The secrets on how to make artwork of the Sam/Jack ship family thread

[Luvnjoe]

*runz in, sees Oma's new RDA sig/avi*

*LLLLLLLLLLLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!!!*

[Graceful Spirit]

Thanks Estrela, I shall give that a try.

*passes a cookie* (scoff it quick before Jas chases after you!)

Shows off new sig

No, wait......get out the cushions first, this one comes with a thunk warning!!

Now shows off new sig

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Rick-Thunk.jpg

*runs off to edit my sig *

Holy Hotness Batman!! *dies*

So I went off to make something for the challenge and ended up with this. *sigh* Oh well .

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...HelenRetro.jpg

Love this!! And the sig and icon that match too

Awesome wp, Sarai, really stylish

*drools and thunks some more at Oma's sig and avi*

Thanks for the softglow tip, hlndncr!

And some icons from me:

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m.../g13banner.jpg
^click^

Awesome job - Love them all!!

Got reacquainted with Photoshop. Made some wallpapers, played a little with Cut Out effect... Getting mojo up and running is one of the most inspiring things.

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...g?t=1289686905 http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...289686905Click for bigger.

(I had another one, but PB refuses to upload it. Oh well.)
Looks like that PB reduced the size of those two wallpapers. They're supposed to be 1366x768, but you still get the general idea. Just blurred one.

And while I'm here, here's some stuff I put together for Awarness Campaign and background for Twitter account, made of some fav avvies.

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...g?t=1289686905 http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...g?t=1289686905
Clicky!

I'm pretty sure I don't need to repeat how much I love your arts, guys. I've greened those I could while lurking.

Love the WPs

After I finished my entries, I decided to make some SANCTUARY > Hero II icons/banners and mess around with some layer blending modes and came up with these:
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Lovely work! I love the blending!

2 new Sanctuary sigs:

http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/o...ary/Biggie.jpg

S3: Hero II

And one from SGU
http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/o.../SGU/chloe.jpg

Beautiful work

Love all the work in here! So pweetttyyy!

Ps. got a new sig myself too *points down*

Love this!

[Aveo_amacus]

Last call for challenge entries I'm gunna post them in half an hour/hour's time - unless you're just finishing yours in that case just holler (via PM!)
If I've got yours I should have sent you a PM too, so again holler if you haven't got one!

[Aveo_amacus]

Week 113 - sekrit challenge week

WP using lyrics from "She's just a Woman"

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Week 114 - Dan's Birthday!
from Sarai

It's Dan Shea's birthday on 23 November, so this week's challenge is to get lots of Dan/Siler birthday art ready for the big celebration over on the Woohoo Thread You can either post your art here, or keep it sekrit till the Big Day.

Size: Any
Pics: Dan/Siler/Wrench/Malp/Infirmary....
Text: Any

PM your entries to Sarai

[jasminaGo]

It's been a while since I've tried to guess

Spoiler:

2. LJ
3. Josi
5. Oma
7. Padme
8. Sarai
9. Aveo

[Oma-1]

Ack! I'd forgotten how hard this is!!!!!! Ok, here's my guesses.....

Spoiler:

1. Aveo?
2. LJ
3. hlndncr?
4. Jas
5. Josi
6. It's driving me nuts cos I know I've seen something very similar to this recently, but I can't remember who made it
7. Padme
8. Sarai
9. Aveo?
10. Snow or CC? I don't think it's anyone who's been here ages cos I don't recognise the style

The only ones I'm sure of are LJ, Jas, Padme and Sarai.......but I'm probably wrong there too

Edit: *haz a small thunk*

[hlndncr]

I think we should know who actually sent in entries for the challenge. That might make the guessing too easy for some of you, but it might give me a chance of getting one right occasionally.

Totally Random Guesses (I hope I don't offend anyone):

Spoiler:

2. Aveo
3. Oma
4. Starlover Graceful Spirit
5. Snow CC
6. Josi Oma
7. Padme
8. Sarai
9. LJ
10. CC

[starlover]

Well...lets do it again...my guesses

Spoiler:

1. hlndncr
2. LJ
3. Josi
4. Graceful Spirit
5. Oma
6. Classiccouples
7. Padme
8. Sarai
9. Aveo
10. Classic couples(same style)

Curious how many are correct (aka how good my stalking skills of this thread are)

[Aveo_amacus]

I think we should know who actually sent in entries for the challenge. That might make the guessing too easy for some of you, but it might give me a chance of getting one right occasionally.

Totally Random Guesses (I hope I don't offend anyone):

Spoiler:

2. Aveo
3. Oma
4. Starlover
5. Snow
6. Josi
7. Padme
8. Sarai
9. LJ
10. CC

I was planning to post those that entered about now, give people a go at guessing without:

Spoiler:

Aveo
ClassicCouples
Graceful Spirit
hlndncr
Josiane
Luvnjack
Oma
Padme
Sarai

[Oma-1]

Egle asked for a tut of my current sig - it was so incredibly simple I feel like a fraud writing a tut for it

Spoiler:

1. Start with this incredibly thunkable pic (which has such great texture it does all the work for you ) Resize and sharpen. (This is the bigger pic on the right)

2. Duplicate the layer, desaturate, set to Overlay at 75%.

3. Add in the original pic again, resize, place at the far left. Desaturate and sharpen.

4. Duplicate the layer, set to Overlay at 75%.

5. Transparent Layer - Use the vertical line select and stroke at 3px where the 2 pics meet, then use the rectangle select and stroke to make the border. Colour 000000. Set the layer to normal at 70%.

6. In a new layer add this texture. Place it on the right, then duplicate, flip horizontally, and match it up to the other half. Merge the two layers, set to Overlay at 100%.

7. Make a stamp of all the layers, set to Hard Light at 50%.

8. Add in the text. Font: Denial

9. Add a solid fill layer, colour 636262. Set to Lighten at 50%.

That's it. Simples!

Edit: Writing the tut, I just realised that I used lower case instead of caps, that's why the text didn't look how I expected

[Egle01]

Egle asked for a tut of my current sig - it was so incredibly simple I feel like a fraud writing a tut for it

Spoiler:

1. Start with this incredibly thunkable pic (which has such great texture it does all the work for you ) Resize and sharpen. (This is the bigger pic on the right)

2. Duplicate the layer, desaturate, set to Overlay at 75%.

3. Add in the original pic again, resize, place at the far left. Desaturate and sharpen.

4. Duplicate the layer, set to Overlay at 75%.

5. Transparent Layer - Use the vertical line select and stroke at 3px where the 2 pics meet, then use the rectangle select and stroke to make the border. Colour 000000. Set the layer to normal at 70%.

6. In a new layer add this texture. Place it on the right, then duplicate, flip horizontally, and match it up to the other half. Merge the two layers, set to Overlay at 100%.

7. Make a stamp of all the layers, set to Hard Light at 50%.

8. Add in the text. Font: Denial

9. Add a solid fill layer, colour 636262. Set to Lighten at 50%.

That's it. Simples!

Thank you, Oma!

[Oma-1]

You're welcome

Of course, now I've gone and downloaded another 10 new fonts - I forced myself to stop there

[Sarai]

My guesses. Probably completely off base as usual .

Spoiler:

1. LJ
2. Aveo
3. Josiane
4. Oma
5. Graceful Spirit
6. CC
7. Padme
8. Sarai - yeah you all know that's me. I couldn't seem to find any other inspiration
9. hlndcr
10. CC

And also - Woohood! for this weeks new challenge!!

[Jumble]

Ok......... I'm confused

According to my diary, SG Wikki, IMbd, and the WooHoo Birthday list, Dan's birthday is the 23rd December

Do you know something we don't Sarai?

[Sarai]

I've just looked and I believe you are right.

I seriously could have sworn it was 23rd November .

EDIT: No, hang on, I'm sure it is because when I found out I thought it was nice to be in the same month .

*iz very confused*