btvsats20in20 ROUND 9: BtVS Season 5

[red_satin_doll]

Finally it's here (after two extensions graciously granted by starry_night)!  My Season 5 (BtVS) set for btvsats20in20 Round 9.

TEASERS:

   

10 Themes
Half and Half	Rotate 90	Frame	Lemon & Lime	Shocking
Blood	Close Crop + Two	Love	Lips	Group
5 Category |HUSH
Cat 1	Cat 2	Cat 3	Cat 4	Cat 5
5 Artist's Choice
AC 1	AC 2	AC 3	AC 4	AC 5

Screencap Sources: Bloodqueen, Pretty as a Picture , Leave Me the White, SMG France. Wooden frame in Frame icon from Your Picture Frames. Texture in Cat 2 snagged from teragramm.



MANY thanks to the wonderful starry_night for extending the deadline (twice); and I cannot heap enough praise on my beta-Muse velvetwhip for once again whipping me and this set into shape - her screenname is very apt because the "whipping" was a most gentle one but she provides what I need time and again. I nearly gave up on this round and three or four days ago I was ready to. That I didn't is due largely to her generous assistance, guidance, ideas, meta analysis, and encouragement to motivate me.



Alts & Extras:

1 - 7

8 -14

   

15 - 21

15 -21) Image from Buffy vs Dracula, this set is, appropriately, very German Expressionist cinema (Nosferatu, Pola Negri, etc.) Also, kikimay asked me to post more close crops of Sarah's face so here you go.



The only guideline or focus I had going in to this was my usual: "Women of the Buffyverse".  I consciously focused on the ladies and very much wanted to make some decent icons of Joyce and Dawn, who have been difficult for me to icon for some reason. I also tried to use images from the show I haven't seen capped often or at all.  So for example, "Group" is the Maclays because I've seen a lot of icons of the opposite image, the Scoobies protecting Tara, from that episode. I've seen tons of Spike in FFL icons but precious few if any focused on Drusilla herself. And et cetera.

The relative absence of Willow here (in relation to her importance that season) isn't planned or meant as a snub of the character; I think because I've done a lot of Willow icons I ended up "giving her a break". I meant to make an icon of Glory, and also of Joyce and Dawn together but didn't get to those. I have meta thoughts about quite a few of these - the Drusilla one deserves it's own post  - but for now I'll let you folks and the images do the talking.

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Comments

[starry-night.livejournal.com]

These are terrific hon! And no worries on the extension - since there were only a few participants this round I figured why not let everyone finish ;)

But anyway, back to the icons...

Your colouring is beautiful and I love your cropping, especially in the close crops which you do so very well. I adore the Cat set - it's so pretty and flows beautifully through each icon. I also really love half and half, rotate 90, lemon and lime, close crop + two, lips, AC1, AC3, AC4 and alts 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10 and 15-21. Great work!

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much (and sorry for the delay in replying!)

the close crops which you do so very wellI adore the Cat set - it's so pretty and flows beautifully through each icon.

Thank you I'm really pleased with it too. The direction of their glances fell together nicely; I switched the two Joyce icons at the last minute (AC1 was originally Cat 1) and when I did that the Cat set felt perfect; it's softer overall & with more glow than the AC set. And it's ALL ABOUT DAWN - all five of of those icons are about her either in subtext or context, and I didn't realize it until after the fact.

Most of the ones you named I'm very happy with - except half and half, I wish the clarity had been better. Lemon and lime was the very first one I made (and for a while the only one); the colors come from the cap itself, which was nifty, but I had to make several color variants and layer them to get the lightness and clarity I wanted.

Good luck at whedon elite, btw! :D