YAY NEW LAYOUT! *twirls*

[exsequar]

I was itching to put Danny and Rusty on my journal, but I was angsting about the prospect of abandoning my darling boys (Winchesters and McShep). Solution? Rotating headers! \o/ I knew it would take me years to make full blown separate headers for each pairing, so I just decided for simple and elegant - pick a picture of each pairing and doll it up a bit. So that's what I've done!

There are five different headers: Sam/Dean, John/Rodney, Danny/Rusty, Kara/Lee, and John/Aeryn. Yummmmy! You may notice that the coloring varies a LOT :P I made the Danny/Rusty one first, and I loved how it turned out, clean and bright. But then the other pictures I chose, with the exception of Sam&Dean, had dark backgrounds and that same coloring wouldn't work. I stumbled on that gorgeous multicolored texture in my files (by peoplemachines) and loved it, so the rest became vibrant and colorful. I loved them all, so I did my best to come up with a color scheme that would fit! Black background was a given, but the inside I wanted to keep bright and lively, so I went with white with red and blue accents. Too much black would have been depressing!

Go check it out, and don't forget to refresh! :D ---> exsequar

I'd love to know what y'all think :)

(I no longer haz a hebrew_hernia. *sad* But I will see her again soon yay! And she's hooked on SGA, also yay! \o/)

Comments

[rogerpittman.livejournal.com]

I don't know - some people like lots of black. I used it for my background because I had a black-and-white shot of Billy that it fit with. I may change it later on, but for now I like it, and I don't find it depressing at all.

Good work on the headers - they all look great!

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

I had a layout once that was all black and brick red, and while it was gorgeous and I LOVED the header, I got sick of it more quickly than I usually do, because I am looking at my friends list a large portion of the day, and if it's in dark colors like that it gets un-fun pretty fast. I think yours looks great, and with the light grey accents it's not too dark at all. I was thinking more in the direction of like a dark orange where the white is now, or something.

Thank you so much! :)

[trinity_clare]

I like darker colors because the vast majority of my time on LJ is at night, and even with the screen brightness all the way down things can get blinding. That said, your layout looks fantastic, dahling.

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Huh, that's an interesting reason! *laughs* Though I hear ya, my screen can get insanely bright too.

Thank you honey! *smish*

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

oooh, it looks fab; i love all of the headers!

how do you set it to rotate headers? i get bored with my layout every five seconds, so something like that would be PERFECT for me.

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much hon!

You know, I'm kind of a coding idiot. I use Flexible Squares, so I poked around s2flexisquares until I found a couple posts that help. Unless you use Flexible Squares too, I wouldn't be able to help. But if you do, let me know and I'll see about helping when I'm not half asleep :)

[elsmoka.livejournal.com]

LOOKS NEAT!!! I REALLY LIKE IT. ahem. :D

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Thank you!

[shinetastic.livejournal.com]

Weeeeeee!! I keep refreshing and about 75% of the time I get McShep!! \o/ The universe KNOWS :D

Also: Dean's eyebrow in that picture just KILLS ME *_*

They're LOVELY my sweet!! I love the rainbowy effect! Vereh niiice! I can't wait to see Farscape, as well! I FINALLY got the second SGA disc from Netflix and I have it in now... loooooooove. So much love!

I haven't seen any of the Ocean's remakes. I've only seen the one with Sinatra because I adore Sinatra!

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Weee McShep! \o/ Smart universe! :D

Heee, Dean's eyebrow can on occasion be HILARIOUS. I don't know what it is, lighting or he arcs it in a certain way but it does this bizarre quirky thing. It's wonderful ♥

Yay thank you baby! \o/ WHEE second disc! Joy!!! Any time you feel the need to squee, DO NOT HESITATE to come on over here and squee your heart out!

Duuuuude you must see the Ocean's remakes. Brad + George = adorable middle aged goofy LOVE! *beams* They stomp on all my buttons - competence, banter, attached-at-the-hip, with a tiny dash of angst tossed in for delicious measure. Mmmmmm. They are not to be missed!

[nebulein.livejournal.com]

YAY rotating headers! \o/ I love 'em. Whee, I laughed out loud at your McShep header. Very awesome. Love the Danny/Rusty and Kara/Lee one as well! (I really have to go see Ocean's 13, eh?)

I also like how you kept the content of your journal light. :) I hate nothing more than light text on dark backgrounds. It makes my eye sore way too fast. So yay, I think you did a good job matching colors with the headers. :)

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Heehee, aren't they so ridiculous (re: McShep)? "Maybe if people would LOCK their secret underground bunkers..." *draws hearts around the silly darling boys* Yay, thank you honey! And you really really have to go see Ocean's 13 :D Sheer giddy joy from start to finish.

I agree about the light text on dark. Not pleasant. Thank you! ♥

[hollywoodgrrl.livejournal.com]

Omg! These headers are brilliant! What an excellent way to pimp your multi-fandomitude! :D

(On a more assy selfishy kinda note...Did you ever get as chance to see my new SGA vid to "Evening on the Ground?" I just wanted to know what you thought since you're the one who introduced me to the band and all. ;))

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! :D I was monofannish for so long and had a long procession of Winchester headers, but I'm starting to spread out the love - my journal should reflect that! :)

I did indeed see the vid! I felt that the song worked well for the character of Sheppard, but (and I'm going to be honest here, because I think you deserve and expect that from me) the vid felt rushed and choppy relative to the music. That song to me is extremely organic and flowing, and the rapid editing felt distracting. I understand why you did it, because the music certainly moves apace, but it didn't give me enough time to process and appreciate the connection of the words to John's story. I think the speed of the song might have been better captured by using internal motion from the clips themselves. I hope I'm not offending you, but I don't believe in praise for praise's sake, and you did want to know what I thought!

[hollywoodgrrl.livejournal.com]

Thank you very VERY much for your honest feedback. ;) I think there's actually not enough of it out there. It makes me a little sad of course (and now I'm being honest with you) not just because the aesthetics didn't mesh with your vision of the song, but because I took it upon myself to sort of make a better video than that SPN vid. It's like a sparring session. I wanted to utilize my own vision for the song.

But anyway, thanks again fro showing it to me in the first place. I really am in love with Iron & Wine because of you. ;)

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

I think part of the problem is that I'm speaking from a very broad impression of the video. I can't rewatch while I'm at work to give you more detailed feedback. It was not a total failure by any means - you are a very skilled vidder. Another problem is that I have that SPN video deeply ingrained in my mind - it's PART of the song to me, and I kept seeing flashes of moments from it while I was watching yours. So I'm afraid I'm not the best person to audience it too!

I'm glad you took my feedback well, I got nervous that you would be really upset with me :-/

[hollywoodgrrl.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you took my feedback well, I got nervous that you would be really upset with me :-/
Believe me, I've gotten MUCH harsher criticism when I was at film school. And I dished out some harsh criticism myself. It helps you learn and be better.

And you're very much not obliged to rewatch it or anything. I was just curious because I never heard from you, and I thought you would have been curious to see it simply because if our positions were reversed, I'd certainly be curious. ;)

[thharwood.livejournal.com]

It's all so pretty!
I especially love the Danny/Rusty one. beautiful coloring. =)

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Thank you hon! I'm most pleased with that one too :D

[beerbad.livejournal.com]

I love it! Great job :D

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Thank you hon! :D

[offtheceiling.livejournal.com]

oh, PRETTY. I really love the John/Aeryn one.

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Thank you baby! That's the picture that convinced me to start watching Farscape, so I figured it was an appropriate choice for my header :D So hot, mmph.

[lost_witness.livejournal.com]

I love rotating headers, especially when they are this pretty! :)

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you! ♥

[crystal-lily.livejournal.com]

Honey, it's gorgeous, all of them! I adore the Danny/Rusty one of course. :D And oooh, such pretty colors on the McShep header. Lovely!

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Whee, thank you darling! *twirls you* It makes me happy that you like it :D