Ten Banners/Headers

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

For my second post, I bring you ten banners/headers. I'm happy to personalise these with different text etc. if anyone wants.

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*If you snag, please credit.
*No hotlinking, please!
*Comments are very welcomed!

I have one more post to make later on, when I get back from work. :)

Comments

[ladyofthelog.livejournal.com]

Oh, these are gorgeous! I LOVE #6 and might make it my header when I'm ready to switch out the one I just made.

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Thank you! If you do decide to use the header and want the text altered, just let me know. =)

[beloved4always.livejournal.com]

these are great! REALLY like #1, #5 and #8. thanks so much for posting these!

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! :) I think the ones you've picked out were my own favourites, too.

[teragramm.livejournal.com]

Great job I love #1, 4, 5 and 10. I think #4 is my fave but I think the vertical set up of 10 is very interesting. Thanks so much for sharing.

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[abelina.livejournal.com]

I love them ALL. #1, 4, 5, and 8 especially.

I like the use of the clock and the tie in with the text in #1.

Yay for quoting "Across the Universe" in #2.

I like how you can't see Spike's head in #3, and the bloody patch there looks very, well, real. I like the colouring in this one.

I think what you wrote on #4 just screams Spike & Buffy. Love the colours here, too, and how the flowers kind of contrast with the two of them (in that flowers are delicate and gentle and Spike and Buffy aren't). And their facial expressions -- little knowing smirks -- oh yes, I like this one a lot.

Great clarity in #5 on the image of JM and I like the colouring here, too.

The colouring again, in #6, I like very much. Also, the big image of SMG I like, too.

Loving the clarity and colours (again, apparently you're good with colours) in #7. The over all feel of this one is pretty intense, especially with the image on the right. BUt you know, in a good way.

The text on #8 perfectly captures the essence of that scene you've used for the banner. I like the sort of grungy texture to this one.

#9 I like the suggestion of brick in the back ground that almost makes the <3 Spike and Buffy look like it was written on a brick wall.

#10 very different looking, but I like it! The black and white is nice, because I think colours in this one might have made it too busy? Maybe?

Anyway, amazing banners!

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Wow, thanks for such a detailed comment!

I've been on a bit of a Beatles kick lately, so couldn't help using some of their lyrics.

I think what you wrote on #4 just screams Spike & Buffy.

Purely coincidental - I made the banner, then 'Kiss From a Rose' came on my shuffle, and I knew I had to use those lyrics.


#9 I like the suggestion of brick in the back ground that almost makes the <3 Spike and Buffy look like it was written on a brick wall.

I'm glad it looks like that! That's what I was going for =)

[devylish.livejournal.com]

these are allll freaking amazing... truly 1 4 6 7 8 10...alllll favorites!

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Hee, thanks so much! :D

[kallysten.livejournal.com]

ooooo very pretty

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Thank you! ^_^

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

These are beautiful! What a fantastic contribution. I think my fave is #8

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! :)

[musicbitch.livejournal.com]

Wow, these are all so gorgeous. I'm seriously in awe of your work.

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you! :D

[dorians-kitten.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous! I can't even decide which one I like best: 1, 5, 6, 8 or maybe 9. :)
I'm tempted to ask to use one of these as my header/banner but I have no idea how folks do that. Maybe I will do some research.

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Thank you! If you did want to use one as a header, let me know and I'll send you a link with instructions on how to do it. :)

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

*adores*

I love them all. Particularly #6. "We seduce the dark with pain and rapture" is an apt slogan; the choice of photosessions is spot-on; the blending and the coloring is perfect.

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! :)

[clawofcat.livejournal.com]

As always, your work is so creative. When I first saw #10 I had to really look to figure out what you'd done. The images composing Buffy's body are a little jarring - it gives her a monsterous quality, in a way - but it's just so different that I keep going back to look at that one. I really like the experimental risk you took with it.

Love, love, love the text on #8. So very true for the two of them.

My personal favorites are #4 and #6 though for both the text and the composition. Those naughty and knowing smirks they share in #4 is definately fodder for plot bunnies :) And can I just say that I think SMG looks beautiful with dark hair? I always thought it looked way more natural.

I think I pointed it out in a banner you did awhile back, but I also really like the bloody hand print effect smeared onto th corner of #3. Adds an edgy detail to an otherwise "safe" looking image. And isn't that the fun of Spike? He's deceptively good looking and charming, and that's how he lures his prey.

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

For #10, I actually followed a tutorial for the silhouette-part. I liked the effect so much, I decided to use it on a banner. So, I can't take all the credit for that one!

I saw the quote used on #8 and just had to use it on a banner.

I chose the pics for #4 based on how similar their expressions were. I think SMG is one of those lucky people who suits both blonde and brunette hair.

Something was missing from #3 until I added the red texture. I have a tendency to re-use textures if I like them, LOL.

Many thanks for your comments! :)

[cordykitten]

I like them: My favorites are 4 and 8 :)

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad you like them :)

[pennydrdful.livejournal.com]

These are all just so excellent. You have so much talent.

#2 - Love, love, love this image of Spike you've chosen. That look on his face is so fabulous. What I really like about this banner is the almost monochrome color scheme you have going on, with just different shades of burnt umber. Also really like the way you've cut Spike in half and have Buffy positioned in between.

#4 is just lovely because they're both smirky, and you have them looking great together, and the color scheme is beautiful.


#6 Nice to see some brunette!SMG images mixed in.

#7 definitely inspires dark plot bunnies.

#10 has some excellent image splicing going on.

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Thank you for commenting!

I'm happy #2 works, with Spike cropped like that - I was unsure about it.

[xc-runner50.livejournal.com]

Oh My God. These are brilliant! Every Single One of these banners amazes me.

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! Your comment made me smile. :)

[xochantelly.livejournal.com]

These are great, I can't choose my fave because I love them all! If I absolutely HAD to choose... it would be... #5, 6, 8 or 9. The text all suits the feeling of the headers and the coloring is just perfect. You did so well on these =D *hugs and squishes*

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you! I'm happy you like them. =)

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Gah! So much good here! I really like the message of #8, which is what I was trying to get across with my little prologue a couple of weeks back. So, a picture is worth about 1600 words, by my reckoning. Heh.

#4 is so delightfully fun and naughty! Very evocative.

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I saw the quote used on #8 and immediately knew I had to use it on a banner with some images from that scene in Touched. And I loved your fic! I think it gets that message accross :)

[snowpuppies]

OMG. #7 is freaking awesome. Okay, they all are, but I loves me some dark. ;)

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Hee, thank you! I'm happy you like it.

[jamalov29.livejournal.com]

Wonderfully creative. All the banners are truly gorgeous and made my spuffy heart filled with joy.

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! :D

[sarian71]

I absolutely adore #8. Love the colouring and the text on it!

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[jen-nsync-landl.livejournal.com]

Wow, these are also gorgeous! And whoa, #10 - Spike's placement there is a tad suggestive, no? ;) I may just like #1 best, but they are all great! Nice work!

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Haha, yeah - #10 - I didn't realise that until I'd made the silhouette part of the blend. I actually followed a tutorial for the image placement/silhouette part of that one and it wasn't until it was done I realised just where Spike was! I decided to use it on the banner, anyway :P

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

I love these, especially 1 and 8. Nice work.

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[redcirce]

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous, and did I mention gorgeous? :)

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you! Your comment made me smile :D

[manoah.livejournal.com]

What absolutely lovely work you do!

My favorite...if I had to pick...would be #1. I love them all.

Thank you for sharing.

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked them :)

[louise39.livejournal.com]

Each banner is special - the poses, the coloring, the text, the look!
I like #5 for the faces and #8 for the overall sense of spuffy.

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I think the quote I used on #8 fits Spike/Buffy really well.