[42] Travel + random things I like

[angelamaria]

I've been meaning to make icons of some of my trips for a while now, mostly because I have a thing about my userpics being a somewhat accurate representation of things I like and/or are useful, and so I wanted to get a few trip shots in there. The current theiconthrone theme challenge is "all about me", so I decided I would do icons from photographs I've taken

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[library_of_sex]

FIRST! I WILL OBVS COMMENT IN DETAIL WHEN I GET BACK FROM THE MOVIES TONIGHT. SO COOL THAT YOU USED ALL REAL PHOTOS! WHY YOU SO COOL??? <3

[angelamaria]

LOL YOU

What are you watchinggggg :D why YOU so cool???

Travel and photographs go so well together! Ngl sometimes while I'm lugging a heavy camera around it feels like why the hell am I doing this to myself (and my camera isn't even categorically heavy)

[library_of_sex]

I WATCHED SINGIN' IN THE RAIN. I CAN SEE WHY IT'S A CLASSIC NOW! SO FUNNY WITH A GREAT STORYLINE. AND THE DANCING WAS SO INSANELY PHENOMENAL. I KEPT THINKING WHILE WATCHING IT THAT I WISH I COULD TAP DANCE AND THAT IT WOULD ALSO BE A GREAT MOVIE TO MAKE ICONS OF. BUT I DOUBT THERE ARE SCREENCAPS OF IT SINCE IT'S SUPER OLD.

3 LEGIT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS MADE FROM A CAP. WTF?! THE GREENS AND BLUES ARE SO RICH AND DENSE. THE COLORS ALMOST OVERFLOW FROM THE ICON, HONESTLY. LOVING THE SHARPNESS AND MUTED GRAY IN THE KOALA PIECE, AND THE CROP IS PERFECT, TOO! HOLY SHIT WITH THE LIGHTING IN 15. FLAWLESS. AND 21 IS FANTASTIC. LOOKS LIKE A FLORAL TEXTURE ACTUALLY! THE LIGHTS AND SHARPENING IN 24 BLOW ME AWAY. o___o YOU KNOW I MUST LOVE 27 CUZ IT'S GOT THE REPETITION BORDER DETAIL THAT MAKES ME WEAK IN THE KNEES! ;P 32 AND 36 LOOK LIKE POSTCARDS OF NATURALISTIC PERFECTION. HOLY SHIT WITH THIS WHOLE POST, DUDE. <333

[angelamaria]

DUDE

(I haven't watched Singin' in the Rain! OMG horrible I know but ;___; seriously I have horrible attention span for media these days, I have a movie and book list a mile long and I just watch or read a few minutes and I go do something else. I hope his phase wears off soon.)

LOL it looks like a cap because YOU CANT SEE ME NU-UH! I super loved hyping up the vibrance on these things :D And man I feel a bit addicted now, I will probably do this when I finally get around to posting up photos from the rest (which is...just two, it's not a lot lol but it's like A YEAR AGO NOW, GET A MOVE ON ANGELA)

[delacours]

THIS IS AMAZING, HOLY CRAP.
I love the coloring on these, obviously, but what a great idea, and those pictures are really awesome, wow! :)
And I'm so envious of you getting to travel, so cool! :D

[angelamaria]

THANK YOU :D

Well most of my travel has only been in the last few years + nearby! And I legit save up and budget very carefully in order to be able to travel. I can't do straight up backpacking but I DIY, 3-star, off the beaten track, no shopping kind of travel in order to afford it (and book things like super in advance or on sales). I guess it helps that Asia where I live is generally cheaper, but that also translates to lower income too XD so I'm not sure how much THAT saves me (plus when I travel to western/first world, I have to save up like...two years or more for it)

[delacours]

That sounds totally awesome, though! There was a documentary here about a guy from my country travelling all over the world with basically essentials in a backpack and nothing else. He'd just go from country to country, and do random jobs for a couple of days for money, and honestly, if I could I would do it, too. Or save money and like go on a world wide trip, there are so many things I want to see. The farthest I've gone was to Spain during my class trip in high school, lol. And that was a looong time ago. And yeah, different living standars are quite influential. But totally awesome for you to have see all these places, and like I said, those pictures are awesome. I can live vicariously through you, haha. <3

[angelamaria]

I wanted to do that for so long! I went straight to work once I graduated so I've never had a gap year or anything, but the longer I've had to think and plan it the more I think I also probably won't survive so well hahaha. For one thing, having a Philippine passport is seriously difficult. Like a lot of countries can do that ("voluntour", basically--lodging and food in exchange for work) but we can't, we need like legit working visas and everything. It also makes just straight up planning more difficult, since, yeah, tourist visas can also be hairy. What, you're not employed in your country of residence, do you seriously expect us to let you into our country when so many of your countrymen evade the law and stay here and work?, etc. which is TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE of course lol but still, soooo difficult. I still haven't tried getting a US visa because I'm rather...intimidated LOL but I might try for it next year??? IDK it depends on what my finances look like this year!

LOL SORRY MY REPLY IS SUCH A SPOILSPORT

[rosy_nic]

great icons :)

[angelamaria]

Thank you! :)

[vanishingspirit]

These are gorgeous.

[angelamaria]

Thanks!

[narnialover7]

All these icons are super pretty! Great job!! :D

[angelamaria]

Thanks! :DDD