My banners for Whedon Elite Challenge 113

[red_satin_doll]

Congratulations to fassy, rua1412 and sietepecados on their gorgeous entries!

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The theme was "concealed" - a face had to be concealed by an object (hand, hair, etc), and I extended the theme with one of the final images from "Anne", when Buffy's face is half-revealed as Joyce opens the front door. The plain space of the door was a perfect field for text, but I added a woodgrain texture and let part of it cover Buffy's face as well, so she's concealed twice-over in the image. The woodgrain on her face looks more like a torn piece of gauze curtain.

I think I'm getting faster at these -  I knocked them out in a night; the hardest part was not the textures or the text but the frames around the icons themselves. I wanted a touch of "elegance" in the frames and font style to contrast the coarse woodgrain.

Comments

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome, m'dear! I said it before but I'm mad about the coloring and softness of your Dopplegangland icon.

[rua1412.livejournal.com]

:blushes:
You need to use multiply layers to get that coloring. It's easy.

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

I've heard that before and I've attempted it but have yet to achieve it. I need to watch some tutorials. Even if it's for PS Elements 12 I can probably transfer some of the info to ipiccy.

[rua1412.livejournal.com]

It's almost Easter, so I don't know if I'll have enough free time to do it, but I'll try my best to post that icon tutorial before April will over for you ^_^

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Oh my that would be very cool and MOST appreciated, dear heart!