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mary5958

New Manip - Spike

Feb 11, 2008 22:30

Manipped the cover from Spike: Old Times onto a Hellblazer background (I don't know the names of the original artists) and added some wording in an attempt to give it the look of a comic/graphic novel cover. A different style, and fun at that. :-)

ETA: Knowledgeable members of my flist have come through! Artist of Spike: Old Times is Frank ( Read more... )

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rae_isha February 17 2008, 14:36:23 UTC

I'm completely in love with this!
If it's all right with you, I'd like to use this pic as background on my lj.

...off to take a look around at your art ;)

mary5958 February 17 2008, 14:43:17 UTC

I'm honored you want to look at it more than once! :-) Please go ahead and use; credit is appreciated.

And thank you!

rae_isha February 17 2008, 16:13:58 UTC

Thank you!
I'm still trying to work out some of the colours and it'll probably look wonky on everyone else's monitor 'cause of my unusual resolution... but I love it! :D

Credit's in the sidebar. Hope it's ok.

mary5958 February 17 2008, 16:24:17 UTC

It looks great - love the whole color scheme! And I like how it stays in place while you scroll, unlike a top banner.

:-)

mary5958 February 21 2008, 03:02:25 UTC

I just looked at your layout again because I haven't seen one like this before, and I really, really like it. Is it possible to get the coding in case I want to use something similar in the future? (I wouldn't copy the colors, etc., of course, and would use different art, but the layout itself.) I like how the 'header' stays in place.

rae_isha February 22 2008, 20:45:08 UTC

I'm still a little bit amazed that you like it so much *grins*

It's pretty simple 'cause I've used the Flexible Squares layout with Machine color scheme. I've then modified some of the colors picking them from your manip with Colorzilla dropper tool. Feel free to use them if you want, I've taken them from you in the first place ;)

I'm not too good with explanations as english is not my mother tongue so I took some screenshots of the things I modified in the Customize area, such as presentation, colors, images and custom CSS.
The only bit of coding is the one I used to set the colors of the boxes titles in the sidebar and I've got it here.

Hope I've not been too confusing; if you need anything else just drop me a line at rae_isha(at)katamail(dot)com

*hugs*

mary5958 March 3 2008, 02:41:48 UTC

Thanks so much for the info. I'm saving it for future reference. I rarely change my layout and sometimes I think I need to embrace change just a bit more readily. :-)

nmcil12 March 7 2008, 17:15:46 UTC

As always - I love the piece - I have a great admiration for your Buffyverse work - Love your banner, especially the text, wonderful use of language.

mary5958 March 16 2008, 13:08:25 UTC

Thank you! It remains my favorite of the pieces of fanart I've made. Thanks for letting me know you like it! :-)

mary5958 April 8 2008, 20:36:51 UTC

I've made use of your screen shots and put up a 'side pic/ layout, which I love. Thank you so much for the inspiration and the instructions! *hugs*

rae_isha April 8 2008, 21:17:55 UTC

I love your new layout. Simple and elegant.
Not to mention the fact the Spike is quite stunning! Do you mind if I stay and drool a little bit? :)

*hugs*

PS. Hope it's ok that I friended you. I like your art a lot.

mary5958 April 8 2008, 21:29:20 UTC

So glad you like! I've tinkered with this manip a couple of times - it's my very favorite of Spike. The base is just so - yummy... :-)

I'm so pleased that you like my stuff - thank you! I've friended you back.

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