PostSecret--5 more

[lilithseraphim.livejournal.com]

Because this stuff is seriously addictive :)

First three are supposed to tell stories. The last one is a tag for Miller's Crossing (hint: spoilers).

Disclaimer: The original pictures are not mine (the second one copyrighted to Steve Morris, at airliners.net).  Nor are the brushes (which are found on deviantart.  

GIMP 2.4.2 (poorman's photoshop) is used to make postcards.

Also, please forgive the gratuitous usage of brushes, documents, post-its, and doctor's notes.

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Teyla:



John Sheppard:



Rodney McKay (w/ comments by K. Heightmeyer):



REAL POSTCARDS...





Postcards further served as practice for photoshopping :)

Comments

[jade-1459.livejournal.com]

These are wonderful!

That last one, is it a tag to mortal coil? Because I can see it being something that John might think if his plan had fallen through (completely and utterly).

Lovely.

[lilithseraphim.livejournal.com]

Tag to Miller's Crossing, actually. That's what I was thinking after the episode and concluded that, yeah, Sheppard would totally sacrifice himself for Rodney if Wallace didn't fall for his manipulation.

(Either that, or he forces Wallace to "volunteer.")

Thanks for the comment :)

[lunamazes.livejournal.com]

OMG the last one...

[lilithseraphim.livejournal.com]

OMG was how I was through the latter half of the episode, lol. Thanks for feedbacking!

[mecurtin.livejournal.com]

please forgive the gratuitous usage of brushes, documents, post-its, and doctor's notes.

For cryin' out loud, why ask to be forgiven for doing something interesting, complex, and effective?!? How is it "gratuitous"?

If this is your real modesty & lack of self-confidence, then you need to get over it -- you don't have to apologize for doing something well. (this is a feminist issue, because only women are expected to apologize for competence.) If you're trying to be cute about calling attention to things you're proud of -- it's not cute, it's irritating.

You've done an exceptional job with these, especially on the level of technique: putting on the notes, etc., gives an extra layer to postcards which are by their nature super-haiku-short.

And I wonder who was the road-crosser in Rodney's joke ...

[lilithseraphim.livejournal.com]

Sorry to irriate you, if it did :P Just felt a little insecure because it's rather different than all the others I've seen (and done). In the end, I wasn't even sure if they fit under the postsecret category >_>

I spent fifteen minutes trying to think up of a road-crosser for the joke, since it's from Rodney and should, therefore, incorporate a little physics and math.

In the end, I couldn't do it. Hence the conveniently placed page curl...

Thanks for your comment, it made my day :)

[enviropony.livejournal.com]

They're all awesome, but the fourth one is my favorite - both for the meaning and the art. I love Lorne, and I've always imagined that he knows about John and Rodney, but will go as far as he can to protect their secret.

[lilithseraphim.livejournal.com]

That's what I felt too, since Lorne seems to be a really discrete and laid-back kind of guy.

I mean, after "Runner" he's got to be wondering why Sheppard hadn't shot Rodney yet :P

Thanks!

[psyko-kittie.livejournal.com]

Wonderful secrets. I like Teyla's.

[lilithseraphim.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Always felt that sometimes, Teyla feels a little left out of the hardcore McShep bantering.

[leesa_perrie]

Very good - especially loved the last one, very powerful.

[lilithseraphim.livejournal.com]

"Powerful" was what I was trying for :)

Thanks for commenting!

[cat-77.livejournal.com]

They're all good, but I really like the last one.

[lilithseraphim.livejournal.com]

Glad you did! The last one took the least effort to make too :P

Thanks!

PostSecret -- 5 more (postcards)

[maxinemayer.livejournal.com]

Loved these! Thanks for sharing! Happy New Year! Love, max

Re: PostSecret -- 5 more (postcards)

[lilithseraphim.livejournal.com]

Happy (belated) New Year to you too! Thanks :)

[clear-as-blood.livejournal.com]

These are quite nice, though there's something about the second one that I especially liked.

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

These are cool. I would like them better if you'd omitted the names, though; half the fun is guessing and wondering. But dude, that's probably just me. & :-)

[lilithseraphim.livejournal.com]

I usually love guessing too, though sometimes the ambiguity kills me. (I obsess over things too easily).

At least you got to guess the last two, right? :)

[briar_pipe]

Late, but...

The first one was sad, the last gut-wrenchingly perfect. I like how you make the words part of the image, balancing in it instead of slapped on top.