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Just testing a new blogging widget.

2/20 Update

I sent out a few orders this afternoon. After I get back from class tonight I'll be working on more. A lot of orders are just on the verge of getting sent...They just need coloring or whatever.

2/15 update

The following orders are almost complete and will receive their icons within the next group:

(Listed by orderer's initials)
CN
CB
SW
WH
LS
JT
AS
MS

Call for Help...

Several months Back, Leo Laporte's show Call for Help had a small feature on Iconize Me!

Here's a transcript:

>>Amber: YOU KNOW, JUST-- AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASIER -- OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH USING, LIKE, PHOTOS OF PEOPLE AND JUST THOSE TYPES OF PHOTOS, THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO COMPRESS THEM TOO MUCH SO THEY'RE BLURRY, BUT THAT -- THAT -- THAT'S FINE AS FAR -- AND AS FAR AS COMPRESSING THEM TO 20 OR 30k. THE NEXT QUESTION HE HAS FOR US, AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF HIM. THIS IS A PICTURE OF MARTIN RIGHT HERE. IS HE WAS THINKING THAT HE WANTED SOME KIND OF MASCOT FOR HIS SITE. SO, HE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, MA-- MAYBE IT COULD BE HIM BECAUSE HE'S ONE OF THE EDITORS OF THE SITE. SO, I FOUND THIS REALLY COOL PLACE WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO, AND IT'S CALLED ICONIZE ME! OR ICONIZE ME!

>>Leo: OH, THAT'S SO NEAT.

>>Amber: AND WHAT YOU CAN DO IS YOU CAN SEND THEM IN A PHOTO AND THEN THEY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT ARTISTS, PAUL, SHALIMAR, AND JOSE, WHO WILL ACTUALLY TAKE YOUR IMAGE AND TURN YOU INTO A LITTLE ICON THAT YOU CAN PUT ON YOUR SITE.

>>Leo: I LIKE-AZAY.

>>Amber: I KNOW. THESE ARE MY FAVOURITE.

>>Leo: YEAH.

>>Amber: AND I THINK FOR MARTIN THIS WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD OPTION BECAUSE IT FITS WITH KIND OF THIS MUSIC SITE.

>>Leo: YEAH.

>>Amber: IT'S NOT TOO REALISTIC. IT'S GOT MORE OF -- JOSE DOES MORE OF KIND OF A CARTOONISH LOOK.

>>Amber: RIGHT.

>>Leo: SO, HE CAN GO HERE AND HE CAN E-MAIL JOSE. LOOK, WE HAVE THIS GUY. THAT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE YOU, LEO. A LITTLE SHUFFLE.

>>Leo: YEAH. YEAH, I LIKE IT.

>>Amber: BUT HE COULD GO AND HE COULD GET A PICTURE OF AN ICON AND HE COULD --

>>Leo: HOW MUCH DOES THAT COST?

>>Amber: IT'S PRETTY INEXPENSIVE. ALL OF THESE ARTISTS CHARGE BETWEEN 40 AND $60.

>>Leo: I MIGHT DO THAT FOR ALL THE TWiT GUYS. IT WOULD BE KIND GOOD TO HAVE THOSE KIND OF STANDARDIZED ICONS.

>>Amber: IT REALLY WOULD BE GOOD.

>>Leo: YEAH.

>>Amber: SO, YOU CAN CHOOSE WHICH STYLE YOU LIKE OUT OF ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ARTISTS. AND, LIKE I SAID, BETWEEN 40 AND $60, THAT'S LESS EXPENSIVE THAN PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE YOU WOULD GO TO ACTUALLY GET SOMEONE TO KIND OF CUSTOM CREATE AN ICON FOR YOUR SITE. AND ALSO IT'S NICE TO USE YOUR IMAGE. IF YOU'RE -- IT'S, IT'S VERY EDITORIAL, THE SITE HE DOES, THE 80's MUSIC CENTRAL. SO, IT'S NICE IF HE ACTUALLY KIND OF NICE ASSIGNS HIS -- HIS FACE AND HIS BRAND TO THE SITE --

>>Leo: YEAH.

>>Amber: -- AND MAKES IT KIND OF CARTOONISH AND FUN --

>>Leo: I LIKE THAT, YEAH.

>>Amber: -- AND USE THE SAME COLOURS THAT HE USES ON HIS SITE.

>>Leo: YEAH. AND HE CAN CALL HIMSELF LIKE, YOU KNOW, Mr. HOT PANTS OR...

>>Amber: OR HOT STUFF. MARTIN HO-- OH, THAT'S MIKEY'S NAME.

>>Leo: OH, THAT'S TRADEMARKED.

>>Amber: [ laughs ] BUT HE COULD DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW. AND, AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO JUST, YOU KNOW, GET HIS IMAGE UP THERE AND --

>>Leo: I LIKE IT.

>>Amber: -- HAVE SOME FUN AND IT'S PRETTY INEXPENSIVE.

>>Leo: WHAT'S, WHAT'S -- ICON-- ICONIZE ME?

>>Amber: iconizeme-

>>Leo: ICONIZE ME, I LIKE THAT.

>>Amber: -.com. AND WE'LL PUT LINKS TO THESE ON OUR SHOW NOTES --

>>Leo: GREAT.

Saturday update...

I've been busy, and got about 10 icons sent out this evening. I hope everyone enjoys them.
I won't be able to get any done tomorrow (got school work and the super bowl to attend to :-)

...But the next batch isn't too bad...there are no "multi-orders" (individuals who order multiple portraits in at once)- which I have NO problem with (don't be discouraged, by any means) but it does tend to slow down the process of getting orders out.

That's all for now.

Feb 3rd

I got 9 icons drawn out tonight. The next step will be to color and send them out.

To be colored/sent (initials):
BC
JH
NE
CF
CG

To be drawn/colored next
CN
CB
JR
SW
DS
WH

Icon Update

Just wanted to post an update....Icons have been going well. I sent out a bunch last night. Another bunch will be sent out in the next few days.

Open

Hope everyone had a good break (if any).

I reopened my order page this morning, so everyone is welcome to send me money ;-)

Vacation

I'll be out of town starting tonight. I will return early January. I will have email access- but it'll be spotty. For now, enjoy the new DVG site and Signs 2 Icons.

New Site!

Finishing all my icon orders allowed me to concentrate on a project I've been wanting to finish for a while- A new site design for DV Graphics. Maybe this new one will last longer than a year! ;-)

http://www.dv-grahics.com/main.html

I had a lot of fun designing this one. You can read more about it on the main page.

Backorder Complete

I've finished all pending orders....Everything is sent out, and groovy!

If you've placed an order and have yet to receive it:
1) Check your spam bin, it may be lost in the mail. Nothing there?
2) Send me a message, I can resend it.
3) There's also the possibility that I've misplaced your order. Which is RARE, but could happen- If so, I'll see what I can do about getting out to you the same day.

However, as of tomorrow I'm starting my vacation until January 9th-ish. So no new orders until at least then.

Those of you who have requested so, I will email you as soon as I've reopened- so you'll have the chance to be first in line.

Orders for 12/15

Hey everyone...
I just sent out orders for
BG
CM
and PH

I'm confident I'll finish these before the weekend, and at the latest, Sunday:
KD
ME
JB
AM (I'm still waiting for a photo)

After that, I don't have anymore orders pending. If you haven't gotten yours yet and aren't listed here, contact me.

Also, based on the poll, I've begun sending orders in ZIP format, so hopefully that'll be easier for everyone.

All Done (for now)!!!

I've just completed and sent out all pending orders (for Jose, that is). I have also received (already) very positive feed back. One of the orders I completed was an icon design for a ferret. The good folk at www.redferret.net, wanted to have their pet iconized. So, it's a first for me. Let's see what happens. If all goes well, as it should, maybe Paul can open a special section in "Iconize Me" for pets. You think?;- D

More Icons!

I just wanted to let ya'll know that today I sent out 4 icons. So following in Paul's foot steps, I will post the initials of the ones I just sent out.
AW
JS
TD (you wanted your icon just like ProBlogger)
MH

...and I'm currently working on:
MS
NP (Red Ferret)

I did something extra special on one of the icons. It's for a great 80's music site. Check it out at
http://www.80smusiccentral.com/
Free plug, I guess. But, you know what they say, "What goes around comes around", and it's already coming around!

Hope ya'll like them!

Poll

Here we go, lets see if anyone visits or reads the blog....I have a poll for everyone to take

What format would you prefer Iconize Me! orders be compressed and delivered in?

Sent

Got 9 orders sent out tonight. More on the way over the next few days.

Marathon

I just sat down for most of the afternoon to really focus on icons- It's been non-stop madness this month up until this point. It's still madness, but now it's all icon-related. I know a bunch of you have been waiting for a while for your icons- If I can keep up this pace, I will get a lot sent out before and during this upcoming weekend.

Now for the disappointing part (kinda of)- I didn't finish any of the icons I worked on today- Instead I got a handful of them almost done (essentially all they need is to be colored and packaged up)- It's a lot quicker for me to work this way....Draw an icon, save it, move on- Keeps me in a good mindset. I will do the same thing when it comes to coloring- Color it, save it, move on.

I need to take a break to have some dinner- Perhaps after I get started on coloring and send some out tonight.

Incase you're wondering if yours is one of the icons I worked on tonight, check this list to see if your initials are there...If they are, I'm almost done with yours!

JB
SW
SW (a different one)
PH
PC
MK
MR
KB
TM
HD
EO
EP
CK
AB

DV Graphics

Not sure what's going on at DV Graphics- but all pages are resulting in endless redirects. Iconize Me and others work fine. I'm looking into it.

Quick Update

Hi!!! I'm very excited becuase I've just completed all of the orders I received for this month of November. So if you ordered from Jose and have not yet received your order, please write me ASAP so I can resend it. Just in case, my email is: jose@dv-graphics.com. By the way all the icons came out pretty cool! I hope ya'll like'em.

By the way, I want to urge all of you to stop by DV-graphics and check out the cool desktops Paul has available for download. Not only are they cool, but they're also FREE! Can't beat that!

Take care.

FAQ

I've updated the Iconize Me! FAQ with a whole bunch of clarified and new answers. I've also re-ordered a bunch of them in order to clarify the responses.

http://www.iconizeme.com/faq.html

November update

School has thrown me a little behind on the icons this month, so it's possible that the wait may be beyond the reported 2 weeks, but I'm trying my hardest to prevent that. I've been able to get a steady flow of several icons per day out the door, so it's not too bad.

Also, a heads-up: I will be out of town from 23-27th for Thanksgiving, so I won't be sending any icons out during that time- Some of you counting down the 14 days until approximate delivery might need to consider that :-)

For those of you who haven't seen it, we have a new featured artist page. This is a place where you can go to see more work and samples by one of us here at DVG....The first page up is Shalimar: http://www.iconizeme.com/shal.html
We're looking forward to have more features like this in the future. It's one of the perks of having multiple people on-board, you actually have something to highlight ;-)

I hope everyone who has received their icons in the past months have been enjoying them, I know I've enjoyed making them.

Finally!

Hey! I'm finally posting, or is it blogging?

Anyhow, I'm thrilled to be here! Wanna thank Paul and Shalimar for giving me a chance to have so much fun designing you guys' icons. Not only is it fun to design them, but also to get to know so many people from around the world.

So, just to let ya'll know it's been a great ride, thus far.

Icons

Today: Made some and sent some. Enjoy.

New Desktops

Hello everyone, I know, its been a long time since my last post. Busy. Busy. For those of you waiting for your Icons, they will be done shortly I have about 3 left to do, until i have no more. I just did a whole bunch of new Desktops for the freeware section of DVG. Check 'em out , feel free to download and use. Signing Off
~Shal

Open

I've just re-opened my order page for those who are interested.