The Authors,The Fics and The Bad Wallpaper Maniacs - FINALE!

JustSkipIt · **Posted:** Wed May 03, 2006 3:40 am

Again, a masterful wallpaper. I'm so very impressed. I love the way that you've really merged the Oz and the Were-Oz on one side and the innocent W/T on the other side. Fantastic.

ambercissism · **Joined:** Mon Jul 11, 2005 1:00 pm **Posts:** 1030

I thought I could already say dibs since I knew when you'll gonna post but I just arrived home and saw that Rosella beats me. Anyway, enough rambling...

That's just brilliant spighy! The half human half werewolf Oz is one of a kind. Although it breaks my heart to see another sad face of Tara coz Ces' post of sad Tara almost made me (and it's not that I'm asking for a "horny " face on your next wp ), but I like also the sad face of Tara in the background.

spighy wrote:

Each one of us is posting in their own time zone, whenever we have the time to do so I'm in Italy (1 a.m. right now!) and I'll be posting on wednesday around my midday

Thanks for letting us know. I got the same time zone as yours too.

Okay, I'll be back on Friday and check out the hero factor's work

FineyMcFine · **Posted:** Wed May 03, 2006 6:06 am

Spighy, that's great! Merging two different pictures is hard to do, I imagine, and you've made it look natural. And I really like that you used the outfits from NMR, since AntigoneUnbound's fic uses the events of that show as a starting point (changed up).

And I like how the eye is drawn across the page from one person to the other, led along by the scratches. My eye started on Tara since she has a light-colored shirt on and then traveled to Willow and then Oz, who is darker. Is that intentional? Also I like how you've put a "faded-out" picture of Tara in the background, that captures how she was feeling at the beginning of OST.

SithLordWiccan · **Posted:** Wed May 03, 2006 11:12 am

Can't say I like the image merge. Not that you didn't give it your all. It just seems...off.

That say, I LOVE the overlapping of Tara's face over Oz's. She looks so sad and cute at the same time.

Kudos.

the hero factor · **Posted:** Wed May 03, 2006 4:44 pm

Val, this is such a great wall. The Oz/WereOz fade is well done, and the scratches are just plain cool. Great job!

Willow Watcher · **Posted:** Wed May 03, 2006 6:03 pm

I totally loved it. Great paper!

DarkWiccan · **Posted:** Wed May 03, 2006 6:56 pm

Well, I think the image merge was extremely well done, especially considering the limited material you had to work with as far as getting Seth at just the right angle in both human and were-form.

Kudos!!
DW

Artemis · **Posted:** Wed May 03, 2006 9:52 pm

Yet another cool wallpaper. The claw-marks across Willow and Tara (oh I love those red lips :blush

) are very ominous, and nicely applied - good use of shadowing within the rips, to make it look like holes in the main image, not just something that's been drawn on top of it. I like the Oz image too, with the differing angles coming into the merge - it's really kind of disturbing, which adds to the overall effect of creepiness, and something frightening lurking beneath a normal-looking surface.

Emms · **Posted:** Wed May 03, 2006 10:00 pm

Oh my God Spighy...that is so freakin' cool. I know it's been said many times before but I think it needs repeating again, and again and again...The merge between wolf OZ/normal OZ is brilliant! It's so good. I think someone else pointed out the difficulties in getting two shots of him in the same position...wow, I can't even imagine the skill that took to make it look as good as you have. Kudos.

I love the slashes and captures of Willow and Tara. Excellent Job, sweetie. I think my laptop is going to explode if I keep switching wallpapers every couple days...but it looks like I'm not going to be able to help myself if ya'll keep making such wonderfully beautiful creations.

Woo! LOVE IT!

xoxo
Emms

SJ · **Posted:** Thu May 04, 2006 12:12 am

Great wallpapers.

Renee85 · **Joined:** Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:58 pm **Posts:** 537

I think I am on time. Yay me! I’m loving this second installment, which is yet another wonderful wallpaper update from the maniacs. Thank you for making this, Spighy! I love the scratch marks effect, as I do the merge effect which also looks pretty darn cool, as well as the fading effect of Tara’s face. I wouldn’t even know how to do any of those even if I tried. Tara’s eyes really resonate btw, so sad. Great job adding that photo and for the wallpaper overall, it turned out excellent. I am looking forward to the next one!

Spighy · **Posted:** Thu May 04, 2006 9:52 am

[center]AntigoneUnbound's On second thought wallpaper[/center]

here are some replies:

Petal of roses: Hey Rosey! You got first dibs, yay! Yes, I knew you already liked it, but it's nice to hear it again :-D

Yep, I tinkered with it a bit more, you know us maniacs...we're never completely satisfied! Thanks

(Oh and hey, I'm not Miss Maniac, that's Ces! I'm Dr Maniac ;-)

update: apparently, Ces likes Boss maniac better, so that's what we're going to call her from now on, k? )

Candleshoe: I'm glad you like the scratches, I'm kinda partial to them myself :-D

I adore this fic, so when I got assigned AntigoneUnbound as my author, there was really no question about which story make the wp for! Thanks for letting me know you liked the wp! :flower

tarebear: Boss! Have I mentioned lately that I'm glad to be one of your lackeys? :-D

'Cos I absolutely loved working with you and the rest of the maniacs, and I wanna thank you publicly for letting me be a part of this project

(oh and thanks for the feedback as well, here's a :paranoid

just for you! ;-)

)

JustSkipIt: Thanks so much, I'm really pleased you liked the contrast between the innocence of W&T and the Were-Oz, he's kinda violent in this story and I tried to emphasize it by portraying his inner wolf ready to come out, in particular when confronted with the evidence of W&T's love.

ambercissism: hey, sorry for the lack of dibs, I guess it's my fault because I posted a little earlier than I had planned

I know, it's the second wp in a row with a sad Tara, and as you said, you're not asking for a horny Tara face, but actually, Angie's wp that's due tomorrow... well, I'm not saying anything :-D

Thanks for your feedback!

SallyMcFine: Hi Sally, I'm really happy you like the wallpaper :-D

. I've had a lot of practice of merging different pictures by photoshopping my friends on almost everything available :lol

and I did my best to make Oz look natural: sadly, in the pic I used his head was turned to the side so the merging is a little off, but I wanted to use that particular image because it's from NMR and that suited me perfectly due to the fic, and mostly because of the placement of Willow and Tara with their arms linked and Oz slightly to the side. Making Oz darker was intentional, because in this fic a more violent side of the werewolf is shown and I wanted it to come out in the wallpaper, so the gradient I used is darker on his side whereas Tara's side has the lighter shade (darkness vs. light, evil vs. good) and poor Willow is caught in the middle

Thanks for letting me know you liked it!

SithLordWiccan: First of all, happy birthday! Secondly, yeah, I know that the image merge is not perfect, as I told Sally in the previous reply it was a limitation due to the pic I used. Thanks for acknowledging my effort, and for letting me know which parts you liked! :flower

the hero factor: Hey Angie! Another fan of the scratches, I see! And to think that this version of the wp almost didn't get posted! I'm glad I decided to go with it in the end, it paid off! Thanks, and good luck for your upcoming posting! :peace

Willow Watcher: thank you! :-D

DarkWiccan: thanks so much, and yes you're right: the biggest limitation we had was to work with the canon pictures. When you make a wallpaper you're free to use the pictures you want, but when you need to somehow tell a story with it you don't have much choice but use what you have available and try to make it work. Glad to hear I managed!

Artemis: Hi Chris

It seems that those rips were a success, so I'm glad you found them believable: I tried to make them as realistic as I could, hence the use of the inner shadow, as you noticed. And about the merge, you caught perfectly what I wanted to portray: this kind of hidden, violent wolfy part of Oz ready to come to the surface. Thanks for letting me know your thoughts about the wallpaper!

Emms: your feedback made me blush :blush

I'm so glad you think I did a good job with the wallpaper, and you even used it as your current wallpaper :blush

I'm giving you a fair warning, tho: having seen all the upcoming wallpapers, I don't think it'll stay on that long ;-)

Thank you so much!

SJ: Thanks!

Renee85: Yes, you're perfectly on time! Thank you very much, and score another point for the scratches! I chose that pic of Tara's face precisely because it's sad, I wanted to recapture the anguish she felt when Oz came back in NMR, moreso because in the fic Willow chose Oz in the end! :aww

Well Kittens, that's all from me for the moment, please tune back in tomorrow to see the hero factor's contribution to the project! Good luck, Angie! :applause

justin · _________________ 02/28/2007

That's a great wallpaper. You've done a really good job of distilling and showing the central themes of the story.

Thianne · **Posted:** Thu May 04, 2006 12:31 pm

love the story and the wallpaper!

ETA: spighy, you're in italy? sei italiano? com'è che non lo sapevo? forse non ci ho fatto caso....è sempre un piacere incontrare un connazionale! ciao!

ps: è da maleducati parlare in una lingua che non tutti capiscono....?

Spighy · **Posted:** Thu May 04, 2006 12:55 pm

A couple of more replies to clear the way for Angie's post

justin: thanks, glad I managed to effectively "recap" the story! ;-)

thianne: spero non sia da maleducati, nel frattempo lo faccio lo stesso :laugh

come avrai capito, sì, sono italiana, e a quanto pare abbiamo pure lo stesso nome! (o almeno il diminutivo, sono Vale anch'io :-D

) grazie, mi fa piacere che il wp ti piaccia! :peace

the hero factor · **Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 2:09 am

[center]

[/center]

[center]by the[/center]

[center]

[/center]

[center]present our next tribute, based on a story by[/center]

[center]

[/center]

[center]also available in 800x600[/center]

[center]You've seen the wallpaper, now read the story![/center]

[center](Hey, ambercissism, you did ask for 'horny :tara

face' on the next wallpaper, yes? ;-)

)[/center]

[center]coming up next:[/center]

[center]

[/center][/center]

Spighy · **Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 2:22 am

Dibs!

Angie, great work with the wp! I love that you incorporated the premises of the fic in it, and it's in black and white like an old movie :-D

And the best part, no sad Tara face, quite the opposite! ;-)

tarebear · **Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 4:40 am

Second dibs!

great job angie! the first time i saw this wallpaper, i was blown away because of how great i think it is! i'm sure everyone will be as well!

great job, fellow maniac! thank you again for agreeing to partake in this project.

ETA: some more replies to the Coming Back wallpaper:

JuskSkipIt -- hey debra! thanks! i'm really happy that to you i was able to "capture the passion and beauty" of the part in the story that really resonated with me. i think you'll enjoy the other maniacs' wallpapers.

renee85 -- oh hello renee! glad to see you on board. no worries about the lateness. the reason i specifically chose the picture of tara into the wallpaper is i think it captures the confusion and "gloominess" of the dream sequence which you will understand once you read the story... i'm glad that it got you to want to read the story... that's really great... and you won't be sorry you read it... it's still ongoing though and the updates not as fast as i would have liked but the update is definitely worth the wait!... i'm sure you'll like the other wallpapers as well!

SJ -- thanks! sit back and enjoy the next wallpapers.

ces

p.s. hey maniacs, i think our kittens haven't noticed the "clues" we've left for them about the next wallpaper. ;-)

ambercissism · **Joined:** Mon Jul 11, 2005 1:00 pm **Posts:** 1030

Third dibs!

It's a good thing I'm home early >:)

Yay!!!!! I knew it! Horny :tara

rocks !!!

Yeah, I did ask for that :-D

Great job Angie! :applause

I like the black and white WP, it's so classy (and yet horny

) as what I've said, you have this special thingy (sorry don't know how to say it) that you do in your WP and avatars that make it soooo unique. I like the shadowy Tara on the background, so mysterious and :drool

Thanks for sharing this ;-)

Renee85 · **Joined:** Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:58 pm **Posts:** 537

Fourth dibs! Ooh, I like this one a lot! Thanks for making this, Angie. Willow and Tara are looking mightily fierce and sexy in the darker photos while the other two bear a more innocent appearance, good choice of photos. The grayscale is nice. I usually like colors, but this really works. “The smut bunnies” is definitely one of my favorite reads. Fantastic job in this! Loving it! Excited for the next one. :peace

Artemis · **Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 5:34 am

Oh wow, that's sensational! The black-and-white was a surprise, but in no time at all I got it, and it really adds a 'big event movie poster' feel to the whole thing, which is great for Smut Bunnies (which, when all it said, is a highly silly comedy dressed up like a spy thriller), and I like how you handled the text, especially the varying heights and widths and spacings between letters in the main title and subtitle. I love the twin images of Willow and Tara, the pure, sweet portraits - because there's no real darkness in the story - and half-hidden the smirking sexy versions, just like Willow and Tara's sexy sides go nuts whenever they have a moment to themselves. And as an added bonus, it seemed to me to be a bit of a nod to the whole Mission Impossible thing of switching identities, with Tara and Chance, and Tara pretending to be Chance, then Willow pretending to be Tara pretending to be Chance, and spies in general, with Willow and Tara having two faces each in the wallpaper representing their public and private, or 'mission' and 'off-duty' faces.

I'm just incredibly honoured :blush

Thanks hero_factor, and all of you who put this project together.

Auburn · **Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 7:18 am

I forgot to leave some feedback for Spighy even though I knew when she was posting, I still forgot :ashamed

I'm sowwie. But I can't really say anything to you Spighy that wasn't already said, I love, love, loved the wallpaper, the slashes inparticular :grin

the hero factor, I found this wallpaper sexy and comical. I haven't actually read the story, naughty me! But I think I must! Great job!!

Gem xxxxxx

Me next :blush

FineyMcFine · **Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 7:25 am

hero, I love the black and white. So impactful. In some ways this wallpaper is like a visual one-panel comic book. Not in terms of looking like a comic, but in telling a story with different panels and views. And also like someone (Chris?) said, like a movie poster as well. Love it!

SithLordWiccan · **Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 7:54 am

You know, sometimes I think that Chris gets way too much praise. I mean, sure. He's a great guy and all, but does he really deserve it?

And then I see things like this, which tell me that I'm not exactly alone in worshipping at the Altar of Artemis.

I like the black and whiteness of the wallpaper a lot. It makes the fic its based on seem like an elegant and classy fic, which I guess you can kinda say it is...well, as far as that definition can be applied to a smut fic.

And I LOVE the images. That image of "normal" Willow is among my favorites, with that sexy smile that makes my knees go weak. Tara doesn't normally look "dangerous", but somehow, given the content of the wp, that image just radiates badass.

And as for horny :willow

and horny

...

x as big a number you can think of. The images just ooze sexuality, which you normally wouldn't assoicate with either the actresses or the characters. And it's all about the eyes. Those two images don't exactly have expressions you would consider "sexy", but the eyes make them work. (As an aside, I know that the Amber pic is from her "Stuff" photoshoot, but where's that pic of Alyson from? I feel that I should recognize it.)

I swear by all the gods in both the real and fictional universe that the second I get a functional computer at home, this wallpaper is going up.

Can't wait to see the next masterpiece. :party

Willow Watcher · **Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 9:44 am

WOW and might I add WOW!!! Sexy, alluring, hot, steamy, Willow and Tara (falls under the same catagory. I think thier picture is located in the dictionary under drooly! Or atleast it should be.) :drool

Once again the Kings and Queens have come up with another beautiful wallpaper! WOW!!!

Thianne · **Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 10:57 am

THIS-IS-ABSOLUTELY-TERRIFIC!!!!!!

Spighy: e sei anche femmina! grande! ormai do quasi per scontato che siano tutti maschi......vale come valeria o valentina?

Spighy · **Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 11:01 am

@thianne: E invece dovresti fare il contrario: dare per scontato che siano tutte femmine

Comunque, Valeria, piacere :bigwave

@Gem: no worries for the timing of the feedback, i'm glad you liked the wp :peace

@Boss Maniac: either they haven't noticed, or they're being sneakier than us and not saying anything :kdevil

DreamLover · **Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 11:26 am

spighy I'm glad you had a lot of Tara in there if you didn't I would have big big make that mega big nightmare's from that OZ guy.

the hero factor Cool!!! a super hot story with a super hot wallpaper... totally cool...I like it!!!!

Henny

Candleshoe · **Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 4:18 pm

I really really love this one too. I feel like I'm running out of superlatives...

Can't wait for the next one...

PS: Sally - "impactful"? Is that really a word?

FineyMcFine · **Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 5:05 pm

Wow, I can't believe I used the word "impactful." I'll need to be properly resourced in the future so I don't verb or noun any more words.

The Kitten, the Witches and the Bad Wardrobe - Willow & Tara Forever

The Authors,The Fics and The Bad Wallpaper Maniacs - FINALE!

Who is online