CI Artwork

A few days ago I found this amazing Bobby and Alex artwork here at IONTelevision.

To the Boy...

...in the Blue knit cap.

Lately popped up a few new on set photos of the last Criminal Intent shooting. Click for more Vincent. (Thanks Judith for the first one)

Sigh, I miss them solving crime.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent: The Final Year

To pre order on DVD now - Release Date: March 12, 2013

I miss season 9 on DVD, oh no I don't really miss this season.

• Actors: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe
• Directors: Jean de Segonzac
• Format: NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
• Number of discs: 2
• Studio: Shout! Factory
• DVD Release Date: March 12, 2013
• Run Time: 330 minutes

2-disc set with the final 8 episodes will be available in the first half of March

Shout! Factory has scheduled a March 12th street date for Law & Order: Criminal Intent - The Final Year, the 10th and last season of the Dick Wolf-produced show. These final 8 episodes star Kathryn Erbe, Vincent D'Onofrio and Jay O. Sanders, with Julia Ormond in seven of them. Guest stars include Jay Mohr, Neal McDonough, Jeri Ryan, Rosalind Chao, Cynthia Nixon, Tovah Feldshuh, and James Van Der Beek.

One year after...

I miss to see you work together.

Thank you Diane for pointing me again on their last common duty.

Two Alex Eames items

Check out ebay when you want to own a blazers or a jacket. (There are three Bobby items as well). The auctions end Jun 12, 2012 10:43:02 PDT.

I really like the faded olive jacket. Kathryn wore it during Boots on the Ground. The blazer is from Last Street in Manhattan and you will also get the white tank top when placing the highest bit.

Even more interesting are the wardrobe cards:

Guess what my eyes spotted first ;o)

Good Luck!

100 Drabble - Fire

I wish you all wonderful Easter Days.

Title: Fireplace
Prompt: Fire
Flavor: Criminal Intent
Characters: Alexandra Eames/Robert Goren
Rating: M
Word Count: 108
A/N 1: Post To the Boy in the Blue Knit Cap
A/N 2: With beta help of gorengal.

"Wow." Bobby collapsed and disappeared into a comforting aftermath. He never expected that this Sunday of therapy session and case authority-fights with the Feds would end in front of an open fire and on a soft blanket, his wonderful partner in his arms.
He opened his eyes and followed the shine of dancing flames on sweaty skin.
"Sorry," he murmured into Alex's eye. "I rushed it and left you desperate behind."
"Shhhh..." Alex whispered, "Everything is perfect." But she caught her breath as gentle fingers and a playful tongue tended to places of fevered pleasure.
"Oh no, I always finish what I started."

10 x 7 Icarus Poster

For the first post-tvrealm Challenge we should do an episode poster. Join tvchiller to have a little TVR fun.

Here is my result:

Photo Flood

I hadn't done a picture search for Kathryn in a longer time. Here are the founds I never saw before.

Plus here is a short clip of the 2011 WordTheatre® production 'Speaking in Tongues'.

Sources:

• http://rjdibella.com/celebrity_sightings.html
• http://ashleyrose9104.blogspot.com/2011/03/law-andorder-ci.html
• http://www.ostermedia.com/event-page.php?event=word-theatre-speaking-in-tongues
• http://www.broadway.com/shows/zarkana/photos/kathleen-turner-real-housewives-galore-more-check-out-cirque-du-soleils-surreal-zarkana-on-opening-night/163999/zarkana-opening-night-kathryn-erbe-daughter-maeve
• http://www.autographworld.com/common/newsearch.asp

The Last Street in Manhattan - clip

I thought I saw every Criminal Intent Season 10 clip USA Network produced to promote the last eight episodes. But yesterday I found this little gem.

Oh wow, what a smile. I miss Alex and Bobby badly.

I think I said it before, but I really like that even after 10 years of work, it's amazing that Kathryn and Vincent still sit next to each other, while waiting on the next scene to film.

Cadaver - Icon Tutorials

Program: Photoshop CS3
Number of steps: A = 8, B = 6
Difficulty: Easy
PSD: Yes

I use Photoshop CS3 and I thank cath from caths_arts for her German-English PS translation list.

Oh dear, I wrote this tutorial months ago but never published it. Here we go:

A few days ago I found shalowater’s LJ and the beautiful textures she created. I hadn’t done any more dimensional icons for a while but all the lovely textures inspired me to look through my L&O: CI – Cadaver caps. I found two wonderful pictures of Alex and made two new icons.


A)



Step 1:
Take your cap, crop the part you want to include in the icon and do everything else like sharpening or lightening. [In the most cases I add a new fill layer in white and set it to soft light. Then I duplicate the base and set it in soft light on top. Merge all three layers together and sharpen it.]



Step 2:
Open texture1 and set it to Hard Light - opacity 100%. I like the darkening of the frame and corners but didn’t want to change Alex too much. Take the eraser tool to reduce the texture over Alex’s face.



Step 3:
Take texture2 and add it to your icon. Set it to Pin Light - opacity 100%. Again erase the texture over Alex’s face.



Step 4:
Like I told you, I found a lot of wonderful textures and wanted to use them all. Take texture3 and set it to Linear Dodge - opacity 100%. Erase the dots which bug your icon subject.



Step 5:
Add this violet changing texture4 and set it to Color - opacity 100%. I really like the cap coloration (love the green) but with the monochromation the icon and Alex’s expression get more powerful.



Step 6:
Put one more texture5 to your icon and set it to Screen - opacity 50%. Again erase the area over Alex’s head.



Step 7:
To give the icon a bit more contrast: new layer --> New Adjustment Layer --> Brightness/Contrast: Contrast: +30

Step 8:
To finish the icon duplicate the base and add it at top of your layer stack. Set your icon to Soft Light - opacity 40% and also go to Filter --> Blur --> Gaussian Blur: 2,0.



PSD A

B)



Step 1:
Take your cap, crop the part you want to include in the icon and do everything else like sharpening or lightening. [In the most cases I add a new fill layer in white and set it to soft light. Then I duplicate the base and set it in soft light on top. Merge all three layers together and sharpen it.]



Step 2:
I really like icons with not plain edges. Open texture6 and blow it to width: 211, high: 222. Set it to Hard Light - opacity 100% and moving over your icon subject until you like the result.



Step 3:
Take texture7 and add it to your icon. Set it to Screen - opacity 100%. I didn’t want Alex’s face covered with the text, so move it a bit to the left side.



Step 4:
Open texture8 and set it to Pin Light - opacity 100%. Not to disturb the balance of the text move also the cross a bit to the left side until it centers the text. Use the Smudge tool and extend the right line of the cross to the end of your icon.



Step 5:
Open texture9 and change the dimensions to width: 123, high: 122. Set it to Overlay- opacity 100%. Move the texture over the icon that the face is in the circle plus the ring follows the curve of Alex’s hair.

Step 6:
To finish the icon duplicate the base and add it at top of your layer stack. Set your icon to Soft Light - opacity 50%.



PSD B

Have Fun and Good Luck! I would love to see your results. Please credit havers when using my tutorials.

TVRealm: episode 3 x 04 - Multimedia BINGO

Episode: Episode 3 x 06 - My Awards Show for the tvrealm landcomm.
Ep Summary: Complete TWO sets of 5 squares with writing or graphics.

My Card Contains: 1 fanfic < 500 words, 2 icons, 3 gifs, 1 wallpaper of Criminal Intent, V (2009), Glee and House MD.

The End:

Sorry, that this gif is so ugly. I made a much better one but that turned out so BIG that LJ, PB or imgur won't upload it.

Just Kiss the Girl:


Bliss:


Shine:


Dress up:

900 x 674 - click to enlarge

Title: Cause and Effect
Fandom: Criminal Intent
Character: Alexandra Eames & Robert Goren
Wordcount: 1481
Prompts: GQMF, *NOM*NOM*NOM*, Body Parts, Cause & Effect, Wacko
Rating: Rating: K+
A/N 1: Takes place in late S10.
A/N 2: With beta help of quietfireca.


Bobby Goren didn’t know if he should gasp for air or give up and break down. He wanted to laugh about the whole situation but he was afraid he would collapse.

“LEG CURL”

God, and he really had asked for this session.

“KNEES UP!”

Please NOT knees up. Everything but knees up, but Bobby lifted his legs to the beat of a very quick version of Waterloo. He turned slightly his head and watched his partner sweating.

The sessions with Dr. Gyson verified for Bobby that he needed to change something in his life. Maybe not more talking with the psychiatrist even if the mandatory meetings were not as bad as he thought they would be. But he badly wanted to tone his body again. Yes, lately he had kept an eye on his meals. More cooking plus water and less takeout plus soda had helped him lose weight. But Bobby wanted more – not GQ perfection but a few more muscles here and there would be nice. His home treadmill had been broken for years and was covered with dust. Moreover he wanted company and to not be lonely anymore. Wednesday he had asked Eames for suggestions. She had proposed the free NYPD sports program and had invited him to her aerobic workout to try it out.

“STEP TOUCH!”

Phu, the warm up was over. Alex smiled toward him as she toweled her red face. Bobby didn’t try to return the smile, knowing he would totally fail and end up with a grotesque wacko face. Instead he nodded and took a sip of water. Now began the dance part of the hour.

When Eames had talked about her dance aerobic course Bobby became very interested. He loved to dance and combining this with a little cardio would be awesome to get in shape again. He hadn’t expected that only women visited the course and that the trainer would be a post Soviet drill instructor.

“MAMBO!”

The beautiful face, the stomach like a trampoline and a butt to crack walnuts with couldn’t hide the fact that this woman liked to torture her students and there wasn’t only a little cardio.

“CHA CHA!”

But Bobby started to like the mixture of steps, turns and jumps. His arms flew elegantly through the air, his body was energized and he felt good. Even the odd gazes and smirks of the other officers couldn’t dampen his growing fun. He liked the reflection of his moving body in the one wall mirror, how he followed the instructions of the increasing choreography. Now and then he glanced at Eames. Her sweet ponytail flew around her head. She needed to concentrate to remember the right steps but her style was cool more a street dancer than an élève, which also emphasized her beige cargo slacks and the short tank top.

The second part was over in a rush. Bobby felt euphoric but as they picked up their yoga mats, he felt ----- oh, boy. I’m not sure what to do here. Also Alex’s rolling eyes didn’t calm him. 1000 sit ups in 10 different variations, hips up, legs up to tone the butt, belly and legs convinced him that the Russian slave driver liked her job too much.

“THREE SMALL!”

Bobby groaned powerlessly but he wasn’t the only objector. His muscled burned and he was ready to give up. Alex kept up till the end. Bobby always knew that his partner was a fighter and now he realized why all these skittles and cookies hadn’t spread her backside.

The cool down phase was welcomed with a collected gasp of relieve. After another 15 minutes of relaxing and stretching the aerobic course was over. Without a gaze back, slowly Bobby shuffled to the male locker room and took a hot shower to ease his shaking muscles even more.

After the dressing, Alex awaited him in the juice bar of the fitness center. Her wet hair was knotted in a chignon and she wore again her working outfit, a blue low cut sweater and dark jeans. Bobby lowered clumsily next to his partner on a bar stool and dropped his duffle bag. Thankfully he took a big gulp of the offered apple spritzer. In silence they enjoy each other company, observing through the big glass walls the next spinning lesson of their trainer.

“She is…” Bobby groaned.

“Inexorable,” Alex giggled.

“Yeah. How long have you been going to her class?”

“Must be three months now. I wanted a little variety from the usual bums, tums and thighs workout,” Alex answered. “Every Friday I go to the dance aerobic and Tuesday I have a course called boxing aerobic. There you have more arm action and also a few kicks for the legs. The muscle toning part is supported with small barbells.”

“Sounds cool and exhausting.”

“It is. I like the mix of both courses. Kickboxing against fighting suspects and the dance for a better posture. I know I’m rather a boxer than an elegant dancer but the little choreographies are fun.”

“No, you looked great,” Bobby protested.

“But the world lost a ballet dancer with you,” Alex answered, and reached for her shoulder bag and the gym bag.

Outside the fitness center both halted again.

“Do you like another drink to finish the day? Only three blocks west is a nice Jazz bar with great live music,” Bobby suggested.

“I would love to, but you know. It’s my week to check my dad.”

“Oh, okay.”

“I need to buy groceries for him and I bet his living room is a mess. Yesterday the Red Socks played and he invited friends and former colleagues over.”

“All right,” Bobby answered, trying to hide his disappointment. But he couldn’t convince his partner.

“But what do you think about breakfast tomorrow morning? We’re not on-call. There is a new bakery in my neighborhood with so so so delicious scones and pastries. I’ll get the biscuits and make scrambled eggs and you bring the coffee and the newspapers. We make a long brunch in my winter garden or on the terrace.”

“Sounds awesome,” Bobby replied. “I’ll be there around ten?”

“Great.”

Bobby touched Alex lightly on her shoulder and slowly bent deeper. Gently he kissed her right cheek and said good bye. At work they weren’t the feely, touchy, kissy friends, but today after the shared 90 minutes torture it felt right.

Already on her way to subway A, Alex turned again around to wave to Bobby before he reached the next block to his subway to Green Point.

~oOo~

Alex closed her front door with a kick and entered the kitchen, the warm biscuits under her arm. She only needed to make the eggs and set the table for the breakfast with Bobby as her phone rang. She picked up the receiver but only heard a painful groan on the other end of the line.

“Eames…”

“Goren?” Alex already picked up her car keys and the gun, guessing the worst. “What? Where are you?”

“Bed…I can’t move…worst sore muscles ever,” he whispered.

Alex burst out laughing but managed to cover the mouthpiece. She knew too well how she felt after her first lesson with Natasha.

“Stay there. I’ll come over with the breakfast. Give me 30 minutes.”

“Thanks.”

Alex reached Brooklyn in no time and used her spare keys to let herself in Bobby’s apartment, picking up the New York Times of the doorsill. With a big picnic basket, holding an extensive breakfast, she stepped toward his bedroom and knocked carefully against the door frame.

“Come in,” Bobby panted, and Alex entered the cozy den of her partner.

Cause and Effect. Yesterday Bobby was the most elegant dancer in the group, but many muscles groups hadn’t worked in months. Today he was a picture of misery. Under groans of pain he shifted his tall frame to one side of the mattress, making space for his partner.

With few words she spread the bread, pastries, jelly and cheese over the king size bed. The scrambled eggs were inside a thermos box. Alex passed Bobby his paper cup with To Go coffee. But she changed her mind and got porcelain plates and cups from the kitchen.

Alex sat down carefully at the end of the bed, smiling guiltily. “I’m sorry,” she said, buttering a half biscuit.

“No, it’s not your fault. It was all my choice to join the class.”

“The second time won’t be that grueling,” Alex answered, and rummaged in the basket.

Second time? Bobby still didn’t know how to get to work on Monday and Eames was speaking of a second hour of torture.

“Here, this bath salt and the massage oil helped me a lot after my first lesson.” Alex passed two good smelling bottles.

“I’ll try it, thank you,” Bobby said, and unfolded the newspaper to share with Alex. “How was your dad...?”

To be continued…

A/N 3: An élève is a ballet student. Natasha is inspired by my own wonderful dance aerobic trailer. She is great, a drill instructor but great. ;o)

On Set

Yesterday I found these wonderful on set photos of 'The Last Street in Manhattan' and 'Icarus'. It's so soothing to see Kathryn and Vincent working. Oh, even with the current German airing of season 10 [only two episodes to go], I miss my Bobby and Alex...MUCH!

Photos found on Flickr: techwholesaledotcom, slowpoke_taiwan

Criminal Intent Promo Clip

Here is another CI - S10 promo clip. Enjoy!

Criminal Intent Season 10 in German TV on Monday

See here the first promo I caught. Sigh, I watched too less vox the last weeks. Hopefully there will be more.

I love you

See what cool .gif I found on tumblr yesterday:



So freaking cute. It looks like she’s saying I love you.

Source: ilylovelynerd

Venom my dear NYC and Kathryn connection

With thank to retna.com [© Terrence Jennings / Retna, Lt] and my friend venom at Unofficially Kathryn I can show you a few more pictures of Kathryn, her both children and also their two dogs during the 'Get Your Licks on Route 66' event of late September.



Venom was able to talk again with Kathryn (sigh, I'm so happy for him but I also want a chance of this pleasure. Here an extract of their conversation.

...She asked how I was doing, and I asked how it was going there and what she was working on, but to which she said nothing just yet. I suggested Lilah get a show and she said "Yeah, that'd be great, wouldn't it?"

I hope we'll hear very soon about new projects of Kathryn and Lilah [maybe she isn't allow to say something but already negotiating]. Of course, tonight is this ONE NIGHT EVENT: Playwrights Horizons - Dirty Laundry. Also try to catch one of the Mother's House Film Festival screenings. Had been one of you at Jacksonville and watched Sunny Side Up?

P.S. If you didn't already catch it on YT. Here is Kathryn's Message to the Unofficially Kathryn Members made by venom on set of Criminal Intent.