Happy First Day of the Rest of Your Life December!

Oh, December. You cold, yet joyous month of the year. There's a lot of presents going around this month, whether it's for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or you're unlucky enough for it to be your birthday*.

This is a time when people are rushing to get presents and gifts for loved ones, and that includes LJ members. But if you're short on cash (like moi) but still want to get gifts for LJ friends, I have a proposition for you! Let me be your outlet!

I'm offering 5 special requests per person to the first 10 people who comment (sorry guys, I'm only human!).
Here's how it works:

You give me a comment telling me who the present is for, how big you want the present to be (stop snickering!), and what the subject is.

On the 24th of December, I will send you an email with the complete work(s) and you can give it to your LJ friend.
All of these icons/graphics will non-shareable. This way, your LJ friend will essentially "own" the icon.

Copy and paste the following, if you want to participate:
<b>Who is this for?</b>: <b>How big do you want this to be?</b> (100x100, 800x600, etc): <b>What is the subject of the graphic?</b> (who/what does your friend fangirl/fanboy over? BE SPECIFIC!): <b>Your email?</b>:
And yes, comments are screened.

*No offense intended, of course. My mom's birthday is also in December.

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Anyway, 16 La Corda D'Oro icons, mostly chibis :)
Fuuyumi, Hihara, Shimizu, Tsuchiura, Tsukimori, Yunoki and group
No spoilers, I promise!


( 'Why am I getting self-conscious even around Kanazawa-sensei?' BECAUSE SENSEI = <3333!! )

Damn, sorry this post was so long, D:

+ My rules & etc.
+ Want more icons? My tags are here.
+ & my very own fanlisting!

You know the drill ;)

FOR NORMAL QUOTES, IE TV SHOWS OR MOVIES:
<b>Color/Gradient (if gradient, please provide a sample)</b>: <b>TV show and episode</b>: <b>Person who said it</b>: <b>Quote</b>:

FOR FIC QUOTES:
<b>Color/Gradient (if gradient, please provide a sample)</b>: <b>Fandom(s)</b>: <b>Title of Fic</b>: <b>Person who said it</b>: <b>Who wrote it or a Link to the story (this is purely for me)</b>: <b>Quote</b>:

Only afteriwake has the privilege/right/honor to comment here!

Hey guys! After much consideration, and since my quote icons are somehow getting more popular, I've decided to introduce a fic quote form with some prodding from afteriwake.

You can see the differences here:

FOR NORMAL QUOTES, IE TV SHOWS OR MOVIES:
Color/Gradient (if gradient, please provide a sample):
TV show and episode:
Person who said it:
Quote:

FOR FIC QUOTES:
Color/Gradient (if gradient, please provide a sample):
Fandom(s):
Title of Fic:
Person who said it:
Who wrote it or a Link to the story (this is purely for me):
Quote:

Changes have already been made at the request post regarding the forms, so the change is in effect.

And the pimping?
I still want to reiterate that minorcsi_stills is for awesome minor characters that deserve more attention, but me and thiscanbegin have created another community together: miami_menstills, which is an icontest for the gorgeous men of Miami. ♥

And, I can't remember if I've informed you, but I have a fanlisting! The lovely afteriwake, who has a fanlisting of her own, btw, created it, and is hosting it, and is lovely :)

So, if you love me that much, feel free to join :D

Dear melalucci,

I think I have finished your icon. My first try was horrible:
A) (35.14k)
I wanted it more fluid, and I don't think it could've been done anymore fluid, unless I had more caps (which is not your fault, I want to stress). And I don't like the "greg" I put in it.
But, I strove for excellence. So, I tried something else.

This was what resulted when I "tweened" the slides. A bit icky. And huge (103k)
Then I remembered the pretty flashy icons that would flash from slide to slide:
B) (36.12)
It was still too choppy and not exactly the result I wanted.
So I messed with it (tweening, erasing, changing the image&&canvas size) to get this master piece!
C) (39.8! Aren't I lucky? :3)

Love, pepsi_boyfriend

PS: I hope you like it, as they are all for you, except the second because it's huge and ugly. But the other three are yours!

A note to all of you: I will be accepting animation requests, though I think afteriwake at her icon journal does a much better job than me (though I don't think she has her animation program anymore D:).

Therefore, you'll have to choose between three types of animation styles:
A: Choppy
B: Flashy && choppy
C: Flashy && "tweened"

Yes, I'll be adding a new request form and yes melalucci, your icons will be the examples. :DDD

Be glad! I was so frustrated, I wanted never to do animations again, but I love style C, so I'll leave the option open, XD