Challenge 2x07: Hearts

[kerravonsen]

The people have spoken: you want a new challenge.
Welcome to challenge #2x07, "Hearts".
For this challenge, each icon you make must contain a heart or hearts (in honour of Valentine's Day); these can be heart brushes, heart dingbat characters, or hearts drawn by hand or with paths.


Examples:


Techniques:
- bezier tool
- brushes
- text

Useful tutorials:
- basics
- Gimp For The Artistically Challenged
- How To Make A Heart In GIMP or Inkscape
- http://emptyeasel.com/2008/08/22/how-to-draw-simple-shapes-in-gimp-using-the-pen-tool/
- http://www.designyourownweb.com/gimp/bezier-gimp.htm

Useful Resources:

Brushes:
- http://free-brushes.com/2008/10/12/gimp_heart_brushes.html
- http://www.gimp.wisdomplug.com/category/Brushes/hearts-gimp-brushes-free-for-download/
- http://kward1979uk.deviantart.com/art/Hearts-Gimp-Brushes-24561240
- http://www.obsidiandawn.com/hearts-photoshop-gimp-brushes
- http://www.obsidiandawn.com/hearts-ii-photoshop-gimp-brushes
Fonts:
- http://desktoppub.about.com/od/freefonts/l/bl_ffhearts.htm
- http://www.fontspace.com/category/heart
- http://www.fonts4free.net/holiday-valentine-fonts.htm

Rules:
1. From one to four icons can be submitted.
2. You have two weeks to submit the icons; that is, they are due on 25th of February(that's my time, Australian time, so for some of you that will be the 24th of February).
3. Icons will be submitted in comments to this post. All comments will be screened, to preserve anonymity.
4. As soon as I can after the 25th of February, I will make a voting poll here. People will then have three days to vote.
There will be two sections in the voting: (a) "Best embodiment of style"; this you vote for whichever icon you think demonstrates the style/technique of the given challenge (b) "I just like it"; where you vote for whichever icon you simply like the best.
5. You are required NOT to post your icons anywhere public until after the voting is over, so as to preserve the anonymity of the entries.
6. When the voting is over, I'll announce the winners here. Discussion of the challenge will be encouraged, especially discussion and demonstration of techniques used. The entries will also be un-screened.

In short:
Due 25th of February, post entries here, don't show them elsewhere.

If you know any good tutorials for this challenge, please post a link.

And please pimp this far and wide!

Also, if you have any ideas for challenges you would like to see, don't hesitate to suggest them in the suggestions post. No, I'm not running out of ideas, but feedback is good.