenge at PC. So, I threw together a small set using royalty-free, no-credit-needed, free domain scans of illustrations from antique books. Along with some splatters from sXc. So, go to town; I think they're pretty cool.




Download here (680kb).
Seven medium-large brushes; imagepack included.


[ mood | fatigued]
[ music | The Clash's "The Guns Of Brixton" ]

Nothing much to say: I love Metallica. So I made some icons. Originally started the batch because of the "Rock On" challenge at PC - you can see my entry here - but ended up making eight more. Just for kicks. I usually don't like to do icons in large quantities, as their kickass factor tends to depreciate with redundancy...but I couldn't stop.

Though I'm talking about it like I made fifty-two; there are thirteen. Oi. Talk about blowing something out of proportion...
It's that goddamn flax seed mishap.

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[ mood | accomplished/killer]
[ music | Metallica's "One" ]

No one would ever believe how much I hate light textures. Just seeing those retarded little glowy circles dancing all over someone's work really makes me homicidal, y'know? Looks like bad photography from a disposable camera - or some ectoplasm.

BUT.
I'm not idealistic enough to think bitching about a fad is going to drive a steak stake through its heart, so I'll do the next best thing: make my own light textures so that at least the homies will be able to add some element of kickass-ness to their shit. Because I'm cocky enough to think mine are better, even if I'm never, ever going to use them on 'lighten' mode. But if YOU can, more power to'ya! I respect you for that. So rock on.


download here (7.09 MB)

Enjoy, mes amis!


[ mood | indignant]
[ music | Opeth's "Patterns In The Ivy" ]