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[alwaysbeenasmiler]

I am trying to think of something to post-- I know on saturday I posted about how much I hate hate HATE text, but that really isn't a post with any substance aside from highlighting how very much I hate TEXT in icons (and actually, I do like text in icons-- what I hate is my inability to make text look good unless it is a pre-made brush/texture). Tonight on my plate is making some Roland Orzbal icons (of Tears of Fears fame) for carisma_sensei since I cleared an icon challenge. I have some other things that I technically be doing, like the Sig challenge for lands_of_magic.. that is if I decide to do it-- once again, that involves text and I HATE TEXT!

MEME TIME

Comment and I will link you a random song! it could be anything.. really anything I am listening to currently, or maybe something that I like based on something that you may like-- it's whatever and random, because I love randomized things!

WORK HAS BEEN ALRIGHT! Also, filed my taxes and getting more than expected back-- probably because of the 14 hour days, five days a week that I did most of the year. Next years tax return won't be nearly as sweet.

Trying to figure out an excuse to get my husband to take me to Rock City in TN. I need more Garden Gnomes in my life.

Alright, time for more icons!

Comments

[breyzyyin]

Congrats on getting your taxes filed! ♥

[evilpettingz00]

I'll take a song. :)

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

Adventures of a Lonely Balloon from the Take That The Circus Live concert

[evilpettingz00]

Weird video, but interesting music! :)

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

It was the intro to Take That's the Circus, so there was no actual lyrics, it was just sequeu into the concert which was very brilliant, and a fun fact is that that was how the band got snuck onto stage, they were dressed as extras throughout that segment.

[evilpettingz00]

Ha! Interesting!

[carisma_sensei]

I'm so in love with your icons!!! They mean a lot to meeeee~~

I struggle with text a lot too. Sometimes it just doesn't look right. I prefer the subject of the icon to take all the relevance rather than "a message".

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

I used to be 'okay' at text, but then Paint Shop Pro changed how text is placed and now you have to go back and forth between Vector and Raster which is completely annoying

[ai]

I've never been a fan of text on icons admittedly... but I think you recognized that early on about me haha. The sig challenge is getting at me too, but I might give it a shot so I hope you will too.

You manage to convince him yet, lol? xP

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

Well tonight if I get home I may do some sigs to At least claims some points... No matter how much i scream at my computer

[ai]

I hope you were able to do just that. I... need to do so sometime myself.

[dorchadas]

I'm very rarely happy with text I put into icons. The one I'm using in this comment is one of the few I'm satisfied with.

I'll take a song!

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

The text on that icon is actually amazing, it's very futuristic and melds with the icon, so you did an excellent job! Text though, it's really hard to get right unfortunately!

As for the song, it's going SUPER 80s Naked Eyes - No Flowers -- back in the 90s, I was really into this band, so it's like a trip down memory lane lol

[dorchadas]

That was just as 80s as you said!

I liked the opening and was kind of disappointed when the rest of the song wasn't in that style, but it grew on me as I listened to it.

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

I love 80s because of the video game blip noises... and I pretty much have that entire album memorized tbh

[dorchadas]

Yes! Every time I see an article talk about "video game music--it's more than bleeps and bloops" I'm like, "What's wrong with bleeps and bloops?!"