There is still time to enter Week 207! All entries are due TONIGHT 8pm Central Time (compare time zones). The current tallies are as follows:

CONTESTANTS: 08
Actor Submissions: 15
Capt Submissions: 13
Hunt Submissions: 10

Sign Ups for Round 05 are open @ tv20in20
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Sign Ups for Round 05 are open @ tv20in20
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Sign Ups for Round 05 are open @ tv20in20
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Enter Week 227! All entries are due Tonight (Monday) December 7th at 8pm Tomorrow (Tuesday) December 8th at 7am Central Time. The current tallies are as follows:

CONTESTANTS: 09
Actor Submissions: 12
Capt Submissions: 06 <<
Hunt Submissions: 07 <<


Due to work this challenge is getting extended until tomorrow morning (when I'll be rolling in half dead). Because of this, voting will be extended until Thursday morning (12/10) to even things out.

mirkwoodelfchic! Have a great day, hon! *hugs*


Wow, thanks for all the V-gifts! It's snowing cookies! *g* Without wanting to brag, it's quite a few, so I'll refrain from thanking all of you individually. ;D Accept some virtual snowballs gratefully thrown in your direction instead. *g*
2012 in one word: Eh?
Also, icons for dekolette, domelom and duskybelle. :D


domelom was here all day (which was fun) and I'm quite tired (not directly related, that), so just some pics to round this post up. ;D Gerard Butler, Eric Bana, Megan Fox, Rupert Grint, Rosamund Pike, Adrian Pasdar and a small Merlin scan from Lorna. :D
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HERE@beautedecolore

HERE
comments and fav are LOVE.

It's not just me who isn't getting LJ comment notifications, is it?

10 manipulated icons
Harry/Hermione

(Previews)


( For more under the cut. )

So I promised a few tutorials to darlingbones and library_of_sex, but as I suck, I took a long time even starting them.

I usually suck at tutorials mostly because I like tutorials that explain things and techniques and I really can't explain for crap and most of what I do everyone who is making icons for a while does as well and better. I am the least organized person you can find in terms of making a graphic. Most of the time I just throw things at my icons to see what looks right, so I don't always have a set idea on what I want to make or use the best tools for the job. As such, explaining my process is just going to be a set of 'now do this' steps, which is not what I like in tutorials.

I use a lot of textures in my icons and there are some really great tutorials on how to use those that will be better than anything I might ever try to do, so check them out (here by coqette or here by ohfreckle).

However, I'm going to try and explain a bit of what I did on the icons and graphics requested. I'm sorry for any rambling and confusion but I don't always know how to explain myself. Any questions, feel free to ask.

Tutorials are not entirely translatable from Photoshop in terms of coloring because Variations and Selective Color are used, but the coloring isn't really the most important part of these.

Note: At this point, this is a bit like a placeholder post. I'll link to the other tutorials when I finish them. They're my project for today.

Tutorial #03

(requested by darlingbones)


( Tutorial #03 )

Tutorial #04

(requested by darlingbones)


( tutorial #04 )

Tutorial #05

(requested by darlingbones and library_of_sex)

not posted yet
(I don't think I have the file for the banner anymore so I'll have to use the the wallpaper for this one)

Also, here are some .psds from graphics I've made for theskilltester, which requires us to upload the files. Just click on each image for the link.

( PSDs )

The rest are here @ my journal.

69 icons (17 Atonement, 22 Supernatural, 7 Lord of the Rings, 7 Pride and Prejudice and 10 Doctor Who and 6 misc.)




Over here at polaroid_this.

CONTESTANTS: 00
Actor Submissions: 00
Capt Submissions: 00
Hunt Submissions: 00



Please remember to read the rules carefully for each challenge, because they vary depending on what they call for... If you have any questions, please leave a comment separate from your entry post and I will get back to you asap!


( challenges behind the cut )



If you have ideas for a future challenge, drop a line in our suggestion box! Also, please help us by adding to the community resources!

( entries and voting process below here )

(x) challenge #163 will be up by skelli_banelli asap

How can you do something like this?

I see that it might be two images, with threshold applied to one of them. However, whenever I try threshold it never looks that nice. It always looks scratchy and it's never smooth. Can anyone direct me to a tutorial for this kind of effect?

click here for the rest!

001-016 Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows trailer
Teasers:

1	2	3

Here @ My Journal

This is a reminder to darlingbones that the final challenge ends tomorrow (Monday) at 6pm EST.

Enter HERE

this is the last call for icon submission. this isn't an easy/popular challenge so it will not run over this week into next week so please get your icons if you wish to participate.

ENTER HERE

here in my lj

jeyla4ever.livejournal.com/58390.html

Hey we could use some more entries t our latest challenge at contest_network .

Enter here

This tutorial will learn you how you can enhance the coloring of your subject on your graphic without an explosion of colors.
Program: Adobe Photoshop CS4
Difficulty: easy (involves hue/saturation, selective coloring and curves)
Steps: 05
Featuring Robert Pattinson.

( tutorial is over here )

Gossip Girl + Cast (Nate/Jenny & Chuck/Blair) [62] SPOILERS
Big Bang Theory [4]
Bonnie Wright [5]
Emily Blunt [11]
Kristen Bell [6]
Amanda Seyfriend [7]

Samples:


here @ listada_icones

Here are the banners for Week 206 and October IOTM.

Congrats to all the winners! :D

There are banners for the following people:


alliana07
arbuus
_childish_fears
kolibrichen
lookslikerain
mata090680
narniacmr
salphone
xmagicworks


( Banners )

Please let me know if there are any mistakes :)

Teasers:


Bee Movie @ anakg

Hi! Okay. So I'm wondering if anyone can point me in the direction to the texture in this sig thanks

here at kzsofy

HERE at paper_palace