Fan Fic Inspired Artwork: Happy Holidays(20/12/03)

[foreverpiper]

*Swoon* These are SO awsome! I've just got to comment on both the "Eye's of the Soul" one and this one because they are just the coolest things! I love all your work! How do you do these anyway!?! Or is it some artists secret?

And never let it be said that I left a Tara craving unsatisfied. - Willow in Wilderness

[xita]

Oh so lovely shinnen , I am in the mood for christmas now

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Buffy?

Let's change it, the Discovery channel has koala bears.

[Xanadu21]

yay, you decided to post it early!!!

It's awesome, Shinnen Very beautiful

All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power.

-Ashleigh Brilliant

[pikescoob]

Shin!!!! Absolutely amazing!! Soooo beautiful! You rock! Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent again



Michelle

[WebWarlock]

That is great!



I heard about this. Great to see it!



Warlock

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Web Warlock

The Other Side,
home of Liber Mysterium: The Netbook of Witches and Warlocks

"I am just a worthless liar. I am just an imbecile. I will only complicate you. Trust in me and fall as well. I will find a center in you. I will chew it up and leave, I will work to elevate you just enough to bring you down. Trust me. Trust me." - Sober, Tool

[jixer]

Hello Kittens-



Thank you Shinnen! It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...







Jixer

[fidds]

cool pic yay Christmas



*Hannah*

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I just needed someone to talk to, you were just too busy with yourself, you were never there for me to express how i felt ,i just stuffed it down- *STAIND -FADE*

[WilTaraFan]

That's such a lovely Christmas picture.



Kudos!!!

[Wytchi Grrl]

Wow, that pic's got me in the mood for christmas



Hi Shinnen-I've sent you an private email and I'm not sure if it work or not-So if it didn't could u let me know

thanks

Wytchi x

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Willow "Thats fine I don't need snuggles" Tara "Vixen".

[Shinnen]

Ruth, ForeverPiper, Jennifer, Xita, Xanadu21, Michelle, jixer, fidds, willtarafan, wytchi girl: Thank you so much for the feedback. The main intention was to bring the christmas mood to y'all and everyone who's seen the drawing. I'ts a little late this reply but I hope everyone had a very merry christmas.



Rane: Hey... i know Hanukkah but not familiar. Still not very familiar but I'm working on it. in return for not giving you a little jewish santa.



Tim: Glad you heard about this piece... where did you hear it from??



Here's something I did a couple of days ago. I made mugs! I don't own any Kitten related stuff so I made my own. Copy and paste the link in a new window. These are my mugs that I can't display publicly



My own Kitten Amber and Aly mugs

CheerZ

Shinnen





Who cares how tall your lover is ... height doesn't matter in bed...



For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

Edited by: Shinnen at: 12/27/02 6:38:14 am

[SJ]

Shinnen,great wallpaper and artwork

[WebWarlock]

Those are great!



Now if only they could end up in a kitten store...



I'd drink my coffee from either every day. Gotta be better than the "Klingon" one I have now.



Warlock

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Web Warlock

The Other Side,
home of Liber Mysterium: The Netbook of Witches and Warlocks

"I never try anything, I just do it. Wanna try me." - Thunder Kiss '65, White Zombie

[xita]

Oh that's awesome shinnen, I would love me some of those, I am wondering if cafepress would allow that. hmm..



and why can't you display them dear?

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

Tallulah Bankhead

[Shinnen]

Thanks SJ!



Tim! I don't have anything Kitten related.. .so this first opportunity... i took it and kinda went wild with the printing.... two mugs... people were staring at me. At least the printers were.



Xita! I wasn't sure if anyone liked it at first. Then i showed the pics to some kittens i talk to daily... and it got good feedback. *looks around* Ruth wants one It can't be displayed because my family don't allow it. So I have closet case mugs. I didn't know mugs could be gay .

CheerZ

Shinnen





Who cares how tall your lover is ... height doesn't matter in bed...



For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

[vix84]

Shin, I love them! You rock, girl...



Count me in!

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Willow laughs, kissing her. Soft and sensual. Deep love territory.
Seeing Red, Shooting Script.

[Shinnen]

Okay... I know that I can't sell the printed mugs because the w/t photos on them aren't mine. But I am willing to print the mugs for anyone who wants them. They just have to pay for the print cost (which includes the mugs and print labor at the printers) and postal which depends on the country it's being sent to.



if anyone wants these mugs... you have a choice of the pictures printed on them, hopefully one of my art pieces

because i have the raw files to customise them as well as make them better resolution for printing.



Price of the mugs vary according to how many mugs are gonna get printed at any one time. It ranges from USD 6 to USD 10 depends on how many ordered.



Postage would vary from country to country.



If anyone is interested, email me for more details or order if you want one. I'm willing to take kinda donations too just joking... seriously now... if anyone still wants a printed mug. Email me at shinnen@sammimail.com

Now... NO MONEY IS MADE FROM THESE MUGS GETTING PRINTED.

CheerZ

Shinnen





Who cares how tall your lover is ... height doesn't matter in bed...



For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

Edited by: Shinnen at: 2/26/03 7:52:24 am

[Shinnen]

I have a request... if this isn't a correct post... the mods are welcome to delete this post. I'm just asking for opinion for my collaboration with another 2 professionals (who say my design is ugly and unprofessional) in starting a freelance agency. Please give me your most brutally honest answer. Tell me if you think there are other ways to improve it. The material the card will be printed on is semi transparent frosted 200gsm paper. The colors shown are to indicate to paper color. Thanks for looking at this.



Red Card (Copy and Paste Link in New Window)



Orange Card (Copy and Paste Link in New Window)

CheerZ

Shinnen





Who cares how tall your lover is ... height doesn't matter in bed...



For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

[SJ]

The colours are okay.

The font for Shinnen would look better bigger. Maybe you could have the design wrap itslelf around the lettering of your name.

[teabags]

The orange one is easier to read than the red, imo.



I like the irregular composition, but I'm not crazy about the black swirls. The idea is good, but I just don't like the current image; it's too dense, parts of it are too sharp, and it throws the off balance . If the swirls were thinner and rounder, it might work better. I agree with SJ, perhaps having it wrap around your name would work better - it would create a flow.



The font you used for your name and the services at the bottom is good, but I think the other font (for the number and freelancer) might be what the other people you’re working with consider "unprofessional" (btw, I think that’s a lil’ harsh). When I’m designing print publications, I generally don’t use more than one "fancy font" unless it’s some crazy project that needs the frivolity and kookiness. I think you should opt for a simple sans serif like Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, etc…I hope that helps. I also hope I wasn’t too harsh. When people tear apart my work I feel like crap, especially when they dig into stuff I think looks great.



I do really like your concept & the irregular composition and colors. When I get business cards that are different but not too weird, I make sure to keep them (last week a woman gave me her card – black stock with white text… sooo sexy)

[elessar007]

I want to qualify my opinion by making sure you know that I have never worked as a graphic designer nor have I had formal training as such.

Regarding color, I would choose the orange. With the red there is not enough contrast(although that might just be jpeg artifacts blurring the text). Keeping in mind you will be printing on semi-transparent frosted stock I think maintaining a high level of contrast is important.



I agree with teabags so far as the font you used for your name. It is slightly narrow and tall which works well with the dimensions of the card. It is also vaguely similar to the bramble swirls in the upper left. The change in font for your number and 'freelancer' is visually disruptive. I personally would not even put the word 'freelancer' under my name. Upon reading your card I would be thinking "Freelancer? Freelancer in what?" The answer only becomes apparent when you get to the bottom. And at the bottom is where I would incorporate what I do with the fact that I do it as a freelancer. I hope that makes sense. If you were to move the word freelancer to the bottom then the change in font with the numbers isn't as obvious.



I would also detach my name from the black swirls. I would drop it down about half a centimeter and then center your name with numbers below instead of offset to the right of the card's vertical axis.



Those are my suggestions/opinions. I hope they can be of some help. Good luck with your agency and I hope you are successful beyond your dreams.



elessar

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Tara: Hey, Will. This is me. It doesn't all have to be 'good' and 'fine.' This is the room where you don't have to be brave and I still love you.

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elessar's Willow & Tara Wallpaper

[cinderlust]

hey shinnen... just wondering... is this klcc park?

www.carson.org/shinnen/im...3u1024.jpg



btw, these drawings are great!



Mai

[Shinnen]

hey cool! Yes Cinerlust... that's KLCC park. It's a nice place for practising landscape photography.



ETA:- This is something new to me... so bear with me. I see that a lot of kittens use Yahoo IM and well...I'd thought I'd try something different from drawings and wallpapers. So... here Willow and Tara Love Yahoo IM skin



ETA again:- Latest edition... everything is tweaked! prettier icons! Clearer Text! New background size!



For those who don't have Yahoo IM, uh... check the skin out here WTLove Screen Cap (Copy and Paste Link)



Just download the zipfile, unzip it as a folder into Yahoo Messenger Skins folder. Any problems IM me I'm not scary to talk to. Also... this is the first time I've done something like this... so feedback!!! I NEED FEEDBACK!!

CheerZ

Shinnen





Who cares how tall your lover is ... height doesn't matter in bed...



For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

Edited by: Shinnen at: 3/16/03 4:23:25 pm

[elessar007]

Thanks for making this skin.

I installed it and it looks great. But there are a few glitches. The buttons for the user status have a ring of magenta that looks like a halo. It kind of looks like you pasted the button onto a magenta field but anti-aliased the image so it would blend better. This leaves a number of pixels with color readings like R:255 G:51 B:255. These individual pixels then give that halo effect around the buttons.



The 'message', 'chat', 'mobile', and 'add' buttons work seamlessly as tiles. The lettering however is a little blurry. Again, it seems as if anti-aliasing was used when adding text to the image.



I hope I don't sound overly critical. I really do appreciate you making this skin. I use Yahoo IM so it's nice to have such wonderful images to look at rather than the bland default that it comes with. Thanks again.



scott

Willow:In my world there are people in chains, and we can ride them like ponies.
Tara:You should ride with me some time. I guarantee safety and fun.
My website:elessar's Willow & Tara Wallpaper

Name my website: Click for details

[Shinnen]

thanks for the feedback scott. I actually did notice these glitches. I'm working on them now...well... not now because I've got a client's work to do. But yeah... anti aliasing will be fixed... and maybe I'll reduce the size of the color orbs because someone commented that it was a tad large.

CheerZ

Shinnen





Who cares how tall your lover is ... height doesn't matter in bed...



For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

[pagnmickie]

LOVE the Skin Shinnen!!!



Now I can look at W/T in Yahoo too!!!



-Mickie

A doodle... I do doodle... You, too...
You do doodle, too...

[Jennpurr]

Can someone give me a clue on how to get the skin to work? I tried, but it didn't work for me.



I did look at the images though and they are wonderful. I love the background image you used, girl. Very nice. Thank you.



Okay... I'll wait on the edge of my chair for someone to tell me what I'm doing wrong. I moved the folder to my messenger skins folder, but nada.



Help!



Jen



Edited: Cause appearantly my brain is still sleeping, even though I just woke up and I can't spell.



Edited again: Woo Hoo!!! Nevermind kittens, I got it to work. YAY!!! I'm so happy now.

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Surely not every girl who had a horse grew up into a lesbian who rode tongue... ~ "The Edge of Silence," Chapter 8c, by Mel.

Edited by: Jennpurr at: 3/15/03 11:16:20 am

[xita]

Shinnen that is flat out the best w/t yahoo skin I have seen. The most important thing in a yahoo skin is that the graphics don't get in the way of the program and its functions. The buttons are inobtrusive and the colors blend well together. Friend's names can be seen and the status make sense because of your color schemes. I am not left guessing what an icon means as is often the case with skins. These are the most important things I look at in skins and for the first time I am happy with a yahoo skin. I challenge anyone to do a better job.

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Only 50 cents

[urnofosiris]

Thank you so much Shinnen , this is absolutely wonderful. I love the pics you've chosen for the background and those teeny tiny kiss pics for the buttons at the top. I just want to click them for no particular reason, hee.

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Coffee, Food, Kisses and Gay Love........Get it while you are hot

[Jennifer]

OOh that is such a pretty skin. I love it. Good work.

"First she steals my publicity. Then she steals my lawyer, my trial date. And now she steals my goddamn garter!" Velma Kelly

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[Shinnen]

OOOOOOOOokie.. I haven't done this in a long time. But I decided to post this lil sketch i did a few months back. I hope it's not too bad. it is an unfinished piece of drawing that I thought of Willow and Tara. Even Willow and Tara's kids (if they have twins would look like that in my twisted mind)







To reply to the mods and Jennifer for the yahoo skin. I think it was a good try. I might get maybe 2 more yahoo skins done. Cos I see new Aly and Amber pictures that i never touched. I'm glad I got great feedback for the Yahoo Skins.

CheerZ

Shinnen



She's the most amazing girl in the whole world. She's the only girl who makes my heart beat faster and slower at the same time. When I'm not with her, I'm not living. I'm not existing until I can hold her in my arms again.