Creative Paradox

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In its early days, this World used to be all about smart discussions and posts and stuff like that. But since I hardly write articles now because of the lack of time, this World is now a place dedicated to showcasing whatever I do that doesn't relate to blogging about my life (which is already covered in this World). So, in a nutshell, this place is for graphics and resources.

Browse (most of) my stuff here by tags:

I take icon requests, so PM me or write me a comment :3 And feel free to use the stuff I make: you don't need to credit me if you use icons, but I'd appreciate some credit for the rest. If you'd like to see the other things I make, check out my Corner of Art.

If you know of any other worlds with icons/graphics, drop me a line and I'll feature them~

Important News, Landmarks and Events of TheO [last update: 27th of October, 2012]
I took the time to browse through the news archives and selected the most important ones, from the point of view of a newbie to this site ^_^ If you have questions, hope some are answered here; if not, you can ask me directly. I've decided to dedicate an entire post to this, since it was a very long list. You can browse the site-related news by year by clicking this link.

Background pattern: olimpiadas by ValescaF.

Created By sweetdevil

Icons: Aisuru Hito

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I love coloring manga scans <3 And I'm supposed to be working on the Secret Santa wall and card *coughcough* At least the icons are done ^^" *cries*

Texture credits: Hybrid Genesis, DJelli

Icons: Miwa Shirow [one image, 8 variations]

About time I made something using Miwa Shirow's art! Original image is here; I couldn't get enough of cropping it and focusing on different parts, so that's why there are so many variations (couldn't do more about the girl with the bird, though). High contrast, 'cause this image would honestly make a kickass tattoo.

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In other news, I'm about 40% done with the Secret Santa icons, but haven't gotten to the eCard and wallpaper yet :-< The last week has been very busy for me, with around 5 projects to present and other homework to turn in. But yay for winter break rapidly approaching! And we've gotten snow too! Haven't broken any bones slipping on the ice yet, though~

Icon bases: Beast Master and Prince [283]

Yup, you read that right: 283 icon bases made from scans on Minitokyo! I found another series that I liked the art of, so I made another batch of icon bases~ There are around ...

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Photoshop action: Instant Lineart!

More previews: blue pen, pencil | Download (85 KB) | Mirror

Note: image layer must be named "Background"; otherwise, this action won't work!

I learned how to make/use actions! This will prove to be very useful indeed~

Vector: Puni Puni Poemi [+special Halloween version!]

I made this for a Halloween wallpaper challenge. Considering I may or may not have time to make said wallpaper, I'm at least uploading this vector; I may not end up using it after all, but at least it'll be up for someone else to use :) The Halloween version came up as a last step, I didn't plan on making it from the get-go but it looked good so I said, why not? And there you have it. Unfortunately, I had to leave out some parts, like the tattoo on her arm and the mechanical wings on her back. The tattoo is impossible to make out in the screencap and I couldn't find any good images of it either, and the wings didn't look that good. I debated whether to include that playmate bunny tail too, but in the end I left it there ^^" I had a lot of fun working with different kinds of shading, though - cel, gradients and painted - and I absolutely love how her tiara thingy came out <3

Other technical stuff (Original / Halloween versions)
# of layers: 139 / 183 (+ stars/pumpkins)
PSD file size: 54 MB / 56 MB
Screencap: taken by me eons ago

Normal
Small JPG: 2682 x 2261 px, 2 MB - [download]
Large JPG: 6704 x 5653 px, 6.6 MB - [download]
Small PNG: 2682 x 2261 px, 1.3 MB - [download]
Large PNG: 6704 x 5653 px, 4.2 MB - [download]

Halloween
Small JPG: 2682 x 2261 px, 2.3 MB - [download]
Large JPG: 6704 x 5653 px, 8.4 MB - [download]
Small PNG: 2682 x 2261 px, 1.3 MB - [download]
Large PNG: 6704 x 5653 px, 4.1 MB - [download]

Lineart
Large PNG: 6704 x 5653 px, 1.5 MB - [download]

Feel free to use it, but please credit me if you do! :)