Miss Rii, a puppet on a string ([info]blindcottonlove) wrote,
@ 2008-05-22 00:58:00
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Entry tags:alice nine, animated, banners, bis, gifs, headers, icons, je, jpop, jrock, kagrra, kiyoharu, kuroyume, kurt, mucc, news, pvs

Graphics: GIFs&banners
Ladies and gentlemen, hobbits and trolls, wizards and witches. You may not recognize it but yes, this is a BCL entry! First of all, the content differs rather remarkably from my normal creations, but above all, I organized this entry using a new method. Everything's sorted in alphabetical order by band/artist. Also, aside the preview and icons, everything has been placed behind links, so downloading the page wouldn't take lightyears. Let me know how this works, okay?^^

GIFs:
set: "Now playing"
.alice nine. x4
.bis x2
.Kagrra, x1
.Kiyoharu x3
.Kuroyume x1
.KuRt x1
.MUCC x2
.NEWS x1

Photobucket

ANIMATED ICONS:
.bis (featuring Tora) x3
.Kagrra, no Su (misc) x3

Photobucket

BANNERS/HEADERS:
.alice nine. (Saga&Nao) x1
.Kagrra, x1



alice nine.
.Now playing: kowloon -NINE HEADS RODEO SHOW-
1 | 2

.Now playing: White Prayer
1 | 2

Photobucket

bis
.Now playing: Start
1 | 2

Image Hosted by ImageShack.us

Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket

Kagrra,
.Now playing: Irodori no Sanka
1 | (around 40 frames smaller vers.)

Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket

Photobucket

Kiyoharu
.Now playing: Emily
1 | 2

.Now playing: Horizon
1

Kuroyume
.Now playing: Shonen
1

KuRt
.Now playing: Sweet LEMON BROKER
1

MUCC
.Now playing: Kokoro no Nai Machi
1 | 2

NEWS
.Now playing: Summer Time
1

.NOTES.
.quality is crappy most of the time D: but still, I think the "now playing" ones would look extremely adorable on sidebars and such^^
.bis♥ Tora♥ together? ♥!
.the two banners can be used as banners/headers/you wish as long as you credit
.the alice nine. banner was originally made by request but it never got used, so here it is, up for grabs. I'll make matching stuff with other pairings later, when I finish some other projects at first.
.My pride and joy is the Kagrra, banner^o^ It turned out frigging well, if I may say so myself<3

.RULES.
.don't hotlink/steal/alter
(resizing banners allowed, of course~)

.report broken links?

.credit when using♥
.comment~!\o/^^ I'm rather excited about my style and technique experiments here and thus, I'd love to get feedback on the graphics, no matter whether it's composed of encouraging compliments or constructive criticism~

.feel free to add BCL, Rii's journal for all things creative (graphics, fan art, screencaps...)

.enjoy!^__^b


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[info]bbubbles00
2008-05-21 10:27 pm UTC (link)
I love the Now Playing idea! So, I'm going to be snagging a lot. Thumbs up on the Kagrra, banner. Its awesome!

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[info]blindcottonlove
2008-05-25 08:49 pm UTC (link)
Oh my god :D I can't believe my eyes!♥ You're still using that old icon of mine? Me feels flattered! *lol*

Thank you^^ The Kagrra, one did turn out rather well, yeah? *a proud mother* Enjoy the GIFs!^_-

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[info]bbubbles00
2008-05-27 02:58 am UTC (link)
Of course I still use it. =] It's my favorite. I use this one while I use the other one (Reita and Hello Kitty) for my laptop icon.

These GIFs will last me forever. =D

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[info]elindar
2008-05-21 10:27 pm UTC (link)
oh my, those now playing thingies are so cute and nice idea ! 8D i might use the idori no sanka one with my new upcoming layout, which has a sidebar again [lol, i'm already missing that~ :'3]. and aww @ those animated avatars. the bis & kagrra, ones are so cute. i took the first of kagrra,, will credit if used somewhere.

thanks for these. :3 and once again, i just love your style ~

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[info]blindcottonlove
2008-05-25 08:51 pm UTC (link)
Teehee, thank you^o^ I think the quality could and should be better but for now, with the programs I use and such, they'll do~ But, I'm superbly glad you liked the idea :D Creating them was fun<3

SIDEBARS ARE THE BESTEST. I couldn't live without one :D Actually, atm, I'm lusting after a coding that would have not one but THREE sidebar-colums 8D I just love decorating my journal with irrelevant stuff *lol*

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[info]sh0kr0k
2008-05-21 10:33 pm UTC (link)
These are awesome! Very good work!

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[info]blindcottonlove
2008-05-25 08:52 pm UTC (link)
You're very welcome!\o/

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[info]hokori_pride
2008-05-21 10:35 pm UTC (link)
Wow! Very nice! I die for the kagrra, pieces!
Thank you so much!!! <3

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[info]blindcottonlove
2008-05-25 08:53 pm UTC (link)
Kagrra, is my first love♥ They deserve only the best^^b

So, you're very welcome! Thank you for commenting, and enjoy~

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[info]perfect_enigma
2008-05-22 01:44 am UTC (link)
I just have to say, I LOVE you for the bis TV icons. I love those clips so much <333

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[info]blindcottonlove
2008-05-25 08:56 pm UTC (link)
bis♥ People never post anything related to the said band D: I'd die for a Shunshuke layout *tear* (Too lazy to make one myself *lol*)

Aaaaah, that bis comment is one of my über all-time jrock favourite clips! (bis alone makes it special but spiced up with TORASHI it's priceless *swoons*)

Rambling aside, thanks for commenting^_- Enjoy the overdose of baka here~!

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[info]perfect_enigma
2008-05-25 09:31 pm UTC (link)
I knooow. Especially since they're disbanded now ;-; I had a bis layout for awhile. I usually just find coding I like and adapt it to my header >.>

Its so adorable how Tora just kind of jumps in and acts like he's a member XD

You're welcome. I really love your stuff ^^ (hope you don't mind me rambling back)

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[info]blindcottonlove
2008-06-02 08:52 pm UTC (link)
^__- I'm lazy like that as well -I pick a layout I like and then I simply change the graphics, if the coder has allowed it *lol*

*melts* That almost-indies, troll-looking geek Tora is my ultimate favourite♥ Well, aside the mohawk/White Prayer Torashi... and... uh. *continues melting* Any Tora is a good Tora xD

Rambling is the ultimate anti-drug! :D So, any person bearing my jabbering is a person made of gold ^.^\o/

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[info]perfect_enigma
2008-06-02 10:57 pm UTC (link)
I tend to prefer Tora when his hair is black. I loved it when he had it long in the Musiq photoshoot from last...June/July. I don't remember if that went with a single >.>;;

But anything geeky really makes me melt *_* Nao of Kagrra in his glasses? That just kills me.

^___^ Rambling is definitely the ultimate anti-drug. Especially rambling about j-rockers *nodnod*

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[info]blindcottonlove
2008-06-13 01:51 pm UTC (link)
ajdhgakjdha.

Jrockers should be specially told NOT to use those black geek glasses*.* Tora, Nao, Tatsurou... in long run, I bet nosebleeding isn't very healthy ;)

I like Torashi the most when he does something... well, extreme to his looks. Like, from the mohawk to those beautiful hair extensions :D alice nine.'s music might turn into full JE someday but at least Tora will be the rawkstar he is at heart♥

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[info]jgkimmy
2008-05-22 02:15 am UTC (link)
pretty stuff. I prefer to see things on the page itself, but this is good for ppl with slow connections. :)

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[info]blindcottonlove
2008-05-25 08:59 pm UTC (link)
I myself would prefer people doing something similar to my entry when it comes to large animated graphics posts :/ I have a good connection but it's just annoying how animations tend to slow down when there're several of them in one entry. It's quite painful to watch them through, trying to decide whether or not to yoink something. AND, it's especially annoying if you see from the table of contents that there's like one frigging thing you might like to see, and after spending forever waiting for the site to download them all, you find out the one graphic wasn't worth it.

Oh gosh. Sorry for ramblin x) Sometimes I just need to vent out~ *lol*

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[info]marice_r
2008-05-22 04:57 am UTC (link)
dude your icon making style is awesome!

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[info]blindcottonlove
2008-05-25 08:59 pm UTC (link)
Oh, thank you :D

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[info]anniselle
2008-05-22 05:20 am UTC (link)
The kagrra banner is beautiful!
Thank you ^^

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[info]blindcottonlove
2008-05-25 09:00 pm UTC (link)
Thank you^^ I'm glad my baby found a good new home♥ Have fun with it! :)

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[info]yumiko_okahawa
2008-05-22 05:55 am UTC (link)
Of course the kagrra, ones are just amazing <3 Oooooooooh, the animated icon of Akkie and Naoki is so cute ♥
But I need to admit the bis ones are just amazing as well. They're very, very lovely!!!!!!! (again, I'm kind of disappionted I'm not that big fan to use them XD)..

Nice job, as usual, I think <3 ^^

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[info]blindcottonlove
2008-05-25 09:02 pm UTC (link)
Haha, I'm glad my graphics appeal to even non-fans :D Anything for bis<3 Thank you^_-

And, it's forever since the last time I've heard anyone calling Nao Naoki<3 For some reason it makes my heart flutter *lol*

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[info]yumiko_okahawa
2008-05-26 07:10 am UTC (link)
Hihi, yes, they are really great! ^^

Really? Oh... Hm, I call him Naoki very often... i guess, it's just so that others don't think I'm talking about the one from A9 or heidi. or one of all the other Naos out there XD ^^
But I got used to that somehow and even call him Naoki in kagrra,-communities where everyone should know how's meant by Nao.... ^^;;;

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[info]alinkie
2008-05-22 08:30 am UTC (link)
waah you and your ideas~
*loves*
the now playing-banner-thingies and moving icons are fantastic.
Especially those first ones~ a bit like bump stickers xD In a sense...that one wants to stick in a visible place, for others to see. "this is who i am, this is on my tv" XD

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[info]blindcottonlove
2008-05-25 09:15 pm UTC (link)
Teehee ;) I'm glad I was able to catch you unawares~<3

The bis ones look really nice, don't they? :D The clip is so freaking inspiring and cute and funny that awwww, it's driving me insane^^~<3

bis♥ For some reason, at the moment, I become all powered up just at the mere thought of them :D Gosh I miss them<3

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[info]funkstyles
2008-05-22 12:19 pm UTC (link)
My favourite of the gifs are probably the bisTV ones. Mostly because I love how the color of the text matches the tv set really well, even more so than the Kagraa, tv set ones IMO. Well, I'm really just commenting about the text colour and position. But I think the orangey colour of the bigger bis gif could be a little more faded? It feels a little too saturated.

I like the Kagrra, too =DD
I like how the grey-ish colours contrasts with the well, contrast of the header. I don't know if its deliberate or not, but I really like how sharp the borders of the black and white stripes are. And I like your use of textures! How there are 'behind' textures and 'in front' textures. Like background and foreground textures. Something like that.

I love how you blended the clouds into the picture of Saga and Nao. IDK the crop actually creates a lot more space even if the clouds weren't there, but I love the feeling that there actually ARE clouds and the space are so much more expanded.

I have a feeling I'll be your regular 'graphics feedback'-er =D

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[info]blindcottonlove
2008-05-25 09:26 pm UTC (link)
The bisTV ones came out really well and I'm glad even non-fans have mentioned them in their comments :D It definitely means I'm doing something right^^~<3

I didn't saturate the big bis graphic because saturating increases immediatelly file size and originally, I was aiming at 1M to get it to be small enough so it could be uploaded to Photobucket. Well, I didn't succeed at that *lol*

I have a thing for bright, vivid colors, that's probably why I don't see anything odd in the mentioned animation, guess :) But, it's so great you keep mentioning about these things because as a graphic maker, it extends my perspective and forces me to think in new ways. Nowaday, I think everything through twice but I think in general I haven't much... bent? You know, all the criticism makes me see graphics differently and as making them, makes me spend more time with them, but I don't really... change my style to suit people's taste? Weird, complicated, not interesting at all, but once again, I felt I needed to vent out a bit LOL. Sorry, you had to bear it all. Again ;D

Out of curiosity, are you using a laptop or a "normal" computer? It caught my eye how you depicted the colors of the Kagrra header :D "Grey-ish, black and white"... Is it really that way you see the colors? Because I made the graphic greenish with a tinge of blue. It never stops amazing me how big a difference it makes when screens are different :D

And, I'm glad you brought up the texture usage^o^ I suck at textures, I honestly do, so I was very surprised that I was able to pull out something like this~<3 I think it came out very three-dimensional which is rare when it comes to my graphics^_-

Yey!♥ For me, the clouds are essential in the arisu header and I'm happy you "approved of" them xD Since I yoinked the text from their song Tsubasa ("Wings") I feel it's very appropriate to have such elements included~<3

Please, be♥ ♥ Though there definitely are and will be times I disagree with you or don't understand your line of thought, your comments are by far the most interesting ones that drive me work harder!^__^ *smooches*

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[info]funkstyles
2008-05-26 01:25 am UTC (link)
I UNDERSTAND~ ♥ Sometimes I just feel like I NEED to do this or I'm not going to do it at all, and if it turns out that I love it, then good for me. =D But then again, I don't really have a kind of rule I follow when I make graphics, so~

I don't mind ♥ =D

I'm using a normal computer if you mean a pc. Now I see it, there are elements of green and blue. But because I was kind of concentrating on the background, I didn't really realise. The blueish tinge are found when black tones down into white, so the middle supposedly 'grey' part are kind of blueish. The green tinge then is more apparent in the leftest column as a blueish green thing, and in the lower half of the suits of the people as a thin layer? I hope I make myself clear, but probably not.

YES three-dimensional WHY wasn't I able to think of that word then?! So yes, I think you understood what I meant =D

I think we have quite different styles? If I even have a style yet, in making graphics, so I don't mind if you disagree with what I say. But I'm so glad my comments can be your motivation =DD ♥♥♥

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[info]blindcottonlove
2008-06-13 02:08 pm UTC (link)
I think it takes time for one to adjust himself to making graphics. You know, it took me two bloody frigging years to decide what sort of icons I myself like, and add to that a few more months to actually learn to make stuff like that x)

^.^ You see the colors! For a moment you got me worried there xD

I, too, think we have ^^ I have this tinge you prefer more simplified, clear well-colored icons to very decorated and multilayered works which, then again, I like. But it really doesn't matter because from divert feedback I can try to strive for more unique results^__^ Us two should have an icon battle x) It would be by far the most interesting one, ever♥

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[info]funkstyles
2008-07-01 01:16 pm UTC (link)
simplified, clear well-colored icons
Basically what I like in icons in a nutshell. And you noticed ♥♥♥
But I still adore textures. I feel lost without textures and whatnot.
I adore the various elements you bring into your icons which makes them so unique. And I haven't been able to bring in something special to the icons I make yet.

HOHO ICON BATTLE. YES. YES.
But it may have to wait though. School is weighing in and the next few months play a big part to whether I actually graduate and get promoted to the next level of education. BUT IT'LL BE SO FUN YES.

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[info]huffy_chan
2008-05-22 01:43 pm UTC (link)
Jöllin ja pöllin,
muutaman söpösen,

...

Ei rimmaa. >.>
Jöllin molemmat MUCC:utt ja KuRt:in. ;)
Tosi hauska idea, koitan tunkasta johonkin.

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[info]blindcottonlove
2008-05-25 09:12 pm UTC (link)
Hihhii ;)

Ollos hyvä^_- Tuo KuRt viddaantui todella hauskasti, yksi tämän graffu-kasan suosikeistani~)

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[info]coldnamida
2008-05-23 12:30 pm UTC (link)
Took now playings of alice nine. and Kagrra, plus that Kagrra, banner, thank you. :D

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[info]blindcottonlove
2008-05-25 09:11 pm UTC (link)
Olepa hyvä^o^

(kyllä, kävin vakoilemassa xD olen ihan hirveä ullataalasmaa. Mutta ihana nähdä suomalaisia Kagrra, -faneja♥)

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[info]coldnamida
2008-05-26 01:30 pm UTC (link)
Ah vakoilu ei haittaa. :'DD Tiedän tunteen, kun niitä tuntuu olevan joksenkin harvassa mutta joo. :D Ainiin muuten, toi alice nine.-headerikin on nätti. ^-^

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[info]norbbiz
2008-05-23 06:51 pm UTC (link)
Taking some of the bis .gifs :3
Thank you so much for sharing &
I'll credit when using! :D

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[info]blindcottonlove
2008-05-25 09:09 pm UTC (link)
Yey, my bis goodies are getting adopted! It delights me more than you can even imagine^-^! You're the most welcome~<3 Have fun with them! :)

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[info]cure4thecommon
2008-05-24 01:18 am UTC (link)
I love all of these!! XD
The bis gifs are so cute~~

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[info]blindcottonlove
2008-05-25 08:11 pm UTC (link)
You're welcome\o/ Anything for bis ;)

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[info]cure4thecommon
2008-05-25 09:00 pm UTC (link)
You don't mind if I take a couple to use in my translations comms do you? I'll credit, of course.
I translate both Shunsuke and Seika's personal blogs. ^_^

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[info]blindcottonlove
2008-05-25 09:07 pm UTC (link)
♥.♥

My heart totally skipped a beat here :D I already flailed over the awesome job you're doing with the blogs and now you're wanting to use my stuff over there.. I feel proud and flattered^-^ So, of course, feel free to take anything you need/want :)

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[info]cure4thecommon
2008-05-25 09:13 pm UTC (link)
<3!
Thanks. I think it would be so cute to use the bis ones whenever the boys mention hanging out together. ^w^

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[info]muchi_no_namida
2008-05-26 12:32 am UTC (link)
*w* Love. all of them. ♥ the now playing idea is really neat~

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[info]blindcottonlove
2008-06-02 08:54 pm UTC (link)
^___^ *beams* People have seemed to like the idea<3 Makes me proud, I guess xD

You're welcome♥

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[info]gloomydusk
2008-06-22 04:30 pm UTC (link)
i took your second A9 "white prayer".gif♥
Shou is soo cute!! <3

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