My banners plus extras for btvsats20in20

[red_satin_doll]

Thank you again to everyone who voted for my icons in Round 10 of btvsats20in20!  My banners, a bit belatedly, with many thanks to
my wonderful betas tempertemper and velvetwhip for their thoughtful and generous feedback on both the banners and the icons:

Click images to see full-size:

   

Congratulations to winners sweet_lyri, tempertemper, killing_kurare, teragramm, snogged and spikesredqueen! Check out their winning icons and awards banners in the thread here.

As with the banners I made for the last round of 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 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".)

1 - 7


8 -14


  15 -21

  22-28


29-35

Speaking of winning icons and banners, congratulations to the winners of whedon_elite Challenge 122 "Bright and Shiny" : teragramm, sweet_lyri and 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!

Comments

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Brilliant work, as you surely know, and so deserving of the wins! The alts are fabulous too! You excel at creating icons with real meaning! (I still can't say enough about the nobility of that Kendra icon!) Bravissima! Thank you for the honour of being your muse!


Gabrielle

[kikimay]

Love your banners! And icons 31 and 32 are so beautiful! I love close crops (And, of course, Giles with his cup of tea XD)

[double_dutchess]

So many wonderful icons, but I particularly love all your framed Faith ones! My favourites of the alts are #4 (for its nostalgic quality, like an oldfashioned postcard) and #7 (for the way the celtic knots mirror her curls). And of course, I approve of any icons featuring Giles and tea :-)

Many thanks for the congratulations -- and for voiting for one of my icons, even if it wasn't the winning one. This was not just my first time having a go at WE, but at any icon contest, so it's great (and very motivating) to have won an award at first try! I can't wait to see my banner.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Absolutely awesome icons, my friend. :)

[emmatheslayer.livejournal.com]

epic work

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[lokifan]

I nabbed one of the Fred's-bloody-hand ones. Great work.