hi! i got bit by the blinkie bug while decorating my artfight profile, so i made this blog to dump my self-indulgent web graphics :)
pretty much anything i make (tagged 'made by me') is free to use! if you do peel and stick something, let me know bc it will absolutely make my day. i do my best to give links and credits within my posts, but tell me if i've overlooked something.
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this might be a bullshit web of links and there's not a lot of content to organize yet but bear with me! categories below the break
broad categories
all blinkies
all stamps
all dividers
all userboxes
all alphabets
all pngs/gifs/other images
made by me (f2u)
made by other awesome people (reblogs, etc)
general resources
movies
all movies
real genius
star wars
tv
all tv
pbs kids
video games
all video games
wii
music
all music
the beatles
they might be giants
art
all art-related graphics
digital art programs
other interests
architecture
beanie babies
my little pony
plants
queer shit
all lgbt-related graphics
lesbian herstory stamps
pride flags
Hey guys, check out these crayon blinkies I found! I got lost on the internet archive the other day and stumbled across all these on this site! I’ve never seen so many at once by the same person, and now I can finally credit some of these I was looking for! Namely, the two rainbow ones and the dandelion one.
Aside from these, I’ve posted all the other old crayon blinkies I found on this post! There’s also these that were made pretty recently, and I’ve made a bunch too! These are all the crayon shaped blinkies I have, I believe.
On a side note, I think this finally calls for a “crayon shaped” category! Previously I sorted them all into “colors” and “art supplies”. Now there’s so many that I think it warrants its own page, because then they can be easily found in one place and that would be so kewl…
more dividers!! these are from "botanical motifs" except for the last one, which is from "flower banners." idk i just thought the pressed pansies were cute. they seem to be optimized for light backgrounds so they have a little crunch to em
some dividers from the "architectural motifs" section of icon bazaar's bars and banners. plenty more to choose from if you're into stained glass, stonework, or gothic details :)
full disclosure: i accessed the site via wayback machine and didn't poke around to see which captures were best! the march 2006 capture was sufficient for me
beanie baby dividers, made by a webmaster whose name i can't find :/ i used an online background remover to make them transparent— swing by the "free beanie graphics and animations" page to get the originals!
all about beanie babies -> https://www.angelfire.com/co3/beaniesarefun/
I explored some 90s-2000s MLP sites! Here's some cool shit I found (and my own yapping below the break)
Cizzy’s site — Collection pics, info, graphics, and adopts. The webmaster specialized in Swedish ponies. Copyright 1998. Still accessible.
Worlds Apart — Hosts a fanfic of the same title. Unsure about date of origin since update log has entries as recent as 2024. Still accessible.
Nethilia’s Stables — Documents customs, an unboxing, and The Minty Experiments (in which the webmaster disassembled a G3 Minty). Unsure about date of origin. Still accessible.
Silverfall’s Ponytopia — A reference for G3 collectors, active from 2003–2007. Includes an index of G3 figures and accessories by year and a news archive that documented each month’s new releases. The webmaster stopped updating in 2007 and chose to leave the site up as an archive. Still accessible.
AppleJack’s My Little Pony Page — Contains collection pictures, Most Wanted lists, and artwork from an MLP fan named Tarah. Some links are broken (such as those for a collaborative chain fanfic and the Map of Ponyland webring). Unsure about date of origin. Still accessible.
Map of Ponyland — Navigation page for members of the webring of the same name. Site created in October 1998. Accessible via Wayback Machine.
The Pony Playhouse — A wealth of pony-related resources and activities by Tapestry. The games and music player were unfortunately Flash-based, and the craft images and button graphics wouldn’t load for me, but Tapestry’s collection pictures and free image archive are intact. Earliest capture is from around December 2001. Accessible via Wayback Machine.
Ribbons and Rainbows — Commentary, customs, and coloring pages by Dava. The pages on fandom controversies and pony restoration tips are particularly interesting. Copyright 2000–2001. Accessible via Wayback Machine.
Color the 80s — Coloring book scans from classic 80s cartoons. The MLP, Moondreamers, Lady Lovely Locks, Jem, Popples, and Care Bears links work. The earliest capture is from October 1999. Accessible via Wayback Machine.
Moondancer’s Dream — Collections, art, pony indexes, opinion essays, and more all framed like a story. Narrative passages and artwork allow the reader to explore the world and ‘meet’ characters. Earliest captures are from 2000–2001. Accessible via Wayback Machine.
Lullabye Nursery — Provides animated adopts for other MLP sites. Earliest capture is from 1999, but the October 2000 captures have the most adopts still visible. Accessible via Wayback Machine.
Main takeaway: GOD I wish I knew how to use html. I have zero (0) coding experience but Neocities tempts me every day.
I’m really in awe of these creators and feel almost jealous of the internet they inhabited. I was born when these websites were created, obviously I didn’t experience the internet culture that they did. They used a riot of pastel colors, they carefully edited box art illustrations as decor, they proudly displayed awards granted to them by their friends. All on websites they depended on each other to share. The creativity and camaraderie is beautiful. Are any of them still in touch now? Do they still think about each other? Have they used the skills they learned for anything since, or are they just a happy memory?
Most of the webmasters I saw chose to adopt a pony name as their own, using it as their online persona. (I even found links to a “pony name registry” where users could check to see if a name was available.) I found that an interesting contrast to MLP fans of today (as I remember watching MLP:FIM commentators who used their original ponysonas as their face online). Idk I just think that’s neat.
Another thing that’s shifted shifted since then? Adopts. In my time online an “adopt” has only ever been a character/character design you can purchase from an artist. On these sites they’re used like trading cards and help encourage users to visit their site of origin. That’s how I found the Lullabye Nursery at all! Other sites had adopt collections on display and Lullabye Nursery’s were by far the most popular. I would love to animate like that someday.
The way the webmasters treated the internet and their sites almost as physical locations fascinates me. You’re reading this post (thank you very much if you are!) and it’s just one of an ongoing stream of content being presented to you. My blog isn’t a Place. The internet has never been a location to me, only an ever-present tool I can carry around with me. These sites are fashioned as distinct islands with personality, using welcome messages and vivid descriptors of scenery and dialogue— Moondancer’s Dream is a prime example of that mentality. They talk about the web rings they are a part of as though each site is a stop on a guided tour. What changed?
