Spike And Buffy
James Marsters
Union Chapel - Spring Fever 2007
The Point, Cardiff - July 2007
The Point, Cardiff - November 2007
Union Chapel - May 2009
Love Hearts - London, February 2010
A Taste Of Heaven
Bible Verses To Remember.
Quote - Bishop T.D. Jakes
"How can you say that God has me exactly where He wants me to be, when I have never felt this lonely, and I've never felt this sad, and I've never felt this depressed. And it is a shameful place, and it is a painful place, and it is a tearful place, and it is a breaking place. But I came to tell you that God's Strength is made perfect in weakness, and when this is all over, God is going to get some glory out of this..." |
14th-Nov-2014 08:56 am
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Those light texturesI had on AC 2 are just so effective, aren't they?
That re-cast was one of the hardest prompts ever given!!
Yes, I like AC1 as well!
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The recast was a hard prompt.
Some of the challenges on these 20in20's are hard, but in attempting them I find I have to stretch my brain.
I love your clarity in your work ... something others don't seem to achieve.
You've used that light effect before of course (for 7 of 9 in ST?) but I love how you make it look quite right for each icon whenever you use it. (aka I envy your use of it and your way with it.) Overlaps and wraps around the character's head perfectly.
There's something special about AC and I can barely put my finger on it. That granulated background is another signature effect of yours, as are the geometic art deco-ish not a border border lines on the side; I'm sure you've used them together before but this combination is very very right. This may be my favorite use of your granulated background barring the gold Spike icon, and even at that - green is so hard to work with and it's very natural here, a great earth tone that implies the forest environment, the color is variegated in the right ways - and then that ironc geometric touch is just enough to add contrast and make the entire thing really pop without drawing focus.
And AC1 is just so so pretty - out of focus with a purpose, and the colors are both warm and melt together like a watercolor. Brava!
Although you comment that green is hard to work with, I suppose I tend to find it easier than most, as I see so many colours in shades of green, so know what I like to see ... works if I keep a basic palette on the icon.
I hadn't thought of the lines as Deco (you make me sound very clever that way! I have a friend, who is off LJ at present as is very poorly, but he does some amazing effects with the lines, mine are more basic.
Yes, I like AC1 ... my favourite of the 20.
So your way of seeing color serves as an advantage? You had some lovely shades of green in your last btvsats set, along the lines of light clear tones like celadon and jade that I love.
I should actually amend my earlier statement about green - the hardest color to work with was indigo in terms of, what exactly IS indigo as distinct from blue and violet? I'm still not entirely sure because there are so many variations on "indigo"!
Do you have a link to your friends work btw? I admire people who do good work with lines and shapes - "line" is something I haven't mastered and it's funny because I love art nouveau where the quality of line is of utmost importance (although this is more obvious in deco, which is nouveau stripped down to it's essence.)
Yes, I like AC1 ... my favourite of the 20.
There's such a warmth to this one, like red wine or summer nights. I'm noticing the blurring at the edges only now, and that's a good thing - the blurring was there but it didn't stand out as an element, it's subtle. I've seen a lot of bad use of blurring (my own work included.)
AC1 was actually totally done on iPiccy!
He hasn't got as many "line" ones as sometimes up ... but this is the link to his user-pics here ... although as he is f-locked I hope you can get it.
(Thought I would use my Iolus icon ... another gorgeous body!! He is Herc's friend in the series if you have never watched)
I went to wikipedia to find the number (what is that six digit ID called for each color?) so I could type it into my ipiccy color selector, but the article I looked had several different variations of indigo and what they called "indigo" looked more like violet to me. It got extremely confusing.
AC1 was actually totally done on iPiccy!
And this is why I haven't abandoned ipiccy yet - I'm still mastering it and there's a lot left to learn, even if I have to struggle through myself? (also, this new version of {PSE for Mac Maverick is turning out to me more unwieldy than I expected - my sweetie still misses her old full version of PS that got destroyed on the old computer.)
Do you remember how you got that warm glow? I looks like you're using light leaks? (I'm on a real kick with light textures lately, and there's that lovely default one in ipiccy that's red and violet that i use a lot in fact I used it in the Buffy/S6 icon from Gone *points to icon*, desaturating the image and rendering in browns and ivories first.)
Oh I wonder how AC2 would look with some applied red/violet light leaks on the outside of that light curve? *ponders*
but this is the link to his user-pics here ... although as he is f-locked I hope you can get it.
Yes I can thank you - some terrific icons! I love the clarity and simplicity of so many of these, focusing on the characters and not on special effects so much. (Something I need to keep in mind. FX can be addictive and distracting from good design.)
I'm sure Jamie and I have chatted - maybe here on your journal? - although I haven't friended them yet. I should probably amend that. Thank you for the link!