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]

but I must confess, I like the banners better than the icons. Only because you can really see the a/w in the larger size.

Full disclosure #1: I like making banners better than I do icons, for the most part - because I can see what the heck it is I am actually doing. So I'm not insulted by your "confession" in the least!

Full disclosure #2 - "icons" 19 and 20 are really banners 16 and 17 that I downsized from the album when I posted. If I'd made those as icons proper I would have sharpened them a bit more. But all the others are icons originally and my feelings still stand. Sadly though, the icon comms offer more opportunity to practice techniques regularly and show off the work. I think we've had this convo before, I still toy with the idea of a banner comm.

I'm actually astonished by how many icon comms are out there - and more every day - especially the 20in20 format. I find 20in20 extremely challenging because of the number of icons needed. This is one of the reasons I like slayerstillness - five is a nice number, I can deal with that. I've yet to see a 5-10 comm.

Isn't Willow adorable here? And incredibly pretty (HOW did you not notice that lovely girl right in front of you, Xander Harris, how?)

My favorites of this set are 2, 8 and 16.

Thank you so much for your compliments and feedback hon!

[teragramm.livejournal.com]

I like making banners better than I do icons, for the most part - because I can see what the heck it is I am actually doing So do I, for the same reasons, plus you can (and need) so many more layers for a banner. To me, all the layers give the banner a deeper, more completed look than an Icon.

I think we've had this convo before, I still toy with the idea of a banner comm. No, I don't think so, because I would have told you that I would love to see a banner comm. I've looked around but can't find one. I think sweet lyri, used to enter one, I don't know if it's still around.

I find 20in20 extremely challenging because of the number of icons needed. I find them challenging too but mostly because the themes can be a bit overwhelming.

Isn't Willow adorable here? And incredibly pretty Yes, very adorable and extremely pretty.

HOW did you not notice that lovely girl right in front of you, Xander Harris, how? Because he was a dope. :P

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

I've looked around but can't find one.

I've seen one or two that were trying to get started but never got off the ground for one reason or another. I'll have to ask sweet_lyri about that.

I find them challenging too but mostly because the themes can be a bit overwhelming.

As you've probably heard me say before, I tend to make 5-10x the numbers of alts/extras I need just to get my final entries, regardless if it's slayerstillness or 20in20. With the current round 10 I have a couple of possible entries but I'm kind of freaking out because we get to mix and match the themes and characters. But all the exponential possibilities make my brain want to explode. (I already have two possible "blue" entries with two different characters and so on.)

so, yeah, definitely overwhelming - and I've got a very stressful job right now so - ARGH! - but I don't want to drop out either.

Because he was a dope. :P

That's about the size of it.

When I watched season 1 I thought "Oh come on Xander, pay attention to that girl who clearly adores you." My best friend (20 years my junior) thought "Oh come on Willow, you can do better!"

My friend is smarter than me, I think.