Most popular posts for June 2004

А это - сборничек под названием "Латинские народные сказки". Это уже quasi-latinitas в полный рост. Тексты написаны по вдохновению и частично по заказу Маши Батовой, супруги священника Олега Батова. (Интересно, помнит ли она об этом?) SCASCAE POPULI ROMANI Textus "Scascae Populi Romani" inventus est in manuscriptis antiquis. Scriptus in dialecto incomp-re-hen-dibili, ad nunc aenigma textologicum manet. REPULA Posadivit Dedus repulam. Exrastivit repula magna-praemagna. Venit Dedus repulam extanure...

Heh, I've seen a few of those 'Hotness is Yami' or 'Bakura is Sexx0r' color-bars around(Okay, I kid on the last one), so I decided to make one for the more 'general' of fans X3. You can see it behind the cut! This is purely for entertainment purposes, by the way. Yuugiou is love And the code: Yuugiou is love Enjoy :3. And commenting gets you very far in life.

I a massive set of texture brushes today using images from gettyimages.com - so massive, in fact, I decided to split it into two sets! Please credit either in an icon post where you've used the brushes or in your user info, so that others can find the brushes. I'll try to make image packs later this week - no time now, I've got to go vote! Download .zip file for PS7 Download .zip file for PS7

Setting a colored layer to exclusion can do great things to an image. It's mostly used for altering the color of an image, and depending on the color that you use on the exclusion layer and the colors in the image itself, you'll end up with very different effects. Here are some examples of how to use an exclusion layer. Here's our base image: Usually, a dark and intense color works best. It gives subtle change to the image but enough for a nice effect. Using #001756: Using...

I recently discovered the magic of the gradient, and have been using it on most of my icons ever since. There are so many different uses for the gradient, and this tutorial will cover them all (or at least the ones I know of). Here's our base image: Highlighting Gradients are perfect for drawing focus to certain parts of an image, and consequently downplaying others. I prefer using a reflected gradient, but depending on what effect you're looking for you can also try linear...

Okay okay, I know I'm not supposed to be here anymore, but I just wanted to say that I updated the Userinfo, it's a bit more informative now, plus I also added new Affiliates [which you should be checking out while I'm gone, otherwhise Snape will give you Detention..no wait that's a good thing). Also since my train is not leaving till tomorrow and since mandarkk asked so nicely, here are 2 Tutorials. The second One is a bit rushed, since I don't have much time left and also stupid me didn't...

TITLE: Women AUTHOR: Sabine RCHIVE: Anywhere, drop a line: sabine101@juno.com RATING: R, language mostly. SPOILERS: Vague for ITSOTG and "Noel," vaguer for TCATW. DISCLAIMER: Aaron Sorkin and Brad Whitford are responsible for this one, I'm just the girl at the computer writing it down. Original characters and the rest of it is mine, with beta by Punk M. I've known men like this. You probably have too. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: For Pene, august, Dawn, and Punk. These women. NOTE: The timeline goes like this...

TITLE: Men AUTHOR: Sabine ARCHIVE: Anywhere, drop a line: sabine101@juno.com RATING: PG, J/S SPOILERS: Vague for ITSOTG and "Noel," also "The Stackhouse Filibuster" DISCLAIMER: Aaron Sorkin, Brad Whitford and Rob Lowe are responsible for this one. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Punk took the heavy stuff and drove the car. Also for Jae and Anna, who saw it coming. For august. And then again, for Dawn. NOTE: The timeline goes like this: [Out Here in the Fields] , [The Largest Colonial Building in the World] , ...

TITLE: Boy AUTHOR: Sabine ARCHIVE: Anywhere, drop a line: sabine101@juno.com RATING: NC-17, J/S SPOILERS: Actually, "The Short List." Then, "Noel," "17 People," and "Bad Moon Rising." DISCLAIMER: Property of the legal team, Sorkin, Schlamme, Whitford & Lowe. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Without Shana, I'd be in the tall grass, I'd be in the weeds. And then there's Punk, who can fake it. NOTE: The timeline goes like this: [Out Here in the Fields] , [The Largest Colonial Building in the World] , [Women] , [Men...

TITLE: The Largest Colonial Building in the World AUTHOR: Sabine ARCHIVE: Anywhere, drop a line: sabine101@juno.com RATING: PG, J, shades of J/S SPOILERS: "The Crackpots and These Women" DISCLAIMER: Sorkin, Schlamme, and Whitford again own this guy and his history, not me. And the largest colonial building in is now the headquarters for Aetna, right on route 84 in historic Hartford, CT, insurance capital of the world. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: For my dad, who pointed it out every time we drove past. For...