Into The Midnight Sun

Escapist ___________ ???

2008-04-15T21:50:09Z

Every once in a while I have to do something to remind everyone that I'm not dead. ^_^

So I'm thinking of a sister community to Escapist Icons - That's escapist_icons [WHY HAVEN'T YOU JOINED YET?!!?], one that will be for things other than just icons, but still carry on the tradition of escapism and whatnot. Just a place to go and talk freely about pretty much anything, especially if it has to do with freedom, daydreaming, sunshine and rainbows...all that happy mindless stuff we love in there. Hehe.

So my dilemma is, what to call the community? I really would love for the first word to be Escapist, so that the connection is obvious, if that's possible. But it might not be...and there are worse fates, but if you've got any ideas don't hesitate to present them!

It has to be a pretty word, and hopefully something that conveys the idea of the community. You may've noticed I love "pretty words" that are descriptive and picturesque, like midnight, sunset, ethereal, twilight, journey, escapist, et cetera...so, something along those lines?

NEED HELP!!!

•_•

[I'm not dead! My computer just sucks!]

2008-01-22T07:08:38Z

HAPPY 59TH BIRTHDAY STEVE PERRY!

...Had to say it.

I'll try to post some icons soon, guys. Really, I want to. -_- Steve icons!

I Almost Forgot To Mention This!

2007-10-24T22:17:28Z

I'VE GOT MY OWN COMMUNTIY NOW AND YOU MUST JOIN.

ξsςαρisτ Iςσηs
Iςσηs βγ ετhεrεαl_sυηsετ & mγαl¡αs_¡sjυl¡α *

STOCK and FANDOM icons and graphics to help you ξSCAPξ from reality. Freedom means everything.

escapist_iconsescapist_icons
escapist_icons

*myalias_isjulia is my sister and another prominent iconmaker here on LJ. She mostly specializes in Alias icons, [she's the mod of the challenge community sydney_stills] but she does stock too, and her stuff's very nice! If you like my icons and are interested to see my sister's as well, please join escapist_icons

56 SWESOME STOCK ICONS

2007-10-21T22:59:54Z

I know you've all been on the edges of your seats wondering what the heck happened to me and my gorgeous icons.

The truth is that I have a massive amount of icons I've made to post...at least three batches worth. But my computer's problems are progressively worse and no computer mouse will operate properly with it any longer. With the mouse jerking all over the screen I often have to literally fight with it just to move it from one side of the screen to the other. It's almost impossible to therefore upload icons, make icon posts, and *sadness!* MAKE ICONS. :(

I'll get it fixed eventually but for now I decided to try and post this medium sized batch for you. I hope you enjoy, as it probably took me hours to post this. Yikes.

In this post, you will encounter:

- Nail polish

- Neon nail polish [one of my favorite things EVER]

- Music is love

- Neon cassette tapes
- Shoes

- Headphones / earbuds

- Hot pink knitting yarn

- Tons of hot pink coloring

- Some scrapbook-style icons

- Major '80s style :)

Enjoy! I really like this bunch, personally. And I missed you guys!

♥ No credit necessary, honest!

♥ You don't even have to comment, but of course I would love it if you tell me what your favorites are, even if you don't take any.

♥ You can use these icons anywhere, anytime, and for any reason. MySpace, Xanga, your own website, anything... all fine by me. Just enjoy them and share!

♥ Ask me about requests, especially if they pertain to stock icons, Journey, Steve Perry, [and sometimes] LOST. I'll see what I can do for you, but know that I currently have bad computer problems and I can't do .GIFs.

TEASERS:

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

9.10. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15. 16.

17. 18. 19. 20.

21. 22. 23. 24.

25. 26. 27. 28.

29. 30. 31. 32.

33. 34. 35. 36.

37. 38. 39. 40.

41. 42. 43. 44.

45. 46. 47. 48.

49. 50. 51. 52.

54. 55. 56.

83 STOCK & FANDOM ICONS / INTEREST ICON REQUESTS FILLED!

2007-09-02T07:03:12Z

So I've finally finished those interest icons, and here they are!!

I apologize, for they took a bit longer than I expected them to, but given my current issues with my computer mouse - it's working sporadically / jumping all over the page - it's been, and this is an understatement, REALLY HARD to make icons in Photostudio!

But that aside, now that they're all here - all 83 of them - I'm pretty proud of the way most of them came out. It was fun making these for you, and so I really hope that you enjoy these and that they are to your liking. I tried! :)

NOTE: All of these icons are sharable. That means anyone can take and use them, so don't be fooled by the fact that they are all interest icons. There is absolutely something for everyone in this post. In fact, it's the most diverse I've ever posted.

In this post, you will find:

- Sawyer from LOST
- Jack Sparrow
- Willy Wonka
- Edwards Scissorhands
- a-ha
- The Beatles

- David Bowie

- The Simpsons
- The Last Unicorn
- U2
- Books / Reading love
- Coffee / Starbucks
- Photography / Cameras
- Celtic-inspired things
- England-inspired things
- Video Games [video game console icons: one pic in five variations]
- Eyeliner
- Purple Love
- Singing / Microphone
- Roses
- Ferrets
- Llamas
- Sunsets
- Sunrises
- Black Cats
- Other Cats
- Writing
- Universe

TEASERS:

♥ No credit necessary.
♥ You don't have to comment, but we both know I'd love it if you did. Please do! I want to know which ones are your favorites.
♥ Feel free to use any of my icons as bases or textures - and you can add anything to want to them, I don't mind one bit!
♥ Some people say not to use their icons on any other websites, but of course you can use mine wherever you want and for whatever reason.
♥ You can also feel free to friend me if you like these so you don't miss any future updates in my journal. A lot of the time I try to friend back, but don't feel bad if I don't - my friends page would get really full! (^_^)

FOR THE RECORD, here is a list of the original interest requests / requesters, and the themes I iconned for them based upon what they asked for in the comments and what I chose from interests on their profiles. :)

1. mishey22 : Sawyer, sunsets, a-ha, The Beatles, The Simpsons, coffee.
2. sarstarzs : green, purple, photography, coffee, books, video games, singing.
3. exploding_candy : Edward Scissorhands, sunrises, the universe, Willy Wonka.
4. theferret : llamas. ferrets, cats, music, Celtic / Irish stuff, England, books.
5. sunflowrgoddess : David Bowie, The Last Unicorn, black cats.
6. acoustics1220 : U2, photography, purple.
7. operavampirate : coffee, cats, eyeliner, Jack Sparrow, Starbucks, Writing

THE ICONS:

   1.   2.   3.   4.
   5.   6.   7.   8.
   9. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24.
25. 26. 27. 28.
29. 30. 31. 32.
33. 34. 35. 36.
37. 38. 39. 40.
41. 42. 43. 44.
45. 46. 47. 48.
50. 51. 52. 53.
54. 55. 56. 57.
58. 59. 60. 61.
62. 63. 64. 65.
66. 67. 68. 69.
70. 71. 72. 73.
74. 75. 76. 77.
78. 79. 80. 81.
82. 83. 84.

Oops: It says there are 84 but in actuality there are only 83 - this is because I mis-numbered them and forgot number 49. I would've fixed it, but I caught it kinda late, and may I remind you: mouse issues. Gah. [Sorry, Steve Perry's birth year. I'll try to make it up to you.]

CREDIT:
LIGHT TEXTURES BY dusty_memories and bea_lost.
SCRAPBOOK TEXTURES BY dusty_memories.
OTHER: Unknown :(

UP NEXT:
Steve Perry / Journey,
hilarious cat faces,
stock [like roads, telephone lines, etcetera].

^_^

18 STOCK ICONS [Some Are Possible Bases]

2007-08-31T02:03:52Z

FORENOTE: Don't worry, those interest icons are on the way. I'm having serious mouse issues - my computer mouse jumps all over the screen. This is my fifth mouse, so I don't know what to do. [RAWR!!] Anyway, this makes it very difficult to do anything Photoshop-related [I say Photoshop, but the program I use is Arcsoft Photostudio 5.5]...so things are working slower than they should. I've been working on them for many hours and for many days, and I have a lot done but I still have several to go. Once posted, they will all be sharable since no one's requested otherwise, and there will be a vast variety in that batch, including several fandoms [which I previously stated I would not do], because I'm generous. :)
Stay tuned!

Today I have 18 nature-related stock icons that I made before I started the interest icons, so now I'm finally posting them. Enjoy!

In this post, you will find:

- Sunsets
- Clouds
- Nature
- Trees
- Ocean / Water
- Leaves
- Miscellaneous

'RULES' ["They're more like guidelines, anyway."]

• No credit neccessary.
• You don't have to comment, but we both know I'd like it if you did. Please do! I want to know which ones are your favorites.
• Feel free to use any of my icons as bases or textures - and you can add anything to want to them, I don't mind one bit!
• Some people say not to use their icons on any other websites, but of course you can use mine wherever you want and for whatever reason.
• You can also feel free to friend me if you like these so you don't miss any future updates in my journal. A lot of the time I try to friend back, but don't feel bad if I don't - my friends page would get really full! (^_^)

TEASERS:

1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18.

All of these icons were made with mediocre bases I made last year some time. They sucked and were unworthy of being posted as they were, so I turned them into what you see here. Hope you like them. :)

Photos on numbers 1-6 and 12-16 are all my own photography.

All textures, except for the one on number 18, are by dusty_memories

TAKING INTEREST ICON REQUESTS!!!

2007-08-23T20:51:25Z

ALL FIVE SPOTS HAVE BEEN FILLED - THANKS FOR YOUR REQUESTS!! ^_^

~~Hey guys! I honestly haven't done this before, but I've just decided I'd like to do some STOCK-RELATED interest icon / requests for you.~~

Here are a few guidelines:

• The first five people to reply to this post will recieve STOCK-RELATED interest icons. Reply fast!

• Reply to this post in a comment and tell me which of your interests are your favorites so that I can try to makes ones you will definitely love - but please bear in mind that ultimately the choice is up to me which themes I choose. If you don't particularly care which interests I choose, that's fine by me - I like freedom of choice as much as the next person - so just say so. :)

• I will also be looking over your interests in your profile for inspiration, so if there are any of your interests which you DO NOT want made into icons, please also state so in your comment.

• I will try to go by what you will like best, but please only request themes that are mostly stock-icon related - as in, no celebrities*. In the future I will do a more broad spectrum of interest icons, but for now I am accepting themes such as:

- ocean
- sunset
- photography
- fashion
- ethereal
- '80s
- cats

...you get the point.

• If you a very specific idea of some lyrics / text you would want on an icon, go ahead and request that in this post as well and I will consider it and get back to you asap.

• Most of my usual "rules" apply once the interest icons have been posted:

♥ Feel free to use any of my icons as bases or textures - and you can add anything to want to them, I don't mind one bit!
♥ Some people say not to use their icons on any other websites, but of course you can use mine wherever you want and for whatever reason.
♥ You can also feel free to friend me if you like these so you don't miss any future updates in my journal. A lot of the time I try to friend back, but don't feel bad if I don't - my friends page would get really full! (^_^)

• Once you've put in your request / comment, don't forget to friend me if you haven't already so that you don't miss your icons when they're posted.

• Unless I've done a very specific request for you (as in with text / name[s] on it), all of the results from these requests will be sharable.

• If I did a specific request for you, please credit me if you use the finished icon[s] on livejournal.

• Questions? Guidelines unclear? Just ask in a comment. :)

*There are, however, two celebrity-related requests I will accept, and those are:
SAWYER / JOSH HOLLOWAY of LOST, and
STEVE PERRY / JOURNEY [Or any of the most prominent Journey members.]

Specify if you want any of these in your comment.

I'm very excited to do this for you. ^^

Now, start replying / requesting - you don't want to miss this!

43 STOCK ICONS

2007-08-22T05:25:54Z

Hi everyone! I hope you enjoyed my last [giant!] batch of stock icons which I dedicated to the end of summer. :) I didn't get as many comments as I expected - so in case you've bypassed them or accidentally missed them completely, you can find them all HERE - and trust me, you don't wanna miss them!

And, without further ado, or adieu, or to-do - and because I have nothing else to complain about or promote at the moment [Except for this: GO SEE MY STEVE PERRY / JOURNEY ICONS AND COMMENT ON THEM, PLEEEASE!], here are my latest icons.

COUNT: 43

Subject matter:

- Roads
- Summer
- Sunsets
- Mountains / Scenery and Nature
- Railroad Tracks
- Moon
- Trees
- Water / Ocean
- Silhouettes
- Miscellaneous Nature STOCK

Almost all icons are scrapbook-style, and most are made with textures by dusty_memories. Hope you enjoy this style - I went nuts with it! ^_^

Bonus: This time I only really think that two of them suck. XD

♥ No credit necessary.
♥ You don't have to comment, but we both know I'd love it if you did. Please do! I want to know which ones are your favorites.
♥ Feel free to use any of my icons as bases or textures - and you can add anything to want to them, I don't mind one bit!
♥ Some people say not to use their icons on any other websites, but of course you can use mine wherever you want and for whatever reason.
♥ You can also feel free to friend me if you like these so you don't miss any future updates in my journal. A lot of the time I try to friend back, but don't feel bad if I don't - my friends page would get really full! (^_^)

TEASERS:


1.   2.   3.   4.
5.   6. 7.   8.
9. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24.
25. 26. 27. 28.
29. 30. 31. 32.
33. 34. 35. 36.
37. 38. 39. 40.
41. 42.

P.S.: I'm thinking of making a sort of "artists choice" post, which will include all of my personal favorite icons I've made over the past few months, as a way of showcasing my best work and [hopefully] earning me some more comments and appreciation. What do you guys think?

73 Steve Perry / Journey Icons

2007-08-20T05:03:55Z

PLEASE READ:

So last time I posted a batch of Steve Perry / Journey icons, I posted 135. Now, I know it's a lot, but I figured it was a special thing... I spent weeks on those, but for some reason I got less comments than usual. Was there a problem loading them? I would assume that by now most of you are on high-speed internet [even though I'm not - I have dial-up, ugh], so I didn't think that would be a problem. I know I say you don't have to comment, but I really would like to know what you think about these especially since I spent so much time on them - so I ask that if anyone missed out on the last post of 135, that they go check it out HERE and leave a comment, please, if it's not too much trouble - just to tell me what you think and / or give constructive criticism, even if you don't take any. It would be so much appreciated! I don't want to feel like no one is taking these icons - because I know you are. So if anything, do it for Steve! (^_^)

And now on this next batch.

I have 73 for you guys tonight - it's mostly Escape-era Steve, a of few ROR and Frontiers-era Steve, and lots of Steve+Neal [dare I say, a.k.a. "Sneal"? ^_^ ], plus three Neal icons.

See if you can tell that I've been working on my "Photoshop skills" [even though, as I've said, I don't use Photoshop] - and PLEASE let me know what you think!

And YES, there are some funny ones, if you were wondering. Aren't there always?

ENJOY !!!

♥ No credit necessary.
♥ You don't have to comment, but we both know I'd love it if you did. Please do! I want to know which ones are your favorites.
♥ Feel free to use any of my icons as bases or textures - and you can add anything to want to them, I don't mind one bit!
♥ Some people say not to use their icons on any other websites, but of course you can use mine wherever you want and for whatever reason.
♥ You can also feel free to friend me if you like these so you don't miss any future updates in my journal. A lot of the time I try to friend back, but don't feel bad if I don't - my friends page would get really full! (^_^)

TEASERS:

1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24.
25. 26. 27. 28.
29. 30. 31. 32.
33. 34. 35. 36.
37. 38. 39. 40.
41. 42. 43. 44.
45. 46. 47. 48.
49. 50. 51. 52.
53. 54. 55. 56.
57. 58. 59. 60.
61. 62. 63. 64.
65. 66. 67. 68.
69. 70. 71. 72.
73.