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Tried something new today. Would love to hear your thoughts, good, bad, or in between. Though be gentle with the bad, yeah? :D

1 1440 x 900 wallpaper
1 750 x 400 header
1 icon

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I wanted to have more than one graphic to share, but I'm just not feeling the Spike/Buffy inspiration these days. :( I've had this done for a while now, and am too impatient to sit on it any longer.

Anyway, this was done from a tutorial, found here. While it's not quite what I'd set out to make, I'm pretty pleased with the outcome. It's a little off center, but I'd come too far to fix it without having to start over from scratch and I couldn't bear that idea. My aching wrist. My forearm hurt for about two days. Let's hear it for carpal tunnel pain! heh. I should've waited to do this until I had a tablet. lol Maybe when (if) I get one from my Christmas elf, I'll try this again with a slightly more consistent result.

I don't have any matching icons to go with, at least not at the moment. If I make any, I'll mention it. I'm not really seeing this as a header or story banner, but if anyone would like it personalized or resized, all you need to do is ask. :) Please comment if you liked it, are taking it, have a problem, or would like to provide constructive criticism. Please remember to give credit if you use it. Thanks, and I hope you like it.

A preview:



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Whipped this up tonight after spending the day restocking my textures and photos. For some reason, I find using the laptop to make graphics feels weird and a little uncomfortable. :\ I'm considering this a practice run of sorts. I only wanted to get the feel for the setup I'll be on for the next two weeks or so. Anyway, nothing too fancy to see here, but I do hope you'll take a peek and let me know what you think! :)

Please comment if you liked them, are taking, have a problem, or would like to provide constructive criticism. I am more than happy to personalize them if you'd like, simply say the word. Remember to credit with use, thanks!

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Full size banner (650 x 325 px) and one Buffy icon ( here )

The theme over at spuffy_wonder this month is fear, and I couldn't resist trying to come up with something to offer. Couldn't have done it without the help and feedback from dampersnspoons and midnite_holic, thank you so much, ladies! <3

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( Full size under the cut )

I'm a huge goof and was nearly finished when I realized that the banner I was making for my seasonal_spuffy posting day used the same image of SMG as a banner I submitted last round. D'oh! And I've had a rather simple Spike banner sitting here for a while, staring at me, so I figured I may as well post it, too.

Here they are, with some matching icons to go along with. Please comment if you liked it, are taking it, have a problem, or would like to provide constructive criticism. Credit me if you use any, please. Thanks! And, as always, I'm happy to do any personalization you'd like; just ask. :)

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( Fullsize & icons here )

All of these are up for grabs, if you'd like any. I'm happy to do any personalization, just ask. :)

Here's a preview of the banner. Full size banner and the three icons will be under the cut.



( Full set here )

Okay, two banners under the cut. Like I've said, I've been pretty blah about the whole banner thing, so I'd love to hear what you think. :)

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If y'all aren't reading Aloof Rocker Kryptonite, you should be. I'm just sayin'. (It's an All-human WIP, though, so if you've an allergy to those, stay clear.) Three chapters in, and this new author is totally making me smile. It has a few flaws, but generally speaking, it's great. And given the seemingly never ending torrent of, well. . . this is unlocked, and god forbid I offend any delicate sensibilities, so let's just say that stumbling into a fun, well-written, and engaging story from a brand new author was quite a nice surprise.

Anyway, I didn't think I could do story banners, but doing the one for dampersnspoons got me thinking I could, and so I've been meaning to try my hand at another one. This seemed as good as any to start out on. I have no idea if she'll even use it, so instead of waiting to find out, I thought I'd post it here and hope she won't care. I'm guessing not. hahaha And, besides, as Beth pointed out to me the other day, it's mine, I can post it. She's a very smart woman.

I learned my save early and save often lesson with this one. I was nearly done and PS locked up. Poof. All gone. Luckily I pretty much remembered everything I'd done to that point, minus a few specifics like exact colors of fill layers, but whatever. It's all sorted and now I save like a demon, and this one isn't hugely different than the first one. I think I'm proudest about something you can't even see because JM is covering most of it up. The attention whore. I kid! Yeesh, enough rambling about the boring process of getting this thing together. On to the banner. . . and read that story, darn it!

( banner here )