...I had Stargate's Angel all to myself...

I got some questions this week on textures. Either about how to make icon subjects stay clear when using a texture over the image or on specific icons I'd done where most of my coloring and lighting had been achieved through textures. So, I decided to put some tutorials together. As I was doing the first one, I realized that, to my knowledge, GIMP does not have the equivalent of PSP's wonderful "fade correction" or "clarify" features. Now, it very well may have them, but my own knowledge of the program is extremely limited. I've spoken with some GIMP users and no one seemed to think it did. So, I tried to make a second icon that I know will work in all programs.

Note: These are rather image heavy...sorry dialup folks.

We'll be going from this to

*Image and texture credits can be found in my resource post.

( Show Me How )

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And from this to

*Image and texture credits can be found in my resource post.

( Show Me How )

...it was Daniel looking all hurt...

...these were Rediscovered Hearts...

Ok, I've got another couple of fics done for sg_challenges Challenge 13. Since the challenge is love + heartbreak you'd THINK I could come up with a new installment for Rediscovered Hearts. But Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo............

Thanks to rants_by_james for beta on both of these.

Title: What She Didn't Say
Author: Lionchilde
Summary: AU Janet Brings Back the cure...

Rating: G
Length: 314 words
Category: angst, drama
Pairing:Daniel/Janet implied
A/N: Sort of an episode tag for Ripple Effect, and therefore spoilers for that ep. Written for sg_challenges

( What She Didn't Say )

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Title: Present
Author: Lionchilde
Summary: AU Some Birthdays just suck...

Rating: G
Length: 493 words
Category: angst, drama
Pairing: Guess, it's part of the fun
A/N: A certain person on my flist will probably like this one... Written for sg_challenges

( Present )

...the story worked...

I'm going to have to spend the rest of the night trying to come up with a way for What She Didn't Say to work. But, perhaps this beautiful texture set will go a ways toward redeeming me in the eyes of my adoring flist. LOL


YSI Link// Megaupload Link



I did this set in response to the pictoral challenge I posted here

There are a few examples here

Comments encourage more textures...
Credit is up to you.