Fanart Post

[katekat]

I know I haven't posted icons in forever... it's not that I've stopped, simply that I was honored by a bunch of art requests over at the_fund and those took priority.  I will be back to iconing soon (I've only got 1 more request to go! Yay!), but thought I'd post what I've been up to over there.



~ click on the smaller versions of each banner to see the full size version ~

THESE ARE NOT SHARABLE - SORRY! - THEY ARE THE PROPERTY OF THE PPL WHO MADE THE REQUEST. DO NOT USE THEM

fangeek requested banner with iconic images from her fandom:



and matching icons:



nevcolleil requested a Wes/Hamilton banner and icons for her Wes/Hamilton RPG.

http://pics.livejournal.com/katekat1010/pic/0028e9db



 




emeraldswan requested two banners for her LJ (one Angel, one Johnny Depp).

with matching icon 


with matching icon 


blue_hobbit requested a banner and FO banner for her LJ. 



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And matching icons:


bitteliten requested 4 icons...

    




theferretgirl requested a Wes banner for her Wes RPG lj.





And matching icons:
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phendog requested 4 custom icons.


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phendog made one other request:




theferretgirl requested a Willow banner for her Willow RPG lj.  Here you go lady:

  And matching icon:

Comments

WOOT!

[katekat]

Ok, so I was seeing this as a kind of a personal challenge... you know, can I actually fit all of this stuff into one place.... and I did.

However, Neil (who always gives me the final once over before I send out banners) says that it's too busy.

This is true.

It's purposefully that way (or intentionally).

But if it's *too* busy for you, let me know. I had another idea while I was falling asleep - it would be the same composition of the pictures, just using different stuff for the background/graphic-y kind of stuff.

Also, I hope you don't mind too terribly much, but i used RL pictures of the firefly crew - the drawings you linked to were AWESOME, but when putting everybody together, the drawings were a little hard to instantly recognize.

ok, enough prevarcating. Here, check it out:
http://pics.livejournal.com/katekat1010/pic/0029b69c

Re: WOOT!

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

I always feel bad when I don't fall in love with something someone made for me, like I'm stomping on their heart or something, but yeah, that probably is a bit too busy. :( It's my own fault for asking for so much, though.

If you want, you can try taking off the X-Men, Thor, APC, and the ships and just leave the characters from Firefly, DS9, and Buffy or would that still be too hard to put together?

Or you can try the second design you thought about. Either's fine.

Re: WOOT!

[katekat]

two more:

http://pics.livejournal.com/katekat1010/pic/0029c3dh

http://pics.livejournal.com/katekat1010/pic/0029dyhs

and if this isn't quite there yet, let me know - i appreciate you treating me gently with the comments and stuff, but it's ok, I understand, because you're going to look at it every day. If these two aren't more in the ballpark, let me know and I'll take off the ones you mention above and we can go from there. *grin*

Re: WOOT!

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I really like the second one but something seems off about it.

Was your grouping of Wash, Xander, and Willow together intentional? Wash is the only character not alongside a castmate and they're all my favorites so I'm curious.

It'd probably be best to eliminate all the extraneous images I mentioned before but now I feel conflicted because I still want the X-Men included but they don't really fit with the theme. :p

Sorry I'm so indecisive.. I know it must be a little annoying even if you won't admit it. :)

Re: WOOT!

[katekat]

third try (can you tell i'm not willing to give up on including everything?)

oh, and the groupings were based off of the original lists you gave me... willow, xander & walsh were all in your #1 row, so their images were all slightly bigger. Unf. I couldn't figure out a great way to put all of the ships in without making 'em small.. but i think you get the idea.

Ok, now, I've got two more. I like the second one best.

http://pics.livejournal.com/katekat1010/pic/0029e20d

http://pics.livejournal.com/katekat1010/pic/0029ff8r

and it's ok, although the more feedback you give me on what you'd like changed, the better chance it will work for you... otherwise i keep just going back to the drawing board....

hugs,
kate

Re: WOOT!

[katekat]

one more (not a major change, just something I tried that I liked better)

http://pics.livejournal.com/katekat1010/pic/0029g4ke

Re: WOOT!

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

Hm. This one gives me an idea.

Is there any way you can delete Archangel, move Nightcrawler to the left of Aly so that he and Colossus bookend the actors and then take only the symbol from the APC logo, blow it up, put "aesiron@livejournal.com" where the band name is and center that new logo in the white expanse to the left of the banner?

Something like this (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/aesiron/2f33f2bf.jpg) but more integrated (with thicker parentheses) and as beautiful as the others. :)

The bar of images can go where the yellow is if you still want to try to incorporate DS9, Defiant, and Serenity. No Thor, though.

Re: WOOT!

[katekat]

good idea! Although the black apc symbol didn't work on a white background...but I think these work well

#1 (w/out defiant, ds9 & serenity):

http://pics.livejournal.com/katekat1010/pic/0029h3hc

#2 and here's one with 'em:

http://pics.livejournal.com/katekat1010/pic/0029kh3s

Re: WOOT!

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

Okay. Another idea.

I am thinking maybe something like this (http://photobucket.com/albums/y77/aesiron/e2225535.jpg) with Oz from BtVS and Ezri from DS9 added to the lineup and making each character sliver 50 pixels wide so that all ten will equal 500 pixels, exactly half of the banner.

The other half of the banner still needs spiced up a bit though.

Re: WOOT!

[katekat]

ok sweetie - i will take a stab at this when i get the chance....

i understand the inclination to want things to be perfect. but just so you know, this next one will be the last one - and then you'll have the option to pick from 8 designs which one you like best.

Re: WOOT!

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

That is more than fair and I really am sorry for being so picky. You've done so much for me between humoring me on these banners and making those icons for me last month and I don't want you to think I'm trying to abuse your generosity.

I wish there was some way I could thank you. Can you think of anything?

I'm actually blushing from embarassment as I type this.

Re: WOOT!

[katekat]

oh, and you don't have to feel like you need to do something to thank me! I really do enjoy the challenge of playing with things - and incorporating all of those elements was definitely a challenge!

you don't have to blush, seriously, this is all part of the whole crazy lookpy world of making graphics. *grin*

Re: WOOT!

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

While writing that previous reply, I realized I never gave you credit in my icons' keywords and I can't remember which you actually made for me so I decided to give you credit on my userinfo page.

http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=aesiron

Thanks again for putting up with me.

Re: WOOT!

[katekat]

sweetie, who's ezri? i can't seem to find any pictures of her...

Re: WOOT!

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

http://www.ds9caps.co.uk/displayimage.php?album=40&pos=21

http://www.ds9caps.co.uk/displayimage.php?album=40&pos=32

http://www.ds9caps.co.uk/displayimage.php?album=73&pos=90

http://www.ds9caps.co.uk/displayimage.php?album=101&pos=17

http://www.ds9caps.co.uk/displayimage.php?album=101&pos=16

http://www.ds9caps.co.uk/displayimage.php?album=49&pos=121

http://www.ds9caps.co.uk/displayimage.php?album=49&pos=122

http://www.ds9caps.co.uk/displayimage.php?album=49&pos=118

http://www.ds9caps.co.uk/displayimage.php?album=49&pos=69



Thank you for not hating me.

heee hee

[katekat]

ok, sorry i've been a bit non-responsive lately - thank you very much for the credit on your icons! i'm totally flattered.

and don't feel funny about asking for what you want: i asked for your specific imput, and that way you get something you want. And I let you know when I kind of hit my creative limit, so we're all good.

now, for the final design-type thing... here you go! enjoy!
http://pics.livejournal.com/katekat1010/pic/002a3rqq

Re: heee hee

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

Ooh. That's about perfect. I probably should've told you in the beginning that I like plain-ish stuff and saved us both a lot of trouble.

Now to mess with my journal so it fits in.

Re: heee hee

[katekat]

no, i should've remembered from when i did icons for you. glad you like it. happy journal-playing (I love that part).