wallpaper wash/tara request- photoshopers please consider! by Miramel

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wallpaper wash/tara request- photoshopers please consider!

POSTED BY: MIRAMEL
UPDATED: Sunday, January 28, 2007 13:31
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Friday, January 26, 2007 12:51 PM

so, this is the part where i explain that i have this WONDERFUL (imo) idea for a wallpaper that i would really like ot make....
...but alas, the most sophisticated program i have at my disposal is paint. i could go ahead and make it anyway, i've done it before (yes, in paint!) but there are countless of you here who could do a MUCH better job then me (ie, something other then just pictures on a page), so next is the part where i pitch the idea and try to get someone interested enough to make it.

alright, this requires a small amount of background info, i'll try to keep it short. i've been making my way through the buffyverse after checking disk 4 of firefly for the thousandth time just to make ABSOLUTELY SURE that there defanitly aren't any more eps. So i get to the end of season 6, and that thing happens... you know, the really horrible one that's just the worst thing ever. so anyway, i'm in a state of mourning similer to when wash croaked, and the two deaths struck me as such similer things... i mean, both were situations where just when you thought you were in the clear, bam, look what happens, utterly randomly and for no apparent reason. heartwrenching.

SO, i really wanted a wash/tara wallpaper (especially cause i've had such trouble finding buffy backgrounds w/ tara! everythings always about oz, whats up with that?), and this idea kinda formulated itself:

Here's what i've got for design thoughts: it'd be split in two horizontally, with some line or another seperating them. i dont really know what; first it was gonna be 'very bad deaths', but unless you've read the spider robinson book by that title, its pretty random, and even if you have, it doesnt REALLY apply. so then i was thinking 'horrible, gut-wrenching deaths that never should have happened and make you want to throw things', but that seemed excessively long. so i dunno, maybe you have some brilliant idea.
doesnt really matter which is on top/bottom, but on the left middle and right middle (again, unimportant which is which) you have willow and zoe, looking sad. for the tara half, the main part is her face doing that smaile; y'know, the signature one that kinda creeps up, where her mouth gets all wide and her eyes are all sparkly and- *ahem* no, i am NOT inching closer to insane fanboy status... well, maybe a little. anyway, for wash, i was thinking one of his 'flying' faces; "its ok! its ok..." w/ that weird intense look he gets. and then some kind of cool background (this is the part where i cant do it myself; i could put the pictures there, but thats about it), and maybe a smallish quote for each.

so, yeah, thats my thoughts, if i've inspired anyone to go make it, i'd be much obliged. if not, oh well.

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Saturday, January 27, 2007 12:17 AM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Could you post some pictures that you would want used?

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Saturday, January 27, 2007 8:14 AM

MIRAMEL

soytenly, i'll get right on it

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Saturday, January 27, 2007 9:39 AM

MIRAMEL

ok, lets see if this works:

couldnt find quite the right ones, but these are close enough

so yeah, there they are. if i may presume that wanting the pictues means a certain amount of interest in making it, much thanks!

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Saturday, January 27, 2007 3:04 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Not showing up, there. Might want to try linking from a less possessive website

I'm always interested in making photoshoppy things. The reason I need piccies is, having not really watched Buffy yet (don't worry, you haven't spoiled me; I was already spoiled) I was at a loss for what kinds of Tara pic you might be talking about that you wanted. Happy to see what I can do for you, though, depending on how busy I get.

Not staking a claim or anything. Anyone else is totally welcome to give it a shot as well

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Saturday, January 27, 2007 3:27 PM

MIRAMEL

its not showing up for you? thats so weird, i can see it... hmmm. i got my instructions from the 'how to post pics' tutorial, i'll skip over there and see if i did something wrong, and if not i'll see if i can find a different site.
SO relieved i dint spoil it for you, i really should have posted a warning- i guess i figured it was common knowledge by now (which i guess maybe it is, since you did infact already know... hmmm..)
ANYway, i'll get to the picturefinding, and THANKYOU SO VERY MUCH, im absolutely thrilled

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Saturday, January 27, 2007 3:31 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

It looks like you did post correctly, but a couple just aren't showing up, and one is one of those "Stop stealing my bandwidth!" pictures. That's not your fault.

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Saturday, January 27, 2007 3:55 PM

MIRAMEL

hmmm. agrivation extreme. well i looked for other sites, and as it turns out, there is exactly 1 (one) site that has decent caps from the ep. these were from. wahts teh deal with that!?!?! anyway, which one's weren't showing? there was a tara smilling one, a wash, uh, 'washing' one, a willow crying one, and a zoe funeral one. actually, only the two buffy's were from the same site- were the others showing?
or better yet, if someone else knows what i'm talking about w/ the smile and could direct me to an episode w/ it, that'd be great, the one i've got here isn't *quite* right.
anyway, heres the url for the tara and willow ones, maybe you could go right to it? (or if its the other ones that aren't showing, i could grab them too)

http://www.screencap-paradise.com/caps/displayimage.php?pid=42455&full
size=1

http://www.screencap-paradise.com/caps/displayimage.php?pid=60004&full
size=1

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Saturday, January 27, 2007 4:59 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Weird! I clicked the links and now they show up here! Shiny!
Wish I could help you on the Tara shot. I'll see what I can do with these, though. Might take a few days if I don't get it done tonight, since I'll be back at work.

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Saturday, January 27, 2007 5:21 PM

WHISPER

I am also working on one for you. Sounded like fun to do and I haven't made a graphic in ages.

I'll post it to the BSR when finished.

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Want Firefly/ Serenity/ BtVS/ Angel desktop wallpapers? Take a look at the ones I've created at:
http://www.whispergraphics.net
Now hosting the Firefly Extended Gagreel

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Saturday, January 27, 2007 5:40 PM

MIRAMEL

i LOVE you guys!!!!!!!
seriously, this is like the epitome shiny of browncoatness. thank you both so so much!!!!

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Saturday, January 27, 2007 8:06 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Here's my first go at it, let me know what you think

And the same one, with a different poem

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Sunday, January 28, 2007 8:15 AM

MIRAMEL

oh, PR, they're so very pretty!!!! oh, its just great, this is just what i had in mind.
where are the poems from? they're both really great- i especially like the first one, it just seems really really appropriate. and i love that last line- i do NOT approve, in either case. and thats really what i was getting at w/ this wallpaper. i gotta say, i'm usually very much not a poetry person (i took and english lit class this semester- biggest mistake of my schoollife so far) but these kinds of poems i really like, the ones that, you know, are beautiful but don't require half an hour of interpritation.
anyway, THANKYOU *SO* much!!!!! this is really great, i'm very greatful. if you ever need, y'know, a crappy paint graphic, just say the word ;)

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98% of teens have smoked pot, if you are one of the 2% that haven't, copy this into your signature
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Fear is the Mind Killer
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Sunday, January 28, 2007 8:23 AM

PENGUIN

I bow to your PS skills PR!

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Sunday, January 28, 2007 8:23 AM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Both poems came from wisdomquotes.com; you can find quotes by category, so I clicked 'death' and got some really great stuff. First poem was written by Edna St. Vincent Millay, and the second one was Emily Dickinson (who had a definite fascination with death). I thought they both fit it, they both struck a chord and got me a little choked up, so I couldn't decide which to use!
I'm glad you like it

I live, at least partly, to make things in photoshop for people to love

I'll keep that offer of paint graphics in mind, though

*edit* Thank you Penguin

Is it appropriate for me to bow in turn to your emotie skills?

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Sunday, January 28, 2007 1:05 PM

WHISPER

Here's mine. Hope you like it!

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Want Firefly/ Serenity/ BtVS/ Angel desktop wallpapers? Take a look at the ones I've created at:
http://www.whispergraphics.net
Now hosting the Firefly Extended Gagreel

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Sunday, January 28, 2007 1:31 PM

MIRAMEL

so
very
pretty!

thanks muchly whisper, it's really great!
man, both (or all three) are just so much beyond what i'd hoped for when i first posted this! you guys are the shinyest!

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Fear is the Mind Killer
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