Amazing doesn't begin to describe your talent. I can barely cut and paste ...
So ... I'm going to make a request! I think you said that was ok. If you have time could you maybe make a manip of Faith and Micheal Westen of Burn Notice (pb Jeffrey Donovan) I did a quick fic for FFA and then realized that the two kind of go together.
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Both of these are great! You managed to fit Dawn in there so well it looks like she really was part of the original picture.

Thanks, MinaLynn. That's really the effect that I'm after with most of my manips. Glad you liked them.

Tals

haha... I like the middle one best. Hopefully someone sees this and it inspires them to write this. I'd love to read it.

I'd love to read that too... Thanks for your review Scrappychic. Glad to put a smile on your face (I'm guessing, because of the whole "haha...").

Tals

VERY nicely done. I actually perfer the one without the green, but they are both fabulous.

Thanks Lucidity. I think my fascination with the green one has to do with the fact that it took much longer to create it... But the other one has a whole grungy appeal going on, so I'm happy with both of them. I'm glad you like them.

Tals

Damn, that second version was wonderful! The lighting you managed to do, not to mention the green mist! Beautiful. :)

Thanks Fionfee. :-) I'm glad you liked it. It's actually not that difficult to create the mist/lighting effect, once you've figured out how to do it... It's the figuring it out part that took ages...

Tals

Oh, I really like that last one. Nice touch with the green wand :)

Thanks Anouk.

Tals

I love both of these. The first one for the texture (I think it is anyway) that you used. The all look so cool in it. Well done on the green in the second. Looks so real and right.

Your work is brill, very artistic. Love them all. But I have to say this one, the one with the Malfoys with Spike and the one of Dawn in Narnia are my top favourites.

Hi Nicowa. You're right, it is a texture (filter - grain - horizontal, at least if you have photoshop elemnets 2). I'm glad you like my work. I was actually thinking of this review, when I decided to do another paint effect on my next manip (chapter 21, Opposites... Attract...?), which is up on the site now. Hope you like it. Thanks for your review.

Tals

The second version is pretty good, the green light came out well, I especially like the detail where the hair above the wand seems lighter from the light of the wand.

Thanks RocksandGlass. I spent some time trying to get the light right; for instance the green light on Harry's arm, and Dawn's hair as you noticed. Glad you liked it.

Tals

Most of these are wonderful, I really enjoyed them.

Thank you for your review, Duskie.

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That last one was really.. Wow actually..

I'm glad you liked it, WhenNightFalls.

Tals

Very nice.

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if you are planning for a decade, plant trees;
if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.
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Thanks Dragonelf.

Tals

I am glad to hear that you liked the quote I used for my review. By the way, I got a lot more quotes posted in my blog (I got a link to my blog in my profile).

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"Last night I dreamed I ate a ten-
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Thanks for the carrot pie. ;-)

Tals

You have done an excellent job on the manips and I particulary like what you have done with the one with the Malfoys and Spike especially the way you made the Malfoys hair shine.

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Thank you for your review, Dragonelf. I'm glad you like my manips.

And I loved the poem; it made me laugh.

Tals

psychotic hyped up on sugar yoda. lol lol lol omg lol ha ha ha ha I think i just peed myself ha ha ha ha

Well, I'm glad I could make you laugh. And I really do think that the computer generated Yoda who fights with all the style and grace of a bouncing ball with a light saber, is utterly terrible. The Real Yoda (from the original Star Wars trilogy) is just great, though.

Tals

Overall, I really like the art pieces. They're complex without being busy. I much prefer the second picture in chapter three, because in the first one faith looks a bit pasted in. I find it interesting that each picture names the characters, but it done nicely enough that it doesn't really bother me. I love that you match the tones and shades in of the characters. And really want to know what the effect on the left side of the picture (the light things) in chapter six (hunters) was. In chapter seven, I liked that you kept the eye color in the second picture, but found the fact that you changed the house in the background so much on either side of the line a little disconcerting.

I loved the numbers piece (cause i haven't seen that much numbers xo art, but i found willow was a bit... off. I'm not sure what exactly, but I think she looked flatter than the Epps brothers.

I liked chapter thirteen, but the lighting on the walls was different than the figures, and the stark white hair is a little unforgiving for that kind of thing. But Spike looks so much like a Malfoy in picture of him you did.

I like the glowy version of 17, although Buffy's head seems a little small in proportion. 18 - I love the full body blue. I am just in awe of the blue.

And if you wanted less random details from my brain than this, just read the first line, and ignore the rest.

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Oh, wow! Thank you for your amazing review.

I'm sorry I haven't answered earlier, but I was on vacation. I really loved reading this review, I love getting constructive feedback (although, really, I love any type of feedback). The effect on the picture "Hunters" is actually a close up picture of the face of a Turok-han vampire, and then, obviously, I hope, a hand with a stake (Faith), and Wolverine's hand with claws and all. I think I used a filter called glowing edges in my photoshop programm to get the look, although I can't be certain, it's been a while since I did the picture. I know what you mean regarding Willow in the Number's picture, I've noticed the same flatness - but I'm afraid that darkening the shadows on her face would probably overpower her or and look fake.

As for picture 13 with Spike as a Malfoy, I must admit that I spend most of my energy, and interest on making Spike look like an Oil or Water painting, and thus the wall and the other Malfoys may not have goten quite the same degree of attention... As for Buffy's head in Picture 17 with Edward, I know what you mean, but her head is actually roughly the same size as Bella's head (Bella being the young lady orignially in the picture)... Anyhow, in case this answer was more than you were looking for, just read the first line ;-)

Thanks again for your lovely review, Amai.

Regards, Tals