Banners! June 2016

[dancingdragon3.livejournal.com]

Here are the June banners! Please save these to your own hard drives, and let me know when you've gotten them. Hope you enjoy!

Oh, and yes, I am still experimenting with banner style. Welcome to the lab of my brain...



For winning by using all eight prompts: killing_kurare and fresh_brainss






For being a champion using seven prompts: wicked_jester



For being champions using six prompts: sidhe_faerie and katleept






For being champions using five prompts: luminations and dancingdragon3






For being a champion using four prompts: wicked_jester

Comments

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Ohh, these are gorgeous!! I know the recepients will be thrilled to bits!

*HUGS*

[dancingdragon3.livejournal.com]

That is awesome to hear, thank you :-) The callus on my hand also thanks you, lol.

HUGS

[luminations.livejournal.com]

OMG that screencap is awesome!!! It's from the right time in the game and everything! How did you know?? So cool of you to go the extra mile for us, thank you :D

[dancingdragon3.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy to hear you're pleased! You were one of the lucky ones this time, for me finding a good background. I fear a couple others weren't so lucky :-/

And I could say it's because Greek gods have gifted me with super powers, but, lol, it's because you gave the name of city they were in. So I searched for that and the game. There's a lot of commentary out there on this.

You're very welcome :-)

[luminations.livejournal.com]

The Greek gods explanation is way more awesome though ;) There's a good chunk of the game in Boston and you still picked the right part. And all you had to go by there was "before the Museum" which I don't think mad google skillz would help you with. So, super powers it is!

[dancingdragon3.livejournal.com]

I am unable to deny having magickal powers. But shhh, don't tell anyone, as I'm undercover.

But, I have to confess it was just seeing three people in the scene. And I knew the middle one was Ellie, and the man had to be Joel, so I guessed that the other woman was the other woman in the fic. And there you have it. I'm the faux Nancy Drew of banner making. But, making these is a very fun challenge :-)

[wicked-jester.livejournal.com]

I was looking at your banner and thinking the same thing even though I'm not familiar with the game, lol. It seemed like a really specific scene. That's awesome that it turned out to be right on the mark!

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Hehe! Aww I like that you even looked at it :) Yours are cool too... although I think next time dancingdragon3 should REALLY customize and do her own Reylo illustration for you :D

[dancingdragon3.livejournal.com]

Pardon me. Who is the real artist here? Versus who only plays around on Photoshop?

I think luminations should sketch Who Is Like God and Zola fighting. Zola has a pink and red sea anemone for hair, FYI ;-) And the 'Venus Fly Traps' mixed in look like baby plants from Little Shop of Horrors.

;D

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Uh, pardon ME, but I can't do shit with graphics and nothing else counts!!! LOL

[wicked-jester.livejournal.com]

My skills with MS Paint cannot be beaten. ;)

[dancingdragon3.livejournal.com]

Aw, that's better than I could do!

So, now that you've brought it up. Was BB giving the 'middle finger' or 'okay' sign to Poe, IYO?

[wicked-jester.livejournal.com]

I absolutely believed BB-8 was flipping off Finn and I laughed in the theater on my first viewing. It didn't occur to me that he was simply giving a thumbs-up until I got home, went on the IMDb message board and saw users posting comments like, "I can't believe people actually think BB-8 would flip off Finn." But then it did make sense to me. BB-8 wouldn't do that. Lol. How did you see it?

[dancingdragon3.livejournal.com]

Ahaha! I totally thought she (I still see her as a she) was flipping Poe off, too. Was equally surprised by the shocked people.

But sadly, unlike C3PO and R2, I don't feel like I got to know her well enough if she would or not. R2 definitely would, as would as would the astro droid in Rebels, so I'm going to assume irreverence is an inherent feature of that model ;-)

[dancingdragon3.livejournal.com]

Egads. I was just reading through here and realized I kept calling 'Finn' 'Poe'. :head desk:

[wicked-jester.livejournal.com]

I lost sleep over that, how could you? ;)

[dancingdragon3.livejournal.com]

Egads, I hope you're joking. I think being able to draw/paint is way better than...at least the level of photoshop I do.

[wicked-jester.livejournal.com]

These are wonderful - thank you! I love the pictures you've chosen. Luke is absolutely going back to that memory with Yoda in 'Losing the Force'. There are no pictures of Kylo and Rey sharing a forbidden kiss inside a waterfall (yet? lol) but in the script it does say that an energy passes between them during the interrogation and for a brief moment, they were not adversaries. So, it works!

[dancingdragon3.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you like them!

Honestly, I really wanted to get a cap of Luke lifting the ship up with Yoda also in frame, but that was a no go. And yeah, where the chapter ends, their connection was what felt right to capture, to me. I'm happy that it works for you, too.

But, I'll be buying TFA soon, so...if you wanted to give me an excuse to screen cap the eff out it...

[wicked-jester.livejournal.com]

That could be arranged. :) Are you getting TFA this month? My multi-chapter fic might be hard to get screen caps for (chapter three is very focused on Luke, for instance) but I've been wanting to do other pieces based more on the events in the current film!

[dancingdragon3.livejournal.com]

Aw glad you said that. I was anticipating chapter three giving me the excuse to use a Kylo and the knights cap. As is, I'll try and find Luke pics from TOT, that are emotionally appropriate.

Even if I don't buy TFA, I'll probably at least rent it. I love watching movies on Amazon with the xray extras.

[wicked-jester.livejournal.com]

Oh, the Force vision of Kylo and the KOR might work too. Once the chapter is up, feel free to interpret as you wish. :)

That's how I own TFA - and I've just realized that I still haven't finished watching the bonus footage. Oops.

[katleept.livejournal.com]

Beautiful work as always, and I love the fact that you take the time and effort to especially acknowledge every one who uses at least four prompts!

[dancingdragon3.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I appreciate it. I wanted to find something more fandom specific for you, but that didn't work out this month.

And you all deserve it, for going along with my twisty rules! Thanks for giving us great writing :-)

Hey, BTW, you were writing for the book series here, not the TV, right?

[katleept.livejournal.com]

Yup. Definitely the book series, as mentioned in my last message. I highly recommend checking out both if you ever get the chance.

[killing-kurare.livejournal.com]

O-M-G I just realized I never really thanked you for the banner O_o
I'm so so sorry, but when I saw it the first time I was in a hurry and didn't have time and it totally slipped my mind up until now I decided to finally fill the july prompts xD
Now, I really have to say I love my banner :3
I'm absolutely impressed you managed to find a picture that actually kinda fits my dark story, in my opinion there is something melancholic about the pic you chose, and if you look closer you can actually see bitterness and weariness in Ariel's features.
Well, but maybe that's just me xD
Anyway, I just wanted to say that I'm more than happy with my banner and I finally added it to my awards side :3
You're doing a great job with looking for fitting pictures for each banner <3

[dancingdragon3.livejournal.com]

No worries! I'm glad you like it.

And yes, I totally thought she looked sad, bitter, or defeated in this pic. Glad you see it too. And I don't know if I mentioned this before, but the original Little Mermaid story I read was very dark. She stabbed the prince to death at the end! I thought your fic was very in keeping with the idea of her I've had since childhood.

Thanks so much for the lovely compliment. But I really do enjoy making these and finding pics for you all. Which has been an unexpected, creative bonus, so thanks for giving me the opportunity :-)