Oh my gosh thank you for your detailed comments hon *SWOONS* and thank you for reading the entire post! I was terrified I was writing too much and no one would want to, I'm so thrilled that it's been read and enjoyed!
I love the way you made her green eye pop
Thank you, I still LOVE how that came out. I'd already done that with Buffy images for slayerstillness art in nov-dec but this is just the perfect version of that.
and I did not notice a snot effect with the icons.
Heh. It bothered me a lot in the original versions that cropped the other side of her face so her nose was sort of in the center of the picture. It's possible I was being paranoid. BTW I have the uncropped version, the textless crops, etc, they all look wonderful. Why doesn't that photo get used more often? It's dynamite.
2) I don't often go that "pretty", so this was really new for me. I also have the uncropped versions of that one and it's interesting to see the progression from the cap to a colder and colder image. Again, a lot of the strength of the banner is due to a great starting photograph. Sarah's warmer skin looks better in those versions because it's not pulling focus an icon.
3) Thanks hon, the Angel icons are actually full-size on the banner! If anything there's a little larger with the frames. I love setting off icons with frames and shadows but then I have to allow extra room on the banner for that. And I had no idea tempertemper liked sky imagery too because you know I'm addicted to that sort of stuff as well! How many buffyverse characters have I set in the clouds? *lol*
made it look like Angel was watching over the festivities
I hadn't even thought of it that way, that's a nifty description!
4) Just more thank you and lots of blushing like a rose (pun totally intended). I'm pretty happy with that one as well.
5) I definitely want to stagger icon sets or use dynamic placements again on banners, so much more interesting that straight lines - so long as I'm not messing up the artists' intentions and aesthetic.
Thank you so much for being a part of this journey, sweetheart!
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I love the way you made her green eye pop
Thank you, I still LOVE how that came out. I'd already done that with Buffy images for slayerstillness art in nov-dec but this is just the perfect version of that.
and I did not notice a snot effect with the icons.
Heh. It bothered me a lot in the original versions that cropped the other side of her face so her nose was sort of in the center of the picture. It's possible I was being paranoid. BTW I have the uncropped version, the textless crops, etc, they all look wonderful. Why doesn't that photo get used more often? It's dynamite.
2) I don't often go that "pretty", so this was really new for me. I also have the uncropped versions of that one and it's interesting to see the progression from the cap to a colder and colder image. Again, a lot of the strength of the banner is due to a great starting photograph. Sarah's warmer skin looks better in those versions because it's not pulling focus an icon.
3) Thanks hon, the Angel icons are actually full-size on the banner! If anything there's a little larger with the frames. I love setting off icons with frames and shadows but then I have to allow extra room on the banner for that. And I had no idea
made it look like Angel was watching over the festivities
I hadn't even thought of it that way, that's a nifty description!
4) Just more thank you and lots of blushing like a rose (pun totally intended). I'm pretty happy with that one as well.
5) I definitely want to stagger icon sets or use dynamic placements again on banners, so much more interesting that straight lines - so long as I'm not messing up the artists' intentions and aesthetic.
Thank you so much for being a part of this journey, sweetheart!