OBJECTION! :: A simple one user icon journal

27 icons - Assorted

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:47:08 GMT

It's been a while since I've actually posted some icons. My icons are spread all over the place, so a small update of icons I'm 100% haven't been posted before. The rest of mine are in current icontests... so I can't post them ~

[8] GaoGaiGear
[3] Code Geass
[2] Shakugan no Shana
[5] Ragnarok Online
[2] World of Warcraft
[2] Pokemon
[2] Phoenix Wright
[3] Record of Lodoss War

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Also, I want to introduce ryuuichi as my partner icon maker for objection~! New user info to come of course with this addition. SO EVERYONE WELCOME HIM AND DEMAND HE MAKES SOME ICONS ~

Affiliates

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:26:50 GMT

The following is objection's current list of affiliates. If you change icon journals, put your community on deleted status, or want me to refresh the three sample icons, feel free to leave a comment to this post with the new information. If you would like to be added to this list, feel free to comment too! :D

rosetintmyworld lunareuphoria d3athw1sh hitsuzen
oracion lucario
heavenlyquake kirie
crowded rubbish
confluence eimii
videogame_icons
gameawards

Gunslinger (female) - Ragnarok Online [video game]

Thu, 08 May 2008 08:04:41 GMT

* 16 icons total (6 alternate versions, sorry for not many extras this time 'round. A little tired~)
* Original Picture: HERE!
* Credit isn't necessary, but I do love critique and comments!
* Created for 10variations

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Mei's Awards

Mon, 05 May 2008 23:10:56 GMT

FIRST PLACE;

SECOND PLACE;

THIRD PLACE;

MOD'S CHOICE;

SPECIAL BANNERS;

Frequently Asked Questions

Mon, 05 May 2008 22:56:26 GMT

1) Who is mei?
A non foolish fool who doesn't partake of foolish things. Simple enough, no?

2) Who is ryuuichi?
A foolish fool who foolishly irritates the foolishness of this website. In other words, the typical defense attorney.

3) What is up with your file names?
You know after spending anywhere between 30 minutes to five hours on an icon, my brain is too dead to actually come up with a witty name. Most of the time it'll just be a lyric from my current music or it'll be something completely random. Good for you guys at least, so you don't have to worry about renaming files P:

4) Did you know using fanart in icons is an evil sin and you're going to Hell?!
I prefer the artist to be credited over myself in any situation where I use fanart. I don't require credit and usually have communicated with the artist about the pictures I use. If I have used your art and you want me to take the icons down, feel free to tell me. If not, piss off.
Also, the quicker I get to Hell, the sooner I can bring the apocalypse /typical gawf kid response

5) Resources?
Located here. If I missed you, feel free to tell me. Especially for my tutorials.

-- To be edited with more questions as seen fit --

What is an objection? A miserable pile of graphics!

Mon, 05 May 2008 22:51:14 GMT

objection is the graphics community for the sexiest prosecutor ever, mei and the most foolish defense attorney ever, ryuuichi. Here you will find icons, layouts, friend's only banners, and other random things having to do with graphics including textures, gradients, screen caps, and everything else. If I conjure it, I'll post it. Simple enough to understand, ne?

This community uses tags and abuses them like no other. Feel free to take advantage of them yourself.

Older icon posts can be found at Aperture Science.

Tutorial 3: Fire's a Beautiful Sound

Mon, 05 May 2008 22:40:09 GMT

I figured in a fit of anger to write out another tutorial hehe. This one isn't one of my favorites, but was a fun icon to work with any ways. Hopefully there's a trick or two involved in this tutorial that assists you in making your own stuff. Photoshop only, I think, since it involves Hue/Saturation and Color Balance layers.

FIRE'S A BEAUTIFUL SOUND - TUTORIAL 3
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» Prepare your base.

» My own base was a bit too light so I decided to duplicate the base and set the new layer at multiply 30%

» Take this texture (maker unknown, sorry ~) and set it to a new layer, multiply 100%

» Well now it's difficult to see the characters. It's okay though, that texture was just for a prettier background of the entire icon. Duplicate the first two layers (the base and the multiply layer) and set it as a new layer. This is where I cropped away as much as the white space as I wanted. You can be fairly lazy with this process, because the next step helps hide it if you used a white background. Personally I was in a rush to finish this icon for animechorus, so I didn't crop it too well :p

» Next step, I control + clicked the later to select all the empty space. Making a new layer, I went to edit -> stroke and added a stroke of 2 pixels, white, to the OUTSIDE (location). This help hides the crappy crop job I did. You can feel free to skip this step if you did a good cropping job or don't want a stroke. I set the layer to screen.

» I wanted to bring out certain colors in the icon, so I went to make a color balance layer (layer -> new adjustment layer -> color balance). Tinker around with the settings until you get something that looks perfect for your icon. Since this was a firey icon, I focused on reds and oranges.

» I've been on this huge Hue/Saturation kick so it's only natural I brighten up the icon a bit by doing that. Later -> New Adjustment Layer -> Hue / Saturation. I'm sure I did nothing too special except adding on more Saturation and finding a nice Hue to play with.

» I took a light texture focusing on the color red (maker unknown sorry!) and slapped it down as a new layer, screen 100%

» Texting time! I didn't do anything terribly fancy with this. I wrote 'Fire's a beautiful sound' in Adorable, 12 point. I also added a white stroke around the words, 2 pixels with screen opacity. This layer remains on normal.

» For this next step, I use a trick that was taught to me and one I don't feel would be nice writing up in a tutorial. So instead I'll give you the lazy man's method I use to use. Take this brush and set it as a new layer in black. Set the new layer to soft light and change the opacity. I usually run it low, anywhere between 10% - 30%, but it has a nice effect at deeper opacity levels as well. You can erase out of the background, if you want it to just be on the focus of the icon - which is what I did. There's a lot of different brushes you can use, some with diagonal line effects and others like the one I linked. It's a user's preference really.

» Next I took this beautiful gradient (once again maker unknown) and set it at lighten 100%. Different gradients work for different icons. Heck making your own could work just as well.

» Select all and make a new layer. Stroke -> 2 pixels white on the INSIDE (location) to create part of the border. I left this layer on normal.

» Next take this brush by wickedenough@livejournal.com and with the eyedropper tool, find a color in the icon you like and stamp it onto the icon. Ta-da, pretty nifty border achieved!

As always, I have the original .PSD I can send to people if they want the specifics. I'm sorry I don't have the actual colors / numbers for the hue/saturation and color balance levels, but this helps you build your own icon~

Phoenix Wright Batch [83 icons]

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:24:25 GMT

Phoenix Wright icons. You knew this post was coming~ Some of these may be a repeat since at one point I uploaded all the Phoenix Wright icons I made and posted them places. Some of the animations won't fit on Scribbld, but work just fine on InsaneJournal (: If you want the source, I will be glad to provide it.

Franziska von Karma: 22
Franziska x Miles: 38
Franziska x Phoenix: 16
Everyone else not cool enough to get their own section (or Franziska with someone else xP): 7

Slight nudity. Also: I suck at text. Half of the text choices I use on icons make no sense :D :D :D

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Also decided after doing all of that I am just going to make smaller icon posts instead of things like this. So much of a headache ^^~

Small Assortment [18 icons]

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:01:47 GMT

Specifics are in the tags. Just a small post to help clear up my icon folder a bit. Not too fond of this batch, but all my inspiration has been spent on Phoenix Wright ^^~

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ETA:
Forgot two icons. Doh!