It seems like forever since I've done this! :]

I've been making icons regularly, just waiting to put together large enough batches to post. Today I realised I have quite a few already, and thought I'd share.

Teasers:

( 20 Jon Bon Jovi icons )

On a more fandomish streak, I also bring you Wilson (he's so wonderfully expressive!!), H-W friendhsip and H/W icons. (cross-posted to LJ comm house_wilson)

Teasers:

( All of thirteen iconses )

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(comment at house_wilson)

Hello :]

I haven't finished making the House M.D. quotes icons yet, but as it seems that I won't be using the computer much this week (time, or lack thereof...), I thought it'd be better if I posted the ones I've already made, to see what you ladies think.

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( Fourteen House M.D. quote-icons, mostly Season One )

Thanks for the quotes supplied :] Yep, irrlicht74 dearest, I've visited the House page on Wikiquote *huggles* The quotes I didn't iconise are the ones I thought unfit for icons, but if I left out a favourite, just poke me 'k?

Oy, angel_of_dublin, a longer post of House/Wilson recs is on the making, but for now try this one, its main focus isn't the slash and it really cracked me up:

Review Preview
Author: gena
Category: Slash
Pairings: House/Wilson
Rating: All Ages
Summary: Cuddy prepares for the annual review - chaos ensues.

On a diferent note, I've watched Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End last Friday. It's absolutely bloody brilliant and I love nearly everything about it. More detailed squeeage shall follow soon.

This post first began to be sketched because I've been sitting in front of this computer doing schoolwork for, well, a long time.

( CUT for the sake of your stomach: gross little animation of a guy working himself out at the computer )

So I wrote a long rant, but then I read over it and decided that it was booooring, so I decided to go for a nicely-flavoured post instead =]

Wanna know something silly? Near my home there's a street called "Hayden Street". XDD Yeah, I'm easily amused. Hee!



Three more drabbles written for velvet100 :)

Title: Eventually
Rating: Teen
Author: lorielen
Fandom: Velvet Goldmine
Pairing: Curt/Brian
Disclaimer: Todd Haynes', even though I’d treat them much better.
Notes: written for prompt 010 - hysteria at velvet100
Word count: 100

( Eventually )

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Title: Outplayed
Rating: Teen
Author: lorielen
Fandom: Velvet Goldmine
Pairing: Curt/Brian
Disclaimer: Todd Haynes’, even though I’d treat them much better.
Notes: written for prompt 011 - love at velvet100.
Word count: 100.

( Outplayed )

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Title: Homely
Rating: Teen
Author: lorielen
Fandom: Velvet Goldmine
Pairing: Curt/Brian
Disclaimer: Todd Haynes’, even though I’d treat them much better.
Notes: written for prompt 011 - love at velvet100.
Word count: 200.

( Homely )

-*-

Aaand, I'm nearly reaching the mark of 300 Ewan pictures!! (as himself; I have a bunch of him in-character as well). A celebrating picspam is, of course, in order ;) But for now, let me gush iconically - I've had these stashed in my HD for weeks - a bit over Robert Lewis, (Ewan's part in A Life Less Ordinary), Catcher Block (Down With Love), and our very favourite, wonderfully expressive Ew.

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( Sixteen Ewan icons )

Today I've spent a long - and delicious - time over at viggo_daily, preparing the new picspam... my 'picspam' folder at photobucket has over 200 pics *.* Who are you doing, xr8fordgirl and angel_of_dublin?? Vig is seven shades of crazy, and totally adorable.



*LURVES the Crazy Dane*

Things I'll get done next week:

* the Sephiroth-themed layout for star_raiser
* the JRM-as-Elvis header for angel_of_dublin

Things I swear I haven't forgotten about, but that I haven't had an inspiration spasm about just yet:

* the pants/trousers fic(let) for irrlicht74
* the Brian-in-purple-boots-only drabble for secret_plasures, who seems to share more than one of my unusual preferences ;)
* the Jack/Curt ficlet for my wonderful beta, vainwithglitter :)

...if I promised you anything and it's not listed above, please do poke me. My mind's a mess (and don't you love alliteration too?).

:) I've finally made myself a new, skin-coloured, Curt/Brian-centric Velvet Goldmine layout! *licks lips* In case it picked your fancy, the VG font was downloaded from VelvetGoldmine.com.Ar.

VG sountrack is absolutely no effing good to work or study. Stupid brain keeps (understandably) switching from boooring work to images of Ewan hopping about in the nude every time I hear "TV eye". It is, however, very inspirational for icons...

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( Thirty icons )

*cross-posted to velvet_goldmine, wolf_spacequeen

no, I'm not obsessed, really. ;)

Cheers! 28 29 PotC icons. Many thanks to ivorytower for the pics *huggles*

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( AYE! AVAST! )

*grumbles*darn-them-effing-French-ponces*grumbles* Means all my chips go to Azzurra on the final. *hopes liek woah*

I want to cheer up. I seem to be almost on vacations!! Time for some icons I've crafted a while ago but (shamefully) haven't posted yet. These were made with afra_schatz in mind *smoochs*

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Teasers: 01. 06.

( Ten Brokeback Mountain icons )

I've been making Jared icons for a few days now. When I began to upload them to PB, I realised Jared didn't have his own folder. How perfectly monstrous, non? So I'm posting all and every Jared icon I've ever made, with the exception of those crafted as gifts. You'll notice I drifted into my own little world and brought back #09 and #15, for instance. But I quite like this batch, and I hope you will, too :)

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Teasers: 08. 10.

( Twenty-one )

** cross-posted to: actor__icons, leto_daily, my journal.

...has anyone heard from justinetre recently??? I haven't spoken to her in nearly a month, does anybody know if she's ok??

--

Life's been really odd lately. A lot going on with the people around me, it's difficult to even try and keep up. As for me, am down with teh monthly eebil cramps, aggravated by a cold (and I even shed a few tears during the "medicine for goat" scene at Terminal today). On the bright side, I've just got back in touch with a friend with whom I hadn't spoken in a while. Feels very good ^_______^

And just because everything else is random, I present you some Calvin & Hobbes icons!

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Teaser: 05.

( Nine )

I dearly hope you'll like these :)

I've finally fixed my profile, with help from deadpandapen. And, partly because I watched Jarhead again last week, partly just for the fun of it, I've made some Jake icons.

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07. 11.

( Nineteen )

Also, this week I've indulged in... ta-da, Jarhead slash. Oh come on, pretty young men decked in military uniforms and all bored in a desert? They're just begging for it!

( Jarhead slash )

Here's something I started on early December and thought I wouldn't finish...but so it happens that cramps make me very creative, for some reason. I set to make a batch of icons to lyrics. I chose Coldplay's Shiver and this was the result:

( Thirty-four icons to sing aloud to )

Since I'm at it, this year's start has been great over at gentlemen_icons! I tried to enter these for Week 65, but it was past the deadline (I'm so bad with time conversions...). Might as well share, eh?



Ang guess what, a few weeks ago, Johnny was up.



Here's hope you liked these!

**Cross-posted to: actor__icons, fimmel_daily, pitt_daily

PS: go me!! This week I shall receive the Interview with the Vampire and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow dvds *grins*

ETA: ..how come nobody ever told me that ...gone with the wind was such a tragic and tear-provoking drama? Damn. I don't know whether to admire Scarlett or be utterly appalled by her. *entirely too awake for 1:30 am*

Because

menel mentioned it ;)

I think killthwight and irrlicht74 will like it (and, as I've learned recently, afra_schatz might as well!!)

darn, even my mother thinks he's entirely too sexy for our poor ovaries

watching Kinsey was very, very inspiring *grins*

Teasers:

02. and 08.

( 10 Liam Neeson icons )

First things first: I've at long last acquired the Edward Scissorhands DVD!!!!! *positively bouncing*

I'm giddy ^___^ I've just updated my SW slash rec post and examination revealed that this far I have recced:

( Total count plus the newest jewels )

Still in the fandom, I've taken a little time off from work-work-work to craft some icons. They're quite simple but I like them =]

Teasers:



( Four Anakin/Obi-Wan, four Ewan/Hayden )

In addition, I'm writing an Ani/Obi ficlet. It's cute this far, I hope I'll finish soon (though that doesn't seem very likely, what with exams and assignments and all that).

*grins*

Today I had iconing urges. It started as making gifts for dearest afra_schatz, who asked for 'mood' icons, then I just couldn't stop. Also there were some unposted icons lying around in my PB account, so today's the day!

Must credit Full of Beans for the Beanie pics, and because Google is shite when it comes to Viggo pictures, it's absolutely imperative that I thank justinetre *squishes* Such wonderful taste, dear! *hugs*

And now, to the icons!

[01] Hayden Christensen
[06] Jared Leto
[06] Helena Bonham-Carter
[01] Viggorli
[01] Orlando Bloom
[01] Keanu Reeves
[01] Colin Firth
[06] Sean Bean
[01] Orlibean
[06] Viggo Mortensen
[01] Ewan McGregor

Teasers:



( Thirty-two total )

I'm not quite sure whether it's right to put everything in the same post, but I just wanted to express my concern, indignation and sorrow for the victims of the Katrina hurricane, the upsetting tumult that ocurred recently in Iraq and the massacre of Sarajevo, which I've recently become aware of, via the film Hotel Rwanda.
...I wish I could be more eloquent about all of this, but it so happens I'm not. I'm just sorry. I guess Orli conveys the feeling.



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On another, happier note, I've had a good week, rather busy. There's the São Paulo International Short-Footage Motion Picture Festival going on and I've been attending regularly, everything is interesting and inspiring. Today I've stayed home, courtesy of a hurting uterus, and lived basically on painkillers, sweets, fruit and fanfic. :)

There are actually two major reasons I'm posting today:

One: If you're an Ewan/Hayden (RPS) fan, or in danger of becoming one, you simply must catch up on ducky_chas's WiP fic Better on Holiday. I'm deeply in love with this fic. Its plot flows oh-so-nicely, there's lots of positively brilliant dialogue, Ewan is the lovable bloke and Hayden, well, Ewan shall call him squishy and he shall be Ewan's and he shall be EWAN'S SQUISHY!!1one! :) Guest appearance by Cillian Murphy, who sort of tends to steal the scene because he's too fookin' funny an Irishman XDD So go, go, read it now! (this, Caro, is the fic I meant when I commented on your journal earlier today. I think you'd like it.)

Title: Better on Holiday
Author: ducky_chas
Pairing: Ewan McGregor/Hayden Christensen
Rating: R, overall
Summary: Hayden and Ewan get casted for the same movie. Again.

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5
Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10
Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15
Chapter 16

Since I'm at it, might as well point you towards anliya's magnificent piece of Ani/Obi artwork. It's just their hands, sex implied. It's... it's just gorgeous, so full of feeling, so delicate. It made me think a bit of a HP piece killthwight recced on her lj a while ago. Btw, hon, as soon as I post here I'll give the final touches to my Clive & Ange entry and start posting Owned at rp_playground. *grins* For anyone who got curious, Owned is a Clive Owen/Jared Leto idea.

ETA: afra_schatz has just posted this entirely drool-worthy, too-beautiful-for-words Eric/Orli, Sin City-style artwork. It's just perfect, I couldn't possibly overrate it.
*.* *in awe at Caro's skills*

Two: I keep making icons. It's therapeutic and by now, self-indulgence really since there's so much I should be doing. But I like making icons ;]

Teasers: 09. 03.

[ 1] Robert Boyd
[ 2] Christian Bale
[ 2] Jude Law
[ 2] Jared Leto
[ 2] Heath Ledger
[ 1] Hayden Christensen

( Ten icons total )

Expect a full 30-something batch of icons to the lyrics of Coldplay's Shiver anytime soon. I'm having a terrific time working at that one :) And wheeeeee dead_pen's come to town!! *celebrates* Under her very benefitial influence, I'm thinking about changing my LJ layout. Any suggestions for themes?

Teaser icons for Shiver:

10. 12.

*goes watch BHD*

I've basked in SW goodness these past few days, thought I ought to share :)

Before getting started, well, there's this adorable bit of answer for feedback I received today: "thank you for loving my fic!" It made me chuckle. It is so endearingly honest and I guess that's what we all mean when we go fancy 'I'm sooo glad you appreciate my work' about icons/fics/art/whatever. It is good to please people, it is brilliant to have people like something you've done and enjoyed doing. *smiles*

...my team has won one match since we were Toyota Cup champions. That was a month ago; we've had defeats and draws gallore. We're shamefully at the bottom of the national championship and that's... damn. Frustrating. *sighs* </footie>

I finally gave in to the E/H love. After months of lurking at ewan_hayden reading and gathering information&inspiration, I come about with modest production of my own. I do hope you like it!! First off, icons.

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[ + ] Take as many icons as you like! :)
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( 07 Ewan McGregor/Hayden Christensen, 01 Ani/Obi )

There's also this little ficlet... unbeta-ed.

Title: Random and vile cosmic disorder (love)
Author: lorielen
Pairing: Ewan/Hayden
Rating: PG
Summary: 465 words. and if somebody asks whether he’s trying to quit – because Hayden smokes light crap – he can always tell them to sod off and mind their own effing business and stop prying the fuck into his personal life.
Comments: This was the introduction to a longer piece I’d been entertaining for some time, but since the rest of it seems unwilling to be squeezed out from my mind, I thought I could share this bit ;] If nothing else because I adore ewan_hayden *squishes*

( Random and vile cosmic disorder (love) )

** Cross-posted to ewan_hayden

And the infalible recs ;]

Ewan/Hayden

( Fics, art, luff )

That should do it for today. :)

=]

I've finally taken the time to reshape Kaleidoscope :) I've tried to make navigation easier and to include some information I'd left out of the other website, such as graphic resources, ToU, etc. Clique-ty!!



It's now themed 'pineapples', I quite like the randomness of it ;) Oooh and on smileys, lookit, Caro, I learned how to make a pirate smiley P-) aw isn't he precious??

( the lastest on me: films, books, RL and other nonsense )

It's also worth pointing out that razzleslash hasn't abandoned Grounded, one of my favourite Viggorli WiPs, with its gripping AU fashioned a la Brave New World (curious? Chapters 1-13 and Chapter 14). That chapters 17 and 18 have just been added to SW Ani/Obi AU fic Division of Forces, which I'm madly in love with. That afra_schatz has written the most tender, goofy-grin-inducing Bean/Orli fic ever, Not a Bloody Thing. *huggles* And WELCOME BACK, justinetre!! *squishes*

What I'm really-really posting to share, though, are the long-promised Paul Bettany icons. I should dedicate this post for no_me_toques and dormida; they are two brilliant writers who said they'd stalk my lj for Bettany icons, and omg, that was when I had the Ewan icons posted *blushes* Anyway, here they are!

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[ + ] Please credit 'lorielen' in the keywords
[ + ] Please comment and let me know which icons you're taking
[ + ] Take as many icons as you like! :)
[ + ] Resources

( Thirty-one total )

I'm crossing my fingers for you, killthwight!!! *huggles*

It's the last week of my winter vacations (tomorrow's the last day *sniffs*) and there's so much I still have to do... I want to give Kaleidoscope a new layout - pineapple-flavoured, because don't you just love the colours and the smell and flavour? So refresing! In addition, I've also started working on the 300-Kaleidoscope-icons requests for ldybastet and dead_pen but alas, I'm so easily distracted... I ended up happening upon potterpuffs this week and you can only guess what it led to. *grins*

So I present you 19 Potterpuff & HBP icons!

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[ + ] Take as many icons as you like! :)
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( Nine Potterpuffs )

( Ten HBP icons -- mild SPOILERS -- )

Cross-posted to: spoil_me_hbp, partisan_green, harrydraco, potterpuff_fans

=]

holidays indeed!! And what better way to start than with Ewan McGregor? I tried to go back a few stages on this icon-batch. "The simpler, the better" is what I went for. It was a tad difficult to combine that with my newly acquired PS skills, but overall I think I did quite well. ewan_hayden and actor__icons alike were very inspiring. Ewan is adorable and it was wonderful working with him ^____^ I've got Paul Bettany signed on for my next male-to-iconise, but I think I should do a female in-between. Any suggestions? Angie Jolie caught my eye lately. I've only just realised she'd be the purrfect casting for Catwoman.

Now, with the icons! Teasers:



Terms of Use: (because it's being coss-posted and not everyone knows me...)

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( Clicke-ty for 36 total )

Cross-posted: ewan_hayden, actor__icons, my own journal.

PS: ( on Live 8 )

Shiny new post, so that I can poke people into noticing my shiny new layout with the first header I've ever completed (because I tried before but never liked it enough to go through with it...). It's not perfect but... I like it, I guess. It's all greenish & yellowish, colours for Brazil and my two favourite colours, incidentally. It features Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen and lyrics to Speed of Sound by Coldplay, which doesn't really have much to do with anything but has been etched to my mind for days. I like quite a few of the sentences, so ;]

As for the rest of the layout, well, it's very Slytherinish green. I'm still having trouble positioning the content boxes and the f-page is something of a mess, but the colours are mostly settled. May I ask how do you like it?

On another note... I keep babbling about my newfound love for sw_slash. On the past few days I've gathered a few links to material (fanfics, graphics etc) that I love; now is time to share! I have also made a few icons ;] Updated Kaleidoscope today with 55 Keanu+Orli+Obi/Ani icons.

( The Obi/Ani ones, in attempts to infect you all into shipping )

Speaking of Kaleidoscope, I've reached the mark of over 300 icons. Reason to celebrate!! =D So the first five people who comment get a set of 5 icons each or a header, at their choice. Subject/theme is open, and you can either provide me the pictures & text you wish to see iconised or trust my taste with pictures ;]

By the way, here it is, irrlicht74 *hugs* I hope you like what I've done with your bases&idea:



Now, back to the SW pimping:

( Recs. Obi/Any, Ewan/Hayden )

I think this is all *coy smile*

Hi *hugs*

I've just come from a fabulous extended weekend plus one class-less Monday. *super happy* dead_pen came from Bauru. ^_____^ I've stayed over at her home from Wednesday evening to Saturday morning *squishes*, during which we've talked, talked, talked, drawn (she conviced me to and I made the first ever Nightwing I found acceptable) and watched SW III together. Mostly we annoyed the people sitting next to us with a. squealing at Hayden and Ewan and b. she was explaining details and bits of the storyline to very ignorant me. We also started building her an on-line portfolio and among other things she drew this cuuuute, i-Pod-ish Jin Kazama. *luffs*

( On the genesis of this post, and a few considerations on Keanu Reeves )

Thinking about the matter while scanning the net for pictures, I realised that what I love about Keanu are his hands, his voice and his eyes. Since he poked my aesthetical sense, thought I should make icons!

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( Twenty-four total )

Also, recently afra_schatz posted some lovely Orli bases. I'd already fallen in love with him all over again during my visit to killthwight (I'm still gushing over that pic, dear!), and that post gave me ideas... and ideas became icons... *grins* Because him and Keanu are my two favourite inexpressive handsome men. I hope you like these!

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( Twenty-two )

On a different note, so it is that I've gotten myself into yet another cute little slashy pairing (and a new fandom too).

( SW_slash. Because. It cannot be avoided )

...in Keanu's words... "wow". *giggles with killthwight* This post is long. But I hadn't posted in ages, so it's ok? *hopes*