btvsats20in20 ROUND 6: WILLOW ROSENBERG
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velvetwhip for her boundless support and encouragement, for the brainstorming sessions and her absolutely invaluable Willow expertise!
This is the first time I've been comfortable enough to make Dark Willow icons; I've needed to tap into a little of that dark side apparently.
TEASERS:
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23-26
23 was my alt Outfit icon; my entry version is a bit more visually arresting, and has a nice lesbian subtext (it could be an icon for an Impala/Willow shippy fic). But the alt version, with the mummy's withered face frozen in anguish, is sadder and more interesting on a meta level. 25 and 26 attempt to blend a quote from Reptile Boy with an image from Grave; it doesn't quite work because the context the image - a pile of burning books - is unclear.
27-28
This is the first round that I started by making the AC set; I've wanted to have an aesthetically coherent AC set ever since I sawspikesredqueen's pretty Cordelia AC set for Round 1. So I collaged them together in a row as single images to apply text and effects to all the icons at a time. Then of course I proceded to make at least three more variations, and mixed and matched to come up with the final set of five.
As one does:
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I used the "Oh my goddess" rather than the "White Willow" cap because I think the White Willow cap looks just plain silly.
btvsats20in20 open until Jan 18th. Thank you everyone who has voted and commented!Many many thanks to
velvetwhip for her boundless support and encouragement, for the brainstorming sessions and her absolutely invaluable Willow expertise!This is the first time I've been comfortable enough to make Dark Willow icons; I've needed to tap into a little of that dark side apparently.
TEASERS:
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| Accessory | Purple | Quote | Reason | Profile |
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| Out Of Character | Soft Glow | Bored | Outfit | Re-Cast** |
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| 5 Category |HOLIDAY TIMES | ||||
| Cat 1 | Cat 2 | Cat 3 | Cat 4 | Cat 5 |
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| 5 Artist's Choice | ||||
| AC 1 | AC 2 | AC 3 | AC 4 | AC 5 |
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* Reason: In 2014 I came out of the closet as a Buffy/Tara shipper. This year I'm coming out as a Buffy/Willow shipper...and by "ship" I mean "relationship" in the broadest sense.
I love Buffy. I love Willow. Their friendship was one of my favorite things about the show; it's not only central to btvs, it's absolutely essential - just as the friendships and love I've found in this fandom are likewise absolutely precious and essential to me. I want to celebrate and appreciate, not waste time mired in pointless and tone-deaf fandom wars.
** Aly Sheedy. (The Breakfast Club, War Games; she's adorable and quietly intense on this 1975 segment of the game show "To Tell The Truth", after her novel She Was Nice to Mice was published when she was all of 13 years old. It's a historical novel about Queen Elizabeth told from the POV of a mouse who lives at the castle. Which seems like a Willow Rosenberg type of project. Except that I suspect Willow would hide her manuscript away in a drawer because somebody laughed at it.)
Ironically Alyson Hannigan was already a "recast" of Willow; Riff Regan played her in the unaired test pilot, but I couldn't find a decent photo of her to work with.
Alts/Extras:
01-05
I've never seen this image of Aly used in icons, and I have no idea why not; it's utterly adorable.
06-07
The inspirations for my AC set. I wish both of these had come out better, and I couldn't find another theme to fit them in.
08
My alt Reason icon, and one of my favorite icons I've made this round. Buffy & Willow (or "Wiffy") fans unite!
09-12
I love Buffy. I love Willow. Their friendship was one of my favorite things about the show; it's not only central to btvs, it's absolutely essential - just as the friendships and love I've found in this fandom are likewise absolutely precious and essential to me. I want to celebrate and appreciate, not waste time mired in pointless and tone-deaf fandom wars.
** Aly Sheedy. (The Breakfast Club, War Games; she's adorable and quietly intense on this 1975 segment of the game show "To Tell The Truth", after her novel She Was Nice to Mice was published when she was all of 13 years old. It's a historical novel about Queen Elizabeth told from the POV of a mouse who lives at the castle. Which seems like a Willow Rosenberg type of project. Except that I suspect Willow would hide her manuscript away in a drawer because somebody laughed at it.)
Ironically Alyson Hannigan was already a "recast" of Willow; Riff Regan played her in the unaired test pilot, but I couldn't find a decent photo of her to work with.
Alts/Extras:
01-05 I've never seen this image of Aly used in icons, and I have no idea why not; it's utterly adorable.
06-07The inspirations for my AC set. I wish both of these had come out better, and I couldn't find another theme to fit them in.
08My alt Reason icon, and one of my favorite icons I've made this round. Buffy & Willow (or "Wiffy") fans unite!
09-12 13-14 15-18 19-22 23-2623 was my alt Outfit icon; my entry version is a bit more visually arresting, and has a nice lesbian subtext (it could be an icon for an Impala/Willow shippy fic). But the alt version, with the mummy's withered face frozen in anguish, is sadder and more interesting on a meta level. 25 and 26 attempt to blend a quote from Reptile Boy with an image from Grave; it doesn't quite work because the context the image - a pile of burning books - is unclear.
27-28This is the first round that I started by making the AC set; I've wanted to have an aesthetically coherent AC set ever since I saw
spikesredqueen's pretty Cordelia AC set for Round 1. So I collaged them together in a row as single images to apply text and effects to all the icons at a time. Then of course I proceded to make at least three more variations, and mixed and matched to come up with the final set of five.As one does:
29-33 34-38 39-43 44-47I used the "Oh my goddess" rather than the "White Willow" cap because I think the White Willow cap looks just plain silly.
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Date: 2015-01-12 08:34 pm (UTC)I'm often surprised by how "autumnal" and muted my icons tend to be; even cool tone ones (because I really do love rich jewel tones) although I seem to mostly make warmer toned icons. I, on the other hand, like brighter colors as much as I like muted colors but I rarely do muted colors in my icons.
I need to start posting my huge back catalog of banners I've made this past year because I'm really proud of some of those as well. I know I have mentioned this before but you should really think about getting an icon/artwork journal. Authors have their lj memories and tags, like we have but they also have fanfiction sites and AO3 to store there work. We artists don't have as many options.
I know I can be a bossy little witch sometimes, so please feel free to ignore any and all advise. I sometimes can't help myself with the unsolicited advise. If fact there are several artist I have seen enter icon contests that have pretty good icons but they make (to me) a glaring (easy to fix) era in their work. It sometimes takes all my will power not to pm them and give them advise. I'm sure they wouldn't be too happy to get unsolicited advise, especially since my work is FAR from perfect.