My Posting Day

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

RL has been a complete bugger for me the last couple of months (the stillbirth of my grandson, the deaths of an uncle and cousin, my mother's rapidly declining health topped off by our most hectic time of the year at work) and I was nervous about getting some pics done for today, my posting day. I'm very glad to have finished a few and though they don't follow the comedy theme, I hope you enjoy them.

Title: None
Rating: G. Completely worksafe.
Medium: Fan art; manip
Base: Photo of Sarah Michelle Gellar and Seth Green from the recent cast reunion.
Other pairings: None
Warning: Most of my stuff is big and may bog down dial up users.





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Comments

[louise39.livejournal.com]

Fabulous work. I saw the base and yor manip is great. Love the coloring and the white background.

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

As soon as I saw that pic, I knew it had to be manipped! :-)

Glad you like this, and thank you!

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

Also - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! (Okay, yes, it's a little late...) I hope you had a wonderful day, spent with people you love. *hugs*

[louise39.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Had a grand day and weekend, too.

Hope you have a some joy in the rest of your year.

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

So glad you had a great birthday weekend.

Hope you have a some joy in the rest of your year.

Jeez, me too! I am headed to The Daughter's later this month for a couple of weeks - that should help! :-) Thanks for the good wishes!

[debris4spike]

That is a lovely manip - and I just want to send a hug and hope that the rest of your year is more paceful

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

hope that the rest of your year is more paceful

Oh, I hope so, too!

So glad you like this one - thank you!

[teragramm.livejournal.com]

Just beautiful. Lovely work, thanks for sharing.

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much - I'm glad you like it!

[jamalov29.livejournal.com]

How wonderful ! The base called for such Spuffy gorgeousness . I like the way you played with the colors it suits their faces perfectly.
Definitely putting the manip on my user info page.:)
Thank you, Mary. And wishing you more peaceful months ahead for you and your loved ones. ::hugs::

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I felt the same was you did when I saw the pic - it was too perfect to be left unmanipped! I'm so glad you like my version - particularly enough to post it on your user page.

And wishing you more peaceful months ahead for you and your loved ones. ::hugs::

Thank you so much. I'm hoping for the same thing. Life seem to be evening out a little (particularly with my mom), but it's been a rather awful start to the year.

*hugs*

[winsomeone.livejournal.com]

This is absolutely gorgeous, it suits them perfectly.

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! (I'm hoping to read your story this afternoon - the premise looks very promising!) :-)

[easy-to-corrupt.livejournal.com]

Adorable!!!

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thanks!

[manoah.livejournal.com]

Beautiful. I hope the time you spent making it (and the others) was healing for you. Thank you so much for sharing.

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And yes, playing in Photoshop occupies my mind and my hands. I find it very relaxing.

[jerusha]

I love it!

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm glad! Thank you.

[dacian-goddess.livejournal.com]

That's gorgeous! The colouring is just exquisite, and the luminosity of it works fantastically well -- that and it looks as though Buffy's grin is lighting up the shot, which adds fantastic dimension to the pose.

Sorry RL is being a stroppy cow; here's hoping things start looking up!

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

Thank you so very much - what a wonderful compliment! I love the thought of Buffy's grin lighting up the shot! :-)

Yes, RL can be a bitch. But I know it will improve - thanks for your good wishes.

[framedinlove.livejournal.com]

Oooh! This is so very beautiful! *stares in silent awe* I love it. It has everything I could ever ask for a Spuffy manip. Her expression is the loveliest ever, and man, I'm just so glad you decided to use that base! Thank you so much for sharing this!

And I wish you and your family better times to come! *hugs you tight*

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

As soon as I saw it, I knew it needed to be Spuffied up! :-) So glad you like the result - thank you!

And I wish you and your family better times to come!

We will have better times to come. Damn it. *hugs*

Did you sign up for a posting day? (Please say 'yes'!)

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

Perfect. Just perfect.

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[kathyh]

Gorgeous. Your colouring is fabulous.

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I really liked the coloring too. There I was, just meandering along, applying different filters. And then I went, "Ooooo - that's kinda pretty." So I knew I was done. Or, you know. almost done.

*snort*

Glad you like it!

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

That's lovely (big surprise - have you ever done anything ugly?). I admire your ability to carry on with the really unimportant stuff like this in the midst of having such a lousy past several months. *hugs*

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

So glad you like!

I find playing in Photoshop relaxing. It keeps my hands busy and takes my mind off other things for awhile. It's so nice that there are people I can share my therapy with! :-)

*hugs*

[thundercat-13.livejournal.com]

Wow. I'm awed. That is so luminous!

Thank you for sharing your talent with us. Best wishes and hugs for better times ahead.

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much - I'm so glad you like it. :-)

And thank you, too, for the good wishes. I've been through ups and downs before in my life and I know that the downs don't last forever. It's been a rotten start to the year, but I'm confident things will get better.

[musicbitch.livejournal.com]

I love this one, and I thought the original picture was cute...lol! Could I possibly trouble you for an icon of it? I can make one myself if you don't want to, and of course you would get all the credit=)

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

I totally suck at making icons, but I happily give you permission to make one from this. I'm flattered that you're interested - thank you!

[musicbitch.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I completely suck at icons, that's why I figured I would ask first...lol! Thanks, I hope to do something decent with it=)

[framefolly.livejournal.com]

Hugs for your recent RL...

This is so glamorous! I can totally hear them:

B: Honey, you look as handsome as ever. Let's go already!

S: Wait, let me just get one more Polaroid...

B: Can you hold your pose if I do...this?

...

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

*snicker*

I can sooo imagine what 'this' is, too!

Glad you enjoyed it! :-)

Thank you for the beautiful manips

[selinde2.livejournal.com]

I hope the pleasure you got from making them was like mine at finding them. Truly beautiful work, and an imaginative use of the tools. As far as I can tell on my little monitor, they are technically sound too. Well done. Photoshop can be a harsh mistress. And please accept some internet hugs for your less than perfect RL //supportive thoughts begin//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/end trans.

Re: Thank you for the beautiful manips

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

Photoshop is also incredibly huge and I have so much to learn that when I think about it, it just intimidates the heck out of me. I'm so glad you're enjoying the fruits of my learning process - thank you! :-)

Thank you, too, for the internet hugs. It's been a rocky start to the year, and they are appreciated.

[ruuger]

Oh, that's beautiful :)

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-)

[claudia-rose88.livejournal.com]

This is just stunning. I am a great admirer of all your work; you are very talented. Thank You for sharing all your lovelies with us.

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

What a lovely compliment - thank you so much! I'm so glad you're enjoying my 'Photoshop Experiments'. :-)

[sojourn-storm.livejournal.com]

Man you do some lovely stuff. This is just so great. Thanks for posting and sharing.

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

You're so welcome and thank you so much for your kind words! :-)

[oracleholly.livejournal.com]

Excellent and seemless blending. You constantly amaze.

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much - what a lovely thing to say!

[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

Perfectly beautiful. Nice subtle colors.

{{{{hugs}}}} on RL and may you have nothing but joy and peace for a very long time to come now.

Kathleen

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much - glad you like!

Joy and peace sound very good - thank you for the good wishes - they're appreciated. *hug*