Part 3 of 3 of my alts/extras for btvsats20in20 Round 5 (souper-dooper pimpage at no extra charge)

[red_satin_doll]

kikimay paid me a great honor by chosing my Surprise/Listening to Fear blend icon ( #19 in my last post) from my last set of alts as her new default icon. This is the second time she's snagged one of my "rejected" alts, so hello to the motivation to continue sharing.

These are the S6-7 alts for Round 5 of btvsats20in20, with the exception of #1 (Tara from S5). BTW,

Comments

[velvetwhip]

These are also stunning, my friend! My favorites are 5, 12, 13, 14, 20, 22, and 23. I love what you've done here!

Gabrielle

[red_satin_doll]

Thank you sweetheart!

12-14 & 23 are among my favorites too - 12 & 13 were almost in my final entry set, and 14 has really grown on me since I made it. I'm working on a post right now with the banners that I cropped #23 from.

And I'm going over the photos I took in Providence, Rhode Island the other day and they came out really well as a whole! Even my sweetie was impressed. I think you'll enjoy seeing them when I get them posted - I thought of you when I was taking them and I tried to capture what I love about that city.

[velvetwhip]

I can't wait to see those photos!

Gabrielle

[endeni]

Oooh, I love #19! What an happy accident! ;)

[red_satin_doll]

What an happy accident! ;)

You like 19? Coolness! :)

the light leak filter effect that makes it look like the placket (band) on Buffy's blouse is part of the background lines. Happy sort-of accident #2 and probably why I didn't delete this one.

[endeni]

/the light leak filter effect that makes it look like the placket (band) on Buffy's blouse is part of the background lines./ - Oh, that's right, I didn't notice. So cool! ;)

[red_satin_doll]

The fact that you DIDN'T notice it makes me ridiculously happy - that it's not standing out as a glaring error. :D

[debris4spike]

I am actually thinking of doing season 2 Buffy, or season 2 vampires ... haven't decided.

One of my troubles is my resource site that I used has gone, so I can only find season 1 & 2 ... annoying, but still plenty of material (where do you find yours?)

[red_satin_doll]

One of my troubles is my resource site that I used has gone, so I can only find season 1 & 2 ... annoying, but still plenty of material (where do you find yours?)

Leave Me the White - best overall screen cap quality but very incomplete: No season 1 or 3 (the person is obviously a Spike/Spuffy fan)
http://www.leavemethewhite.com/vampyr/index.php

Screencap Paradise/Pretty as a Picture has the complete seven seasons capped:
http://dana.thedudes.nu/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=171

starry_night rec'd her go-to site, smb-france.net and I used it a lot for this round, has a mix of screen caps and promo photos, mostly very good quality

[debris4spike]

Thank you, thank you

I used to use BuffyWorld, but that died. Someone gave me a link, and it only had seasons 1 & 2 ... now I have plenty of choice.

You are the bestest!

[red_satin_doll]

But of course, dearest - nothing but the best for you. ;)

Which is to say, you are very welcome! I'm always on the lookout for new sources.

I tried looking for a good source for Amber Benson caps and promos and haven't found anything better than what I linked and some photos I've found here and there on the net via random google searches.

A lot of people use Bloodqueen but I haven't been wow'd, and Lady Manson was my go-to site for gorgeous Moulin Rouge blu-ray caps years ago, but the buffy caps there are the wrong aspect ratio entirely.

I noticed that the buffyworld caps came down recently, but I didn't use it very much anyway. It was just nice to have.

I can't wait to see what you come up with!

[kikimay]

Pretties! I especially like 15, 19, 16, 1, 12 is such a peculiar icon, I generally dislike black and white in icons, but it gives it a pleasant effect and I have to say that even the icons 6 to 10 are kinda erotic, maybe because we don't see Buffy's shirt it kinda feels like she's naked in 6. It's a very sexy set.

[red_satin_doll]

Thank you! All the ones you named except 19 are among my favorites.

12 is such a peculiar icon, I generally dislike black and white in icons, but it gives it a pleasant effect

#12 was going to be my "indigo" entry - I think you're the second person to see it as "black and white" - it's actually sort of sepia and indigo on my screen but "black and white" really isn't wrong either.

it kinda feels like she's naked in 6. It's a very sexy set.

THANK YOU! I think so too - or that was exactly my feeling when I first saw the cap (in the shots where you can just see the top of her green shirt the effect is spoiled.) I'm glad that came across here.

[snogged]

Ooh!

This is another great set by you, sweetie. Love #4, #5, #6, #10, #12, #20, and #23.

Also, I love that you accepted my S1 challenge. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

[red_satin_doll]

I love that you accepted my S1 challenge. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

Neither can I, thank you for setting the challenge. (oh wait - I should have been all Barney Stinson here. Damn, missed the moment!)

Your challenge got me thinking about the fact that the round I did best in, Round 2 - Vamp Willow - was the one round I was focused on a single character who only appears in two episodes; I HAD to limit myself. So I might end up focusing on one or two episodes this time - Nightmares has great imagery. I know I want to focus on Willow (and Buffy?) - I love the characters and love working with their faces.

Love #4, #5, #6, #10, #12, #20, and #23.

Thank you! I'm really pleased that this time around nearly every one of the icons I've made has at least one fan; I know I really enjoyed making all of them.

[snogged]

I think that's a great idea.
"Nightmares" has lots of good options for icons!

[red_satin_doll]

Indeed it does!

At the beginning of the year before I used ipiccy I tried making some Willow Nightmares and Restless icons (the "theater" scenes) because of their great visuals, (and the yummy meta-ish-ness) but the results were fairly poor then. I could come up with something much better this time.