Marksman, Pilot, Family Man - 20+ icons of Clint Barton/Hawkeye for character20n20

[sandy79]

Of all the Avengers we've met so far in the movies, Clint Barton aka "Hawkeye" is my favorite. Sure, it has a lot to do with the fact that his main choice of weapon is the bow and arrow (and I seem to have a thing for men who can wield them perfectly XD), but it's also cause of Jeremy Renner's acting talents. He's matter-of-factly, with a dash of

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[tli]

I love Cityscape and Head In The Clouds!

[sandy79]

thank you! "Head in the Clouds" came together the way it is more or less by accident. I got an email from a site providing free graphic resources, and I got curious, finding a small pack of cloud textures right on time for this challenge. Though the original pic has clouds in it, they were not good enough for me XD

[kanarek13]

Oooh, wow, these are soo awesome :D I love the black and white set :D And the sketched one (I just love everything sketch :D)

And the "no face" challenge made me laugh because I immediately thought, ok, if not face then definitely ass, LOL :D

[sandy79]

*hugs* thank you!! The sketched one was a late arrival (happened upon me during a different image search XD). But since it's not my own work, I decided to drop it into the alternates bin. And for the category - I was so happy when I read "B/W" - I love black & white pictures in general, since they shift your attention away from the colors and closer to the topic.

LOL! Naughty girl! XD I gotta admit that Clint has quite a nice backside, but I can't exactly remember if there was a nice ass shot in any of the screencaps ;) I got one of Jeremy, but that's from a photoshoot.

[gabby227]

These are really great! CItyscape is my favorite, and I also love your AC set.

[sandy79]

thank you! Yeah, as soon as we got the themes set, my mind all but screamed at me "Avengers - Battle of New York", both for "Cityscape" and "Head in the Clouds". And the scenes between Clint, Laura and his kids are just so sweet, I had to use the whole Barton Family (I'm a sucker for characters who have a happy, rather normal life on the side, it makes them a bit more human)

[gabby227]

I know what you mean! I know a lot of people were pissed because they wanted Natasha & Clint together, but I loved seeing him with his wife and kids! I agree it showed a little more of a human side to him, to the fact that he's not just an avenger, but a man, too, you know what I mean?

[sandy79]

Exactly! But the funny thing is, I love both pairings XD There's a bunch of awesome stories featuring Clint & Tasha in almost every kind of relationship out there (AO3), but I also read great stories featuring the Barton Family. But the funniest thing about Clint is the fact that, in fanfiction, he gets paired up with almost everyone XD

Another scene I absolutely love in Age of Ultron is when Clint is there for Tasha after she comes out of her vision/nightmare. There's a special connection between them two that actually doesn't fit into any label.

[setentpet]

I really like the distance crop on cityscape and the cap you chose for faceless is perfect! Nice work.

[sandy79]

thank you! since I used the second to last one of the alternates (picture-wise, the cropping and coloring was a bit different) already, I had to use one from AoU this time around ;)

[ayebydan]

your cityscape is stunning! Love your cropping skills :)

[sandy79]

awww, thank you!! *hugs* "Cityscape" was pretty much the first theme I knew how to fill. I love the whole lot of scenes of Clint in the Battle of New York we have in "Avengers", but this one, combined with the first real look at his excellent markmanship, is hands down my favorite.

As for the cropping - I just go with the flow, so to speak. I usually crop the images with Picasa, mostly because it offers a pretty nifty option called "CD Cover" XD it's a pre-made square, which makes all the iconing so much easier (at least for me;) )