Creative Paradox

Welcome to Creative Paradox! What is it? It is simply a place where I can rant out (ahem, criticize) anything I find worthy of mention and that others can relate to as well. From anime to cliques, everything will be dissected and discussed ^_^ Posts might also include resources, like icon bases and PNGs, from time to time.

And I also took the time to browse through the news archives and selected the most important ones, from the point of view of a newbie to this site ^_^ If you have questions, hope some are answered here; if not, you can ask me directly

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Credits: background pattern & color palette

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Created By sweetdevil

Icon templates: dusty, magical, riddle etc.

Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito x2, Darling, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, Sailor Moon

#3 Dusty: text included, preview base, works best with bright images
#4 Magical: text included, preview base, works best with very bright, pale images
#5 Riddle: text included (even though it's not in the preview), preview base, works best with dark images
#6 Candy: preview base; works best with bright images
#7 Mild, Yet Strong: text included (layer set to invisible), preview base, works best with images with blue tints

To use these, find the image layer (the one with the base) and delete it, or just place your own image above it Be careful, though, since some bases use filtered copies of the background image, so either duplicate the effect or delete the copied BG layer as well.

Previous entry: Icon templates: artistic & hot!~

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Icon templates: artistic & hot!~

Yesterday I discovered that making icon templates is fun <3 So I've begun mixing together textures, brushes, colors etc.! Here you have the ones I've made up to this point (with examples): ...

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Little Mermaid scans + future works poll

Since this place has begun to turn into an image dump, I'll take this opportunity to present my latest project: scanning Disney books. The guys working on a newspaper here have decided to print some cool books featuring the beloved Disney cartoons...

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Icon bases: rare SM bases pack #3

(Rei, Usagi, Ami, Michiru, Hotaru)

Lol, I know, I promised I'd stop posting SM bases, but yesterday I changed my computer and had to move the files to memory sticks. I discovered some long-lost downloaded artbooks and there was a SM one among them too. Since the images were really pretty and HQ, I decided to make bases out of them That being said, I don't know if I'll be able to stop posting SM bases here, but if you want to see the rest you can go here (there are 250+ images!).
Oh, and I also updated Saku's world with some Oofuri icon bases, so check those out too if you're interested

Icon bases: rare SM bases pack #2

I think this is the last installment in the Sailor Moon rare bases pack; there are more bases, but they're not good enough to have their own post - they're not amazing or anything, just...ordinary images >_> You can find them here, if you want them.
Also, I'll gladly take requests for bases Been a little bored lately and don't have any inspiration.