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Post by Wyndam on Jun 7, 2009 16:58:59 GMT -5
The challenge was; *Theme: Victory *BtVS banner. *Minimum of two pictures/screencaps *500x150 *Anything else allowed And here it is; And I made a little icon too. Very nice job Sky! I really like the effect, coloring and text. My only real gripe is that Kennedy's picture isn't quite as bright as Vi's. She's a little too opaque. Great job though. Sorry it took me so long to get mine done! Here is the theme you challenged me for everyone else: - Theme: Victory
- Angel
- Minimum of two pictures/screencaps
- 500x150 pixels
- Anything else allowed
I decided to go with one of my favorite Wesley moments and probably his greatest demon kill: Skip in Inside Out. I used 3 pictures, a few different blending layers, color layers and 1 texture. The quote is from the Angel Season 1 episode Eternity, when faux-Angelus is taunting Wesley.
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Post by Skytteflickan88 on Jun 7, 2009 17:06:29 GMT -5
The only thing I got to complain about is that the ' in "you're" is missing, which I guess that depends on the font.
It's great that you sharpened the images to that degree. It really fits the gory(not sure how it's spelled) pictures.
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Post by Wyndam on Jun 7, 2009 17:08:21 GMT -5
The only thing I got to complain about is that the ' in "you're" is missing, which I guess that depends on the font. It's great that you sharpened the images to that degree. It really fits the gory(not sure how it's spelled) pictures. Yeah the font I used doesn't have the ' hehe. This was a fun challenge!
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Post by Emmie on Jun 7, 2009 17:18:45 GMT -5
Wyndam, wow. That banner is just...wow. I'm very impressed. And your Wesley love remains firm and intractable. I kinda wish there was a matching avatar to go with it. That's not even a complaint because really I just want to see MOAR!
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Post by Wyndam on Jun 7, 2009 17:27:21 GMT -5
Wyndam, wow. That banner is just...wow. I'm very impressed. And your Wesley love remains firm and intractable. I kinda wish there was a matching avatar to go with it. That's not even a complaint because really I just want to see MOAR! Thanks! Think I will make a matching avatar just incase I wanna use it one day. Oh! And I added all of the completed challenges to the first post.
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Post by Emmie on Jun 7, 2009 17:31:41 GMT -5
I think my favorite part of the banner is the piece where Skip's face blends in with Fred. That's just neat. And forgive my non-photoshoppy lingo skills, but did you use a texture of some kind on Skip's image? It looks like an art-drawing version of the screencap. Just really cool what you did here. Thanks for updating the first post! I'm currently braindead from a very stressful day at work. So all I'm managing to attempt is keeping up with recent posts and various correspondence. Organizing forum-y details to make them pretty (which gives me joy) is beyond my energy level right now. This is my brain =>
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Post by Wyndam on Jun 7, 2009 17:34:39 GMT -5
I used a texture and blended it over top of Skip's image, that plus the sharpening and the blending layers I did on top of that really made his armor look cool. I love how bright the light on the back of his head got, didn't expect that when I was playing around. If you look really close at the darker part of his picture (on his forehead) you can see some of the texture that I used. I actually got that texture from xaphania's tutorial in the sub-forum. Really like it. EDIT: Here's the avatar I made to go with my set:
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Post by kimtaro on Jun 7, 2009 19:34:27 GMT -5
Challenge from Xaphania *600x350 blend *Theme: Tormented *BtVs or AtS *Minimum 3 screencaps *Minimum 2 textures *Text of your choice that will fit the blend I super suck at textures. EDIT: Had to repost once I figured out how to blend textures xD
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Post by xaphania on Jun 7, 2009 20:19:15 GMT -5
Awesome I think Spike is definitely tormented in that scene. I challenge Wyndam to a duel: *Any size you choose *Theme: Unconventional couples (as in, not a pairing we saw in any of the shows) *At least two screencaps *At least two textures *Text you think will fit
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Post by Wyndam on Jun 7, 2009 20:20:19 GMT -5
Awesome I think Spike is definitely tormented in that scene. I challenge Wyndam to a duel: *Any size you choose *Theme: Unconventional couples (as in, not a pairing we saw in any of the shows) *At least two screencaps *At least two textures *Text you think will fit I accept! And I will issue you the same challenge!
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Post by xaphania on Jun 7, 2009 20:22:03 GMT -5
Awesome I think Spike is definitely tormented in that scene. I challenge Wyndam to a duel: *Any size you choose *Theme: Unconventional couples (as in, not a pairing we saw in any of the shows) *At least two screencaps *At least two textures *Text you think will fit I accept! And I will issue you the same challenge! Great Will try and get this done tomorrow.
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Post by Skytteflickan88 on Jun 7, 2009 21:11:17 GMT -5
The texture worked very well on the TheFirst/Spike pic, but less good on the others pictures.
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Post by Just Willow on Jun 7, 2009 21:34:09 GMT -5
ugh, i'm so bored! who wants to challenge me? (i can never think of good enough challenges to challenge someone else first)
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Post by deathisyourgift on Jun 8, 2009 0:36:42 GMT -5
I challenge you, JW!
Theme is "Changes" (I'll leave it at that to keep it interesting)banner size 500x200, at least one texture, at least three screencaps, text same as theme, plus any additional text of your choice.
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Post by xaphania on Jun 8, 2009 11:36:02 GMT -5
Awesome I think Spike is definitely tormented in that scene. I challenge Wyndam to a duel: *Any size you choose *Theme: Unconventional couples (as in, not a pairing we saw in any of the shows) *At least two screencaps *At least two textures *Text you think will fit I accept! And I will issue you the same challenge! And here's my response Tara/Oz, pretty unusual pairing... I've read it in a fic though and strangely, it worked. On this one I've got two screencaps, three textures, five stock images of flowers, thirteen colour layers and seven adjustment layers. No wonder it took me ages ;D
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Post by Just Willow on Jun 8, 2009 14:09:30 GMT -5
I challenge you, JW! Theme is "Changes" (I'll leave it at that to keep it interesting)banner size 500x200, at least one texture, at least three screencaps, text same as theme, plus any additional text of your choice. all done! used 5 screencaps, one texture. feedback appreciated! your theme is 'Fail', at least two screencaps, one brush, one quote, anything else goes!
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Post by Wyndam on Jun 8, 2009 19:02:56 GMT -5
And here's my response Tara/Oz, pretty unusual pairing... I've read it in a fic though and strangely, it worked. On this one I've got two screencaps, three textures, five stock images of flowers, thirteen colour layers and seven adjustment layers. No wonder it took me ages ;D Great work! Love the pinky/orange coloring. Really works well. Can't think of a single critique. Sorry I haven't posted mine yet, as I hurt my neck and have been on the couch all day, but I should get to it tomorrow!
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Post by Just Willow on Jun 8, 2009 19:33:12 GMT -5
Resulted in 4 screen shots, no texture, one quote and 500x150. And Comic images used (my first time!!!) I'm pretty happy with it, except between saving it from Photoshop to a Gif for photobucket the pixcels seem to be more obvious and distorted, any ideas? i usually save it as a BMP, and it works out okay. anyways, very good. teh blending is very well done, adn the line between the first two images is flawless!
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Post by xaphania on Jun 8, 2009 19:48:49 GMT -5
Great work! Love the pinky/orange coloring. Really works well. Can't think of a single critique. Sorry I haven't posted mine yet, as I hurt my neck and have been on the couch all day, but I should get to it tomorrow! Thank you! I'm looking forward to seeing your banner. EWR: Your banner looks great, nice contrast of images. The best file type to save in by the way, is .png - slightly larger file size than the others but much better quality.
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Post by Wyndam on Jun 8, 2009 20:04:00 GMT -5
Yeah I would also recommend saving images as .png. Preserves the quality. .jpg would be a good second choice.
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