User Profile

--- About Yet Another Icon Resource Journal ---

YAIRJ is where I post my general resources, which include brushes, gradients, textures, and stock image bases. Brushes and gradients are made in PSP 7 and/or PSPX.

--- About Me ---

Married, mother of Jerott (20!), Wisconsinite, INFJ, Capricorn, Univ of Michigan alum, BA in archaeology. Loves cats, NYC, reading books, manga, anime, Vertigo comics, the color red, Francis Crawford of Lymond, Troy, walks in the woods, London, romantic action and adventure stories, New Orleans, autumn, my iPod, Alexander the Great, Steampunk, twilight, old things, naps, Halloween, history, campy horror movies, Christmas lights, thunder storms, lakes, Chicago, and dinosaurs.

Renderosity Gallery || My 3D/Misc 2D Freebies || My Renderosity Store || book stuff ||

--- Resources/Credits ---

My thanks to the following LJ users and communities for their icon brushes, gradients, and other resources:

Aria Dolente, Braggadocio.Org, ohpaintbrush, dearest, ilmare, inexorablyhere, lemonfossil, a_fallenstar, alaskanicons, teh_indy, quebelly, miggy, kurogane, colortone, colorfilter, chouchoune, lipsofpoison, ingenu0us, metatron_lvr, _joni, desiderio, 77words, _blisse, darkangel_alone, crumblingwalls, thestalkycop, ickyblue, magdalenaicons, onecoldcanadian, hitzusin, amethystia, daskomma, laurasue, trxgedy, graphical_love, aronia, ewanism, tragic_icons, hanako_lovely, dilkerhtahai, haydens__hunnie, colorset, bangarang_bases, neke, damnicons, iconistas, unmasked_icons, angelfish_icons, wizzicons

--- My Stock Image Sources ---

Stock images used in my resources are from the following sites:

FreeFoto, Istockphoto, stock.xchng, Kalibur10000, Dreamstime, MorgueFile, Shutterstock, and SquidFingers

--- Where's All the Stuff? ---

All my brushes and image packs have been categorized and added to a download archive to make it easier to find and view them. Icon bases and texture bases are listed here. Gradients are listed here a also at this site, in GIMP format. Just click on each gradient swatch for a download link.

--- Comments/Crediting ---

Always welcome, but neither are required. If you do take a number of resources, it's not necessary to comment on every resource you download. If you want to leave me a comment, it's perfectly fine to leave just one saying you gave my bandwidth a work out and downloaded a whole bunch of stuff. :D

--- Friending Me ---

If you'd like to friend me to keep track of when I post new brush sets, textures, gradients, or icon bases, please feel free to do so. You don't have to ask if it's okay, though if you want to, that's fine. I usually post sets here before I post them at other communities -- and with some sets, I only post them here. Since my LJ site is only for icon resources, I don't usually friend others back unless it's a community where I actually post. Sorry! It's really just a matter of time constraints, nothing personal.

--- How do I...? ---

Got questions on how to make and use brushes, gradients, and textures? Before asking me, please click on the "Help" file that comes with your graphics program. All the technical basics are included right there. For more specific information, please check the profile page/user info page at 100x100_brushes, gradiental, or icon_tutorial. All these communities include tutorials on how to install, make, and use brushes and gradients. icon_tutorial covers a huge range of information on stylistic techniques in Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, and GIMP.

If you have questions about any of my resources, though, feel free to leave a comment. If the question is how to use/make masking brushes or gradients, please refer to the related tutorial links on my sidebar. Thanks!

--- Sparklies! ---