Well, whoa, we have some seriously talented people on this board, i was simming through all of your works last night and I abruptly realized it in full force.

I thought about adding mine... I love making banners, blends and such, although I never posted them before because I didn't think it was a big deal, but, why not?

The first ones were made using Photoshop on Windws XP, the latest with Photoshop CS" on MacOSX, that I haven't learnt to use properly, yet. :blush:

:)

These are my old banners for White Lies and Wild Nights.

Shye's, teaser:



Chrissy's

Jayna's

Andie's

total

For All through a Lifetime:

First version
Second version
third version, Ruby and Orlando

For 'Tigers'


for Lofters:
Deanna, teaser:

Portia
Stacy
Mirander
Alice&Rome

For the Dark Light Tales:
Dixie, teaser:

Amaris
Indyanna
Lilith
Penelope
Tala
Vida

Banners for Ambrosia:

For Friends

For With this Ring

For 'Accidentally in Love'

For Under Your Spell:

Violette, teaser:

Meadow
Stacia
Belladonna
Starla
Helena
Sage

for When in Rome:
Billy and Brenna, teaser:

Elijah & Nyla
Rosalyn & Johnny
Dom & Stacy
Scarlet & Orlando
Blanche

Some blends/LiveJournal backgrounds:

Red, one. (the poem was written by Jessity)

Red, two

Dark & roses

Dark, angel

Blend inspired by Jaime's 'Lucky 13'

Black, katana. (lines by Viggo Mortensen)

Blue, K. Dunst and Trieste's castle

Madonna and Billy Boyd

T. mcguire & O. Bloom, lyrics by Maroon5

Stuart Townsend as the vampire Lestat

My personal version of the 'da Vinci Code' poster

Black, angel 2, lines by Placebo

Sidney's skyline, J. Depp.

Black, elvish

White, Luis Royo and Stan Rice

Moulin Rouge

dark light tales, Lilith

dark light tales, 'betrayal'.

Banners for shorties:

A comulative banner listing some of my shorties, focusing on the latest of the moment, 'careless whisper:


For Pornography

For Ambrosia's 'Smothering'

For Ambrosia's 'All I wanted'

For Aurora's 'Losing Control'

For 'I do' by me

For 'rebel yell' by me

Others:

For Donna's 'Life changes'

For Jaime-girl's Co-Ed:



And Intimate Portrait:


for Bloomiecurse's 'more than this', third version, teaser:



'More than this', first version

Second version

For Last Chance on the Stairway, first version:



For Last Chance on the Stairway, second version

For an EWAC competition

For Kimibloom's 'dancing on the Valentine':


For Blondie's 'Spilled Coffee'


and Best Intentions
For theMonkeysgirl's 'As you Desire'


For Elijahfan14's
the Nerd

And 'Vampirism'


For Anneka's 'Guardians'


For Skilos' 'Downfall'

Icons: (lines by me and Ninque_elen)

Man, that was long, sowwy!! :blush: :blush:

Well well well...

It may have been long, but it was sure as hell welcome, Mena!

And, you say I'm original? :huh:

I just love all of this!

Oh, and shouldn't you add this:

Faeries and strength... ?

I really like your Dark Light Tales blends. They capture so much of their parts of the story. Especially poor Billy's scars!

And, that Da Vinci Code poster. I'd never thought about it, but Viggo would have been PERFECT for Langdon... I just watched A History of Violence and the whole time I was transistioning from :cloud#9: to :drool: to :blink: Quite the versatile character, he is.

Bring more when you can, darling.

:heartbeat:
Samma

Wow Mena: in-freaking-credible

I'm especially loving the Moulin Rouge one, as well as.... hell; all of them!

I envy your talent, dearling- it inspires me to get my bum back into writing and banner/graphic creating mode! So thanks for that as well ;)

Ttfn!

Eh, I thought of him right when I began reading the book.. I would have enjoyed the movie more, if he was in. :yes:

And, well, a History of violence was the death of me... my best friend went to see it just to stare at my face... I will never look at a staircase the same way again. :18-combo:

Thank you, ladies!

And I never shall.

Or a cheerleading outfit...

Mena! :eek: You're an effing genius! So many people on here are genius's in banenr making and Mena, remind me to ask you to make some for me sometime! (don't worry Sammi, you are still my #1 banner mistress!)
:love:
~Kit-Kat~

My White Lies new banners!

Blanche

Bria and Johnny

Elijah and Charlotte

Orlando and Chrissy

Mac and Jayna

Laura and Sean

Sara/Mercury

Mena and Viggo

Four more blends.

These two, inspired by Ambrosia's Under Your Spell. (obsessed much? I just loved that story!)

Based on my story, White Lies and Wild Nights, Viggo and Mena.

Violette

Sage

From my story, Dark Light tales, Dixie.

:blush: :blush:

Awww! I just had SO many trips down memory lane looking at these! I had completely forgotten about the Smothering banner. awww, that makes me so happy! I love all of these....I wish I could use the Violette background but me thinks my daddy wouldn't approve of turning on his laptop to find that. The other men at work might think he was either a perv or poof. weeeeeee!

Eheheh, poor Steve, I don't know how he could explain i, indeed. Like, 'my daughter's crazy Italian friend made a wallpaper showing my daughter's banner person, inspired by a story she wrote for the site they met in'.

Well, that's true. ;)

I have my Dixie one on my computer at home, but thanks God my sis, mom and I have different desktops so nobody complais about it. :yes:

Girl, you are so freaking talented, it is not even funny. Wow. Amazing work.

But you also forgot the blend you made for me when I first started up LiveJournal. I'll have to dig around on my home computer and post it so everyone else can reveal in your glory.

Oh, I must admit, I was super surprised and excited when I saw a new banner for Sara/Mercury for White Lies. She isn't one of the main characters so I never expected to see a banner. I honestly just about peed myself when I clicked on it. A little squeal of glee escaped from my lips, which is not cool since I am at work. :blush: Oops.

Anyway, just wanted to jump on the bandwagon and sing your praise. :love:

Banners for my latest story. All Yesterday's Tomorrows, and a couple of wallpapers I made, always based on it, just because i was bored.

Deidre

Blanche

Sam

Roseanna

Violet

Nyla







:blush: :meh: :blush:

Oh, why are you blushing? *swats wrists* They are beautiful, and you know it. Hey, what better excuse to go crazy with PS/PSP if not for one of your stories? The best mode of inspiration ever, definitely.

The wallpapers are beautiful! I like how you captured a bit of the characters in the shots you chose of the actresses and everything. Superb! Hehe

Girl, I just would be happy to have 1/4th of your banner/wallpaper talent. They are fantastic.

I especially loved the last one, the one where you made the blend of the girls in the photoframe. Just so perfect.

*sigh* Totally jealous.

:blush:

Gee, i swear you chicks are way too kind to me!!

Well, I'm glad you absolved me from taking inspiration from my stories, because seriously, i cannot help it!

Speaking of, this is my very first attempt to create headers in my whole life (I was too in awe of Sammi's).

So, here they are, based on my main characters for AYT, posted in order of creation, it took me an hour to made the six of them, and this means they are ot very accurate.. Feedback and tips are veeeeery appreciated, I swear.

:meh:

Hey! There is no room for praising me on this thread, okay?

Eeeee!!! Can I use Sam's as my banner now?? Aaackk, it makes me so happy! I love how each one is different and yet it conveys a bit about each character. Like, mine, how its blue... and she's cold. Even the picture looks all 'Hah, he actually thinks I give a flying fuck'. Speaking of pictures, how do you do it? You find the perfect pictures every freakin' time, man!! So jealous.

I say we put this Mena-making-headers business to practice. :wub:

Awww, I'm so flattered you like 'em, expecially considering that i got the inspiration to do them watching yours!

And,

:blush: of course you can! Use it, add lines if you want, do everything! Just, resize it to the allowed size of banners and it's all good. Weeeeee!!

Thanks, really.

Two more, the lads. (First is for Dana, the second is for me Sammi!). Taglines soon to appear in the story. I might be in the mood to make others when i introduce the rest of characters. :P

*squirms* I was so hoping you would do those two!! Yay! lol

So, I can't seem to find it, but what are the guidelines for siggy sizes? :unsure: I swear it was 450x150 or something like that...

I think it was 450x200, but I can't recall... you should find it in the Rules and Guidelines section.

I made another two wallpapers, but this time I had the decency to get my inspiration from a story that's not mine, the awesome 'Chosen' by Dana. (coughreaditcough).

Basic drawings by Luis Royo, lines by William Blake.



Another drawing by Royo (he makes awesome stuff, althout there's plenty of NC-17 themes, so don't google it if this hurts your sensitivity!), plus pictures.




:meh:

Well I just got your pm and of course I ran here asap.
Feeling extremly curious to see what you would make with a story like mine in your head.

And oh my god!!!
They are exquisite. I love them so much. They are absolutly beautiful and capture so much of what is going on in my story *smiles* I knew you would pick up on the story behind the story :blush:

I love them both and I am going to put them on my compie for sure.
I feel very flattered that you made this and that is why I am going to post the next part of the chappie now :meh: (don't kill me after you read it)

:hug:

Gosh, honey, you'e too cute!!
I'm so happy you iked them... you know I consider your story a terrific inspiration, but still, stories are very personal and I'm always afraid to step a bit too further down the line!

Speaking of... this one is based on Amber's When in Rome. I loved that story soo much, and this is my personal way to kiss it goodbye.
Took me forever to do it, but hey, I'm on holiday, right? ;)

Mena, I love your When in Rome creation, that is so cool. I wish I could do that. it was spo beautiful and it makes me wish when in rome could go on forever but we know it can't. great job. :hug:
:love:
~Kit-Kat~

What a sweet and amazing wallpaper.
I really adore it and indeed I wish the story would run a bit longer but alas...the fun is over.

I love looking at it and I am going to store it on my compie
(btw...you should chck out the layout of my lj *winks*)

I checked your LJ, indeed, and I squealed with glee! :hug:

And thanks to Kit-kat, too! :heartbeat:

This was based on Laila's 'legaies of a physician's daughter', pictures taken from two Live Journal communities, quote by James A. Baldwin. (Someone stop my addiction, please!!!!)

Aww I love it love it love it!

So pretty and so cool that you made a wallpaper about legacies - makes me feel very special ;) and I love the pictures you used!

btw. those additional banners to all yesterdays tomorrow are awesome.

Well I finally have browsed through the entire tread and what more can I say then that you are so extremly talented. Really the banners, the wallpapers they are all so beautiul...it just makes me gawk at the screen.
I am afraid I have stored quite a lot of them on my compie. Amazing work darling (oh and I adore the Stuart banner *grins*) I am looking forward to see more from you!

:hug:

Two wallpapers more that I made some time ago. (Someone shoot me, please...)

Based on Am's Moonstone Legacy, Tala and Dolph (I took the liberty to imagine how Tala's brother would look like, although she didn't say it...)



Based on my AYT, Stuart and Wentworth.

Grazie, darling! You know, it suck a bit that the net ain't swarming of Stuart pics like of hose of other actors... I mean, he IS a hunk, afterall!! *pouts*

Aack! The heart-breaking phone call! I mean... the conniving misters! *tsk tsk*

:shine: Yeah baby, I didn't save up all those screen caps for nothin'!

That phone call... it was so... real!! :tsk:

This one is for Dana... :hug:

Wallpaper, Lofters.



More to come...

*drools*

That one was very uh nice *winks*
You know I love them...and that once sure will help me to get inspired every time I get stuck.
Thanks babe
:hug:

Btw if you need more Stuart piccies...I am sure I can help out :noangel:

Lofters, Portia and Orlando. :)





Rome, Viggo, Alice, Orlando.

*grins*

They are great darling.
Stunningly beautiful but also funny.


Love the Alice in wonderland painting on the forground :lmao:
It does fit!!!