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[personal profile] dragonyphoenix
These works may or may not have been posted in 2018 but they were all nominated for the 2018 Headline Awards which celebrates the works of Anthony Head, the actor who played Giles. And that last bit probably goes without saying. If you have any favorite works featuring Giles, I'm certain GilesCandy would love to see you nominate for the Headline Awards.

Of course I can't say these are the best works nominated for the Headline Awards because there are too many great works to pick from but these are all works that spoke to me.

1. GilesCandy's video
Hallelujah.She picked images covering all the seasons that go so well with the song.
the rest of the works are mocking me for watching Christmas specials before Halloween )



[identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com
Five banners that are works of art in their own right (by other talented fan artists) in no particular order. The banners shown here are ones I admired and have influenced me as an artist whether or not I participated in the individual challenges. Check out the banners AND the winning icons that adorn them at the links below:

By [livejournal.com profile] comlodge:

Challenge 22 "A Room Full of Empty" (April)

Challenge 26 "The Same...but Different" (July)

Challenge 36 "Ye Olde Vampyre Gang" (December)

Janice's banners are very specific to the individual challenge themes and have a particular theatrical quality to them, a mise en scene suggestive of stage sets. Challenge 22 is moody and atmospheric; 26 and 36's banners are lush, densely layered, evocative of Victorian drawing rooms and vintage photographs gently fading in an attic trunk. I love her fearless use of textures to "degrade" the images in beautiful ways.

By [livejournal.com profile] tempertemper:

Challenge 32 "It Takes Two to Tango" (October)

Challenge 35 "Least Favorite Eps" (November)

Challenge 32's banners are typical of what I think of when I think of Temper's "style" (also typified by her own first place winning icon): warm, soft and inviting glow, muted color palatte. #35's are entirely different; each banner is carefully and precisely coordinanted to the individual icons in terms of colors, and textures so that they seem to be organic extensions of the icons themselves. Manage to be both eye-popping and understated at the same time. The banner for [livejournal.com profile] rua1412's first place winner is particularly stunning.

Bonus by [livejournal.com profile] starry_night

Challenge 23 "Simplicity, It Works for Me" (May)

I am color-matching's bitch. No apologies. Deal with it, kids. The background starry chose resembles a watercolor painting in the rain, soaking the paper. "Pastels" are difficult to pull off without being too-sweet but these hit the spot, matched to their respective icons; while a subtle mix of fonts keeps things interesting without pulling focus..
[identity profile] petzipellepingo.livejournal.com
Websites and communities that can "help" you get a project completed. In no particular order :

Riters_r_us : This community is intended as a resource for fan fic writers, betas and anyone else interested in improving their writing. Great place for discussions on grammar, spelling, etc.

BtVS_Award_Info : a community that has been created so that people can stay aprised of nomination openings and closings and the current status of Buffy based awards sites. The website currently comprises 17 current websites, and a listing of sites on hiatus.

The Angel and Spike timeline : confused about what happened when - look no further.

The Buffy and Angel Dialogue Database : one stop for all your dialogue needs.

Banner grab . Need a banner for your latest tale? Stop on over and make a request.
[identity profile] petzipellepingo.livejournal.com
Websites and communities that can "help" you get a project completed. In no particular order :

Riters_r_us : This community is intended as a resource for fan fic writers, betas and anyone else interested in improving their writing. Great place for discussions on grammar, spelling, etc.

BtVS_Award_Info : a community that has been created so that people can stay aprised of nomination openings and closings and the current status of Buffy based awards sites. The website currently comprises 17 current websites, and a listing of sites on hiatus.

The Angel and Spike timeline : confused about what happened when - look no further.

The Buffy and Angel Dialogue Database : one stop for all your dialogue needs.

Banner grab . Need a banner for your latest tale? Stop on over and make a request.
[identity profile] athenewolfe.livejournal.com
Five Places You Have To Visit from 2006

Just Rewards – An archive of truly outstanding stories. All stories are either winners at the Fang Fetish Awards or by an author who has won for more then three different stories. The archive allows all pairings and all types of fic, so there is a wonderful selection of reading divided by type of fic, pairing, or awards won. Plus all reviewers are entered into a monthly contest for fic and icons! The community for both groups can be joined here

Read more... )
[identity profile] athenewolfe.livejournal.com
Five Places You Have To Visit from 2006

Just Rewards – An archive of truly outstanding stories. All stories are either winners at the Fang Fetish Awards or by an author who has won for more then three different stories. The archive allows all pairings and all types of fic, so there is a wonderful selection of reading divided by type of fic, pairing, or awards won. Plus all reviewers are entered into a monthly contest for fic and icons! The community for both groups can be joined here

Read more... )
[identity profile] copykween.livejournal.com
I figured I'd go ahead and put my two cents in, and list my top 5 LJ help communities.

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[identity profile] copykween.livejournal.com
I figured I'd go ahead and put my two cents in, and list my top 5 LJ help communities.

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yourlibrarian: Angel and Lindsey (Wes: opheliia)
[personal profile] yourlibrarian
What would we do without our communities and the time commitments from all the many people who run them, as well as the people who join in to make them work? Here’s to just a few who started up or made new efforts this year.

(1) [livejournal.com profile] summer_of_spike - Fabulous project last year and fabulous again this year. People here are ridiculously talented and creative. I’m sure there were seasonal LJ communities before it came along but I know this project has inspired a number of other similar seasonal tributes to characters and ships. And it's a great spot for new people to realize just how much goes on. It was one of the first communities I joined when I was starting out.

Read more... )
yourlibrarian: Angel and Lindsey (Default)
[personal profile] yourlibrarian
What would we do without our communities and the time commitments from all the many people who run them, as well as the people who join in to make them work? Here’s to just a few who started up or made new efforts this year.

(1) [livejournal.com profile] summer_of_spike - Fabulous project last year and fabulous again this year. People here are ridiculously talented and creative. I’m sure there were seasonal LJ communities before it came along but I know this project has inspired a number of other similar seasonal tributes to characters and ships. And it's a great spot for new people to realize just how much goes on. It was one of the first communities I joined when I was starting out.

Read more... )
[identity profile] desoto-hia873.livejournal.com
Five favourite authors and fics I discovered through judging the Raison D'être Awards in 2005:

Five Great Spike Writers )

I discovered alot of great new-to-me authors through the RDAs - these are just a few of my faves. You can find your own favourites here: [livejournal.com profile] rda_awards.

Kristina
[identity profile] desoto-hia873.livejournal.com
Five favourite authors and fics I discovered through judging the Raison D'être Awards in 2005:

Five Great Spike Writers )

I discovered alot of great new-to-me authors through the RDAs - these are just a few of my faves. You can find your own favourites here: [livejournal.com profile] rda_awards.

Kristina

What's the Sitch

1) Top 5 is a seasonal recs community. We're open for posting over Halloween in October.
2) Search our archives through tags, the search box above, or the Visit the Library link.
3) We also have a collection on AO3!

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