red_satin_doll: (Buffy IWRY golden glow RSD)
red_satin_doll ([personal profile] red_satin_doll) wrote2015-07-31 03:12 am

My banners plus extras for btvsats20in20


Thank you again to everyone who voted for my icons in Round 10 of [livejournal.com profile] btvsats20in20!  My banners, a bit belatedly, with many thanks to
my wonderful betas [livejournal.com profile] tempertemper and [livejournal.com profile] velvetwhip for their thoughtful and generous feedback on both the banners and the icons:
Click images to see full-size:
Rd10finalRSDbannercharacters1.png   Rd10finalRSDbannercharacters2.png   Rd10finalRSDbannerthemes.png
Congratulations to winners [livejournal.com profile] sweet_lyri, [livejournal.com profile] tempertemper, [livejournal.com profile] killing_kurare, [livejournal.com profile] teragramm, [livejournal.com profile] snogged and [livejournal.com profile] spikesredqueen! Check out their winning icons and awards banners in the thread here.

As with the banners I made for the last round of [livejournal.com profile] slayerstillness, the base image is a photograph I took of daylilies at a local bank while waiting in line at the drive-through. I originally was going to do a fancier image with light effects and literally "gild the lily", until I came to my senses and realized simple was best. I love the summertime feel of the image, and how the colors coordinate suprisingly well with so many of the icons.

It should be noted that I all but threw multiple alts of the Faith and Joyce icons in [livejournal.com profile] velvetwhip's lap and she, being the superb Muse that she is, singled out the versions I submitted. Take a look (NWS warning for one tiny icon of Darla's cleavage)

Teasers:
 

I loved making the Faith and Dru icons this round - they were so much fun to make.  (Admitedly, I have a weird sense of "fun".)

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Speaking of winning icons and banners, congratulations to the winners of [livejournal.com profile] whedon_elite Challenge 122 "Bright and Shiny" : [livejournal.com profile] teragramm, [livejournal.com profile] sweet_lyri and [livejournal.com profile] double_dutchess in her first go at WE correction: her first time competing in any icontest! Congratulations on the splendid icons ! And THANK YOU to everyone who voted for my icons and honored my Buffy icon with a Best Crop award! :D  Awards banners to come shortly, stay tuned!

[identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com 2015-07-31 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh thank you sweetheart!

The Giles entry was one of my favorites. Speaking of Giles and tea, did you see the awesome icons [livejournal.com profile] double_dutchess did for this round of Summer of Giles?

[personal profile] kikimay 2015-07-31 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for showing me those! Aaaaaw, Giles and the tea: OTP! (I especially like the tiny!Giles one. He's just the cutest boy)

[identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com 2015-07-31 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Little Giles in the comics does look an awful lot like the love child of Harry Potter and William Pratt (pre-Spike) doesn't he? (You were right about the Giles - William resemblance - by both Levins and Isaacs - but I don't think it's intentional.)

Giles and the tea: OTP!

It's probably the only deeply satisfying and lasting relationship he's ever had, poor Giles. Tea is always there when you need it.
Edited 2015-07-31 19:08 (UTC)

[personal profile] kikimay 2015-07-31 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes XDDD I've always thought he was looking incredibly like human William, especially for the curls and the glasses! Maybe they were going for a Harry Potter vibe too because now he's apparently a skilled wizard.

"Yer a wizard, Rupert!" XD