Deadline on btvs20in20 has been extended to Friday the 7th!

[red_satin_doll]

You know the drill: I pleaded for an extension on Round 5 of btvsats20in20, and starry_night ever-so-kindly gave more than I asked for. Thank you very much! The deadline for entries is now Friday, November 7, midnight at your time zone.

It's worth pointing out that I'm not the only beneficiary of this extension: as always SIGN-UPS ARE OPEN THE ENTIRE ROUND.  So if you haven't signed out but are inspired by the rainbow theme and want to put a set together, you can still sign up and post through the remainder of the week. Just remember to sign up as a member of the comm if you haven't already, check out the rules and always ask if in doubt. starry_night is the moderator this round; she and bangel_4e always go far above and beyond the call of duty.

As usual, it's not that I don't have 20 icons - I have about, oh 130 - which includes multiple color variations but does not include all the banners I've made this last week inspired by the icons and vice-versa; but I don't have a cohesive set of 20.  It's difficult for me to see until I really lay them next to one another in the template and really see the gaps. And even at that? Not really what I'd consider a cohesive rainbow. I tend to be all over the map.

Which is NOT a case of me putting myself down - because I have LOVED working on these banners and icons and trying out new techniques and effects. I care about having a decent set but I also don't care, if that makes sense. The whole zen attitude thing, without even trying. It's also another confirmation of where my strengths and challenges are in terms of organization, etc.

OT: I was really surprised that #4 was the most beloved of the Robin/Barney icon set I posted the other day, but folks also loved the "BROtp" phrase, which I picked up from m'lady snogged, in the other icons. So for anyone interested, I've put the two together. You're welcome.

This icon is giving me all the feels all over again.

Comments

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

And I can't write a complete drabble for the life of me, never mind a multichapter work and NEVER MIND a video! I think I told you before I did a little film editing in college and loved it; I didn't like editing on vhs tape at all, but I think today digital editing would be much different, more fun.

I certainly enjoy digital editing of still images when I do art, so to be able to edit moving images and matching them to music (without or without vocals) is another level entirely - I imagine it's like flying a plane. (that metaphor makes sense in my head trust me.)

Yay for colors!

Right? I figured this would be my chance to indulge - so why are so many of my icons coming out sepia? (or sepia plus blue-violet?) I have done a couple of larger banners with some knockout colors (I think so anyway) but it's so much easier to work with large images.

The colors I'm having the hardest time with are green (a hard color to work with, ask my sweetie who paints in oils and encaustics) and indigo (how to differentiate it from blue and violet?)

[kikimay]

I love the symbolism about green and I think you can do a lovely job with it. I mean, look at your Amber Benson icon with the green background! It's gorgeous! I'm definetely very excited about the color challenge. As a contribute to your inspiration I'll use an icon with green in it.

And yes, I guess that we know different ways to support the fandom. I'm actually really excited about a new idea and maybe I will write again soon. :D (I'm so happy about writing. Don't mind me XD)

Indigo is hard.

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Thank you sweetie! I do love greens (jade, celadon, turquoise, seafoam, etc) but getting that yellow/blue balance right is tough.

I'm trying to remember how I got that shade of blueish-green on the icon. it's not part of the default texture in ipiccy. I think I when I added that texture to the left side of the icon I selected the desaturated option for b/w, then went to hue/saturation, selected a shade from her eyes with the "eyedropper" tool and painted that over the textured area.

Something like that. Her eye color isn't really accurate to the original cap anyway, but it turned out nicely.

As a contribute to your inspiration I'll use an icon with green in it.

Thank you! That shade of green is an interesting example of a very yellow-green, and a little bright for my taste, but if I were playing with the icon I'd turn down the exposure overall and desaturate the green a tiny bit to make Buffy's face really pop. OTOH - that icon wouldn't be as interesting if the background were a single color plain black, it's the bands of color that make it interesting.

Also? that image from SR gives me so many feels

I'm actually really excited about a new idea and maybe I will write again soon. :D

YAY!