Procrastination is My Drug of Choice: Buffy and Veronika Decides to Die Icons

[red_satin_doll]

This is what I do when I have at least three meta and two fics unfinished on my harddrive, whilst my lovely beta lanoyee waits patiently so she can actually beta. (Beta is both a noun and a verb, right?) I don't have Photoshop, only the simply editing suite on Photobucket to play with, so no claims to art here. (If you're looking for art, try terragram_icons ; they just posted a fun set of buffyverse quote icons. Or comlodge's award-winning icons. Or...anyone who is not me.)

Sample Icons:  

Anyhoo...The first two are from Veronika Decides to Die (a movie I don't recommend due to what I consider it's unethical and misguided "solution" to depression: "Veronika just needs to care about someone else and she'll feel all better! And lying to her about her health condition and manipulating two mentally ill people in order to cure them is TOTALLY worth the risk!" Sorry, NO. But damn, it's got some pretty visuals.) The rest are of my girl Buffy Summers, of course, or Buffy and Dawn.

You know the drill: Comments and feedback are always welcome; proper credit is a must. All for the taking, just let me know.
(ETA: Speaking of proper credit *ahem*, original screencaps and promo images for Veronika sourced from smg-online.org and LadyMason.com .)

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Comments

[comlodge.livejournal.com]

Art is where I run to as well. It's great for when your muse buggers off, you letting a story sit for a day so you can go back and edit it, you're procrastinating, you're avoiding the housework, the husband, the dog, the world... lol.

You've picked some great shots here and cut them really nicely - something I still struggle with for some reason. Love # 3. That face is so expressive. :D

[teragramm.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the pimp-age!

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

These are quite nice!


Gabrielle

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Nice! I know there are times in fandom when I could use 7 or 17...

And that's the moral of Veronika...? Huh. Having read another of Paulo Coelho's books (and I use the word "books" loosely), I can't say I'm surprised, but still... urgh.

[kikimay]

Lovely icons. My favourite I think it's #4.
And, yes, Veronika's moral is bullshit but the movie was so beautiful - certain images were really, really gorgeous - and Sarah was simply perfect.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

I think you did a nice job. :P