A banner for Hannah's BtVS story "The Tiger is Out"
This is my thank-you gift to Hannah for her Fandom Trumps Hate 2021 donation.
You can click to embiggen.
The story is available on EF and AO3. It's close to fully posted and updates every couple of days. I think Hannah succeeded in writing a kidfic that is not like most (any?) other kidfics. :) I found it a pleasant, unhurried exploration of what it might be like to grow up as Spike and Buffy's child and be your own person with your own interests and goals (but in a world shaped by the events of BtVS and in the more or less frequent presence of some canon characters).
I don't think I've ever before made a banner for a story whose main character doesn't have a canonical face, so that was an interesting challenge. I decided to depict the bookshelf of Spike and Buffy's son Joe -- or, not quite his literal bookshelf, but a semi-metaphorical bookshelf of things that represent stages of his life, his interests and relationships. My hope is that someone who looks at the banner can do what Joe's girlfriend did in the story and "look over his bookcases and get to know those parts of him".
This will also be my fill for Snowflake Challenge #6 (Create Something). I've been creating this banner on and off for about seven months, but I finished it today. \o/
I used these images and other materials.
2016 Annual Pass Youth Art Contest art by Trista via AssateagueNPS of flickr (posted as public domain)
Piece of tape from clipart-library.com
Cake Slice by Wayne Thiebaud photographed by rocor of flickr (the photo CC BY-NC)
sketchbook by Katie Ries of flickr (CC BY-NC)
Horse-16 by David Chilstrom of flickr (CC BY-NC)
14/11/03 Aquatics Car Park by guitarfish of flickr (CC BY-NC)
Soft Plush Toy 10" Tiger Cub by Living Nature
Shelf by Junction Image (flickr), BY-NC
Beach glass by Mark K. of flickr (CC BY-NC)
Beads! by Echo • Photo • A/V of flickr (CC BY-NC)
Bookshelf 2 by Abizern of flickr (CC BY-NC)
A snapshot of my bookshelf by Gemma Bessant via Platform of flickr (CC BY-NC)
Bookshelf 2 by ¡Viva la Cynthia! of flickr (CC BY-NC)
Meat cookbook on shelf of Vegan & Vegetarian cookbooks by Hazel Nicholson of flickr (CC BY)
bookshelf 20130130 by Pussreboots of flickr (CC BY)
Tiger by Mike Hoff of flickr (CC BY-NC)
P8152865 by Pussreboots of flickr (CC BY-NC)
Kindergarten font by Geronimo Font Studios
Textures: Old Hippie, Time After Time, and What's the Word by jj-247
Pixlr E Photo Editor
Parts of the following book photos posted by booksellers:
Color: Basic Principles and New Directions by Patricia Sloane, photo via Bookworks on abebooks
Around the Family Table by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin via Meir Turner on abebooks
Garden Cuisine by Paul Wenner via The Parnassus BookShop on abebooks
Great Short Stories of John O'Hara via Biblioteca di Babele on abebooks
Mastering A&P by Pearson via My Books Store on abebooks
Signs and Symptoms in Emergency Medicine by Davis MD MS, Mark A.; Votey MD, Scott R. via Neutral Balloon Books on abebooks
Sketching from Nature by Aaron Penley via Interquarian on abebooks
The Borrowers by Mary Norton, illustrated by Beth and Joe Krush, via Andre Strong Bookseller on abebooks
The Painter's Workshop by W. G. Constable via Bookworks on abebooks
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, illustrator: John Schoenherr, via Bookbid on abebooks
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg via Bookbid on abebooks
This entry was originally posted at https://thenewbuzwuzz.dreamwidth.org/236803.html.
You can click to embiggen.
The story is available on EF and AO3. It's close to fully posted and updates every couple of days. I think Hannah succeeded in writing a kidfic that is not like most (any?) other kidfics. :) I found it a pleasant, unhurried exploration of what it might be like to grow up as Spike and Buffy's child and be your own person with your own interests and goals (but in a world shaped by the events of BtVS and in the more or less frequent presence of some canon characters).
I don't think I've ever before made a banner for a story whose main character doesn't have a canonical face, so that was an interesting challenge. I decided to depict the bookshelf of Spike and Buffy's son Joe -- or, not quite his literal bookshelf, but a semi-metaphorical bookshelf of things that represent stages of his life, his interests and relationships. My hope is that someone who looks at the banner can do what Joe's girlfriend did in the story and "look over his bookcases and get to know those parts of him".
This will also be my fill for Snowflake Challenge #6 (Create Something). I've been creating this banner on and off for about seven months, but I finished it today. \o/
I used these images and other materials.
2016 Annual Pass Youth Art Contest art by Trista via AssateagueNPS of flickr (posted as public domain)
Piece of tape from clipart-library.com
Cake Slice by Wayne Thiebaud photographed by rocor of flickr (the photo CC BY-NC)
sketchbook by Katie Ries of flickr (CC BY-NC)
Horse-16 by David Chilstrom of flickr (CC BY-NC)
14/11/03 Aquatics Car Park by guitarfish of flickr (CC BY-NC)
Soft Plush Toy 10" Tiger Cub by Living Nature
Shelf by Junction Image (flickr), BY-NC
Beach glass by Mark K. of flickr (CC BY-NC)
Beads! by Echo • Photo • A/V of flickr (CC BY-NC)
Bookshelf 2 by Abizern of flickr (CC BY-NC)
A snapshot of my bookshelf by Gemma Bessant via Platform of flickr (CC BY-NC)
Bookshelf 2 by ¡Viva la Cynthia! of flickr (CC BY-NC)
Meat cookbook on shelf of Vegan & Vegetarian cookbooks by Hazel Nicholson of flickr (CC BY)
bookshelf 20130130 by Pussreboots of flickr (CC BY)
Tiger by Mike Hoff of flickr (CC BY-NC)
P8152865 by Pussreboots of flickr (CC BY-NC)
Kindergarten font by Geronimo Font Studios
Textures: Old Hippie, Time After Time, and What's the Word by jj-247
Pixlr E Photo Editor
Parts of the following book photos posted by booksellers:
Color: Basic Principles and New Directions by Patricia Sloane, photo via Bookworks on abebooks
Around the Family Table by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin via Meir Turner on abebooks
Garden Cuisine by Paul Wenner via The Parnassus BookShop on abebooks
Great Short Stories of John O'Hara via Biblioteca di Babele on abebooks
Mastering A&P by Pearson via My Books Store on abebooks
Signs and Symptoms in Emergency Medicine by Davis MD MS, Mark A.; Votey MD, Scott R. via Neutral Balloon Books on abebooks
Sketching from Nature by Aaron Penley via Interquarian on abebooks
The Borrowers by Mary Norton, illustrated by Beth and Joe Krush, via Andre Strong Bookseller on abebooks
The Painter's Workshop by W. G. Constable via Bookworks on abebooks
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, illustrator: John Schoenherr, via Bookbid on abebooks
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg via Bookbid on abebooks
This entry was originally posted at https://thenewbuzwuzz.dreamwidth.org/236803.html.