Happy Birthday DEBRIS4SPIKE!

[red_satin_doll]

I wanted to do something special for debris4spike's birthday and knew I wanted it to be Spike and/or Spuffy-centric. I confessed to her one day that it's very dificult for me to work with images of men in my icons and artwork. I have beloved brothers, uncles, cousins, male friends and coworkers; I enjoy a variety of male actors and characters in tv and movies

Comments

[velvetwhip]

You made her an incredibly gorgeous cornucopia of fabulous art! She's sure to be THRILLED!

Gabrielle

[red_satin_doll]

Thanks sweetie! I was really happy with how they turned out. I showed them to her privately and she gave them her seal of approval.

[eilowyn]

You have got to be one of the most caring, thoughtful people I know!

[red_satin_doll]

*blushes* I don't know about that, Lexi but thank you anyway!

[eilowyn]

You worried about debris4spike's colorblindness! You really thought your gift through and made it specific to her! That's caring at it's best!

[red_satin_doll]

You worried about debris4spike's colorblindness

After the fact, not before.

But did you know that there are many different kinds of colorblindness (at least 3-5 main types), that it affects 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women (that's a lot of people!), and there are websites that somewhat simulate how colorblind people see?
http://www.colourblindawareness.org/colour-blindness/colour-blindness-experience-it/
This site is my favorite, the vision simulator is amazing:
http://www.webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/2A.html
http://www.webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/2.html

[kathyh]

I've been reading your icon posts and haven't commented, but I had to delurk and say that this is gorgeous. What a lovely gift!

As a former icon maker myself I can see the problem with making an icon of the larger image. It's impact is in it's size and a lot of the effect will be lost at smaller size. You could try cropping a section with their faces and then reducing that but I'm not sure how well it would come out.

Great work :)

[red_satin_doll]

*nods* I did that with #11 and then just Spike's face in 20-22. Those are my best efforts which are still not great.

And thank you so much for delurking although lurkers are also loved in my house. Have some more cake!

BTW - a happy birthday/birthmonth to you as well, I think you had yours recently?

[kathyh]

I did and thank you very much. Cake is very welcome ♥

[red_satin_doll]

I hope you're not allergic to strawberries? This one with a whipped cream frosting looks very pretty.
http://www.cookingwithsugar.com/sugars-delicious-strawberry-whipped-cream-cake-an-ultra-rich-strawberry-shortcake/

[red_satin_doll]

Oh my goodness THANK YOU!

I especially love the peachy happy birthday one.

I'm really fond of that one too - I was torn between making that and the cooler lavender one the larger image, I'm fond of both of them.

BTW - can you tell me how I can set an image in my post from Photobucket so that folks can click and enlarge it? All the smaller ones (not icons) are the same size at the first image. I'd wanted them to be "enlargeable" but don't know how. Do I have to post images directly from my computer rather than PB?

[red_satin_doll]

It does make sense. i downsized the images when I posted them but I missed the "add a link to full size picture" box.

I just went to LJ's FAQ about scrapbook and I'll have to take the time to learn more there. I keep forgetting LJ has those handy FAQ's!

Where do you back up your images for when LJ is down?

I'm not one of those people who is super computer literate.

Oh honey, PUH-LEEZ *lol*

I looked at some instructions on the Photobucket website, but it's all Greek to me!

PB has instructions? *snorfle* If you have any questions let me know. (I can't imagine there's anything you couldn't master on it.)

[snogged]

Wow! What a fabulous birthday post!

[red_satin_doll]

Thanks sweetie!