Most people don't ask for their needs to get met until they're in a place so bad that staying in that bad place is worse than whatever stops them from asking. Some people have a hard time asking for their needs to get met because they've been brainwashed that they should be strong enough to deal with everything themselves. Or that the other person should just know that they need support and if they need told then ... fill in bullshit answer here. Or a plethora of other reasons that have been culturally ingrained in us.
I am copying all of this because YOU SPEAK TRUTH. Every word of it. Especially the brainwashing - my sweetie and I are "I gotta be strong enough" plus "please read my mind" mashed up all at once, squared. Holy moly.
I'm just glad that you two seem to be able tow work through the tough times. 17 years ... that's wonderful!!!
And sometimes I have to say this stuff aloud because when i see it through other people's eyes, it looks a heck of a lot different than through my tunnel vision. But I constantly forget that - why do we forget the things that we need to do/learn most?
I feel I did the best I could with what I was given.
Just so you know - I voted for your #9 because I liked the meta concept. And I don't know how to achieve the same results (or haven't the patience. And frames - I adore frames and framing devices in imagery, when done right.) Oh gosh was the quality of the source photo indeed terrible. I wanted to do something with Aly and Sarah from that cap but I gave it one pass and gave up. Kudos to you for getting anything out of it.
I had to find the same photo of Cordy elsewhere to even try and work on it.
You're allowed to do that with these contests? Durn, I had no idea.
I think I just wanted to be finished with Cordy and my intent never came across. That she's her own best friend.
I love the concept though. The fact that you put thought into these in terms of concepts and stories is something I think you and I have in common. Sometimes I make icons that are just "pretty picture!" but not that often, there's almost always something I'm trying to say.
Which I think is a scream!!! As in laughing scream.
OMG so do I! It's giving me all sorts of - wrong thoughts. *lol* I don't ship the guys with each other, really but...I've seen tons of Spander but surely there must be a hardcore Spangel fandom?
I think you'd do really well at Slayerstillness because you can pick your own caps and the themes are generally flexible enough to allow some interpretation. That Spangel icon would have killed at an SS round, pun totally intended.
I just noticed that all three of the winners this round used some sort of curved or circular imagery in them. (And I was worried about the curved cloud shadow in mine.) Great minds and all that jazz?
It took the least work because I knew how to do everything going in, so I felt pretty happy that I had the idea, planned how to get the result I wanted, wasted not a second's worth of time while making it,
Doesn't that feel lovely when it happens? I want to get to that place more often (fat chance, with my brain.) I think the concept worked exactly as you wanted it on the Buffy icon, that blend of power and prettiness are so important. A friend of mine just started watching the show a little and loves that blend of qualities.
I actually like the ones I did with her leg and the stake a LOT more than the ones of her face for the reasons you mention, but...I chickened out at the last minute because I started looking at past winners and thinking, well, they like faces a lot, blah blah...I put the award over the work. Never good.
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I am copying all of this because YOU SPEAK TRUTH. Every word of it. Especially the brainwashing - my sweetie and I are "I gotta be strong enough" plus "please read my mind" mashed up all at once, squared. Holy moly.
I'm just glad that you two seem to be able tow work through the tough times. 17 years ... that's wonderful!!!
And sometimes I have to say this stuff aloud because when i see it through other people's eyes, it looks a heck of a lot different than through my tunnel vision. But I constantly forget that - why do we forget the things that we need to do/learn most?
I feel I did the best I could with what I was given.
Just so you know - I voted for your #9 because I liked the meta concept. And I don't know how to achieve the same results (or haven't the patience. And frames - I adore frames and framing devices in imagery, when done right.) Oh gosh was the quality of the source photo indeed terrible. I wanted to do something with Aly and Sarah from that cap but I gave it one pass and gave up. Kudos to you for getting anything out of it.
I had to find the same photo of Cordy elsewhere to even try and work on it.
You're allowed to do that with these contests? Durn, I had no idea.
I think I just wanted to be finished with Cordy and my intent never came across. That she's her own best friend.
I love the concept though. The fact that you put thought into these in terms of concepts and stories is something I think you and I have in common. Sometimes I make icons that are just "pretty picture!" but not that often, there's almost always something I'm trying to say.
Which I think is a scream!!! As in laughing scream.
OMG so do I! It's giving me all sorts of - wrong thoughts. *lol* I don't ship the guys with each other, really but...I've seen tons of Spander but surely there must be a hardcore Spangel fandom?
I think you'd do really well at Slayerstillness because you can pick your own caps and the themes are generally flexible enough to allow some interpretation. That Spangel icon would have killed at an SS round, pun totally intended.
I just noticed that all three of the winners this round used some sort of curved or circular imagery in them. (And I was worried about the curved cloud shadow in mine.) Great minds and all that jazz?
It took the least work because I knew how to do everything going in, so I felt pretty happy that I had the idea, planned how to get the result I wanted, wasted not a second's worth of time while making it,
Doesn't that feel lovely when it happens? I want to get to that place more often (fat chance, with my brain.) I think the concept worked exactly as you wanted it on the Buffy icon, that blend of power and prettiness are so important. A friend of mine just started watching the show a little and loves that blend of qualities.
I actually like the ones I did with her leg and the stake a LOT more than the ones of her face for the reasons you mention, but...I chickened out at the last minute because I started looking at past winners and thinking, well, they like faces a lot, blah blah...I put the award over the work. Never good.