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Amber Benson, BTVS, and ATS Icons

Jan 05, 2006 10:33

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_pinkfish January 5 2006, 19:53:32 UTC

OMG

the last one almost made me cry.
I took it, will credit when I use ;)

fading_coal January 6 2006, 01:08:15 UTC

Yeah--it's a really powerful quote--Neil Gaiman is brilliant. And so many situations in BTVS seemed to me right there, so I tried to focus on the emotion as much as possible. It was emotionally rough to make too!

Thanks for your comment!

_pinkfish January 6 2006, 13:05:25 UTC

well, I get that.
when I was making a crying Buffy wallpaper it was hard for me to fight my tears too
^.^

astarte is cool!
^.^

and yw ;)

astarte59 January 7 2006, 21:25:41 UTC

As to the crying, SMG cries really well. Joss commented on that on one of the DVD's. She can just start crying and make it really real.

astarte is cool!

Thanks!

icon_haiku January 5 2006, 21:52:21 UTC

When an icon can invoke an emotion it's wonderful, I took number 11.

fading_coal January 6 2006, 01:10:22 UTC

Thank you! That scene just haunts me for some reason. I hope I did it justice so I can let it be for the time being, but it was really emotional to make--Illyria's situation is just so heartbreaking.

normaltrouble January 6 2006, 01:43:57 UTC

I liked the 3rd Amber,so I took it, and will credit you for each I took of course. I think it's the cropping. But I am all about the cropping nowadays...framing is everything.
I took Lilah-the evil bitch one, J'adore Mlle. Lilah. I also took 11, and 12. The picture you chose for Anya would be a good one for a couple of different stand alones, btw.

astarte59 January 6 2006, 03:15:28 UTC

I'm glad you liked the icons. I love Lilah--I don't think I appreciated her enough the first time I watched "Angel" on TV. And as to Amber, yes, framing is everything. I just wanted to try different things and see what people liked. :-) The picture of Anya I almost used when I did a series of "Hell's Bells" icons in my BTVS icons100 challenge. But by the time I did the last two in that series I was too depressed to continue. :-)

And 11 and 12 are the ones I really threw my heart and soul into.

I love your Roy Baty icon. He's yet another Byronic hero, but didn't have time to include him in my book. I think someone else had done an article about "Blade Runner," but they compared him to Frankenstein's Creature (which is also accurate). He is very Byronic as well.

astarte59 January 6 2006, 03:47:38 UTC

Sweetie, could you please look at opalescence_'s comment below--you might have a helpful suggestion. Also I just discovered that Roy Baty is your brilliant creation, and so I have snagged for future use and will credit of course. :-)

normaltrouble January 7 2006, 05:28:49 UTC

Thanks, I googled the image, and I think it's the font--found on dafont, "Avignon", tres nouveau...plus the font looks a bit melty or fading away...

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menomegirl January 6 2006, 02:37:51 UTC

Beautiful icons of Amber-love the different things you did. I snagged #10 and will credit you. *g*

astarte59 January 6 2006, 03:17:20 UTC

Thank you very much! I'm glad you liked #10. I really like it myself. :-) But I didn't know if it would come across to other folks or if it was just a weird connection in my head. :-) Enjoy!

theladynthevamp January 6 2006, 03:10:35 UTC

Ohhh. Love #11 and #6. Took em' and will credit with use. :) Brilliant work.

astarte59 January 6 2006, 03:26:26 UTC

I love the word "brilliant." :-) It makes my day. A lot of the Amber ones, once I got her face looking the way I wanted (sort of glowy), were easy b/c I just picked textures and frame brushes I liked (thank god for all the wonderful resource makers on LJ!). 11, like I said above, was pretty intense for me. Just thinking about that scene makes me want to cry. I'm glad you like it.