2012 | Sherlock, Once Upon a Time

[absolutelybatty]

15-ish icons for an icon battle with the ever lovely and amazing tinebrella who hails from psychedelicats, a strange and wondrous land where icon dreams come true. Val does wonderful and strange things to my muse. Enter at your own risk! ;)

Comments

[justonebeat]

what have you done to me again, all day long your in my head and then you post icons and my head explodes and then i jsut cant take it anymore and i just dont really know what to say!!

[absolutelybatty]

IT'S OKAY. I KNOW. I UNDERSTAND. IT IS ALL A LITTLE MUCH. LET ME LOVE YOU AND ALL WILL BE WELL. <3

/this is kind of an awkward exchange to have at the top of the post. But, eh, what can I say. You are too lovely to resist bantering with! :D Also thank you, of course. You are ridiculously sweet, bb!

[justonebeat]

AH YOU LOVE ME, AND I LOVE YOU, WE ARE SO HAPPY TOGETHER!

yeah we are like that though arn't we ;) *wink wink* I knew that's what it was, me and my love for you :) ahhh *blushes* why you do this to me :)

[innocent_lexys]

These are gorgeous, Sam! Truly!
Your use of lights is amazing. ♥

[absolutelybatty]

Why thank you, Lex! I'm glad you like them! ♥

[tinebrella]

AT LAST I GET TO SEE YOUR ICONS, AND THEY'RE EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN I EXPECTED THEM TO BE

[absolutelybatty]

ALRIGHT, ANSWERING QUESTIONS FIRST:
- The reds in LoV were a product of a couple of dusky red textures blurred out until they barely existed on screen and then a stronger red texture on a low opacity hard light. Plus, you know, other things, but that was how the red was created. It took a lot of fiddling because I couldn't use Curves on it (and I so wanted to) or Levels (which I pined for desperately), but it happened in the end!

-Texture Wannabes: I used (from you) the following:

[tinebrella]

OH SHUSH YOU'RE TOTALLY WORTH IT. EVERY BIT OF IT.
And million icon battles sound like a great plan to me! Next one is up to you Sam, and you know I won't let you down and accept anything you'll come up with! ♥

[marcasite]

Wow! Really creative and really pretty!

[absolutelybatty]

Thank you! :D

[fulminant]

I want to know where you get all this creativity from because seriously!
I love this post!♥ my favorite is #2, it's perfect in every possible way!:)

[absolutelybatty]

It's a magical mystery! I dunno, really. tinebrella is just a very inspiring person, I think. She's so quirky and talented, but not...intimidating because she's Val so she makes you feel creative without it being forced. Er, tl;dr tinebrella is a magical human being with inspiration coming out her pores? XD

Um, anyway! Thank you so much! I'm glad you like it. :D

[fulminant]

how cute are you:33
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