filtering color for grays

I had wanted to try something different, so I set up some odd specifications and limitations for making this particular batch of icons. Basically, I gave myself 4 rules. If I were to use textures, it has to be from this set (I randomly picked an old one of mine). No text allowed, including tiny ones. I'd use only the Naruto manga chapter b/w covers for the icons. And finally, I can't rotate any of the pictures, do multiple/duplicate cropping of the pictures, or combine any of them either. *_* Sooo, this is the style I ended up with. I wish I could say they turned out better than I hoped, but at least it was a somewhat interesting experience.

*Last 2 icons are just old ones thrown in with this lot and not part of the aforementioned "personal challenge" exercise.

06. 27. 10.

( I ship Kiba and Hanabi )

Another old requested icon batch. It feels really strange to be posting Takeshi Kaneshiro icons. ._. He's a friend I knew from high school, so Takeshi's definitely one person I always felt entirely too odd about iconing. After a whole lot of smirking while making them last year, I finally gave up at 10 uninspired icons. :p

04. 05. 08.

( He's laughing at me, I know it! )

Once upon a time, I promised several people I'd make butterfly icons. And I did... almost a year ago. I never did post them because I kept thinking I'd make more, but the next thing I know, it's been 11 months and I still haven't made any more. -_- So now I'm thinking it might be a good idea to be less ambitious and just post whatever I have (which are very old and outdated icons). It's just as well, since I think I may have forgotten how to make icons. Please enjoy these if you can. And btw, the broken icon links in my older posts have all finally been fixed; sorry about that!

If you've been wondering what happened to me and my updates, I posted a little life update under the icons cut as well. :p

04. 16. 11.

( Butterflies and Babbles )

I'm trying to clear all the old stuff out of my computer before making anything new, so I dug out these ancient animanga icons- most of them are about 8 months old and on. Goodness, time flies. *_* Total of 31 icons, a lot of these were experimental- mostly to test out some of my own resources while a few were accumulated from challenges and such. I generally dislike multi-fandom posts, but I'd end up keeping these for life if I don't dump them now. :p Hope someone likes them!

24 - Naruto
03 - Inuyasha
02 - Gravitation
01 - Spirited Away
01 - Vision of Escaflowne

15. 01. 05.

( Shikamaru and Temari is my OTP )

I've never made Halloween icons, Christmas icons, or any special day icons. I tried my hand at Valentine's Day icons after I was laughing about it with a friend- but then of course, I also failed at making true Valentine's Day icons. :p They turned into mostly warped quotes about love with a few Valentine's Day stuff. The only lovey thing about them might be my attempt at plastering hearts all over with some float-y clouds to portray ze soaring love. Ah, I so fail at lovey love stuff. And yes, these are a bit early...

02. 13. 05.

( Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. )