i was wondering if its possible to delete or remove the visual effect that you get when you have a shield spell on. i dont want to lose the shield just the annoying bubble visual wiht all the stars and stuff. unarmored is useless without it but i may have to wear armor if i cant get rid of the visual.

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=3466 hides the particle effect. (one option minimizes them, one hides them altogether.)
It does leave the shell around you, but if I remember correctly it can only be seen in 3rd-person.
It works great, I've been using it for years.

cool thank you pluto! ill give that a try. i take it there is no way to actually completely remove it then? i tried to find mods but theyre impossible to find exactly what you want.

Each of the effects, as far as I remember, is a model, so if you were to replace it with an invisible model (or an empty one), that might do the trick. That may be part of what the mod Pluto linked to does, I'm not sure.