More Buffyverse in Wonderland (Willow, Buffy, The White Rabbit & the Jabberwocky)

[red_satin_doll]

kikimay and snogged both celebrated birthdays recently, as have angearia, teragramm, leni_ba (far and away my favorite Bangel(us) author), pocochina, frelling_tralk, comlodge, chic_c, boot_the_grime and quinara and what have I done for any of these wonderful folks? Nothing, nada. I suck as a friend (but if only people would stop being born, please, it's so overwhelming.  ;-P)

This really doesn't make up for any of it, but kikimay has been requesting that I post the remainder of my Buffyverse in Wonderland artwork, and since she's been having fabulous adventures lately and deserves celebrating, here it be. If I don't post it all at once I never will:

Teasers:    

Click all banners below for full-size versions. Fanart by me, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

Willow in Wonderland Banners 1-3; icons 5-7.

1. 2. 3.

If #2 looks familiar it should - it's the banner version of my Mod's Choice winner at slayerstillness Challenge 38. (Click #4 below to enlarge tempertemper's fabulous banner.) Tip o'the nip to my beta-Muse velvetwhip for her inspiration; I was working on the icons for that round and came across the texture in #1 that is a "handwritten" fragment of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Gabrielle mentioned an interest in AiW, and away my brain went hippity-hopping from there.

4. 5. 6. 7.

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Prophecy Girl Down the Rabbit Hole Banners 8-10; icons 11 - 15:

8. 9. 10.

Once I started toying with the idea of Wonderland, the notion of Buffy literally going "down the rabbit hole" to meet the Master seemed a natural fit.

Indecisive as always, I suspect #8 is the best version; I thought I would like #9 more than I do. I found the triangle texture on forwallpaper.com but like almost everything on the internet I suspect it originates elsewhere.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

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S5 Buffy and the Jabberwocky Banners 16 -17; icons 18 -20.

16. 17.

"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? / Come to my arms, my beamish boy!"

The "Slayer" in Carroll's poem is male but thanks to the long hair and slight figure, as well as my fascination with the Buffyverse, I can't help but see one of Buffy's predecessors in Tenniel's illustration. velvetwhip noted that the original versions of 17 didn't quite work but it took me a while to understand why : it was too pale and lacked contrast (see #18 below).

18. 19. 20.

Fanart by me, 2015, unless otherwise noted. Original illustrations by John Tenniel (1, 3, 8 -20) and Salvador Dali (2, 4, 5). Photo of SMG 16 -20 by Greg Gershon.


Snaggage of icons warmly encouraged but please give proper credit, and do not hotlink, post to other website without permission or claim as your own. Capiche?

Comments

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Well I looked at the birthday list in my inbox and you were the most recent one from "two months ago" and since you're a special person and all (and I couldn't recall if I'd said HB in private), I decided to add your name here. Really, the month doesn't matter anyway but I've proven time and again I'm a bit loose with dates.

I do like Prophecy Buffy and the White Rabbit!

Thank you hon!

[quinara]

Well, I'm not going to complain! Thank you!!

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome!

And, why didn't it occur to me before? I could offer a personalized icon as a birthday gift, should such a thing appeal.

[quinara]

Oh! What a kind offer! I fear I've been stuck on my six icons for so long, though, that I wouldn't know what to do with another one... After I let my DW account lapse I don't even have my full cohort on there... So I wouldn't want to put you out!

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Well let's take things slow and easy then - if you ever see something you like with OR without customization, snag away. Change is good sometimes - shake things up *lol*

Gosh, I remember back in the day I was on fan forums for a particular actress and was perfectly content with ONE icon, before I knew how to make any myself. Oh to be so innocent and carefree again. ;-P